A UE includes: an interface comprising at least one of a receiver and a transmitter; a memory; and a processor, communicatively coupled to the interface and the memory, configured to: identify a processing conflict for an exchange of a first UE-to-UE location reference signal and an exchange of a first radio-network-interface signal; determine a priority of the exchange of the first UE-to-UE location reference signal and the exchange of the first radio-network-interface signal; and exchange, via the interface, one of the first UE-to-UE location reference signal or the first radio-network-interface signal according to the priority.