Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a transmission-adjusting wireless node may receive a transmission transmitted by a power-reporting wireless node via a sidelink channel. The transmission may include information relating to a transmit power of the transmission. The transmission-adjusting wireless node may determine a transmission-specific estimated path loss of the sidelink channel based at least in part on the transmit power of the transmission. The transmission-adjusting wireless node may adjust, based at least in part on the transmission-specific estimated path loss, a transmission property of the transmission-adjusting wireless node to obtain an adjusted transmission property. The transmission-adjusting wireless node may transmit a communication to the power-reporting wireless node using the adjusted transmission property. Numerous other aspects are provided.