Wireless communication with non-punctured symbols

A method of wireless communication at a receiving device, comprising:

• performing automatic gain control during a first symbol of a subframe, wherein the automatic gain control converges prior to an end of the first symbol of the subframe;
• receiving a pilot signal or a demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) during the first symbol based on the automatic gain control converging prior to the end of the first symbol of the subframe, wherein the pilot signal or the DM-RS spans an entire first symbol of the subframe;
• receiving at least a portion of a sidelink transmission during the subframe;
• and
• decoding the sidelink transmission to determine complex valued symbols that are mapped in sequence to physical resource blocks of the sidelink transmission, wherein the complex valued symbols are not mapped to resource elements in the first symbol of the subframe.

An apparatus for wireless communication at a receiving device, comprising:

• means for performing automatic gain control during a first symbol of a subframe, wherein the automatic gain control converges prior to an end of the first symbol of the subframe;
• means for receiving a pilot signal or a demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) during the first symbol based on the automatic gain control converging prior to the end of the first symbol of the subframe, wherein the pilot signal or the DM-RS spans an entire first symbol of the subframe;
• means for receiving at least a portion of a sidelink transmission during the subframe;
• and
• means for decoding the sidelink transmission to determine complex valued symbols that are mapped in sequence to physical resource blocks of the sidelink transmission, wherein the complex valued symbols are not mapped to resource elements in the first symbol of the subframe.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer executable code at a receiving device, the code when executed by a processor causes the processor to:

• perform automatic gain control during a first symbol of a subframe, wherein the automatic gain control converges prior to an end of the first symbol of the subframe;
• receive a pilot signal or a demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) during the first symbol based on the automatic gain control converging prior to the end of the first symbol of the subframe, wherein the pilot signal or the DM-RS spans an entire first symbol of the subframe;
• receive at least a portion of a sidelink transmission during the subframe;
• and
• decode the sidelink transmission to determine complex valued symbols that are mapped in sequence to physical resource blocks of the sidelink transmission, wherein the complex valued symbols are not mapped to resource elements in the first symbol of the subframe.