Signaling a power offset between reference and data tones

A method for wireless communications at a network entity, comprising:

• establishing, with a user equipment (UE), a wireless connection that uses a set of symbols per transmission time interval for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing communications, wherein each symbol of the set of symbols corresponds to a fast Fourier transform window and includes a guard interval portion and a data portion within the fast Fourier transform window;
• transmitting a control message indicating at least one parameter associated with a power offset between a data signal of the set of symbols and a reference signal of the set of symbols that is associated with the data signal;
• and
• communicating, with the UE, the data signal and the reference signal according to the indicated power offset using the set of symbols.

An apparatus for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

• a processor;
• memory in electronic communication with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to:
• establish, with a network entity, a wireless connection that uses a set of symbols per transmission time interval for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing communications, wherein each symbol of the set of symbols corresponds to a fast Fourier transform window and includes a guard interval portion and a data portion within the fast Fourier transform window;
• receive a control message indicating at least one parameter associated with a power offset between a data signal of the set of symbols and a reference signal of the set of symbols that is associated with the data signal;
• and
• communicate, with the network entity, the data signal and the reference signal according to the indicated power offset using the set of symbols.

An apparatus for wireless communications at a network entity, comprising:

• a processor;
• memory in electronic communication with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to:
• establish, with a user equipment (UE), a wireless connection that uses a set of symbols per transmission time interval for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing communications, wherein each symbol of the set of symbols corresponds to a fast Fourier transform window and includes a guard interval portion and a data portion within the fast Fourier transform window;
• transmit a control message indicating at least one parameter associated with a power offset between a data signal of the set of symbols and a reference signal of the set of symbols that is associated with the data signal;
• and
• communicate, with the UE, the data signal and the reference signal according to the indicated power offset using the set of symbols.