A method performed by a scheduled entity to communicate wirelessly with a scheduling entity, the method comprising: receiving a downlink transmission, wherein a first slot (600, 650) of the downlink transmission comprises: a first control region configured to carry first downlink control information, DCI, and a control reference signal, CRS; a first data region multiplexed with the first control region and configured to carry first user data and a first demodulation reference signal, DMRS; and at least one of a second data region configured to carry second user data, or a second DMRS, frequency-division multiplexed, FDM, with the first control region; and transmitting, in an uplink burst region (608, 656, 658) of the first slot, feedback based on at least one of the first DCI, the first user data, the second user data, the first DMRS, or the second DMRS, of the first slot, wherein the first slot comprises a plurality of symbols, and wherein the first user data or the second user data, when located within the initial X symbols of the slot, are pre-tapered, and wherein the pre-tapered first or second user data comprises at least one of: user data with a reduced number of multi-input multi-output, MIMO layers relative to subsequent user data located in a symbol of the slot subsequent to the initial X symbols of the slot; user data with at least one of a lower modulation or a lower coding rate relative to subsequent user data located in a symbol of the slot subsequent to the initial X symbols of the slot; a reduced amount of data information relative to a capacity of the first or second data regions to carry data information; null resource elements; or combinations thereof. receiving a downlink transmission, wherein a first slot (600, 650) of the downlink transmission comprises: a first control region configured to carry first downlink control information, DCI, and a control reference signal, CRS; a first data region multiplexed with the first control region and configured to carry first user data and a first demodulation reference signal, DMRS; and at least one of a second data region configured to carry second user data, or a second DMRS, frequency-division multiplexed, FDM, with the first control a first control region configured to carry first downlink control information, DCI, and a control reference signal, CRS; a first data region multiplexed with the first control region and configured to carry first user data and a first demodulation reference signal, DMRS; and at least one of a second data region configured to carry second user data, or a second DMRS, frequency-division multiplexed, FDM, with the first control region; and transmitting, in an uplink burst region (608, 656, 658) of the first slot, feedback based on at least one of the first DCI, the first user data, the second user data, the first DMRS, or the second DMRS, of the first slot, wherein the first slot comprises a plurality of symbols, and wherein the first user data or the second user data, when located within the initial X symbols of the slot, are pre-tapered, and wherein the pre-tapered first or second user data comprises at least one of: user data with a reduced number of multi-input multi-output, MIMO layers relative to subsequent user data located in a symbol of the slot subsequent to the initial X symbols of the slot; user data with at least one of a lower modulation or a lower coding rate relative to subsequent user data located in a symbol of the slot subsequent to the initial X symbols of the slot; a reduced amount of data information relative to a capacity of the first or second data regions to carry data information; null resource elements; or combinations thereof. user data with a reduced number of multi-input multi-output, MIMO layers relative to subsequent user data located in a symbol of the slot subsequent to the initial X symbols of the slot; user data with at least one of a lower modulation or a lower coding rate relative to subsequent user data located in a symbol of the slot subsequent to the initial X symbols of the slot; a reduced amount of data information relative to a capacity of the first or second data regions to carry data information; null resource elements; or combinations thereof.