A method for wireless communication, comprising: receiving a transmission comprising a plurality of spatial layers (320, 325, 420, 425, 520, 525, 620, 625, 720, 725, 820, 825), each of the plurality of spatial layers (320, 325, 420, 425, 520, 525, 620, 625, 720, 725, 820, 825) comprising i) an enhancement layer (310, 410, 510, 610, 710, 810) comprising a first data stream modulated according to a first modulation order and/or ii) a base layer (315, 415, 515, 616, 715, 815) comprising a second data stream modulated according to a second modulation order, wherein at least one of the spatial layers (320, 325, 420, 425, 520, 525, 620, 625, 720, 725, 820, 825) comprises both the base layer (315, 415, 515, 616, 715, 815) and the enhancement layer (310, 410, 510, 610, 710, 810); measuring a power level of a received reference signal of the transmission; determining power levels of the enhancement layers (310, 410, 510, 610, 710, 810) and the base layers (315, 415, 515, 616, 715, 815) of the plurality spatial layers (320, 325, 420, 425, 520, 525, 620, 625, 720, 725, 820, 825) of the transmission based at least in part on a presence of the enhancement layer (310, 410, 510, 610, 710, 810) for each of the plurality of spatial layers (320, 325, 420, 425, 520, 525, 620, 625, 720, 725, 820, 825), a presence of the base layer (315, 415, 515, 616, 715, 815) for each of the plurality of spatial layers (320, 325, 420, 425, 520, 525, 620, 625, 720, 725, 820, 825), a power ratio between the base layers (315, 415, 515, 616, 715, 815) and the enhancement layers (310, 410, 510, 610, 710, 810) and the measured power level of the received reference signal; and de-mapping symbols of the received transmission based at least in part on the determined power levels to obtain the first data stream of the enhancement layer(s) (310, 410, 510, 610, 710, 810). receiving a transmission comprising a plurality of spatial layers (320, 325, 420, 425, 520, 525, 620, 625, 720, 725, 820, 825), each of the plurality of spatial layers (320, 325, 420, 425, 520, 525, 620, 625, 720, 725, 820, 825) comprising i) an enhancement layer (310, 410, 510, 610, 710, 810) comprising a first data stream modulated according to a first modulation order and/or ii) a base layer (315, 415, 515, 616, 715, 815) comprising a second data stream modulated according to a second modulation order, wherein at least one of the spatial layers (320, 325, 420, 425, 520, 525, 620, 625, 720, 725, 820, 825) comprises both the base layer (315, 415, 515, 616, 715, 815) and the enhancement layer (310, 410, 510, 610, 710, 810); measuring a power level of a received reference signal of the transmission; determining power levels of the enhancement layers (310, 410, 510, 610, 710, 810) and the base layers (315, 415, 515, 616, 715, 815) of the plurality spatial layers (320, 325, 420, 425, 520, 525, 620, 625, 720, 725, 820, 825) of the transmission based at least in part on a presence of the enhancement layer (310, 410, 510, 610, 710, 810) for each of the plurality of spatial layers (320, 325, 420, 425, 520, 525, 620, 625, 720, 725, 820, 825), a presence of the base layer (315, 415, 515, 616, 715, 815) for each of the plurality of spatial layers (320, 325, 420, 425, 520, 525, 620, 625, 720, 725, 820, 825), a power ratio between the base layers (315, 415, 515, 616, 715, 815) and the enhancement layers (310, 410, 510, 610, 710, 810) and the measured power level of the received reference signal; and de-mapping symbols of the received transmission based at least in part on the determined power levels to obtain the first data stream of the enhancement layer(s) (310, 410, 510, 610, 710, 810).