A method for wireless communication, comprising: receiving a transmission comprising a first set of pilot tones from a first transmit antenna and a second set of pilot tones from a second transmit antenna during a first symbol associated with a numerology and a second symbol associated with the numerology, the first symbol and the second symbol being non-adjacent symbols within a same resource block, the first set of pilot tones received at a first set of tone locations and a third set of tone locations, and the second set of pilot tones received at a second set of tone locations, wherein a combination of the first set of tone locations and the second set of tone locations, and of the second set of tone locations and the third set of tone locations comprises a contiguous set of tone locations; performing interference estimation and a part of a channel estimation procedure based on the received pilot tones, prior to descrambling the pilot tones; identifying a first scrambling sequence associated with the transmission during the first symbol and a second scrambling sequence associated with the transmission during the second symbol , wherein the first scrambling sequence and the second scrambling sequence are the same; descrambling the first set of pilot tones and the second set of pilot tones in the first symbol based at least in part on the first scrambling sequence, and descrambling the first set of pilot tones and the second set of pilot tones in the second symbol based at least in part on the second scrambling sequence; and performing the other part of the channel estimation procedure based at least in part on the descrambled first set of pilot tones and the descrambled second set of pilot tones . receiving a transmission comprising a first set of pilot tones from a first transmit antenna and a second set of pilot tones from a second transmit antenna during a first symbol associated with a numerology and a second symbol associated with the numerology, the first symbol and the second symbol being non-adjacent symbols within a same resource block, the first set of pilot tones received at a first set of tone locations and a third set of tone locations, and the second set of pilot tones received at a second set of tone locations, wherein a combination of the first set of tone locations and the second set of tone locations, and of the second set of tone locations and the third set of tone locations comprises a contiguous set of tone locations; performing interference estimation and a part of a channel estimation procedure based on the received pilot tones, prior to descrambling the pilot tones; identifying a first scrambling sequence associated with the transmission during the first symbol and a second scrambling sequence associated with the transmission during the second symbol , wherein the first scrambling sequence and the second scrambling sequence are the same; descrambling the first set of pilot tones and the second set of pilot tones in the first symbol based at least in part on the first scrambling sequence, and descrambling the first set of pilot tones and the second set of pilot tones in the second symbol based at least in part on the second scrambling sequence; and performing the other part of the channel estimation procedure based at least in part on the descrambled first set of pilot tones and the descrambled second set of pilot tones . <EOS>