Techniques for phase tracking to enable higher modulation orders in wireless communications

1. A method for wireless communication, comprising:

generating a waveform including, within a symbol, data resource elements in frequency for data transmissions and separate resource elements in frequency for multiple pilots for the data resource elements, wherein the symbol is at least one of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol or a single carrier frequency division multiplexing (SC-FDM) symbol, wherein each of the multiple pilots within the separate resource elements of the symbol provides a different pilot for a different portion of the data resource elements within the symbol to facilitate estimating channel response for each of the different portions of the data resource elements; and

transmitting the waveform, including the data transmissions and the multiple pilots, over the symbol.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the waveform comprises generating the multiple pilots in different sets of resource elements that are interleaved throughout the symbol.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the multiple pilots each include a same number of resource elements.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the waveform comprises generating the multiple pilots in a single set of contiguous resource elements separate from a second single set of the data resource elements for the data transmissions.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the waveform comprises generating the waveform to include the multiple pilots for phase noise cancellation.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the waveform comprises generating the multiple pilots according to a sequence.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the sequence is at least one of a Zadoff-Chu sequence or a pseudo-noise (PN) sequence.

8. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

a transceiver;

a memory configured to store instructions related to generating a waveform for transmitting a signal; and

one or more processors communicatively coupled with the transceiver and the memory, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:

generate the waveform including, within a symbol, data resource elements in frequency for data transmissions and separate resource elements in frequency for multiple pilots for the data resource elements, wherein the symbol is at least one of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol or a single carrier frequency division multiplexing (SC-FDM) symbol, wherein each of the multiple pilots within the separate resource elements of the symbol provides a different pilot for a different portion of the data resource elements within the symbol to facilitate estimating channel response for each of the different portions of the data resource elements; and

transmit the waveform, including the data transmissions and the multiple pilots, over the symbol.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to generate the waveform at least in part by generating the multiple pilots in different sets of resource elements that are interleaved throughout the symbol.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the multiple pilots each include a same number of resource elements.

11. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to generate the waveform at least in part by generating the multiple pilots in a single set of contiguous resource elements separate from a second single set of the data resource elements for the data transmissions.

12. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to generate the waveform at least in part by generating the waveform to include the multiple pilots for phase noise cancellation.

13. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to generate the waveform at least in part by generating the multiple pilots according to a sequence.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the sequence is at least one of a Zadoff-Chu sequence or a pseudo-noise (PN) sequence.

15. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

means for generating a waveform including, within a symbol, data resource elements in frequency for data transmissions and separate resource elements in frequency for multiple pilots for the data resource elements, wherein the symbol is at least one of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol or a single carrier frequency division multiplexing (SC-FDM) symbol, wherein each of the multiple pilots within the separate resource elements of the symbol provides a different pilot for a different portion of the data resource elements within the symbol to facilitate estimating channel response for each of the different portions of the data resource elements; and

means for transmitting the waveform, including the data transmissions and the multiple pilots, over the symbol.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the means for generating the waveform is configured to generate the multiple pilots in different sets of resource elements that are interleaved throughout the symbol.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the multiple pilots each include a same number of resource elements.

18. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the means for generating the waveform is configured to generate the multiple pilots in a single set of contiguous resource elements separate from a second single set of the data resource elements for the data transmissions.

19. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the means for generating the waveform is configured to generate the waveform to include the multiple pilots for phase noise cancellation.

20. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the means for generating the waveform is configured to generate the multiple pilots according to at least one of a Zadoff-Chu sequence or a pseudo-noise (PN) sequence.

21. A non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising code executable by one or more processors for wireless communications, the code comprising code for:

generating a waveform including, within a symbol, data resource elements in frequency for data transmissions and separate resource elements in frequency for multiple pilots for the data resource elements, wherein the symbol is at least one of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol or a single carrier frequency division multiplexing (SC-FDM) symbol, wherein each of the multiple pilots within the separate resource elements of the symbol provides a different pilot for a different portion of the data resource elements within the symbol to facilitate estimating channel response for each of the different portions of the data resource elements; and

transmitting the waveform, including the data transmissions and the multiple pilots, over the symbol.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 21 , wherein the code for generating the waveform is configured to generate the multiple pilots in different sets of resource elements that are interleaved throughout the symbol.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 22 , wherein the multiple pilots each include a same number of resource elements.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 21 , wherein the code for generating the waveform is configured to generate the multiple pilots in a single set of contiguous resource elements separate from a second single set of the data resource elements for the data transmissions.

25. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 21 , wherein the code for generating the waveform is configured to generate the waveform to include the multiple pilots for phase noise cancellation.

26. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 21 , wherein the code for generating the waveform is configured to generate the multiple pilots according to at least one of a Zadoff-Chu sequence or a pseudo-noise (PN) sequence.