Various aspects include a method and an apparatus for receiving a uplink (UL) short burst at an eNB, by determining, at the eNB, one or more tone assignments for one or more channels of the UL short burst, wherein the one or more channels of the UL short burst include a sounding reference signal (SRS), a demodulation reference signal (DMRS), a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), transmitting the one or more tone assignments to the UE, and receiving the UL short burst from the UE, wherein the UL short burst is generated at the UE based at least on the one or more tone assignments transmitted from the eNB. Methods may include transmitting a uplink (UL) short burst from a user equipment (UE).