Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive control signaling from a base station including a resource configuration indicating a resource block includes a synchronization signal block (SSB) and a control resource set (CORESET). The resource configuration may be based on a sub-carrier spacing (SCS) configuration. The UE may receive the SSB and the CORESET from the base station within the resource block and according to the resource configuration. The UE may receive one or more reference signals and may decode the SSB and the CORESET based on the resource configuration and the reference signals.