This disclosure provides methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications. In some aspects, an access point (AP) may receive an overlapping basic service set (OBSS) packet from another AP and determine timing information associated with the OBSS packet. The AP may align data symbols of the spatial reuse packet with data symbols associated with the OBSS packet, and in some examples, transmit a spatial reuse packet to a station (STA) based on the alignment. In some examples, a STA in communication with an AP may receive a spatial reuse packet from the AP and an OBSS packet from an additional AP. The STA may determine an alignment between timing information associated with the spatial reuse packet and timing information associated with the OBSS packet, and in some examples, apply one or more signal interference mitigation schemes based on the alignment.