Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a method for wireless communication by a wireless device. The method generally includes selecting multiple transmission reception points (TRPs) of a plurality of TRPs to form a group of TRPs based on information indicative of relative positions between a user equipment (UE) and each of the plurality of TRPs such that the relative positions between the UE and the multiple TRPs satisfy a criteria. The multiple TRPs of the group of TRPs are selected such that levels of communication delay between each of the multiple TRPs and the UE are within a defined delay range. The method further includes communicating on an uplink using a single timing advance between the UE and the group of TRPs.