Time division duplexing techniques for dual connectivity to different radio access networks

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that support time division duplexing (TDD) for dual connectivity (DC) to different radio access networks (RANs). A DC connection may be established between a user equipment (UE) and both a first RAN and a second RAN. A reference TDD configuration for the first RAN and a designated TDD configuration for both the first and second RAN may be identified. The designated TDD configuration may have a first set of uplink subframes and the reference TDD configuration may have a second set of uplink subframes that is a subset of the first set of uplink subframes. Downlink transmissions of the first RAN may be transmitted according to the reference TDD configuration, and uplink transmissions of the first and second RAN may be transmitted according to the designated TDD configuration.