In some cases, base station 105-a may transmit the monitoring indication 210 in a first downlink control channel (e.g., carrying a first DCI message), and the monitoring indication may configure UE 115-a to monitor or avoid monitoring a second downlink control channel (e.g., potentially carrying a second DCI message) for a preemption indication for an uplink or downlink transmission, where the second downlink control channel may follow the first downlink control channel. In some cases, a UE 115-a may be configured via RRC signaling to monitor for the monitoring indication 210. In other cases, if the UE 115-a is incapable of monitoring for the monitoring indication 210, the UE 115-a may avoid monitoring for the monitoring indication 210. In some examples, base station 105-a may configure UE 115-a via RRC signaling to monitor or avoid monitoring for preemption indications for uplink or downlink transmissions on a carrier (e.g., where the monitoring indication 210 may override the RRC signaling). Further, base station 105-a may also configure UE 115-a via RRC signaling to monitor or avoid monitoring for monitoring indications (e.g., monitoring indication 210).