The communications manager 915 may be an example of aspects of the communications manager 815 as described herein. The communications manager 915 may include a monitoring indication manager 920, a preemption and permission indication manager 925, and a grant manager 930. The communications manager 915 may be an example of aspects of the communications manager 1110 described herein.
The monitoring indication manager 920 may receive a preemption monitoring indication in a grant in a first downlink control channel, where the grant is for an uplink or downlink transmission, and the preemption monitoring indication indicates whether the UE is to monitor a second downlink control channel for a preemption indication. The preemption and permission indication manager 925 may determine, based on the preemption monitoring indication, whether to monitor the second downlink control channel for the preemption indication.