A method and apparatus may include performing, by a network node, a short Physical Downlink Shared Channel scheduling decision for a user equipment. The method can also include determining a short Physical Downlink Control Channel candidate for carrying a downlink assignment to the user equipment. The method can also include determining a short Physical Downlink Control Channel candidate set. The short Physical Downlink Control Channel candidate set is specific to the user equipment. The method can also include determining a plurality of logical signaling groups based on the determined candidate set. The method can also include determining which groups of the plurality of logical signaling groups that the network node will perform short Physical Downlink Shared Channel rate matching. The method can also include determining the short Physical Downlink Shared Channel resource mapping and creation of the short Physical Downlink Shared Channel. The method can also include transmitting Downlink Control Information on short Physical Downlink Control Channel and short Physical Downlink Shared Channel to the user equipment.