A technique includes receiving, by a user device from a base station, a first message indicating a plurality of sets of uplink control channel resources for the uplink transmission of a type of uplink control information, each set of uplink control channel resources having a resource configuration; receiving, by the user device from the base station, a second message that is different from the first message, the second message indicating a selected uplink control channel resources, of the plurality of sets of uplink control channel resources, for the uplink transmission of a type of uplink control information; and sending, by the user device to the base station, uplink control information via the selected set of uplink control channel resources.