An aspect of the disclosure provides a method for grant free communication by an electronic device (ED). Such a method includes receiving a plurality of grant free configuration profiles from a base station; and transmitting to a receiving device, an indication message associated with usage of the plurality of grant free configuration profiles. In some embodiments, the indication message indicates a selected grant free configuration profile. In some embodiments, the indication message indicates at least one of: configuration profile switching; a request for a new configuration profile; transmission parameter changes for a given configuration profile; and a release of a configuration profile. In some embodiments, the selected configuration profile specifies a plurality of data resource blocks, and the indication message indicates which data resource blocks contains data to be decoded by the receiving device. In some embodiments, the indication message is sent via a semi-static control channel.