A technique includes receiving, by a user device, a configuration of a set of one or more resources for an uplink channel to be used for transmission by the user device in a slot prior to a short physical uplink control channel of the slot; receiving, by the user device, a downlink control information including a downlink assignment for a downlink channel; identifying, by the user device based on the downlink assignment, a resource of the set of one or more resources for the uplink channel, and a physical uplink control channel; and transmitting, by the user device, a signal via the identified resource for the uplink channel, prior to the short physical uplink control channel of the slot.