Wireless communications systems and methods related frame based equipment (FBE) communications in a wireless communication network are provided. For example, a method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment can include: monitoring, in a search space of a shared radio frequency band, for a downlink communication from a base station operating in a frame based equipment (FBE) mode; receiving, from the base station based on the monitoring, downlink control information (DCI); determining, based on the received DCI, the DCI does not schedule a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) communication for the user equipment; and transmitting, to the base station based on the determining, an uplink communication.