According to an aspect, a method for configuring user devices to monitor a downlink control channel includes receiving, by a user device from a base station in a wireless communication system, a signaling message identifying beam information, and determining, by the user device, whether the beam information is associated with at least one adaptive configuration parameter for monitoring a downlink control channel using parameter mapping information, where the parameter mapping information associates adaptive configuration parameters with one or more of a plurality of beam information. The method includes applying the at least one adaptive configuration parameter to configure the user device to monitor a downlink control channel in response to the beam information being determined as associated with the at least one adaptive configuration parameter.