Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may monitor a set of resources for one or more synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) associated with one or more pseudo-random sequences. The one or more pseudo-random sequences and the set of resources may be indicated by an output of a pseudo-random function (PRF) that is based on a timing parameter, a cell identifier, and a key. In some examples, the UE may monitor a set of resources within a control resource set for a downlink control channel, where the set of resources for the downlink control channel is based on an output of the PRF. The UE communicate with a network entity via a cell associated with the cell identifier based on the monitoring.