Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. The method includes transmitting an indication of a capability of a user equipment (UE) to support, for a serving cell, both a first processing capability associated with a first control resource set pool and a second processing capability associated with a second control resource set pool, receiving, from a base station, control signaling identifying a control resource set configuration including the first and second control resource set pool, the first control resource set pool associated with the first processing capability and the second control resource set pool associated with the second processing capability, and communicating one or more messages on a channel according to one of the first or second processing capability that corresponds to the one of the first or second control resource set pool.