Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first wireless communication device may receive an indication of a first set of non-adaptive physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), a first set of adaptive PDCCH resources, a second set of non-adaptive PDCCH resources, and a second set of adaptive PDCCH resources, may monitor the first set of non-adaptive PDCCH resources or the first set of non-adaptive PDCCH resources and the first set of adaptive PDCCH resources based at least in part on whether the first set of adaptive PDCCH resources is activated, and may transmit, based at least in part on whether the second set of adaptive PDCCH resources is activated, one or more DCI communications using the second set of non-adaptive PDCCH resources, or the second set of non-adaptive PDCCH resources and the second set of adaptive PDCCH resources. Numerous other aspects are provided.