A method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for wireless communications for receiving, by a network entity from a user equipment (UE), a component carrier/bandwidth portion (CC/BWP) grouping capability message that indicates a capability of the UE to support CC/BWP group-based signaling; transmitting, by the network entity to the UE, a CC/BWP grouping indication that identifies at least one CC/BWP group based on the CC/BWP grouping capability message; transmitting, by the network entity to the UE, a CC/BWP configuration message that includes CC/BWP group configuration information that identifies a CC/BWP group configuration for the at least one CC/BWP group; communicating, by the network entity with the UE, on at least one CC/BWP of the at least one CC/BWP group based on one or more communication parameters configured according to the CC/BWP group configuration.