Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may transmit, to a base station during a connection establishment procedure, a UE message indicating support for a plurality of connected modes, where the plurality of connected modes includes a first connected mode. The UE may receive, based at least in part on the UE message, a configuration message from the base station configuring resources for the UE to use while operating in the first connected mode. The UE may perform a grantless communication with the base station while operating in the first connected mode and using the configured resources.