Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A wireless node may receive a grant of a set of resources for an uplink transmission from another wireless node. The wireless node may identify a plurality of beams for performing channel access for the uplink transmission based on receiving the grant. The wireless node may perform channel access procedures over at least a subset of beams of the plurality of beams. The wireless node may transmit over one or more beams of the subset of beams based on successful completion of one or more of the channel access procedures.