A method for wireless communications by a wireless device, comprising: configuring the wireless device to access a wireless network using a set of at least three components carriers, CCs; dividing the at least three component carriers into groups of component carriers for monitoring a Physical Downlink Control Channel, PDCCH, of each component carrier, wherein the dividing comprises: grouping the component carriers with both a shared monitoring pattern and a shared starting span into a first group of one or more groups and the other component carriers into a second group; determining a number of non-overlapping control channel elements, CCE, to monitor for each group of component carriers, wherein determining the number of non-overlapping CCEs to monitor for the second group comprises: determining a PDCCH monitoring limit for component carriers with a shared span pattern; splitting the determined PDCCH monitoring limit for component carriers of the first group based on the shared span pattern; and splitting the determined PDCCH monitoring limit for component carriers of the second group across spans of the component carriers of the second group; and configuring the wireless device to monitor the non-overlapping CCEs based on the determined number to monitor for each group. configuring the wireless device to access a wireless network using a set of at least three components carriers, CCs; dividing the at least three component carriers into groups of component carriers for monitoring a Physical Downlink Control Channel, PDCCH, of each component carrier, wherein the dividing comprises: grouping the component carriers with both a shared monitoring pattern and a shared starting span into a first group of one or more groups and the other component carriers into a second group; determining a number of non-overlapping control channel elements, CCE, to monitor for each group of component carriers, wherein determining the number of non-overlapping CCEs to monitor for the second group comprises: determining a PDCCH monitoring limit for component carriers with a shared span pattern; splitting the determined PDCCH monitoring limit for component carriers of the first group based on the shared span pattern; and splitting the determined PDCCH monitoring limit for component carriers of the second group across spans of the component carriers of the second group; and configuring the wireless device to monitor the non-overlapping CCEs based on the determined number to monitor for each group. grouping the component carriers with both a shared monitoring pattern and a shared starting span into a first group of one or more groups and the other component carriers into a second group; determining a number of non-overlapping control channel elements, CCE, to monitor for each group of component carriers, wherein determining the number of non-overlapping CCEs to monitor for the second group comprises: determining a PDCCH monitoring limit for component carriers with a shared span pattern; splitting the determined PDCCH monitoring limit for component carriers of the first group based on the shared span pattern; and splitting the determined PDCCH monitoring limit for component carriers of the second group across spans of the component carriers of the second group; and configuring the wireless device to monitor the non-overlapping CCEs based on the determined number to monitor for each group. determining a PDCCH monitoring limit for component carriers with a shared span pattern; splitting the determined PDCCH monitoring limit for component carriers of the first group based on the shared span pattern; and splitting the determined PDCCH monitoring limit for component carriers of the second group across spans of the component carriers of the second group; and configuring the wireless device to monitor the non-overlapping CCEs based on the determined number to monitor for each group.