Patent ID: 11937264
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 15:
16. A base station in a communication system, the base station comprising:
a transceiver; and
a controller coupled with the transceiver and configured to:
identify a number of cells associated with a capability for monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) based on a number of cells in a first set and a product of a number of cells in a second set and a coefficient, wherein the coefficient for the second set is associated with a number of a transmit and receive point (TRP), configured to each of the cells in the second set,
determine a maximum number of control channel elements (CCEs) for the PDCCH based on the number of cells associated with the capability,
identify search spaces to monitor based on the maximum number of CCEs, and
transmit downlink control channel on the PDCCH based on the identified search spaces.