Patent ID: 9445409
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: (a) receiving a first high-layer information from a base station by a user equipment (UE) to determine a first set of physical resource blocks (PRBs); (b) determining a first set of candidate enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCHs) within the first set of PRBs, wherein one or a plurality of candidate ePDCCHs potentially carries downlink control information intended for the UE; (c) decoding the first set of candidate ePDCCHs to obtain the downlink control information intended for the UE; (d) receiving a second high-layer information from the base station by the UE to determine a second set of PRBs, wherein the second high-layer information is different from the first high-layer information; (e) determining a second set of candidate ePDCCHs within the second set of PRBs, wherein one or a plurality of candidate ePDCCHs potentially carries the downlink control information intended for the UE; and (f) decoding the second set of candidate ePDCCHs to obtain the downlink control information intended for the UE.