Patent ID: 9532353
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for operating a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving a subframe including a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols; and monitoring a plurality of search spaces configured on the subframe so as to receive control information indicated to the UE, wherein the plurality of search spaces are allocated in a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) region or an Enhanced-PDCCH (E-PDCCH) region, the PDCCH region including one or more consecutive OFDM symbols starting from a first OFDM symbol of the subframe and the E-PDCCH region including one or more consecutive OFDM symbols not overlapped with the PDCCH region in the subframe, and wherein search spaces corresponding to Control Channel Element (CCE) aggregation levels 4 and 8 among the plurality of search spaces are allocated to the PDCCH region, if the UE is configured for E-PDCCH monitoring in the subframe.