Patent ID: 9515799
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for receiving downlink control information (DCI) for low cost machine type communication (MTC) device, the method comprising: receiving, via upper layer signaling, resource allocation information about resources allocated in a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) carrying the DCI for the MTC device, the resource allocation information including a location information and a size information of the DCI within the PDCCH or the PDSCH; decoding the PDCCH or the PDSCH carrying the DCI based on the resource allocation information about the DCI only at a designated location indicated by the resource allocation information without searching a search space for the DCI, wherein the DCI is configured to have a size smaller than one control channel element (CCE) and the DCI has a size of 1/a of the one CCE, where a is 3 or 9.