Patent ID: 9264193
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: H04J,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A receiving apparatus comprising: A receiver which, in operation, receives a signal including downlink control information mapped to a first search space or a second search space, the first search space including one or a plurality of first PDCCH candidates for each of a plurality of aggregation levels, the second search space including one or a plurality of second PDCCH candidates for each of the plurality of aggregation levels and further including at least one other second PDCCH candidate for an aggregation level higher than any one of the plurality of aggregation levels, each of the first and the second PDCCH candidate being composed of a control channel element (CCE) or a plurality of aggregated CCEs of its corresponding aggregation level; and a monitor which, in operation, monitors the one or the plurality of first PDCCH candidates included in the first search space or the one or the plurality of second PDCCH candidates and the at least one other second PDCCH candidate included in the second search space and to acquire downlink control information for the receiving apparatus.