Patent ID: 9432992
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: H04H,H04J,H04L,H04W,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. A method of operation of a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, at the terminal, system information including information associated with a sub-frame configuration of multimedia broadcast multicast service single frequency network (MBSFN) sub-frame; receiving, at the terminal, information on configuration of a transmission mode of the terminal, the transmission mode including one of a first transmission mode and a second transmission mode; identifying whether to detect a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in a first sub-frame of the MBSFN sub-frame based on the transmission mode of the terminal; if the transmission mode of the terminal is the first transmission mode, detecting at the terminal the PDCCH in a first sub-frame of the MBSFN sub-frame and a second sub-frame of non-MBSFN sub-frame for the terminal; and if the transmission mode of the terminal is the second transmission mode, detecting at the terminal the PDCCH in the second sub-frame of the non-MBSFN sub-frame.