Patent ID: 9510341
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A machine-readable storage medium having stored thereon, programming for execution by a machine, the programming including instructions to: determine locations of a first search space and a second search space, wherein the first search space and the second search space comprises a plurality of control channel elements (CCEs), and wherein the PDCCH signaling is made up of at least one CCE of the first search space or of the second search space; determine whether the first search space and the second search space overlap in at least one of the plurality of CCEs, and determine whether a length of the PDCCH signaling excluding a carrier indication field (CIF) in the first search space is equal to a length of the PDCCH signaling including the CIF in the second search space; and when the first search space and the second search space overlap in the at least one of the plurality of CCEs and when the length of the PDCCH signaling excluding the CIF in the first search space is equal to the length of the PDCCH signaling including the CIF in the second search space, transmit, in the at least one of the plurality of CCEs over which the first search space and overlaps the second search space, the PDCCH signaling excluding the CIF to the UE.