Patent ID: 9681436
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving a first high-layer information from a base station by a user equipment (UE) to determine a first set of physical resource blocks (PRBs); determining a first set of candidate enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCHs) within the first set of PRBs, wherein one or a plurality of candidate ePDCCHs carries downlink control information intended for the UE; decoding the first set of candidate ePDCCHs to obtain the downlink control information intended for the UE; receiving a second high-layer information from the base station by the UE to determine a second set of PRBs, wherein the second high-layer information is different from the first high-layer information; determining a second set of candidate ePDCCHs within the second set of PRBs, wherein one or a plurality of candidate ePDCCHs carries the downlink control information intended for the UE; and decoding the second set of candidate ePDCCHs to obtain the downlink control information intended for the UE.