Patent ID: 8837379
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: H04L,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method of operation of a user equipment in order to determine communications resources allocated thereto in a telecommunication system, in which the assignments of communications resources to user equipments are transmitted in a plurality of Physical Downlink Control Channels (PDCCHs), the PDCCHs being comprised in a control region of each downlink subframe, the method comprising: determining a division of the PDCCHs into at least one common subset of the PDCCHs and a plurality of group subsets of the PDCCHs; determining a relevant group subset of the PDCCHs from the plurality of group subsets of the PDCCHs; and decoding the PDCCHs forming the common subset of the PDCCHs or each common subset of the PDCCHs, and decoding only the PDCCHs of the relevant group subset of the PDCCHs; wherein determining the relevant group subset of the PDCCHs comprises determining the relevant group subset of the PDCCHs based on a Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI) of the user equipment.