Patent ID: 9031028
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for receiving downlink channels from a base station at a user equipment in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving a control format indicator channel from the base station in a subframe comprising a plurality of symbols; and receiving at least one of a first control channel or a second control channel in the subframe from the base station, wherein a starting symbol of the first control channel is a first symbol of the plurality of symbols, wherein a starting symbol of the second control channel is determined according to information included in the control format indicator channel or a Radio Resource Control (RRC) layer signaling, and wherein: if a parameter on the starting symbol of the second control channel is configured via the RRC layer signaling, the starting symbol of the second control channel is determined based on the parameter, otherwise, the starting symbol of the second control channel is determined based on the information included in the control format indicator channel.