Patent ID: 10924250

Abstract:
Methods, user equipment (UE), and base stations for reception or transmission of physical downlink control channels (PDCCH) associated with a master node (MN) or with a secondary node (SN) are provided. A method of operating a UE to receive PDCCHs includes receiving an indication for a first number of cells Ncells,MCGcap and for a second number of cells Ncells,SCGcap; and determining a first total number of PDCCH candidates on Ncells,MCGDL,μ cells of the MN over a time period according to Ncells,MCGcap and a second total number of PDCCH candidates on Ncells,SCGDL,μ cells of the SN over the time period according to Ncells,SCGcap. μ is a subcarrier spacing (SCS) configuration for an active bandwidth part (BWP) on each of the Ncells,MCGDL,μ cells or Ncells,SCGDL,μ cells.