Patent ID: 10880911

Abstract:
A method and apparatus provide shortened PDCCH operation. At least one sPDCCH monitoring set including sPDCCH DL control candidates to be monitored by a device in a sTTI of the subframe can be determined. An sPDCCH belonging to one of the at least one sPDCCH monitoring set can be received. The sPDCCH can schedule DL data packet transmissions in a sPDSCH. The sPDCCH can also indicate a rate-matching indicator that indicates at least one OFDM symbol. A set of frequency resources can be determined. The sPDSCH can be decoded based on the sPDSCH being rate-matched at least around the set of frequency resources belonging to the at least one OFDM symbol indicated by the rate-matching indicator.