A method of supporting downlink communication in a Long Term Evolution, LTE, wireless communication system, comprising: wirelessly receiving a set of Physical Resource Block, PRB, pairs at a User Equipment, UE, each PRB pair of the set of PRB pairs comprising Physical Downlink Control Channel, PDCCH, data followed by Physical Downlink Shared Channel, PDSCH, data, each PRB pair of the set of PRB pairs having been transmitted concurrently within a subframe; concurrently with receipt of said set of PRB pairs, when the UE is in a connected mode, performing blind decoding by the UE of only a prioritized portion of the PDCCH data of PRB pairs of the set of PRB pairs, wherein said blind decoding is completed prior to expiry of the subframe; and for at least some PRB pairs for which the decoded PDCCH data thereof is indicative that the PDSCH data of the same subframe is devoid of data intended for the UE, refraining, by the UE, from one or both of buffering and decoding of at least some of said PDSCH data; wherein performing said blind decoding comprises: selecting the prioritized portion of the PDCCH data as a strict subset of: a User Search Space, USS, portion of the PDCCH data in combination with a Common Search Space, CSS, portion of the PDCCH data; wherein the prioritized portion corresponds to either the entire USS portion or the entire CSS portion, thereby configuring the UE for receipt of predetermined information scheduled via the CSS portion; and wherein the predetermined information comprises one or more of: Paging Radio Network Temporary Identifier, P-RNTI, and System Information Block, SIB, data. wirelessly receiving a set of Physical Resource Block, PRB, pairs at a User Equipment, UE, each PRB pair of the set of PRB pairs comprising Physical Downlink Control Channel, PDCCH, data followed by Physical Downlink Shared Channel, PDSCH, data, each PRB pair of the set of PRB pairs having been transmitted concurrently within a subframe; concurrently with receipt of said set of PRB pairs, when the UE is in a connected mode, performing blind decoding by the UE of only a prioritized portion of the PDCCH data of PRB pairs of the set of PRB pairs, wherein said blind decoding is completed prior to expiry of the subframe; and for at least some PRB pairs for which the decoded PDCCH data thereof is indicative that the PDSCH data of the same subframe is devoid of data intended for the UE, refraining, by the UE, from one or both of buffering and decoding of at least some of said PDSCH data; wherein performing said blind decoding comprises: selecting the prioritized portion of the PDCCH data as a strict subset of: a User Search Space, USS, portion of the PDCCH data in combination with a Common Search Space, CSS, portion of the PDCCH data; wherein the prioritized portion corresponds to either the entire USS portion or the entire CSS portion, thereby configuring the UE for receipt of predetermined information scheduled via the CSS portion; and wherein the predetermined information comprises one or more of: Paging Radio Network Temporary Identifier, P-RNTI, and System Information Block, SIB, data. selecting the prioritized portion of the PDCCH data as a strict subset of: a User Search Space, USS, portion of the PDCCH data in combination with a Common Search Space, CSS, portion of the PDCCH data; wherein the prioritized portion corresponds to either the entire USS portion or the entire CSS portion, thereby configuring the UE for receipt of predetermined information scheduled via the CSS portion; and wherein the predetermined information comprises one or more of: Paging Radio Network Temporary Identifier, P-RNTI, and System Information Block, SIB, data.