Patent ID: 8270363

Claim:
A method for decoding at a User Equipment (UE), the method comprising: receiving a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) from a base station during a subframe k; and decoding a set of PDCCH candidates within a search space of the PDCCH during the subframe k, wherein each PDCCH candidate of the set of PDCCH candidates comprises a defined number of control channel elements (CCEs), wherein the CCEs, for a first PDCCH candidate of the set of PDCCH candidates, are consecutively located from a variable position within the subframe k, and wherein the variable position within the subframe k is determined, for the first PDCCH candidate of the set of PDCCH candidates, based upon the variable position within a previous subframe of the subframe k, wherein the CCEs corresponding to a specific PDCCH candidate of the set of PDCCH candidates are given by using a total number of CCEs included in the subframe k and the number of CCEs corresponding to the specific PDCCH candidate.