METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECEPTION OF CONTROL SIGNALING

摘要

A method and apparatus provide reception of control signaling in a wireless communication network. A first set of a first number (k1) of control channel Blind Decoding (BD) candidates can be monitored in a first subframe at an aggregation level for a control channel transmission in the first subframe starting from a first OFDM symbol position in the first subframe. A second set of a second number (k2) of control channel BD candidates can be monitored in the first subframe at the aggregation level in the first subframe starting from a second OFDM symbol position in the first subframe. A third set of a third number (k3) of control channel BD candidates can be monitored in a second subframe at the aggregation level in the second subframe starting only from a first OFDM symbol position in the second subframe when a Downlink Control Information (DCI) intended for the device is successfully decoded from a candidate in the second set of the second number (k2) of control channel BD candidates, where k3>k1 and k3>k2. The first OFDM symbol position in the first subframe can be the same position as the first OFDM symbol position in the second subframe.

主权项

1. A method in a device, the method comprising:
monitoring in a first subframe, a first set of a first number of control channel blind decoding candidates at an aggregation level for a control channel transmission in the first subframe starting from a first orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbol position in the first subframe; monitoring in the first subframe, a second set of a second number of control channel blind decoding candidates at the aggregation level for a control channel transmission in the first subframe starting from a second orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbol position in the first subframe; and monitoring in a second subframe, a third set of a third number of control channel blind decoding candidates at the aggregation level for a control channel transmission in the second subframe starting only from a first orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbol position in the second subframe when a downlink control information intended for the device is successfully decoded from a candidate in the second set of the second number of control channel blind decoding candidates, wherein the third number of control channel blind decoding candidates is greater than the first number of control channel blind decoding candidates and is greater than the second number of control channel blind decoding candidates, and wherein the first orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbol position in the first subframe is the same position as the first orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbol position in the second subframe.