STRUCTURE OF ENHANCED PHYSICAL DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL (E PDCCH) IN LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE)

摘要

Aspects of the present disclosure relate generally to wireless communication systems and more particularly to defining a structure of and enhanced physical downlink control channel (e PDCCH). Certain aspects provide methods and apparatus for determining a search space in which a base station (eNodeB) may transmit an enhanced physical downlink control channel (e PDCCH) wherein the search space comprises one or more fractional portions of frequency time resources of a physical resource block (PRB) pair and attempting to decode the e PDCCH based on the determined search space.