APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING CONTROL CHANNEL IN MULTI-CARRIER SYSTEM

摘要

A method and an apparatus for monitoring a control channel in a multi-carrier system are provided. A terminal sets a common downlink carrier for monitoring a plurality of candidate control channels for receiving common control information among multiple carriers, and monitors the candidate control channels within a common search space of the common downlink carrier. The terminal receives common control information on a control channel which has been successfully decoded from among a plurality of candidate control channels. The invention can reduce a load due to blind decoding of the control channels and decrease battery consumption of the terminal.