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US 12,574,943 · App. 18/610,266 · Granted Mar 10, 2026

Method for transmitting physical downlink control channel and device for same in wireless communication system

Inventors: Geunyoung Seok (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Kyungjun Choi (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Minseok Noh (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Juhyung Son (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Jinsam Kwak (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
H04W72/232H04L5/0053
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Patent No.
US 12,574,943
App. No.
18/610,266
Granted
Mar 10, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method, which is performed by a terminal, for receiving a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of: receiving, from a base station, configuration information about a first control resource set (CORESET); receiving, from the base station, configuration information about a second CORESET; receiving, from the base station, a first PDCCH transmitted on the first CORESET; and receiving, from the base station, a second PDCCH transmitted on the second CORESET.

Claims (74)

1 . A terminal configured to operate in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor configured to control the transceiver,

wherein the processor is configured to:

receive first configuration information related to a plurality of control resource sets (CORESETs),

receive second configuration information related to a plurality of search spaces, each associated with each of the plurality of CORESETs,

receive first downlink control information (DCI) included in a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) on a first search space among the plurality of search spaces,

receive second DCI included in a second PDCCH on a second search space among the plurality of search spaces,

wherein the second configuration information includes linking information indicating that the first search space and the second search space are linked,

wherein the first DCI and the second DCI are identical to each other,

transmit a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) carrying hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ)-acknowledgement (ACK) information on a resource, and

wherein the resource is determined based on a PDCCH on a search space having a lower search space index among the first search space and the second search space, among the first PDCCH and the second PDCCH.

2 . The terminal of claim 1 ,

wherein the first PDCCH and the second PDCCH have a same aggregation level (AL).

3 . The terminal of claim 1 ,

wherein a first CORESET related to the first search space and a second CORESET related to the second search space are different time-frequency resources.

4 . The terminal of claim 1 ,

wherein the first search space and the second search space are configured in a same slot.

5 . The terminal of claim 1 ,

wherein the first DCI and the second DCI are each independently decoded.

6 . The terminal of claim 1 ,

wherein a periodicity of the first search space and a periodicity of the second search space are identical to each other.

7 . The terminal of claim 1 ,

wherein a type of the first search space and a type of the second search space are identical to each other, and

wherein the type of the first search space and the type of the second search space are one of a common search space or a UE specific search space.

8 . A method for use by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving first configuration information related to a plurality of control resource sets (CORESETs);

receiving second configuration information related to a plurality of search spaces, each associated with each of the plurality of CORESETs;

receiving first downlink control information (DCI) included in a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) on a first search space among the plurality of search spaces;

receiving second DCI included in a second PDCCH on a second search space among the plurality of search spaces,

wherein the second configuration information includes linking information indicating that the first search space and the second search space are linked,

wherein the first DCI and second DCI are identical to each other; and

transmitting a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) carrying hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ)-acknowledgement (ACK) information on a resource, and

wherein the resource is determined based on a PDCCH on a search space having a lower search space index among the first search space and the second search space, among the first PDCCH and the second PDCCH.

9 . The method of claim 8 ,

wherein the first PDCCH and the second PDCCH have a same aggregation level (AL).

10 . The method of claim 8 ,

wherein a first CORESET related to the first search space and a second CORESET related to the second search space are different time-frequency resources.

11 . The method of claim 8 ,

wherein the first search space and the second search space are configured in a same slot.

12 . The method of claim 8 ,

wherein the first DCI and the second DCI are each independently decoded.

13 . The method of claim 8 ,

wherein a periodicity of the first search space and a periodicity of the second search space are identical to each other.

14 . The method of claim 8 ,

wherein a type of the first search space and a type of the second search space are identical to each other, and

wherein the type of the first search space and the type of the second search space are one of a common search space or a UE specific search space.

15 . A base station configured to operate in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor configured to control the transceiver,

wherein the processor is configured to:

transmit first configuration information related to a plurality of control resource sets (CORESETs),

transmit second configuration information related to a plurality of search spaces, each associated with each of the plurality of CORESETs,

transmit first downlink control information (DCI) included in a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) on a first search space among the plurality of search spaces,

transmit second DCI included in a second PDCCH on a second search space among the plurality of search spaces,

wherein the second configuration information includes linking information indicating that the first search space and the second search space are linked,

wherein the first DCI and the second DCI are identical to each other,

receive a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) carrying hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ)-acknowledgement (ACK) information on a resource, and

wherein the resource is determined based on a PDCCH on a search space having a lower search space index among the first search space and the second search space, among the first PDCCH and the second PDCCH.

16 . The base station of claim 15 ,

wherein the first search space and the second search space are configured in a same slot.

17 . The base station of claim 15 ,

wherein the first PDCCH and the second PDCCH have a same aggregation level (AL).

18 . A method for use by a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting first configuration information related to a plurality of control resource sets (CORESETs);

transmitting second configuration information related to a plurality of search spaces, each associated with each of the plurality of CORESETs;

transmitting first downlink control information (DCI) included in a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) on a first search space among the plurality of search spaces;

transmitting second DCI included in a second PDCCH on a second search space among the plurality of search spaces,

wherein the second configuration information includes linking information indicating that the first search space and the second search space are linked,

wherein the first DCI and the second DCI are identical to each other; and

receiving a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) carrying hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ)-acknowledgement (ACK) information on a resource, and

wherein the resource is determined based on a PDCCH on a search space having a lower search space index among the first search space and the second search space, among the first PDCCH and the second PDCCH.

19 . The method of claim 18 ,

wherein the first PDCCH and the second PDCCH have a same aggregation level (AL).

Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2020-0089232 · Jul 17, 2020 · national
KR 10-2020-0096481 · Aug 1, 2020 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 18098074 · Jan 17, 2023
Continuation PCTKR2021009291 · Jul 19, 2021
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