receiving a first radio resource control (RRC) parameter used for configuring more than one downlink (DL) Semi-Persistent Scheduling (SPS) configuration, each of the more than one DL SPS configuration including a corresponding DL SPS configuration index;

receiving a second RRC parameter used for configuring a list for a DL SPS configuration release, multiple entries in the list including respective sets of one or more DL SPS configuration indices;

detecting a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for a first downlink control information (DCI) format with cyclic redundancy check (CRC) scrambled by a first radio network temporary identifier (RNTI), the first DCI format being used for an activation of one of the more than one DL SPS configuration;

detecting a PDCCH for a second DCI format with CRC scrambled by the first RNTI, the second DCI format being used for a release of a part of the more than one DL SPS configuration, the part being formed by multiple DL SPS configurations;

performing, based on a detection of the first DCI format comprising information used for indicating the activation of the one of the more than one DL SPS configuration, a downlink data reception on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) corresponding to the activated one of the more than one DL SPS configuration; and

releasing the multiple DL SPS configurations based on a detection of the second DCI format comprising a value indicating the release of the multiple DL SPS configurations, the multiple DL SPS configurations being released according to the second DCI format and the second RRC parameter, wherein

the released multiple DL SPS configurations are indicated by one of the respective sets, which are configured with a use of the second RRC parameter,

the value provides an index of one of the multiple entries in order to indicate the one of the respective sets,

the second DCI format includes a Modulation and coding scheme field set to all ‘1’ and a Redundancy version field is set to all ‘0’s which cause the UE to consider, according to a predefined rule, the second DCI format as a valid release of the multiple DL SPS configurations, and

the predefined rule for the valid release predefines that the Modulation and coding scheme field is to be set to all ‘1’ and the Redundancy version field is to be set to all ‘0’s, but predefines neither that a HARQ process number field in the second DCI format is to be set to all ‘0’s nor that a Frequency domain resource assignment field in the second DCI format is to be set to all ‘1’s.