| CPC H04W 24/08 (2013.01) [H04W 74/006 (2013.01); H04W 74/0816 (2013.01); H04W 74/0866 (2013.01)] | 17 Claims |

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1. A method performed by a network node, the method comprising:
configuring a wireless device with at least two search space set groups, SSSGs, a search space set group comprising the sets of search spaces which may be monitored during a given time period and the at least one other search space set group cannot be monitored during the same time period;
configuring the wireless device to switch control channel monitoring between the at least two SSSGs, the configuring of the wireless device to switch control channel monitoring between the at least two SSSGs corresponding to configuring the wireless device with a timer for determining when to switch control channel monitoring between the at least two SSSGs; and
causing transmission of signaling on the control channel in accordance with the configured switching of the control channel monitoring, the switching being configured to occur based on an indication for switching control channel monitoring one of when detected by the wireless device and on an expiration of the timer when the indication is not detected by the wireless device.
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