| CPC H04W 72/23 (2023.01) [H04L 1/18 (2013.01); H04L 5/0094 (2013.01)] | 44 Claims |

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1. A method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:
receiving, from a base station, an indication that a first downlink control channel candidate in a first search space set is linked to a second downlink control channel candidate in a second search space set, the first downlink control channel candidate being received, at least partially, before the second downlink control channel candidate in a slot;
decoding downlink control information from at least one of the first downlink control channel candidate or the second downlink control channel candidate, the downlink control information scheduling resources for a downlink shared channel in the slot that includes the first downlink control channel candidate and the second downlink control channel candidate; and
receiving a downlink message in the resources based at least in part on satisfaction of a confirmatory rule associated with the first downlink control channel candidate and the second downlink control channel candidate being linked, the confirmatory rule being that both the first downlink control channel candidate and the second downlink control channel candidate are within three symbols at a beginning of the slot in which the resources are scheduled.
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