| CPC H04W 72/23 (2023.01) [H04L 1/0009 (2013.01)] | 26 Claims |

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1. A method of operating a network component, comprising:
scheduling, during at least one slot, transmission of a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) and a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH), the PDCCH including a first part of a Downlink Control Information (DCI), the PDSCH including a second part of the DCI, wherein the scheduling includes determining a transport block size (TBS) that is associated with the PDSCH and that is based on a discount attributable to resource elements allocated for transport of the second part of the DCI of the PDSCH; and; and
transmitting the PDCCH and the PDSCH during the at least one slot,
wherein the PDSCH is transmitted in accordance with the determined TBS.
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