US 12,081,334 B2
Method executed by user equipment, and user equipment
Chao Luo, Shanghai (CN); Renmao Liu, Shanghai (CN); and Tomoki Yoshimura, Sakai (JP)
Assigned to SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai (JP); and FG Innovation Company Limited, Tuen Mun (HK)
Appl. No. 17/423,605
Filed by SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai (JP); and FG Innovation Company Limited, Tuen Mun (HK)
PCT Filed Jan. 16, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/072410
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 16, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/147775, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201910047349.3 (CN), filed on Jan. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0116143 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 1/00 (2006.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01)
CPC H04L 1/0091 (2013.01) [H04L 1/0023 (2013.01); H04L 1/0079 (2013.01); H04L 5/0053 (2013.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:
determining a first size of a first downlink control information (DCI) format monitored in a common search space (CSS) and a second size of a second DCI format monitored in the CSS;
determining a third size of the first DCI format monitored in a UE specific search space (USS) and a fourth size of the second DCI format monitored in the USS;
aligning the first size of the first DCI format with the second size of the second DCI format;
aligning the third size of the first DCI format with the fourth size of the second DCI format;
determining at least one of a size of a third DCI format monitored in the USS and a size of a fourth DCI format monitored in the USS; and
adjusting at least one of the determined size of the third DCI format and the determined size of the fourth DCI format such that the adjusted at least one determined size is not equal to any of the aligned first size, the aligned second size, the aligned third size, or the aligned fourth size.