| CPC H04L 5/0044 (2013.01) [H04L 1/0008 (2013.01); H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 72/044 (2013.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01)] | 15 Claims |

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1. An integrated circuit for a communication apparatus, the integrated circuit comprising,
an input, which, in operation, inputs an electronic signal, and
controller circuitry, which, in operation, controls:
receiving one or more signals; and
monitoring, in the one or more signals, a plurality of downlink control information (DCI) formats including a DCI format 0_0, a DCI format 1_0, a first DCI format used for scheduling of physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), and a second DCI format used for scheduling of physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), wherein each of the first DCI format and the second DCI format is different from the following DCI formats:
DCI format 0_0;
DCI format 0_1;
DCI format 1_0;
DCI format 1_1;
DCI format 2_0;
DCI format 2_1; and
DCI format 2_2,
wherein the monitored plurality of DCI formats satisfy:
a first condition that a first total number of different DCI sizes of the plurality of the DCI formats is no more than a first determined number, and a second condition that a second total number of different DCI sizes with a cell-radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI) of the plurality of the DCI formats is no more than a second determined number; or
a third condition that a size of the DCI format 0_0 matches a size of the DCI format 1_0, and
a fourth condition that a size of the first DCI format is based on a size of one of the plurality of DCI formats.
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