| CPC H04W 72/232 (2023.01) [H04W 72/1268 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. An apparatus, comprising:
a receiving circuitry;
a transmitting circuitry; and
a processor coupled to the receiving circuitry and the transmitting circuitry configured to cause the apparatus to:
receive a first downlink control information (DCI) format scheduling a first data channel of a plurality of data channels on a first carrier of a plurality of carriers, wherein the first DCI format includes common scheduling information for all of the plurality of carriers and information for decoding a second DCI format;
receive the first data channel on the first carrier based on the first DCI format;
decode the second DCI format on the first data channel; and
receive a second data channel of the plurality of data channels on a second carrier of the plurality of carriers based on the second DCI format.
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