| CPC H04W 72/0446 (2013.01) [H04L 27/26025 (2021.01); H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01)] | 9 Claims |

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1. A method comprising:
coding, by a base station, downlink control information (DCI) based on a DCI format; and
transmitting, by the base station to a terminal, the DCI via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), the PDCCH corresponding to one of at least one PDCCH candidate monitored by the terminal on an active downlink bandwidth part on a serving cell based on at least one search space (SS) set for maximum numbers of PDCCH candidates and non-overlapping control channel elements (CCEs) per a group of M slots,
wherein M is a number of consecutive slots,
wherein multiple groups of M slots are consecutive and non-overlapping,
wherein, based on the terminal not being provided configuration information for monitoring capability for the serving cell, a pre-defined value of M is applied for a specific subcarrier spacing (SCS) configuration, and
wherein, based on the terminal being provided the configuration information for monitoring capability for the serving cell, the terminal obtains an indication to monitor PDCCH on the serving cell for maximum numbers of PDCCH candidates and non-overlapping CCEs per the group of M slots based on the configuration information for monitoring capability.
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