Method and apparatus for low latency transmissions

An apparatus comprising:

• a transceiver configured to receive a higher layer configuration message, the higher layer being higher than a physical layer;
• and
• at least one hardware controller configured to
• determine, based on the higher layer configuration message, a first region of a subframe for receiving data packets, the first region comprising a first set of resource elements, the first set of resource elements being a subset of a second set of resource elements in the first region, where the first region is used for control channel monitoring, where the data packets are mapped to at least one resource element of the first set of resource elements,
• monitor the first region, where monitoring includes attempting to decode the data packets in the first region, and
• decode data in a data packet in the first region.

A method comprising:

• receiving a higher layer configuration message, the higher layer being higher than a physical layer;
• determining, based on the higher layer configuration message, a first region of a subframe for receiving low latency data packets,
• where the first region is used for control channels that assign resource allocation for other latency data packets in a second region after the first region in the subframe, where low latency data packets have a lower maximum latency than other latency data packets, and
• where the first region is also used for the low latency data packets;
• monitoring low latency data packets in the first region in response to receiving the higher layer configuration message, where monitoring includes attempting to decode a low latency data packet in the first region;
• and
• successfully decoding data in the low latency data packet in the first region.