Decoding downlink control channels for 5G wireless communication systems

A method, comprising:

• predicting, by a receiver device comprising a processor, a number of codewords comprised in an upcoming data channel transmission based on contextual information comprising a first location of the receiver device relative to a network device, wherein the predicting comprises determining a probability that the number of codewords is two based on an outcome of determining whether the first location of the receiver device relative to a second location of the network device is within a defined distance, and wherein the predicting results in a predicted number of codewords;
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• decoding, by the receiver device, a downlink control transmission comprising control channel information that facilitates scheduling the upcoming data channel transmission based on the predicted number of codewords.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a receiver device, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

• predicting a number of codewords that a data channel transmission to be scheduled comprises based on contextual information comprising a location of the receiver device relative to a network node, wherein the predicting comprises determining a probability that a number of codewords is two, and wherein the determining the probability is two comprises determining whether the location of the receiver device relative to the network node is within a defined range;
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• decoding a downlink control transmission comprising control channel information that facilitates scheduling the data channel transmission based on the number of codewords predicted.