Method to determine the starting subframe of data channel

A user equipment (UE) comprising:

• a transceiver module that transmits and receives radio signals in a wireless network;
• a memory;
• and
• a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to
• monitor that monitor one or more control channel candidates, wherein at least one control channel candidate occupies radio resources from a plurality of subframes;
• receive a control channel intended for the UE and obtains a repetition number for control channel transmission;
• and
• determine a starting subframe of a data channel for the UE based on the received control channel and a subframe gap, wherein the subframe gap is a number of consecutive subframes between the starting subframe of the data channel and a reference subframe, and wherein the reference subframe is the last subframe of the control channel, and wherein the last subframe of the control channel is determined based on a starting subframe of the control channel and the repetition number for control channel transmission, and wherein the UE obtains the repetition number for control channel transmission from a downlink control information (DCI).