Decoding downlink control information in a combined physical downlink control channel candidate

An apparatus for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

• a processor;
• memory coupled with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
• receive downlink control information from a network entity;
• identify a first physical downlink control channel candidate in a first search space set, a second physical downlink control channel candidate in a second search space set, and a combined physical downlink control channel candidate in the first search space set and the second search space set;
• decode the downlink control information from at least one of the first physical downlink control channel candidate, the second physical downlink control channel candidate, or the combined physical downlink control channel candidate based at least in part on the identifying;
• identify that the downlink control information corresponds to the combined physical downlink control channel candidate;
• identify a starting location of a physical downlink shared channel as during or after a first symbol of a later search space set of the first search space set and the second search space set based at least in part on identifying that the downlink control information corresponds to the combined physical downlink control channel candidate;
• and
• receive the physical downlink shared channel based at least in part on the starting location.

An apparatus for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

• means for receiving downlink control information from a network entity;
• means for identifying a first physical downlink control channel candidate in a first search space set, a second physical downlink control channel candidate in a second search space set, and a combined physical downlink control channel candidate in the first search space set and the second search space set;
• means for decoding the downlink control information from at least one of the first physical downlink control channel candidate, the second physical downlink control channel candidate, or the combined physical downlink control channel candidate based at least in part on the identifying;
• means for identifying that the downlink control information corresponds to the combined physical downlink control channel candidate;
• means for identifying a starting location of a physical downlink shared channel as during or after a first symbol of a later search space set of the first search space set and the second search space set based at least in part on identifying that the downlink control information corresponds to the combined physical downlink control channel candidate;
• and
• means for receiving the physical downlink shared channel based at least in part on the starting location.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE), the code comprising instructions executable by a processor to:

• receive downlink control information from a network entity;
• identify a first physical downlink control channel candidate in a first search space set, a second physical downlink control channel candidate in a second search space set, and a combined physical downlink control channel candidate in the first search space set and the second search space set;
• decode the downlink control information from at least one of the first physical downlink control channel candidate, the second physical downlink control channel candidate, or the combined physical downlink control channel candidate based at least in part on the identifying;
• identify that the downlink control information corresponds to the combined physical downlink control channel candidate;
• identify a starting location of a physical downlink shared channel as during or after a first symbol of a later search space set of the first search space set and the second search space set based at least in part on identifying that the downlink control information corresponds to the combined physical downlink control channel candidate;
• and
• receive the physical downlink shared channel based at least in part on the starting location.