Non-blind scheduling of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) control channel element (CCE) aggregation level (AL) for common search space (CSS)

A method for non-blind scheduling of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) aggregation level (AL) for a search space, the method comprising:

• receiving one or more signals corresponding to a device;
• receiving a request for a random-access channel response from the device;
• determining a radio frequency condition for the device based on the one or more signals;
• based on the radio frequency condition, determining a physical random access channel (PRACH) preamble group for the device for scheduling the PDCCH AL, the PRACH preamble group corresponding to the search space;
• and
• upon receiving the request, broadcasting the PRACH preamble group to the device.

Non-transitory computer-readable storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations for non-blind scheduling of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) aggregation level (AL) for a search space, the operations comprising:

• receiving one or more downlink signals corresponding to a device;
• receiving a request for a random-access channel response from the device;
• determining a radio frequency condition for the device based on the one or more downlink signals, the radio frequency condition corresponding to whether the one or more downlink signals is above a threshold;
• based on the radio frequency condition, determining a physical random access channel (PRACH) preamble group for the device for scheduling the PDCCH AL, the PRACH preamble group corresponding to the search space;
• and
• upon receiving the request, broadcasting the PRACH preamble group to the device.