# US 12,114,339 B2 · User equipment, base station, and method

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- Number: US 12,114,339 B2
- Document ID: US12114339B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/628,983
- Filed: 2020-07-31
- Published: 2022-08-18
- Granted: 2024-10-08
- Earliest claimed: 2019-08-02
- Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Liqing Liu; Shohei Yamada; Masayuki Hoshino; Hiroki Takahashi
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12114339B2

## CPC

- H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals}
- H04W 72/51: based on terminal or device properties
- H04W 72/0453: Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA
- H04W 72/23: in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
- H04W 76/20: Manipulation of established connections
- H04L 1/0025: {Transmission of mode-switching indication}
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)

## Abstract

A method by a user equipment (UE) is described. The method includes receiving, from a base station, a first radio resource control (RRC) parameter with a first information element structure to define how and where to search for PDCCH candidates of a search space set, receiving a second RRC parameter with a second information element structure to define how and where to search for PDCCH candidates of a search space set, and a search space set corresponds to two types of search space set, wherein the first information element structure is capable of indicating of which one of the two types the search space set is, the second information element structure is only capable of indicating one fixed type.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A user equipment (UE), comprising:
a receiver configured to receive, from a base station, a first radio resource control (RRC) parameter with a first information element structure to define how and where to search for PDCCH candidates for a first search space set and a second RRC parameter with a second information element structure to define how and where to search for PDCCH candidates for a second search space set, wherein
each of the first search space set and the second search space set corresponds to either of a first type of search space set and a second type of search space set,
the first information element structure includes a third RRC parameter capable of designating which one of the two types the first search space set is, and
the second information element structure includes a fourth RRC parameter capable of designating the first type of search space set but not capable of designating the second type of search space set,
the receiver is configured to monitor, in the first search space set, PDCCH candidates for DCI formats indicated based on the first RRC parameter, and
the receiver is configured to monitor, in the second search space set, PDCCH candidates for DCI formats indicated based on the second RRC parameter.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The UE according to claim 1, wherein
the two types of search space set are common search space set and UE-specific search space set.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The UE according to claim 1, wherein
the DCI formats indicated based on the first RRC parameter are different from the DCI formats indicated based on the second RRC parameter.

### Claim 4

A base station, comprising:
a transmitter configured to transmit, to a user equipment (UE), a first radio resource control (RRC) parameter with a first information element structure to define how and where to search for PDCCH candidates for a first search space set and a second RRC parameter with a second information element structure to define how and where to search for PDCCH candidates for a second search space set, wherein
each of the first search space set and the second search space set corresponds to either of a first type of search space set and a second type of search space set,
the first information element structure includes a third RRC parameter capable of designating which one of the two types the first search space set is, and
the second information element structure includes a fourth RRC parameter capable of designating the first type of search space set but not capable of designating the second type of search space set,
the transmitter is configured to transmit, in the first search space set, PDCCH candidates for DCI formats indicated based on the first RRC parameter, and
the transmitter is configured to transmit, in the second search space set, PDCCH candidates for DCI formats indicated based on the second RRC parameter.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The base station according to claim 4, wherein
the two types of search space set are common search space set and UE-specific search space set.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

The base station according to claim 4, wherein
the DCI formats indicated based on the first RRC parameter are different from the DCI formats indicated based on the second RRC parameter.

### Claim 7

A method by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
receiving, from a base station, a first radio resource control (RRC) parameter with a first information element structure to define how and where to search for PDCCH candidates for a first search space set,
receiving a second RRC parameter with a second information element structure to define how and where to search for PDCCH candidates for a second search space set, wherein
each of the first search space set and the second search space set corresponds to either of a first type of search space set and a second type of search space set,
the first information element structure includes a third RRC parameter capable of designating which one of the two types the first search space set is, and
the second information element structure includes a fourth RRC parameter capable of designating the first type of search space set but not capable of designating the second type of search space set,
monitoring, in the first search space set, PDCCH candidates for DCI formats indicated based on the first RRC parameter, and
monitoring, in the second search space set, PDCCH candidates for DCI formats indicated based on the second RRC parameter.