Physical downlink control channel candidates related to physical downlink control channel repetitions

A method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

• receiving a configuration message indicating a first pool index configuration associated with a first control resource set and a second pool index configuration associated with a second control resource set, wherein the first pool index configuration and the second pool index configuration comprise a same value;
• combining a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidate corresponding to a first search space set associated with the first control resource set and a second PDCCH candidate corresponding to a second search space set associated with the second control resource set to form a combined PDCCH candidate based at least in part on a capability of the UE associated with supporting PDCCH repetition, wherein the UE counts the first PDCCH candidate, the second PDCCH candidate, and the combined PDCCH candidate as monitored PDCCH candidates;
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• monitoring the combined PDCCH candidate based at least in part on the first pool index configuration and the second pool index configuration comprising the same value.

A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:

• means for receiving a configuration message indicating a first pool index configuration associated with a first control resource set and a second pool index configuration associated with a second control resource set, wherein the first pool index configuration and the second pool index configuration comprise a same value;
• means for combining a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidate corresponding to a first search space set associated with the first control resource set and a second PDCCH candidate corresponding to a second search space set associated with the second control resource set to form a combined PDCCH candidate based at least in part on a capability of the UE associated with supporting PDCCH repetition, wherein the UE counts the first PDCCH candidate, the second PDCCH candidate, and the combined PDCCH candidate as monitored PDCCH candidates;
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• means for monitoring the combined PDCCH candidate based at least in part on the first pool index configuration and the second pool index configuration comprising the same value.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication, the code comprising instructions executable by one or more processors to:

• receive a configuration message indicating a first pool index configuration associated with a first control resource set and a second pool index configuration associated with a second control resource set, wherein the first pool index configuration and the second pool index configuration comprise a same value;
• combine a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidate corresponding to a first search space set associated with the first control resource set and a second PDCCH candidate corresponding to a second search space set associated with the second control resource set to form a combined PDCCH candidate based at least in part on a capability of a user equipment (UE) associated with supporting PDCCH repetition, wherein the UE counts the first PDCCH candidate, the second PDCCH candidate, and the combined PDCCH candidate as monitored PDCCH candidates;
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• monitor the combined PDCCH candidate based at least in part on the first pool index configuration and the second pool index configuration comprising the same value.