Methods, systems, and computer readable media for reducing the impact of false downlink control information (dci) detection in long term evolution (lte) physical downlink control channel (pdcch) data

A system for reducing the impact of false downlink control information (DCI) detection in long term evolution (LTE) physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) data, the system comprising:

• an LTE multi-UE simulator including:
• a blind DCI decoder for receiving PDCCH data from an evolved node B (eNode B) and for applying blind DCI decoding to decode at least one DCI value from channel control elements (CCEs) that carry the PDCCH data;
• and
• a false DCI detection mitigation module for applying at least one false DCI detection countermeasure to identify true or false DCIs from the DCIs detected using the blind DCI decoding.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon executable instructions that when executed by the processor of a computer control the computer to perform steps comprising:

• at a long term evolution (LTE) multi-UE simulator:
• receiving physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) data from an evolved node B (eNode B);
• applying blind downlink control information (DCI) decoding to decode at least one DCI value from channel control elements (CCEs) that carry the PDCCH data;
• and
• applying at least one false DCI detection countermeasure identify true or false DCIs from the DCIs detected using the blind decoding.