# US 2020/0404643 A1 · Communicating on a shared channel in a wireless network > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2020/0404643 A1 - Document ID: US20200404643A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/014,811 - Filed: 2020-09-08 - Published: 2020-12-24 - Earliest claimed: 2007-09-27 - Assignees: Intellectual Ventures Holding 81 LLC - Applicants: Intellectual Ventures Holding 81 LLC - Inventors: Martin Warwick Beale - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200404643A1 ## CPC - H04W 72/20: Control channels or signalling for resource management - H04W 72/23: in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal - H04W 48/10: using broadcasted information - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A user equipment (UE) may receive a broadcast channel that includes a bits indicating possible resources for a downlink shared channel being utilized for a signaling channel. The UE may monitor, based on the indicated possible resources, the signaling channel for signaling information for the UE. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising: receiving, by the UE, first information including a plurality of bits, wherein the plurality of bits indicates a plurality of time slots that physical shared channel resources are utilized for first signaling channels; monitoring, by the UE, the first signaling channels in the indicated time slots, to determine whether signaling information for the UE is present based on an identification of the UE; and processing, by the UE, the signaling information in response to the determination that signaling information for the UE is present. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first information is received over a broadcast channel. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 further comprising: receiving, by the UE, second information including a second plurality of bits, wherein the second plurality of bits indicates a second plurality of time slots that physical shared channel resources are utilized for second signaling channels; and monitoring, by the UE, the second signaling channels in the indicated second plurality of time slots. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein the first information is received over a broadcast channel and the second information is received as common configuration information. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 further comprising: receiving, by the UE, a physical downlink shared channel in an indicated time slot that the UE monitors the first signaling channels. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 further comprising: receiving, by the UE, an allocation for a physical downlink shared channel in one or more time slots; receiving, by the UE, in a control channel an indication that a portion of resources allocated to the physical downlink shared channel in one time slot of the one or more time slots is used by a different channel; and receiving, by the UE, the physical downlink shared channel in the one time slot. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the UE avoids processing for physical downlink shared channel data the indicated portion of resources. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the control channel has an identification different than the identification of the UE. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein signaling information determined to be for the UE based on the identification of the UE includes an indication of a time slot and a modulation for a physical downlink shared channel assigned to the UE. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the signaling information for the UE includes resources for the physical downlink shared channel assigned to the UE. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the indicated time slots are not consecutive time slots. ### Claim 12 A non-transient computer readable medium comprising program instructions for causing a user equipment (UE) to perform the method of: receiving first information including a plurality of bits, wherein the plurality of bits indicates a plurality of time slots that physical shared channel resources are utilized for first signaling channels; monitoring the first signaling channels in the indicated time slots, to determine whether signaling information for the UE is present based on an identification of the UE; and processing the signaling information in response to the determination that signaling information for the UE is present. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 12, wherein the first information is received over a broadcast channel. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 12 further comprising instructions for: receiving second information including a second plurality of bits, wherein the second plurality of bits indicates a second plurality of time slots that physical shared channel resources are utilized for second signaling channels; and monitoring the second signaling channels in the indicated second plurality of time slots. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 14, wherein the first information is received over a broadcast channel and the second information is received as common configuration information. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 12 further comprising instructions for: receiving a physical downlink shared channel in an indicated time slot that the UE monitors the first signaling channels. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 12 further comprising instructions for: receiving an allocation for a physical downlink shared channel in one or more time slots; and receiving in a control channel an indication that a portion of resources allocated to the physical downlink shared channel in one time slot of the one or more time slots is used by a different channel; and receiving the physical downlink shared channel in the one time slot. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein the UE avoids processing for physical downlink shared channel data the indicated portion of resources. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein the control channel has an identification different than the identification of the UE. ### Claim 20 (depends on 12) The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 12, wherein signaling information determined to be for the UE based on the identification of the UE includes an indication of a time slot and a modulation for a physical downlink shared channel assigned to the UE.