EPDCCH resource and quasi-co-location management in LTE

An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

• means for receiving, at a user equipment (UE), a downlink signal comprising one or more control channels;
• means for determining at the UE, based on an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) configuration, whether a starting symbol of an EPDCCH is transmitted in an initial symbol in a subframe;
• and
• means for refraining, at the UE, from decoding a subset of legacy control channels in the subframe when the starting symbol of the EPDCCH is transmitted in the initial symbol in the subframe.

An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
• receive, at a user equipment (UE), a downlink signal comprising one or more control channels;
• determine, at the UE, based on an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) configuration, whether a starting symbol of an EPDCCH is transmitted in an initial symbol in a subframe;
• and
• refrain, at the UE, from decoding a subset of legacy control channels in the subframe when the starting symbol of the EPDCCH is transmitted in the initial symbol in the subframe.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer executable code for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising code for:

• receiving, at the UE, a downlink signal comprising one or more control channels;
• determining at the UE, based on an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) configuration, whether a starting symbol of an EPDCCH is transmitted in an initial symbol in a subframe;
• and
• refraining, at the UE, from decoding a subset of legacy control channels in the subframe when the starting symbol of the EPDCCH is transmitted in the initial symbol in the subframe.