10

9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0

13
14

15
RBSTART 1 2 3 4 5
0 0 15 30 45 60
1 1 16 31 46 61
2 2 17 32 47 62
3 3 18 33 48 63
4 4 19 34 49 64
5 5 20 35 50 65
6 6 21 36 51 66
7 7 22 37 52 67
8 8 23 38 53 68
9 9 24 39 54 69
10 10 25 40 55
11 11 26 41
12 12 27
13 13
 LCRB
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
75 90 105 119 104 89 74 59 44
76 91 106 118 103 88 73 58
77 92 107 117 102 87 72
78 93 108 116 101 86
79 94 109 115 100
80 95 110 114
81 96 111
82 97
83

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vIn the case of DCI format 1 C, the number of allocated Resource Blocks, and the starting Resource Block are always a multiple of 2 when
the channel bandwidth is 1.4, 3 or 5 MHz, and a multiple of 4 when the channel bandwidth is 10, 15 or 20 MHz

LCRB can be 2,4,6,8,10,12,14 L'CRB can be 1,2,3,4,5,6,7

RBSTART can be 0,2,4,6,8,10,12 RB'START can be 0,1,2,3,4,5,6

N'VRB 7 L'CRB
RB'START 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
0 0 7 14 34 27 20 13
1 1 8 15 33 26 19
2 2 9 16 32 25
3 3 10 17 31
4 4 11 18
5 5 12
6 6

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are always a multiple of 2 when
MHz

CRB
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9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0

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to be updated
25
SRB 1 2 3 4 5
0 0 25 50 75 100
1 1 26 51 76 101
2 2 27 52 77 102
3 3 28 53 78 103
4 4 29 54 79 104
5 5 30 55 80 105
6 6 31 56 81 106
7 7 32 57 82 107
8 8 33 58 83 108
9 9 34 59 84 109
10 10 35 60 85 110
11 11 36 61 86 111
12 12 37 62 87 112
13 13 38 63 88 113
14 14 39 64 89 114
15 15 40 65 90 115
16 16 41 66 91 116
17 17 42 67 92 117
18 18 43 68 93 118
19 19 44 69 94 119
20 20 45 70 95 120
21 21 46 71 96 121
22 22 47 72 97 122
23 23 48 73 98 123
24 24 49 74 99 124
 LCRB
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
125 150 175 200 225 250 275 349 324
126 151 473 448 423 398 373 348 323
127 152 472 447 422 397 372 347 322
128 153 471 446 421 396 371 346 321
129 154 470 445 420 395 370 345 320
130 155 469 444 419 394 369 344 319
131 156 468 443 418 393 368 343 318
132 157 467 442 417 392 367 342 317
133 158 466 441 416 391 366 341 316
134 159 465 440 415 390 365 340 315
135 160 464 439 414 389 364 339 314
136 161 463 438 413 388 363 338 313
137 162 462 437 412 387 362 337 312
138 163 461 436 411 386 361 336 311
139 164 460 435 410 385 360 335 310
140 165 459 434 409 384 359 334 309
141 166 458 433 408 383 358 333 308
142 167 457 432 407 382 357 332 307
143 168 456 431 406 381 356 331 306
144 169 455 430 405 380 355 330 305
145 170 454 429 404 379 354 329 304
146 171 453 428 403 378 353 328 303
147 172 452 427 402 377 352 327 302
148 173 451 426 401 376 351 326 301
149 174 450 425 400 375 350 325 300
to be updated

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
 RNTI 100 A D
39827 65537
k Yk-1 Yk NCCE
0 100 50480 100
1 50480 53948 100
2 53948 21988 100
3 21988 10682 100
4 10682 31347 100
5 31347 42656 100
6 42656 10398 100
7 10398 58380 100
8 58380 44111 100
9 44111 23975 100
subframe
Search Space Aggregation Level PDCCH candidates m CCE Index
Common 4 4 0 0
1 4
2 8
3 12
8 2 0 0
1 8
0 UE Specific 1 6 0 40
1 41
2 42
3 43
4 44
5 45
2 6 0 76
1 78
2 80
3 82
4 0
5 2
4 2 0 68
1 72
8 2 0 0
1 8

1 UE Specific 1 6 0 48
1 49
2 50
3 51
4 52
5 53
2 6 0 96
1 98
2 0
3 2
4 4
5 6
4 2 0 92
1 96
8 2 0 64
1 72
CCE Index CCE Index CCE Index CCE Index CCE Index CCE Index CCE Index
1 2 3
5 6 7
9 10 11
13 14 15
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
9 10 11 12 13 14 15

77
79
81
83
1
3
69 70 71
73 74 75
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
9 10 11 12 13 14 15

97
99
1
3
5
7
93 94 95
97 98 99
65 66 67 68 69 70 71
73 74 75 76 77 78 79
 NCCEk RNTI
Common Search Space 84 50
L 4 8
L 4 ML 4
i 0 1 2 3 four PDCCH candidates
m 0 1 2 3 ML no of PDCCH candidates
Yk 0
m=0 CCE Index 0 1 2 3
m=1 CCE Index 4 5 6 7 m depends on ML
m=2 CCE Index 8 9 10 11 I depends on aggregation level
m=3 CCE Index 12 13 14 15

L 8 ML 2
i 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
m 0 1 ML no of PDCCH candidates
Yk 0 two PDCCH candidates
m=0 CCE Index 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
m=1 CCE Index 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

UE Specific Search Space

L 1 2 4 8
L 1 Aggregation =1
i 0
m 0 1 2 3 4 5 no of PDCCH candidates = 6
k 0 subframe = 0
Yk-1 RNTI 50
Yk 25240
m=0 CCE Index 40
m=1 CCE Index 41
m=2 CCE Index 42
m=3 CCE Index 43
m=4 CCE Index 44
m=5 CCE Index 45
L 2 Aggregation =2
i 0 1
m 0 1 2 3 4 5 no of PDCCH candidates = 6
k 0 subframe = 0
 Yk-1 RNTI 100
Yk 50480
m=0 CCE Index 76 77
m=1 CCE Index 78 79
m=2 CCE Index 80 81
m=3 CCE Index 82 83
m=4 CCE Index 0 1
m=5 CCE Index 2 3

L 4 Aggregation =4
i 0 1 2 3
m 0 1 no of PDCCH candidates =2
k 0 subframe = 0
Yk-1 RNTI 100
Yk 50480
m=0 CCE Index 68 69 70 71
m=1 CCE Index 72 73 74 75

L 8
i 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
m 0 1
k 0
Yk-1 RNTI 100
Yk 50480
m=0 CCE Index 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
m=1 CCE Index 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
CH candidates

on aggregation level

CH candidates

A D
39827 65537

CH candidates = 6

CH candidates = 6
CH candidates =2

Aggregation =8

no of PDCCH candidates =2
subframe = 0
 NCCEk RNTI
Common Search Space 100 100
L 4 8
L 4 ML 4
i 0 1 2 3 four PDCCH candidates
m 0 1 2 3 ML no of PDCCH candidates
Yk 0
m=0 CCE Index 0 1 2 3
m=1 CCE Index 4 5 6 7 m depends on ML
m=2 CCE Index 8 9 10 11 I depends on aggregation level
m=3 CCE Index 12 13 14 15

L 8 ML 2
i 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
m 0 1 ML no of PDCCH candidates
Yk 0 two PDCCH candidates
m=0 CCE Index 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
m=1 CCE Index 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

UE Specific Search Space

L 1 2 4 8
L 1 Aggregation =1
i 0
m 0 1 2 3 4 5 no of PDCCH candidates = 6
k 1 subframe = 0
Yk-1 RNTI 50480
Yk 53948
m=0 CCE Index 48
m=1 CCE Index 49
m=2 CCE Index 50
m=3 CCE Index 51
m=4 CCE Index 52
m=5 CCE Index 53
L 2 Aggregation =2
i 0 1
m 0 1 2 3 4 5 no of PDCCH candidates = 6
k 1 subframe = 0
 Yk-1 RNTI 50480
Yk 53948
m=0 CCE Index 96 97
m=1 CCE Index 98 99
m=2 CCE Index 0 1
m=3 CCE Index 2 3
m=4 CCE Index 4 5
m=5 CCE Index 6 7

L 4 Aggregation =4
i 0 1 2 3
m 0 1 no of PDCCH candidates =2
k 1 subframe = 0
Yk-1 RNTI 50480
Yk 53948
m=0 CCE Index 92 93 94 95
m=1 CCE Index 96 97 98 99

L 8
i 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
m 0 1
k 1
Yk-1 RNTI 50480
Yk 53948
m=0 CCE Index 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71
m=1 CCE Index 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79
CH candidates

on aggregation level

CH candidates

A D
39827 65537

CH candidates = 6

CH candidates = 6
CH candidates =2

Aggregation =8

no of PDCCH candidates =2
subframe = 0
Ncell_ID 20
N DL_RB 50
N RB_SC 12
z(0) 120
z(1) 270
z(2) 420
z(3) 570