TYPE 0 PDCCH COMMON
SEARCH SPACE (CORESET
0)/SIB1 SCHEDULING
AND DECODING
Rashi Gupta
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• In NR, downlink control is achieved through PDCCH.
• Payload (actual information) transmitted by PDCCH is called
Downlink Control Information (DCI).
• Successful decoding of PDCCH will enable UE to read the DCI info
which provides the scheduling resources allocation to the UE on the
PDSCH & PUSCH. For example, if the UE is scheduled data by gNB,
UE needs to know where the data is located on PDSCH (in terms of
PRB's and Slot/symbols).
BASIC IDEOLOGY • In case of user data or other messages, PDSCH is transmitted after
all the detailed configuration information is informed to UE. But
SIB1 transmission/decoding should happen before any RRC message
is delivered to UE. The only RRC message delivered to UE before
SIB1 transmission is MIB message.
• To handle this situation one use some predefined table
(configuration) and algorithm known to both UE and NW by the
specification. This is the basic idea of transmitting and decoding
SIB1 in NR.
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• The UE determines a number of consecutive resource blocks and a
number of consecutive symbols for the control resource set of the
Type0-PDCCH common search space from the four most significant
bits of pdcch-ConfigSIB1 as described in Tables 13-1 through 13-10
[TS 38.213] and determines PDCCH monitoring occasions from the
four least significant bits of pdcch-ConfigSIB1, included in
BASIC IDEOLOGY MasterInformationBlock, as described in Tables 13-11 through 13-15
[TS 38.213].
• Upon detection of a SS/PBCH block, the UE determines that a
control resource set for Type0-PDCCH common search space is
present if kSSB ≤ 23 [4, TS 38.211] for FR1 or if kSSB ≤11 for FR2. The
UE determines that a control resource set for Type0-PDCCH
common search space is not present if kSSB > 23 for FR1 or if kSSB
>11 for FR2.
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EXAMPLE > PDCCH-CONFIGSIB1 = 0 (INTEGER). SSB SCS = 30 KHZ, PDCCH SCS = 30 KHZ, BAND-N78
From SSB SCS and PDCCH SCS, we can find two candidates Table 13-4 and Table 13-6. To find which of the two candidate to choose,
we need additional information: Min BW. This min BW varies depending NR band and the channel BW that are supported by the
band. This is defined in 38.101 Table 5.3.5-1.
N78: min BW-10 MHz. Hence lookup table => 38.213-Table 13-4
SSB SCS (kHz) PDCCH SCS (kHz) Min BW (MHz) Table
15 15 5 38.213- Table 13-1
15 30 5 38.213- Table 13-2
30 15 5 or 10 38.213- Table 13-3
30 30 5 or 10 38.213- Table 13-4
30 15 40 38.213- Table 13-5
30 30 40 38.213- Table 13-6
120 60 N/A 38.213- Table 13-7
120 120 N/A 38.213- Table 13-8
240 60 N/A 38.213- Table 13-9
240 120 N/A 38.213- Table 13-10
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With the conclusion above and MSB 4 bit of pdcch-ConfigSIB1 = 0000, we get to the conclusion that we need to use the CORESET
configuration as shown below
The bandwidth of 24 Resource Blocks is only permitted when using either 2 or 3 symbols. This ensures that there is always at least 48
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MULTIPLEXING PATTERNS AND OFFSET
TDM TDM & FDM FDM
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And with the fact that LSB 4 bit of pdcch-ConfigSIB1 = 0000, we get to the conclusion that search space for PDCCH is defined as
follows.
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TERMINOLOGIES
3GPP has specified that each SS/PBCH Block has its own Type 0 Common Search Space Set .
For the SS/PBCH block and control resource set multiplexing pattern 1, a UE monitors PDCCH in the Type0-PDCCH common search space
over two consecutive slots starting from slot .
For the SS/PBCH block and control resource set multiplexing patterns 2 and 3, a UE monitors PDCCH in the Type0- PDCCH common search
space over one slot with Type0-PDCCH common search space periodicity equal to the periodicity of SS/PBCH block
The “M” variable is related to the number of search space sets per slot. The value of ½ means that 2 consecutive SS/PBCH blocks have
their Search space sets within the same slot. A value of 1 means that consecutive SS/PBCH blocks have their Search Space sets within
consecutive slots, while a value of 2 means that consecutive SS/PBCH blocks have their search space sets separated by 2 slots.
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Example > SSB/PDCCH SCS = {30,30}, SSB Index = 0, Table 13-11 = 4
CORESET 0 is scheduled at slot 10 in the radio frame that meets According to following calculation, CORESET 0 is scheduled
the SFNc criteria. to be every EVEN radio frame.
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PARAMETERS CONFIGURATION- EXAMPLE 1
TX Side RX Side
• Dmrspdcchconfigsib1- 0
• AggregationLevel- 4
• frequencydomainresourcesNumber- 4
• Duration- 2
• Ssbcrboffset- 22
• location0- 22
• Bandwidth0- 24
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PARAMETERS CONFIGURATION- EXAMPLE 2
TX Side RX Side
• Dmrspdcchconfigsib1- 16
• AggregationLevel- 4
• frequencydomainresourcesNumber- 4
• Duration- 2
• Ssbcrboffset- 22
• location0- 18
• Bandwidth0- 24
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• 38.213
• 38.101
3GPP TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
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