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4G downlink control (PDCCH): DCI formats overview

4G downlink control (PDCCH): DCI formats overview

From the course: 5G NR and 4G LTE Radio Protocols: From Theory to Practice

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4G downlink control (PDCCH): DCI formats overview

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(bright upbeat music) - [Instructor] Now, let's talk about the PDCCH first. So, this is the downlink information that is passed on by the eNodeB or the base station to the user equipment, and it carries the information in terms of DCI, which is the downlink control information. Now, what it tells to the UE or the different UEs that how many resources needs to be granted to them. Now, DCI has a different formats in that, that will help to identify the scheduling information within uplink and downlink. Now, any information which is related to the uplink shared channel that is being delivered in a Format 0 will simulate, and we can see in the next slide that how these different formats and associated different identities of the UE are there. So, what exactly these format tells is what kind of information that is being passed on from the base station to the user equipment. It is having any information related to the user data,…

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