FIELD: communication.
SUBSTANCE: invention relates to communication systems. Method and apparatus for detecting physical downlink control channel, the PDCCH. In compliance with another version of the present invention method of detecting PDCCH in user device includes steps of: receiving (100) configuration of an improved PDCCH, E-PDCCH channel; receiving (101) subframe; determination (102) of whether the received subframe is a subframe of Multicast-broadcast single-frequency network MBSFN; and detection of (103) PDCCH according to the result of determination, and if the received subframe is an MBSFN subframe, an ordinary PDCCH is detected in MBSFN subframe, and if the received subframe is not MBSFN subframe, E-PDCCH is detected in a non-MBSFN subframe.
EFFECT: technical result consists in increased throughput capacity.
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