1. A method, for a base station of a wireless communication network, of
assisting user equipment in blind decoding, wherein the method comprises the step
of:
- providing (S40] the user equipment with blind decoding indication information, the blind decoding indication information including an indication of a search space in which the user equipment performs the blind decoding, wherein the search space comprises a control channel element of a physical downlink control
channel outside a physical downlink shared channel and comprises a control channel element of a pre-coded physical downlink control channel embedded in the physical downlink shared channel,
characterized in that the blind decoding indication information comprises an indication of the numbers of searches respectively in the search space of the physical downlink control channel outside a physical downlink shared channel and the search space of the pre-coded physical downlink control channel embedded in the physical downlink shared channel.
2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the blind decoding indication information comprises an indication of a starting location in the search space at which the user equipment performs the blind decoding.
3. The method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 2, wherein the blind decoding indication information notifies the user equipment of a current search space, a starting location in the search space at which the user equipment performs the blind decoding and the number of searches in the search space, in an implicit indication manner, via predefined parameters or via association with system parameters.

4. The method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the number of searches of the physical downlink control channel outside a physical downlink shared channel and the number of searches of the pre-coded physical downlink control channel are adjustable.
5. A method of blind decoding for a user equipment of a wireless communication network, wherein the method comprises the steps of: A. obtaining (S41] blind decoding indication information from a base station, the blind decoding indication information including an indication of a search space in which the user equipment performs the blind decoding, wherein the search space comprises a control channel element of a physical downlink control channel outside a physical downlink shared channel and comprises a control channel element of
a pre-coded physical downlink control channel embedded in the physical downlink shared channel; and B. performing (S42] the blind decoding in the search space indicated by the blind decoding indication information according to the blind decoding
indication information, characterized in that the blind decoding indication information comprises an indication of the numbers of searches respectively in the search space of the physical downlink control channel outside a physical downlink shared channel and the search space of the pre-coded physical downlink control channel embedded in the physical downlink shared channel.
6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the blind decoding indication
information comprises an indication of the numbers of searches respectively in the
search space of the physical downlink
control channel outside a physical downlink shared channel and the search space of the pre-coded physical downlink
control channel, and the step B comprises: - performing the blind decoding respectively in the search space of the physical downlink control channel and the search space of the pre-coded physical downlink control channel according to the

numbers of searches respectively in the search space of the physical downlink control channel and the search space of the pre-coded physical downlink control channel indicated by the blind decoding indication information.
7. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the blind decoding indication
information comprises an indication of a starting location in the search space at
which the user equipment performs the blind decoding;
and wherein the step B comprises:
- performing the blind decoding at the starting location.
8. The method as claimed in any one of claims 5 to 7, wherein the blind
decoding indication information notifies the user equipment of a current search
space and/or a starting location in the search space at which the user equipment
performs the blind decoding and/or the number of searches in the search space, in
an implicit indication manner, via predefined parameters or
via association with system parameters; and
the step A comprises: obtaining the blind decoding indication
information from the predefined parameters or the system parameters.
9. An apparatus (30], in a base station of a wireless communication network,
for assisting a user equipment in blind decoding, wherein the apparatus comprises:
a providing device (300] configured to provide the user equipment with blind
decoding indication information, the blind decoding indication information
including an indication of a search space in which the user equipment performs the
blind decoding, wherein the search space comprises a control channel element of a
physical downlink control channel outside a physical downlink shared channel and
includes a control channel element of a pre-coded physical downlink control
channel embedded in the physical downlink shared channel, characterized in that
the blind decoding indication information comprises an indication of the numbers of
searches respectively in the search space of the physical downlink control channel

outside a physical downlink shared channel and the search space of the pre-coded physical downlink control channel embedded in the physical downlink shared channel.
10. An apparatus (40] for blind decoding in a user equipment of a wireless communication network, wherein the apparatus comprises: an obtaining device (400] configured to obtain blind decoding indication information from a base station, the blind decoding indication information including an indication of a search space in which the user equipment performs the blind decoding, wherein the search space comprises a control channel element of a physical downlink control channel outside a physical downlink shared channel and includes a control channel element of a pre-coded physical downlink control channel embedded in the physical downlink shared channel; and a blinding decoder (401] configured to perform the blind decoding in the search space indicated by the blind decoding indication information
as claimed in the blind decoding indication information, characterized in that the blind decoding indication information comprises an indication of the numbers of searches respectively in the search space of the physical downlink control channel outside a physical downlink shared channel and the search space of the pre-coded physical downlink control channel embedded in the physical downlink shared channel.