In accordance with another embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus of a UE is provided for wireless communications. The apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive configuration information including a resource start offset and information for a transmission type of an EPDCCH, and receive DCI transmitted using at least one antenna port of a base station on the EPDCCH using at least one of CCEs. The apparatus also includes a processor configured to determine a resource of a PUCCH based on a first CCE of the at least one of CCEs, information in the DCI, and the resource start offset in the configuration information, if the transmission type of the PDCCH is distributed transmission. The apparatus further includes a transmitter configured to transmit a HARQ-ACK signal on the resource to the base station.
The above and other aspects, features, and advantages of the present invention will be more apparent from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: