The DCI passes through a channel coding and modulation process and is transmitted via a PDCCH or an enhanced PDCCH (EPDCCH) which is a DL physical control channel.
A cyclic redundancy check (CRC) is attached to a payload of a DCI message, and the CRC is scrambled with a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) corresponding to an identity of a terminal. Different RNTIs are used depending on the purpose of the DCI message (e.g., UE-specific data transmission, power control command, or random access response). That is, the RNTI is not explicitly transmitted but is transmitted in a state of being included in a CRC calculation process. Upon receiving a DCI message transmitted on a PDCCH, the terminal checks a CRC by using the allocated RNTI. If the check result of the CRC is correct, the terminal may recognize that the relevant message is transmitted to the terminal.