A method is provided of receiving a control channel at a user equipment in a wireless communication system. A subframe including a plurality of search spaces is received. Each of the plurality of search spaces is associated with a respective carrier indicator field (CIF) value. At least one control channel candidate for a cell indicated by a first CIF value is monitored in two or more of the plurality of search spaces for control channel candidates having a same downlink control information (DCI) format size and different CIF values.