Abstract: Detection of a signal in a receiver of a MIMO communication system includes a transmitter for signals transmission via K antennas and a receiver for receiving the signals via L reception antennas, such that L is greater than or equal to K and the system has a K×L-dimensional channel matrix, by converting the channel matrix into a plurality of matrixes having an upper triangle structure; dividing each of the matrixes into at least two sub-matrixes having a dimension lower than that of the channel matrix; detecting transmission symbols from corresponding antennas through decoding of a) lowest sub-matrix signal received which sub-matrix is constituted of components having only the channel characteristics of two antennas among the two sub-matrixes; and b) an upper sub-matrix signal using the transmission symbols; and outputting all of the detected transmission symbols, if transmission symbols by a highest sub-matrix among at least two sub-matrixes are detected.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system and a method for detecting the presence of one or more objects in a turbid medium, the method including: illuminating at least a portion of the turbid medium with incident light having at least one wavelength which interacts with the one or more objects contained in the turbid medium differently than the incident light interacts with the turbid medium; measuring light that emerges from the turbid medium; and detecting and locating the one or more objects using Independent Component Analysis (ICA) of the emergent light from the turbid medium. The present invention is useful for medical applications, such as for finding and locating, a tumor(s) in body organs, or excised tissues. Moreover, the present invention can be used to locate objects in obscuring medium, such as, mines in shallow coastal water, a plane in fog, military targets under fog, smoke or cloud cover.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a gain of transmit antennas in a communication system. The transmit antenna gain control apparatus includes a controller for determining a gain of multiple transmit antennas on a basis of a transmit antenna having a minimum currently unused residual power among currently unused residual powers of the multiple transmit antennas used in the communication system.

Abstract: A method and system for transmitting reference signals in a BWA communication system using a first transmit antenna, a second transmit antenna, and a plurality of sub-carriers. Each of the sub-carriers occupies a sub-frequency domain. In the method, reference signals for identifying a first transmit antenna are transmitted through a second predetermined number of sub-carriers in a first mini sub-channel transmitted through the first transmit antenna and occupied by a predetermined time domain and sub-frequency domains of a first predetermined number of sub-carriers, and reference signals for identifying a second transmit antenna are transmitted through the second predetermined number of the sub-carriers in a second mini sub-channel transmitted through the second transmit antenna and occupied by the time domain and the sub-frequency domains of the first predetermined number of sub-carriers.

Abstract: A network-on-chip apparatus including a plurality of network interfaces being independently connected to a plurality of processing elements; a network including a plurality of switches for controlling data transmission/reception between the network interfaces; and a plurality of bidirectional links for connecting between the network interfaces and the switches, and between the switches.

Abstract: A mobile terminal capable of emergency message transmission using Bluetooth® technology is disclosed. The mobile terminal includes a memory unit for storing a recipient list and a pre-composed emergency message; an input unit for inputting a command of emergency message transmission; a Bluetooth® module for discovering Bluetooth®-enabled devices within Bluetooth® range and for extracting a Bluetooth® address of the discovered Bluetooth®-enabled device when a Bluetooth®-enabled device is discovered; a controller for inserting the extracted Bluetooth® address into the emergency message; and a communication unit for transmitting the emergency message to a mobile terminal associated with the stored recipient list in response to input of a command of emergency message transmission. As a result, an emergency message is transmitted to a proximate Bluetooth®-enabled device for immediate help to the user.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mobile station of an OFDMA system and a transmit power control method thereof. The mobile station includes a modulator, a variable gain amplifier, a gain controller, and a power controller. The modulator modulates transmit data according to the number of allocated subchannels, and the variable gain amplifier amplifies the transmit data. The gain controller controls a gain of the transmit data inputted to the variable gain amplifier according to a subchannel gain value corresponding to the number of subchannels. The power controller calculates a power control gain for controlling power of the transmit data except the subchannel gain value based on the signal received from the base station and outputs the power control gain to the variable gain amplifier.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for changing emotion of a software robot (sobot) in a sobot terminal. The sobot terminal includes a short-term memory unit and a long-term memory unit. When an emotional change occurs during the operation of the short-term memory unit, the sobot terminal stores a short-term reference emotion value of the corresponding emotion in the long-term reference memory. When the operation time of the long-term memory unit elapses, the sobot terminal resets the long-term reference emotion value using the short-term reference emotion values stored in the long-term memory unit. The sobot terminal can change the emotion of the sobot more naturally through the above process.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for selecting a communication network by a wireless terminal, the method including receiving a signal having a predetermined reception power level from one or more communication networks, and calculating a guaranteed data rate of each of said one or more communication networks by using the predetermined reception power level of the signal; comparing the calculated guaranteed datarate with a minimum guaranteed datarate; and calculating a selection factor value of each of said one or more communication networks by using the guaranteed datarate when all guaranteed datarate of said one or more communication networks are equal to or greater than the minimum guaranteed datarate, and selecting a communication network having a lowest selection factor value.

Abstract: A method for controlling transmit power of a preamble sequence by a Subscriber Station in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access communication system, the system dividing an entire frequency band into a plurality of sub-carrier bands, transmitting an preamble sequence for an Adaptive Antenna System through a predetermined number of sub-carrier bands from among the sub-carrier bands, transmitting a data symbol through remaining sub-carrier bands excluding the sub-carrier bands used for transmitting the preamble sequence.

Abstract: A function of improving accuracy of the extraction of pitch information in an audio signal including voice and sound signals is implemented. To do this, a morphological operation is used. In detail, an input audio signal is converted to an audio signal in a frequency domain, an optimum structuring set size (SSS) is determined, and a morphological operation is performed using the determined SSS. Then, by extracting the highest peak from a signal obtained through a predetermined fold and summation process as pitch information, the pitch information can be used in all audio systems in the latter part when voice coding, recognition, synthesis, and/or robustness are performed.

Abstract: A push rod for a sliding type portable terminal including a first housing and a second housing which is placed on and slidably coupled to the first housing. The push rod provides driving force for slidingly moving the second housing. The push rod includes a casing; support members coupled to the casing to be extended and retracted through both ends of the casing; elastic members for providing elastic force in directions in which the respective support members are extended through both ends of the casing; and rotation members rotatably coupled to outer ends of the support members and rotatably coupled to the respective first and second housings.

Abstract: A scanning apparatus and method in a multi-hop relay Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) communication system are provided. In the scanning method, a Mobile Subscriber Station (MSS) sends a scan request message requesting scanning to a Base Station (BS) via a Relay Station (RS). The BS sends a scan response message containing information for the scanning of the MSS to the MSS via the RS. The BS then sends a scan notify message indicating the scanning of the MSS to the RS.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for generating a ranging pseudo noise (PN) code used in a base station of a portable internet system of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing access scheme, wherein a ranging pseudo noise mask value is generated using a cell ID number, and then the generated ranging pseudo noise mask value is stored in a memory. A final ranging PN code is generated using the stored ranging PN mask value and a status of a pseudo random binary sequence for generating a ranging PN code. With such a structure, the maximal 256-numbered ranging PN code values can be obtained simultaneously with each 144 bit-length.

Abstract: A method is provided for performing handover by a terminal in a digital broadcasting system. The method includes measuring strength of a received signal from a serving broadcast transmitter while receiving a broadcast service, and comparing the measured strength of the received signal with a predetermined reference value; periodically measuring strength of the received signal while continuously receiving the broadcast service when the measured strength of the received signal is greater than the reference value; sending a handover start request message for the broadcasting system to a base station of a mobile communication system when the measured strength of the received signal is less than or equal to the reference value; and performing handover from the serving broadcast transmitter to a target broadcast transmitter upon receipt of an accept message for the handover start request for the broadcasting system from the base station.

Abstract: A packet data generating method and apparatus for supporting multiple services in a wireless packet data communication system where an MS transmits two or more traffics to a BS on one of a reverse PDCH, a reverse FCH, and a reverse DCCH. To generate a PDU using non-signaling traffic and/or signaling traffic for one of the reverse physical channels, a multiplex option is determined during service negotiations between the MS and the BS. The multiplex option defines a traffic format having a header and a payload including traffic data, and the header includes a service reference identifier field, a length indicator field indicating the presence or absence of a length field, and the length field indicating the length of the traffic data. A PDU is generated by formatting a reverse traffic to have a header and a payload according to the determined multiplex option.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for a packet network register in a mobile communication terminal. The method includes demodulating an incoming broadcasting message; determining a packet network resource state according to specific information contained in the demodulated broadcasting message; determining whether a packet network register is required according to a predetermined attach mode; when the packet network register is required, determining whether a packet network resource is deficient according to a state value; and when the packet network resource is sufficient, performing the packet network register.

Abstract: A handover method and system in a communication system. In the method, a serving Base Station (BS) broadcasts neighbor BS information including BS identifiers and preamble indices of a plurality of neighbor BSs, receives a handover request message from a Mobile Station (MS), the handover request message including a first set of at least one BS identifier and at least one preamble index for at least one neighbor BS among the plurality of neighbor BSs, and transmits a handover response message to the MS, the handover response message including a second set of at least one BS identifier and at least one preamble index for at least one recommended neighbor BS.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and device for requesting and reporting channel quality information in a mobile communication system. A base station a locates a dedicated feedback channel for channel quality information report to an uplink radio resource, transmits the allocation information to subscriber stations, and generates a CQI report message to request channel quality information from the subscriber stations. The subscriber stations receive the CQI report message from the base station, measures a radio channel quality for communication with the base station, generates channel quality information, generates a CQI response message including the channel quality information, and transmit—the CQI response message to the base station through a dedicates feedback channel designated in the allocation information.

Abstract: A broadband wireless access communication system including a serving BS which broadcasts a MOB_NBR-ADV message to an MS is provided. A method for configuring the MOB_NBR-ADV message is also provided, and includes adding a specific field, which represents whether at least one information field constituting the MOB_NBR-ADV message exists, to the MOB_NBR-ADV message, determining if at least one information field is included in the MOB_NBR-ADV message, and determining a bit value of the specific field according to whether at least one information field is included in the MOB_NBR-ADV message.