Abstract: An apparatus is capable of allocating an ACK/NACK channel in a wireless communication system. The apparatus performs a method for allocating the ACK/NACK channel at a base station that includes generating ACK/NACK channel allocation information of a packet transmitted to a terminal; inserting the ACK/NACK channel allocation information into the packet using a padding area indicative of a size difference of data carried by the packet and an Automatic Repeat Request (ARQ) block; and transmitting the packet comprising the inserted ACK/NACK channel allocation information to a terminal to service.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for supporting Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) in a broadband wireless communication system are provided. A method of performing HARQ by a Mobile Station (MS) in a wireless communication system includes receiving a control message including resource allocation information, decoding the control message, if the decoding is successful, determining whether a previous control message is lost, and if the previous control message is lost, transmitting one of a null signal and a specific indicator through a response channel.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for supporting an HARQ scheme in a wireless communication system are provided. In a method for operating a base station, whether a resource used for a system of a different standard and a resource used for one of an HARQ reply and an HARQ retransmission packet by a synchronous HARQ scheme collide with each other is estimated. A collision packet ID is allocated to an HARQ subburst corresponding to one of an HARQ reply and an HARQ retransmission packet estimated to collide, and an offset of the one of the HARQ reply and the HARQ retransmission packet is changed. A MAP message including at least one of the collision packet ID, and changed offset information is generated. The MAP message is transmitted.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for transmitting a voice packet in a wireless communication network are provided. The method includes generating voice data of a fixed length, which includes a voice packet having a length that is determined according to a rate of the voice packet, and a Forward Error Correction (FEC) code, and transmitting the generated voice data through a fixed resource.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for notifying a change of system control information in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes, changing a Group Configuration Change Counter (GCCC) and upon change of a Secondary-Super Frame Header/Sub-Packet1 (S-SFH/SP1) whose transmission period is changeable within a range of one or more super frames, changing the GCCC and information representing the change of the common control message upon change of at least one common control message, and transmitting the GCCC and the information representing the change of the at least one common control message.

Abstract: Apparatuses of a base station and terminal in a wireless communication system and their operating methods are provided. An operating method of a base station in a broadband wireless communication system includes determining whether to relocate at least one persistently allocated resource, when it is determined to relocate the at least one persistently allocated resource, relocating the at least one persistently allocated resource, generating a resource relocation Information Element (IE) indicative of the resource relocation using an offset of a Resource Block (RB), and transmitting the resource relocation IE.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for dynamic resource allocation in a wireless communication system are provided. A method of operating a Base Station (BS) includes configuring a bitmap to indicate whether radio resources are allocated to respective Access Terminals (ATs) according to resource scheduling, generating a resource allocation message including the configured bitmap and at least one of bit allocation information of the bitmap and bit deallocation information of the bitmap, and transmitting the resource allocation message.

Abstract: A resource allocation for reducing overhead in a mobile communication system is provided. An operating method of a base station for changing a fixed resource allocation to reduce overhead in a mobile communication system includes calculating a total amount of resources allocated to a corresponding subframe in a period of a corresponding fixed allocation resource; when the total amount of the resources allocated to the corresponding subframe is greater than a threshold, temporarily canceling one or more corresponding fixed allocation resources to make the total amount of the resources allocated to the corresponding subframe less than or equal to the threshold; and reallocating the one or more canceled fixed allocation resources according to a corresponding rule.

Abstract: In a transmission device and method for a CDMA communication system, when a shorter frame message is generated during transmission of a longer frame message, the transmission of the longer frame message is interrupted, whereupon the shorter frame message is immediately transmitted in place of a portion of the longer frame message. In one embodiment, after the longer frame message is interrupted and the shorter frame message is transmitted, only the tail portion of the longer frame message is transmitted thereafter. That is, the replaced portion of the longer frame message is not transmitted following the shorter frame message transmission. In an alternative embodiment, following the shorter frame message transmission, the remainder of the longer frame message, from the point of interruption, is transmitted in its entirety. In the latter case, the longer frame message is delayed by the length of the shorter frame message.

Abstract: A channel estimation method of a channel estimation apparatus in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes predefining a plurality of weight tables about at least one of a speed and a Carrier to Interference-and-Noise Ratio (CINR) using a correlation value considering offset compensation; selecting a weight table to be used for channel estimation based on at least one of the estimated speed and the CINR, from the plurality of weight tables; and multiplying a pilot channel estimation value and the selected weight table, and performing data channel estimation.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for decoding bits of a received signal in a communication system are provided. The method includes determining path metrics of respective states in a trellis corresponding to the received signal, selecting a start state in the trellis for a traceback in a last window of the trellis, repeating the traceback at least twice within the last window, and when the repeating of the traceback is completed, determining the decoded bits of the received signal using a survived path of a last traceback.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing channel estimation in a wireless communication system, in which a channel estimate of each pilot tone included in adjacent first and second resource allocation blocks is calculated. Channel estimates of first pilot tones are detected, which have a predetermined subcarrier spacing or less from the second resource allocation block, channel estimates of second pilot tones are detected; and which have a predetermined subcarrier spacing or less from the first resource allocation block. The channel estimates of the first and second pilot tones are updated, and channel estimation is then performed using the updated channel estimates.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for estimating an offset are provided. The method includes determining one of a frequency offset and a timing offset to be estimated first for pilot symbols detected from a received signal, estimating one of the frequency offset and the timing offset for the pilot symbols according to the determination, compensating for an offset of the pilot symbols based on the estimated offset, and estimating remaining one of the frequency offset and the timing offset which is not estimated for the offset compensated pilot symbols.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for dynamic resource allocation in a wireless communication system are provided. A method of operating a Base Station (BS) includes configuring a bitmap to indicate whether radio resources are allocated to respective Access Terminals (ATs) according to resource scheduling, generating a resource allocation message including at least one of the configured bitmap, bit allocation information of the bitmap, and bit deallocation information of the bitmap, and transmitting the resource allocation message.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for removing an echo signal in a signal transmission/reception apparatus of a communication system are provided. A signal transmission/reception apparatus determines an echo channel impulse response using a reception signal, generates an echo signal removing coefficient using the echo channel impulse response, removes an echo signal from the reception signal using the echo signal removing coefficient, and transmits a signal in which the echo signal is removed.

Abstract: An apparatus and method estimate frequency offset for high speed in a wireless access system. An operation of a Base Station (BS) includes performing feedback channel detection for a terminal classified as a low speed mode, and, if the feedback channel detection fails continuously by the predefined number of times, and a frequency offset estimation result using a pilot signal exceeds a threshold value, classifying the terminal as a high speed mode.

Abstract: An apparatus and method estimate a high speed frequency offset in a wireless communication system. The apparatus includes a correlator, an accumulator, a phase calculator, and a frequency offset coupler. The correlator performs a first correlation and a second correlation based on a first reference signal and a second reference signal. The accumulator accumulates results of the correlations. The phase calculator calculates a first phase and a second phase from the accumulated first correlation value and the accumulated second correlation value. The frequency offset coupler determines whether a frequency offset deviates from a frequency offset estimate range based on a difference between the first phase and the second phase, and compensates the frequency offset according to the determination result. The apparatus can estimate a frequency offset within an error allowable range under an environment where a terminal moves at high speed.

Abstract: Methods for providing a multicast service by a Base Station (BS) and a Mobile Station (MS) in a communication system, and a BS and an MS for performing the methods, are provided. The method for providing a multicast service by a BS in a communication system includes providing a multicast service to an MS using a multicast group IDentifier (ID) used to uniquely identify a multicast service in a network, and a Flow ID (FID) used along with the multicast group ID to uniquely identify a multicast flow in the network.

Abstract: An apparatus and method manage an operation mode of a mobile station in a wireless communication system. Here, a method for managing an operation mode of a Mobile Station (MS) that uses a service of a strict interactive response time in a Base Station (BS) of a wireless communication system includes determining a supportable operation mode of the MS considering at least one of a service type of the MS, an interactive response time required condition of the service, and a user profile of the MS, and sending the MS a control message including the supportable operation mode of the MS.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for removing an echo signal in a signal transmission/reception apparatus of a communication system is provided. A signal transmission/reception apparatus estimates an input channel response using a training sequence, generates a first signal by removing the input channel response from a first reception signal, detects an echo channel impulse response using the first signal, detects an echo signal removing coefficient using the echo channel impulse response, generates a second signal in which an echo signal is removed by applying the echo signal removing coefficient to a second reception signal, and removes the second signal from a third signal, wherein the first signal is received prior to receiving the second signal and the second signal is received prior to receiving the third signal.