Abstract: An apparatus and method for circuit mode resource allocation in a Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) system is disclosed. The method includes generating a first resource allocation message which comprises currently used slot bitmap information with respect to a circuit mode region in a frame; allocating resources to one or more terminals with respect to currently unused slots in the circuit mode region according to the currently used slot bitmap information; and generating a second resource allocation message which comprises information relating to the resource allocation. Thus, the effective circuit mode resource allocation can be achieved without holes in the circuit mode, while maintaining backward compatibility with the existing standards.

Abstract: A system and method for transmitting/receiving data in a communication system is provided. A transmitter is allocated resources using a circuit mode scheme, determines if there is actual data to be transmitted to a receiver, and transmits information representing that there is no actual data to be transmitted using the allocated resources when it is determined that there is no actual data to be transmitted.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for retransmission in a wireless communication system. The method includes transmitting data to a Mobile Station (MS), identifying if there is an error in the transmitted data through a control message, if there occurs an error in the data, allocating resources for retransmitting data for erroneous data, transmitting information on the resources allocated for retransmission, to the MS, and retransmitting the data for the erroneous data to the MS.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for transmitting uplink feedback data in a broadband wireless mobile communication are provided. The method comprises dividing tiles used as a feedback channel into a preset number of groups, selecting one group among the preset number of groups using a downlink channel, selecting a number of tiles, the number of tiles being equal to a number of tiles required for feedback data transmission in the selected group, and mapping feedback data to each selected tile. Thereby, feedback information can be transmitted via a tile selected by a terminal based on a channel state without a process of allocating and reallocating an additional feedback channel, thus enhancing efficiency of uplink wireless resources.

Abstract: A method and system for transmitting a signal in a communication system is disclosed, in which a BS transmits control information in a predetermined third zone of a frame, the frame being divided into a first and a second zones in frequency and the third zone being included in the first zone, and transmits a data burst in at least one of a fourth zone and the second zone, the fourth zone being a remaining zone of the first zone other than the third zone.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving MAP information in a communication system are provided. A base station acquires channel quality information of each mobile station, generates sub-MAPs using MAP information, to which at least one of a coding scheme, a modulation scheme and a repetition scheme is applied, separately for each mobile station according to the channel quality information, and transmits the generated sub-MAPs. A mobile station receives MAP information from the base station, detects a sub-MAP allocated to the mobile station from the received MAP information, and restores the detected sub-MAP to MAP information using at least one of a corresponding decoding scheme, demodulation scheme and repetition scheme corresponding to coding scheme, modulation scheme and repetition scheme applied in the base station, based on channel quality information of the mobile station. Accordingly, system overhead can be reduced.

Abstract: A method and system for configuring a frame in a communication system is provided.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for power distribution by Frequency Allocation (FA) in a multi-band broadband wireless communication system are provided. The method includes detecting at least one of a loading value and a performance efficiency value by band, calculating a power distribution value by band using the detected value and calculating a power value by band using the calculated band power distribution value. The method and apparatus provide a scheme that can vary a power distribution of each band according to need and cope with subscriber capacity more flexibly when a plurality of diverse systems coexist.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for generating subchannels in a communication system are provided. An apparatus and method of the invention includes a Base Station (BS) in which the BS groups J slots included in a subchannel generation zone into I groups, selects, from the J slots, M band-Adaptive Modulation and Coding (AMC) slots with which it will generate a band-AMC subchannel, selects (J-M) slots as diversity slots with which it will generate a diversity subchannel, generates the band-AMC subchannel using the M slots and generates the diversity subchannel using the (J-M) slots.

Abstract: An apparatus for transmitting/receiving a signal in a communication system is provided. A Mobile Station (MS) spreads a transmission signal to generate a spreading signal, receives, from a Base Station (BS), information on a second spreading signal transmission region, extended from a first spreading signal transmission region, and maps the generated spreading signal to a subcarrier in the second spreading signal transmission region. A Base Station (BS) transmits information on a second spreading signal transmission region extended from a first spreading signal transmission region, for reception of a spreading signal, receives a spreading signal mapped to subcarriers over the second spreading signal transmission region, from an Mobile Station (MS), detects a spreading signal from the spread signal mapped to the subcarriers, and despreads the detected spreading signal to restore a transmission signal.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for supporting different frame structures in a broadband wireless communication system are provided. A communication method of a Base Station (BS) includes determining a frame structure to be provided. A MAP message including an indicator that indicates a new standard is generated, when the provided frame structure conforms to the new standard. The generated MAP message is transmitted by performing physical layer encoding thereon. Accordingly, signaling is defined to report a currently provided frame structure to an MS, and thus, a system can support different frame structures.

Abstract: A signal transmission apparatus in a communication system, includes: a first IFFT unit for generating a first signal by performing inverse fast Fourier transform on a first communication service signal corresponding to a first communication scheme; a first CP inserter for generating a second signal by inserting a first cyclic prefix having a length corresponding to the first communication scheme into the first signal; a second IFFT unit for generating a third signal by performing inverse fast Fourier transform on a second communication service signal corresponding to a second communication scheme; a second cyclic prefix inserter for generating a fourth signal by inserting a second cyclic prefix having a length corresponding to the second communication scheme into the third signal; and a transmission unit for multiplexing the second signal and the fourth signal and transmitting the multiplexed signals.

Abstract: A method and system for controlling power in a communication system are provided, in which a base station calculates a power control value for an mobile station based on feedback information received from the mobile station, transmits power control information including the power control value to the mobile station, measures the strength of a signal received corresponding to the transmit power control information from the mobile station, determines the status of the mobile station using the signal strength and the power control value, and schedules the mobile station according to the determination.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for increasing the service coverage area of a broadcast channel in a wireless communication system by using a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) scheme. The method receives a MAP message including information about the type of a Media Access Control (MAC) management message transmitted in the current frame and information about retransmission of the MAC management message. Upon receipt of the MAC management message, based on the received information, the method combines the received MAC management message with a MAC management message that is stored in a buffer, wherein the MAC management message that is stored in the buffer was stored due to a reception error.

Abstract: In a control method of a communication system, a Base Station (BS) receives noise and interference information from at least one neighboring BS in charge of a neighboring cell being adjacent to a serving cell of the BS, calculates a control value of Mobile Stations (MSs) located in the serving cell according to the received noise and interference information, and generates control information according to the calculated control value, and transmits the generated control information to the MSs.

Abstract: A method for controlling power in a communication system is disclosed. The power control method includes the steps of calculating a first offset according to traffic information of a mobile station and data transmission channel quality information of the mobile station, determining a second offset according to received channel quality information of the mobile station, received from the mobile station, determining a third offset according to interference information received from other base stations neighboring the base station, and transmitting, to the mobile station, power control information determined based on the first offset, the second offset and the third offset.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for transmitting/receiving channel quality information (CQI) in a communication system having a frame including subchannels corresponding to the same frequency reuse factor or different frequency reuse factors. A base station (BS) allocates at least one of the subchannels in the frame to a subscriber station (SS), and sends a transmission request for a CQI for a subchannel desired to be received, to the SS. The SS measures channel quality for individual subchannels requested by the BS in response to the CQI request, and transmits the measured channel quality to the BS.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for adjusting a data region to which data bursts are allocated in a broadband wireless communication system are provided. A cell load is calculated using information about data bursts to be transmitted and then compared with a predetermined threshold. A data region is adjusted based on the cell load such that a subchannel occupation rate is uniform over an entire data burst transmission time period, if the cell load is less than the threshold.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and an apparatus for generating a preamble sequence for an adaptive antenna system supporting a space division multiple access in an OFDMA communication system. Particularly, disclosed is a method for forming a preamble sequence identifying each of a plurality of mobile subscriber stations located within a cell or a sector of a communication system which includes a plurality of sub-channels assigned to the mobile subscriber stations, each of the sub-channels including a plurality of bins each of which includes n number of contiguous subcarriers in a frequency domain, the preamble sequence being transmitted before each of the sub-channels is transmitted, the method including the step of generating a preamble sequence by phase-shifting a predetermined sequence according to a predetermined phase shift sequence in the frequency domain.

Abstract: A method for increasing a network throughput of a cellular wireless packet network by controlling loading on a transmission frame in a cellular wireless packet network. In the method, transmission data are mapped to a transmission frame to be transmitted in a cellular wireless packet network in which a plurality of base stations and a plurality of mobile stations transmit packet data to each other. The method includes the steps of: dividing the transmission frame into a plurality of transmission groups each of which includes at least one slot; and constructing the transmission frame by allocating data with different loadings to the divided transmission groups.