Abstract: The present invention relates to an uplink control channel configuration in a mobile wideband wireless access system, and an allocation method thereof. An uplink control channel includes a long cyclic prefix used to improve interference and distortion caused by multipath transmission characteristics of an initial ranging or handover ranging signal and a periodic ranging or band request ranging signal. In addition, a short orthogonal frequency division multiple (OFDM) symbol is used to transmit uplink control information when one terminal exists or the number of terminals is small.

Abstract: A method for handover according to the present invention includes: requesting information on femto cells that are accessible by the terminal from a macro base station that manages the macro cells; receiving the femto cell information from the macro base station; and scanning neighboring femto cells based on the femto cell information.

Abstract: A method for providing stereoscopic three-dimensional (3D) image/video content in a terminal based on Lightweight Application Scene Representation (LASeR) is provided. The method includes receiving a LASeR content including therein stereoscopic 3D image/video information, decoding the received LASeR content according to a stereoscopic 3D image/video attribute, checking LASeR commands from the decoded LASeR content, carrying out the LASeR commands, parsing scene information including stereoscopic 3D image/video information included in the decoded LASeR content, determining whether a media object to be included in scene description is a stereoscopic 3D image/video according to the stereoscopic 3D image/video information and, when the media object to be included in scene description is a stereoscopic 3D image/video, displaying the stereoscopic 3D image/video according to whether the terminal supports a stereoscopic 3D image/video.

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: A Time-to-Digital Converter (TDC) is provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a beamforming method and apparatus. A beamforming method for use in a base station for transmitting a plurality of streams through a plurality of antennas includes: receiving feedback information including information on a first codeword selected from a codebook including a plurality of codewords from each of a plurality of user terminals; grouping the plurality of user terminals by use of the feedback information from each user terminal; determining a user terminal to which a plurality of streams will be assigned of the plurality of user terminals, and determining a second codeword to be used for beamforming from the codebook by use of the feedback information of each user terminal and grouping information; and multiplying data to be transmitted through the plurality of steams by the second codeword and a unitary matrix.

Abstract: A wireless multi-hop relay communication system includes a terminal for transmitting an Automatic Retransmission reQuest (ARQ) block of a Media Access Control (MAC) layer in an access link, an access link relay station for determining if there is an error in the ARQ block received on the access link and for sending the ARQ block to an upper node over a relay link when the ARQ block has no error, and a base station for determining if there is an error in the ARQ block received over the relay link.

Abstract: A method is provided for managing mobility of an Access Terminal (AT) in a mobile communication system using a Mobile Internet Protocol (MIP). The method includes generating, by an AT that has entered a new network, a Security Parameter Index (SPI) and a security key for mutual authentication with a Home Agent (HA) of the new network, sending, by the AT, a registration request message including authentication information including the SPI, the authentication information being generated using the security key, upon receipt of the registration request message, searching, by the HA, a database for the SPI included in the authentication information, verifying the authentication information according to the search result, upon successful verification of the authentication information, generating, by the HA, mobility binding information of the AT, and sending, by the HA, a registration response message including the HA's IP address.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for generating a Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes receiving a Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) index and resource allocation information of a traffic channel and calculating a spectral efficiency at a particular time point, determining a temporary CQI index having a spectral efficiency closest to the calculated spectral efficiency in an index set, reading a CQI metric a time ? before the particular time point, determining, if the temporary CQI index is reported at the particular time point, an error rate based on the CQI metric, the error rate being a probability of an error occurring in a traffic channel after the time ?, receiving an error check result of the traffic channel transmitted at the particular time point and calculating a new error rate by applying a weight to the error check result and the error rate, and determining a CQI index to be fed back to a transmitter using the new error rate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a channel state transmission method using time domain coefficient quantization. A terminal measures channel information in the time domain and transmits it to a base station. In this instance, a multipath frequency selective fading channel is displayed in a tapped delay line format configured with a per-path path delay value and a path gain in the time domain, differentiates a quantization level for each path gain for more efficient transmission, quantizes the same, and transmits it to a transmitter. Therefore, while the amount of bandwidths required for transmitting state information from the terminal to the base station is reduced, the base station can efficiently acquire channel state information on the entire bandwidths. Also, the base station transmits signals to many terminals through beamforming by using the acquired reliable channel state information, thereby increasing the terminal's signal receiving performance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of constructing a resource allocation map in a mobile communication system. In a method of constructing a map in a hierarchial pattern method in a case where a localized resource block (localized RB) and a distributed resource block (distributed RB) need to be simultaneously allocated in regards to a radio resource allocated in a previous frame or reserved with a fixed allocation, a radio resource that is reserved or not used and a radio resource that is newly allocated in a map of a current frame are classified and represented. Then, in regards to a radio resource that is allocated in a current frame, a localized RB and a distributed RB are classified and represented. As for the localized RB, allocation information is represented in an index pattern method, and as for the distributed RB, resource allocation information is represented in a toggle pattern method.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a femtocell search method for a handover from a macrocell to a femtocell. The present invention relates to a method for a terminal that accesses a macrocell to search a femtocell in an environment where a plurality of femtocells are overlapped in one macrocell. The terminal searches a femtocell by using a dummy preamble in order to minimize the size of neighbor cell lists broadcasted from the macrocell to the terminal. Therefore, according to the present invention, an MAC overhead can be minimized by eliminating neighbor femtocell lists in a mobile neighbor advertisement (MOB_NBR_ADV) message broadcasted from the macrocell, and the terminal can search a femtocell with a minimum scanning load by checking only a femtocell dummy preamble in a dedicated symbol of the macrocell.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for encoding and decoding using mutual information between a high band signal and a low band signal to increase a coding efficiency in a portable terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a bandwidth extender for extracting auxiliary information relating to a characteristic of a high band signal using the high band signal and a low band signal and an encoder for encoding residual high band signal obtained by subtracting auxiliary information acquired from the low band signal from auxiliary information acquired from the high band signal.

Abstract: Computer readable media, apparatuses, and methods to control copying of AV data are provided. The data structure includes the AV data having a format according to a protocol for a digital channel between a transmission device and a reception device, and copy control information to control copying of the AV data. Accordingly, copy control can be performed for a digital signal received and decoded according to a DVI or HDMI protocol. In addition, when the digital signal is converted to an analog signal, a CGMS and Macrovision signal can be inserted into the analog signal.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for determining whether a mobile terminal operates normally are provided. The method includes generating a transmission signal, isolating, at a Front End Module (FEM), the transmission signal provided to an antenna, and outputting the same, measuring a level of the output signal, and comparing the measured level of the output signal with a preset threshold level to determine that at least one of a Power Amplifier Module (PAM) and the FEM operates normally.

Abstract: A method of providing discovery information of an Electronic Service Guide (ESG) bootstrap entry point is provided. The method includes listing at least one piece of ESG bootstrap characteristic information for an ESG bootstrap proper for a status of a terminal, creating a Management Object (MO), which connects the ESG bootstrap entry point with said at least one piece of ESG bootstrap characteristic information and transmitting the created MO to the terminal through an interactive channel.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling Low Noise Amplifiers (LNAs) in a dual standby portable terminal according to communication modes are provided. The apparatus and method improve the received signal sensitivity of the receiving unit of the dual-standby portable terminal. The main controller generates an active control signal when a state of the main controller is switched from a reception standby mode to a call mode, and transmits the active control signal to a sub-controller. The sub-controller maintains a turned on state of an LNA under the control of the sub-controller, according to the active control signal.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for a video call using transmission of divided image frames are provided. A transmitting mobile terminal captures a still image with the first resolution at a predefined period, divides the captured image into images with the second resolution that is smaller than the first resolution, and transmits the divided images to a receiving mobile terminal. Then the receiving terminal receives the divided images at a predefined period, creates a combined image corresponding to the initial still image from the divided images, and outputs the combined image on a display unit.

Abstract: A wireless audio output device, a wireless audio output system including the same and a control method thereof are disclosed. When a user approaches the output device, while listening to music on a portable device, the output device automatically connects the wireless audio output system to the portable device, to reproduce the music of the portable device. The control method includes detecting the user, detecting the portable device if the user is sensed, and outputting an audio file being reproduced by the portable device using the wireless audio output system, if the portable device is detected.

Abstract: A subscriber identity module (SIM) card to be mounted to a terminal device that includes a SIM interface unit, the SIM card including: a first terminal to output a control signal indicating that the SIM card is mounted to the terminal device when the SIM card is mounted to the terminal device; and a second terminal to receive the control signal from the first terminal, and to transmit, to the SIM interface unit, the control signal when the SIM card is mounted to the terminal device.