Abstract: Disclosed is a method for supporting a handover in a broadband wireless access communication system which includes a mobile subscriber station, a serving base station currently providing service to the mobile subscriber station, and a plurality of adjacent base stations different from the serving base station, in which each of the base stations includes cells using subchannel bands different from each other, the method including establishing a set of base stations which currently provide wireless channels for data transmission/reception to the mobile subscriber station; classifying, by each base station, entire subchannels into a plurality of sets of subchannels; and allocating each of the sets of subchannels obtained by the classification to a PUSC (Partial Usage of Subchannels) subchannel area of each sector, wherein, every base stations included in an active set select an equal number of PUSC subchannels from among a PUSC subchannel area allocated to each of the base stations and allocate the selected PUSC

Abstract: Disclosed is a data transportation/reception apparatus and method in a mobile communication system. The data transportation apparatus and method divides transport data bits into bits having higher priority and bits having lower priority, maps the bits having higher priority to bit positions having higher reliability, and maps the bits having lower priority to bit positions having lower reliability. The data reception apparatus and method demodulates received modulated symbols, divides the demodulated coded bits into two coded bit groups according to priority, deinterleaving the coded bit groups using different deinterleavers, and decodes the deinterleaved coded bits.

Abstract: Disclosed is an automatic gain control device in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing system. A variable gain amplifier controls a gain of an input signal; an energy calculator calculates an energy of the input signal; a truncator accumulates the calculated energies, finds an average thereof, and generates a DC offset of the input signal; a subtracter subtracts a predefined reference value from the DC offset, and outputs a signal; and an RC filter feeds the value output by the subtracter back to the variable gain amplifier so that the value output by the subtracter may be used for an automatic gain control. The predefined reference value given to be 4.Ov is a reference power generated based on a saturation to RMS ratio for minimizing the bit error rate of the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing system.

Abstract: An uplink scheduling system and method in a wireless broadband internet communication system includes calculating priorities of mobile stations (MSs) taking into account headroom size indicating transmission power additionally available for each of the MSs; and determining a transmission format of an MS selected to be preferentially allocated a slot as a result of the priority calculation, taking into account headroom size reported by the selected MS and a margin determined depending on a variation in channel state between the selected MS and a base station (BS).

Abstract: An apparatus and method for canceling an interference signal in a broadband wireless communication system are provided. A receiver of a wireless communication system includes at least two receive antennas for receiving a target signal of a serving base station and interference signals of at least one neighbor base station; a channel estimator for estimating channels of the signals received through the receive antennas; and a detector for detecting the target signal using channel estimation values of the received signals. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce error propagation caused by the incorrect estimation and detection of the interference signal. In addition, time delay for detecting/restoring/removing the interference signal does not occur. Moreover, the increase of additional buffers can be prevented. Consequently, the increase of hardware complexity can be prevented.

Abstract: Provided are a method and an apparatus for searching neighboring Bluetooth devices in a portable terminal having a Bluetooth module. In the method, addresses of searched neighboring Bluetooth devices are used to determine whether the searched neighboring Bluetooth devices are newly-searched Bluetooth devices. If the searched neighboring Bluetooth devices are newly-searched neighboring Bluetooth devices, name request signals are transmitted to the newly-searched neighboring Bluetooth devices to acquire names of the newly-searched neighboring Bluetooth devices. Names of the newly-searched neighboring Bluetooth devices are created, and the addresses, names and names of the newly-searched neighboring Bluetooth devices are registered in a Bluetooth management database.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for extracting precise voiced/unvoiced classification information from a voice signal is provided. The apparatus extracts voiced/unvoiced classification information by analyzing a ratio of a harmonic component to a non-harmonic (or residual) component. The apparatus uses a harmonic to residual ratio (HRR), a harmonic to noise component ratio (HNR), and a sub-band harmonic to noise component ratio (SB-HNR), which are feature extracting schemes obtained based on a harmonic component analysis, thereby precisely classifying voiced/unvoiced sounds. Therefore, the apparatus and method can be used for voice coding, recognition, composition, reinforcement, etc. in all voice signal processing systems.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for managing resources in a mobile communication system. The method includes classifying an overall frequency band into a plurality of segment types defined in time and frequency domains by considering a channel condition between a mobile station and the base station and a QoS level required by the mobile station, if data to be transmitted is data to be transmitted in real time, allocating the data to real-time type segments in such a manner as to satisfy a minimum QoS level for the data, and when there are real-time data remaining after allocating the data, and non-real-time type segments for allocating data to be transmitted in non-real time, diverting and allocating the real-time data to the non-real-time type segments.

Abstract: A system and method for managing multimedia messages, wherein a mobile terminal for sends a multimedia message including multimedia data having a storage directory and a disclosure level set according by a user, a multimedia messaging service center stores the multimedia data included in the multimedia message in a directory of a multimedia message box corresponding to the set storage directory, and a web server detects an access level of a web user requesting access to the multimedia data, and offers the multimedia data stored in the corresponding directory to the web user, when the detected access level is identical to the disclosure level set for the multimedia data.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and device for estimating a timing error and a frequency offset in the MIMO mobile communication system. In a system including a plurality of transmit antennas and a plurality of receive antennas, a predetermined preamble symbol is inserted into a frame to be transmitted by a transmitting device, and pseudo noise is multiplied to the preamble symbol, and result signal is transmitted through each transmit antenna. A receiving device receives the signal through each receive antenna, extracts a preamble symbol from the OFDM symbol, and multiplies local pseudo noise that corresponds to the pseudo noise used by the transmitting device and is shifted by the extracted preamble symbol. A timing error is estimated and compensated according to the correlation of the pseudo noise of the transmitting device and the local pseudo noise of the receiving device. A frequency offset is estimated and compensated according to the phase difference between the preamble symbols.

Abstract: Disclosed are a system and method for controlling home appliances using a short message service. When receiving a short message including an access code from a mobile terminal, the home server checks the status of the connected home appliances and sends a short message including control codes corresponding to the status of the home appliances to the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal checks the control codes to confirm the status of the home appliances, and displays corresponding images. When the user requests to control the status of a specific home appliance, the mobile terminal automatically generates a corresponding short message and sends the short message to the home server. The home server checks the message, controls the corresponding home appliance, and then sends a short message including current status information of the controlled home appliance to the mobile terminal.

Abstract: A push-up type portable charging cradle having a stereo sound system is disclosed. The portable charging cradle includes a cradle body and a push-up type cradle rotatably mounted in the cradle body so that the push-up type cradle protrudes from or retracts to the top surface of the cradle body according to whether the push-up type cradle is pushed or not.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for providing uplink packet data services through an E-DCH in an asynchronous WCDMA system. A transport block size (TBS) for transmitting uplink transport channel data is determined. A combination of a spreading factor and a modulation scheme for uplink channel data transmission, corresponding to the determined TBS, is selected according to transmittable physical channel data bit sizes and puncturing limit values. The TBS is transmitted by incorporating it into control information of the uplink transport channel data. The modulation scheme and spreading factor combination is determined based on a physical channel data bit size that maximizes transmission efficiency and minimizes the number of punctured bits, without requiring an additional physical channel in transmitting the uplink data having the TBS. This method maximizes uplink transmission efficiency to save transmission resources and reduces signaling overhead required to transmit E-DCH control information.

Abstract: Disclosed is a mobile communication terminal provided with a rotational display unit. The mobile communication terminal comprises: (a) a main housing comprising a first hinge axis formed on one end; (b) a connection member hingedly connected to the main housing so as to be opened from and closed into the main housing around the first hinge axis, and comprising a second hinge axis on the upper surface of the connection member and perpendicular to the first hinge axis; and (c) a rotational housing rotatably connected and opposite to the connection member, and rotated around the second hinge axis.

Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and method for canceling a neighbor cell interference in a broadband wireless communication system.

Abstract: A network entry method in a wireless mobile communication system is disclosed. An initial network entry method by a Mobile Station (MS) in a wireless mobile communication system includes sending a ranging request message including a Medium Access Control (MAC) address in a predetermined format to a Base Station (BS) and receiving a ranging response message including information associated with basic capability negotiation and information associated registration from the BS.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method, a User Equipment (UE) and a system for providing a simultaneous multiple session Push-to-talk over Cellular (PoC) multimedia service. A PoC client performing a PoC multimedia communication service participates in multiple sessions according to the setup of a user, and can simultaneously receive the same media streams without filtering in a PoC server when the same media streams are transmitted. Further, the PoC client can set a session, to which filtering is to be applied, from among a plurality of sessions and media types.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for determining a vertical handoff for a node supporting a WLAN and an IEEE 802.16 communication system are provided. Reception of a handoff request message from the node is monitored, an expected change in the total throughput of the WLAN in the case where the node is connected to the WLAN is calculated and compared with zero, and if the throughput change is equal to or greater than zero, the handoff request of the node is acknowledged and the node is handed off to the WLAN.

Abstract: A method is provided for transmitting a signal in a signal transmission apparatus of a communication system. Upon receiving a signal, the signal transmission apparatus determines a mode of the received signal, in which a power amplifier should amplify the signal; generates a mode control signal corresponding to a single mode, if the mode of the received signal is determined as the single mode; amplifies and transmits the received signal in the single mode according to the mode control signal; generates a mode control signal corresponding to a multi-mode, if the mode of the received signal is the multi-mode; and amplifies and transmits the received signal in the multi-mode according to the mode control signal.

Abstract: In an apparatus for allocating a transmission opportunity (TXOP) of a communication system, the amount of transmittable data of the respective terminals during a first TXOP allocated to the respective terminals is calculated based on data rates of the respective terminals, an average data amount for the respective terminals is calculated from the calculated amount of data, and a second TXOP of the respective terminals is calculated based on the average data amount to allocate the second TXOP to the corresponding terminal.