Abstract: An application programming interface (API) authentication method using two API tokens which includes issuing a general API token and providing information required for a one-time API token to a user device; and in response to an API request from the user device, processing an API request according to a result of authentication based on the general API token and a one-time API token, which is generated using the information required for a one-time API token creation.

Abstract: Disclosed are a control method for supporting multiple connections in a mobile communication system and an apparatus for supporting multiple connections. In the method for supporting the multiple connections to be performed in first and second base stations, a first base station receives the measured results for multiple connections from a terminal, determines whether the plurality of connections are set on the basis of the measured results, transmits the information for setting the multiple connections to the second base station when setting the multiple results, and the second base station generates the control information for setting the multiple connections of the terminal on the basis of the information for setting the multiple connections received from the first base station. Thus, the multiple connections can be easily supported and the performance of the mobile communication system can be improved therethrough.

Abstract: A first terminal generates a first scheduling request signal including information about first data resources for data transmission when the first terminal tries to reserve the first data resources. The first terminal generates a first scheduling request indication signal providing notification that the first scheduling request signal is to be transmitted. The first terminal transmits the first scheduling request indication signal through a first request subslot included in a first scheduling request resource before transmitting the first scheduling request signal. The first terminal transmits the first scheduling request signal through a second request subslot included in the first scheduling request resource.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method and an apparatus for configuring a radio resource. In a wireless communication system, a radio resource is split into a plurality of radio resource slices corresponding to different service types and a radio source slice corresponding to a service type among a plurality of radio resource slices that a device requests is determined.

Abstract: Provided is an organic light emitting diodes (OLED) and method of manufacturing the OLED. The OLED includes: a substrate; a light scattering layer having an uneven shape on the substrate; a transparent electrode film provided directly on and in contact with the light scattering layer; an organic light emitting layer on the transparent electrode film; and an electrode on the organic light emitting layer. The method of manufacturing the OLED includes: disposing a light scattering layer on a substrate; providing a transparent electrode film on the light scattering layer; and transferring the transparent electrode film to be directly on and in contact with the light scattering layer.

Abstract: An auto focusing lens includes an active lens including a lens body including electroactive polymer and a transparent electrode at least partially coated on a surface of the lens body, and a controller controlling the focus of the active lens by applying a voltage to the transparent electrode.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and device for sharing a candidate list. A method of generating a merging candidate list for a predictive block may include: producing, on the basis of a coding block including a predictive block on which a parallel merging process is performed, at least one of a spatial merging candidate and a temporal merging candidate of the predictive block; and generating a single merging candidate list for the coding block on the basis of the produced merging candidate. Thus, it is possible to increase processing speeds for coding and decoding by performing inter-picture prediction in parallel on a plurality of predictive blocks.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an optical network unit and a method for controlling the unit. In a passive optical network system, an optical transceiver of the optical network unit performs a wavelength change of an optical signal according to a wavelength setting command transferred from a media access control (MAC) unit and monitors a wavelength change state and reports the monitored wavelength change state to the MAC unit. When the wavelength malfunction occurs, the MAC unit blocks an uplink optical transmission of the optical transceiver.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for measuring a quality of a holographic image are provided. An image quality measuring method may include acquiring a first image including a holographic image in a background, and a second image that does not include a holographic image, the first image and the second image being on the same background, extracting a gray level value and a dark-noise counted level value from the first image in a selected range of the first image, extracting a gray level value and a dark-noise counted level value from the second image in the same range as the selected range of the first image, and determining a holographic contrast ratio (HCR) of the holographic image based on the extracted gray level values and the extracted dark-noise counted level values.

Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for performing intra-prediction using an adaptive filter. The method for performing intra-prediction comprises the steps of: determining whether or not to apply a first filter for a reference pixel value on the basis of information of a neighboring block of a current block; applying the first filter for the reference pixel value when it is determined to apply the first filter; performing intra-prediction on the current block on the basis of the reference pixel value; determining whether or not to apply a second filter for a prediction value according to each prediction mode of the current block, which is predicted by the intra-prediction performance on the basis of the information of the neighboring block; and applying the second filter for the prediction value according to each prediction mode of the current block when it is determined to apply the second filter.

Abstract: An optical phase diversity receiver may include: a diffraction grating including grating surfaces; a first input waveguide to which a first optical signal is inputted; a second input waveguide to which a second optical signal is inputted; and a slab waveguide including an input terminal optically coupled with the first and second input waveguides, and an output terminal provided at a position at which optical signals reflected by the diffraction grating reach the slab waveguide. Every determined number of grating surfaces are chirped in an identical manner. The slab waveguide is configured to guide the first and the second optical signals to the diffraction grating and guide the optical signals reflected by the diffraction grating to the output terminal. The grating surfaces are configured such that each of the optical signals reflected by the diffraction grating is divided into the predetermined number by optical power distribution.

Abstract: Provided is a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag having a plurality of antennas. The RFID tag includes: a plurality of antennas each configured to backscatter received Radio Frequency (RF) signals; a digital and memory circuitry, which once the RF signals are received through the plurality of antennas, is configured to generate a series of programmed encoding signals based on identification information to be transmitted, and to output the generated signals; and a modulator configured to vary power of an uplink signal backscattered through the plurality of antennas based on the encoding signals input from the digital and memory circuitry, in which the modulator operates such that the power of the uplink signal backscattered through each of the plurality of antennas is equal regardless of types of the encoding signals.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a routing apparatus and method for configuring a LPWMN based on a channel hopping time-multiplexed wireless link. The routing apparatus of the present invention includes a control unit for setting up a channel hopping time-multiplexed wireless link with a gateway router, one or more routers, and one or more devices based on deterministic and synchronous multi-channel extension (DSME) media access control (MAC) link control (DSME MAC link control: DLC) sublayers and DSME MAC link network (DLN) sublayers. A communication unit transfers data frames to the gateway router, routers, and devices depending on connection quality of the channel hopping time-multiplexed wireless link.

Abstract: Rate adaptation is carried out using bit error rate (BER) to enable effective multimedia transmission. The BER can be estimated using signal strength in a MAC layer and modulation information (FIGS. 7-9), and can be compatibly used in different wireless networks by means of message standardization.

Abstract: The present invention relates to image encoding and image decoding. A method for encoding images according to the present invention comprises the steps of: acquiring division information from peripheral blocks of an encoding target block with respect to the peripheral blocks; predicting the division of the encoding target block on the basis of the acquired division information; encoding information on the difference between the practical division information of the encoding target information and the predictive division information predicted in the predicting process; and transmitting the encoded information. The present invention can encode/decode the division information of the encoding/decoding target blocks using the information about the peripheral blocks.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for multicore emulation based on dynamic context switching. The apparatus for multicore emulation based on dynamic context switching includes a multicore emulation managing unit configured to transmit a signal for requesting determination of a core to be emulated among a plurality of cores, and a context switching managing unit configured to receive the signal for requesting determination of a core to be emulated from the multicore emulation managing unit, determine an ID of a core to be emulated according to the received signal, and executing emulation on a core corresponding to the determined core ID.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for an adaptive Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) streaming service using metadata on media content are disclosed. The media content includes a series of one or more periods. Each period may include one or more representations. The metadata may include information describing a relationship between the representations and information for terminals having different display bit depths.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for calculating a TCP checksum. An apparatus for calculating a TCP checksum includes a data division unit for dividing content to be transmitted into two or more primary data fragments by a unit of a preset byte. A first checksum calculation unit calculates first checksums for the primary data fragments, respectively. A second checksum calculation unit calculates a second checksum for secondary data to be inserted into a data area of the TCP segment using the first checksums. Accordingly, in TCP-based networks, a checksum calculation procedure is improved upon transmitting static content, so that a static content transfer rate occupying most of TCP-based network traffic can be improved.

Abstract: Disclosed is a network management apparatus for priority channel assignment to acquire available channels in a frequency sharing band, including: a signal intensity measurer measuring a received signal intensity for an input signal; and a controller verifying usable candidate channels in the same channel and an adjacent channel of a TV band device (TVBD) for each predetermined frequency based on the measured received signal intensity, verifying available channels of the TVBD based on the verified usable candidate channels in the same channel and the adjacent channel, calculating the decreased number of available channels of the TVBD predicted for each channel after channel reassignment, and assigning channels to be reassigned based on the calculated decreased number of available channels of the TVBD.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for time synchronization between a plurality of nodes in a network. The apparatus distinguishes between an optical synchronization signal for synchronization between nodes and an optical data signal for data transmission, and synchronizes nodes with each other using the optical synchronization signal.