Abstract: The present invention provides video encoding and decoding methods using block merging, which can be applied to a high resolution video of more than HD (High Definition) resolution. A video encoding method includes partitioning a current block into a first and a second prediction unit by using asymmetric partitioning, constructing a list of common merging candidate blocks including a predetermined number of common merging candidate blocks selected from adjacent blocks of the current block, selecting at least one candidate block from among the list of common merging candidate blocks and sending information of the selected candidate block to a decoder for each of the first and the second prediction unit.

Abstract: A method of encoding/decoding a video and an apparatus thereof are disclosed. An embodiment of the present invention provides an encoding/decoding method and apparatus thereof that can interpolate a frame to be skipped with the consideration of the property of the frame. Accordingly, an embodiment of the present invention can encode and decode by using a frame-skipping method having low complexity.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for efficiently transmitting data in an MIMO communication system are provided. The method includes receiving first Channel State Information (CSI) fed back from a plurality of terminals; requesting feedback of second CSI from the respective terminals, the second CSI differing from the first CSI; and determining the terminals to be grouped by using at least one of the first CSI and second CSI, when the second CSI is fed back from the respective terminals.

Abstract: Disclosed are an image encoding/decoding method for rate-distortion optimization and an apparatus for performing the same. A macro block to be encoded is provided, any one of inter-frame prediction and intra-frame prediction is executed to generate a predictive macro block, a residual prediction block is generated on the basis of the generated predictive macro block and the provided macro block, and then the generated residual prediction block is transformed by applying a transform matrix having the highest encoding efficiency among a plurality of predetermined transform matrixes to the generated residual prediction block. Accordingly, it is possible to optimize the rate-distortion, and thus to enhance the quality of an image.