Abstract: According to an aspect of the disclosure, an optical communication module comprises an optical transmission assembly configured to generate first transmit light based on an input electric signal and output the first transmit light, an optical reception assembly configured to divide input first receive light into first receive payload data and first receive auxiliary management data, and an auxiliary management controller configured to analyze the first receive auxiliary management data and control attenuation of one or more of transmit light output from the optical transmission assembly and receive light input to the optical reception assembly, wherein the first receive light is formed by combining the first receive payload data and the first receive auxiliary management data, and the first receive payload data and the first receive auxiliary management data have different wavelengths.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method performed by a middle node in a communication system includes: receiving a configuration message including information related to a message to be combined in a shared cell from a north node; receiving user plane messages from a plurality of south nodes included in the shared cell, respectively; identifying packets to be combined from among respective packets included in the received user plane messages based on the information related to the message to be combined in the shared cell; and determining respective uplink counter values for the plurality of south nodes by counting the identified packets to be combined.

Abstract: A method performed by a middle node in a communication system includes: receiving a request message for capability information from a controller; transmitting capability information of the middle node as a response to the request message; and receiving configuration information for an extended antenna carrier (eAxC)_identifier (ID) group supporting Section Extension 10 based on the capability information of the middle node from the controller.

Abstract: Provided is a communication repeater including a receiver configured to receive a plurality of test signals from a plurality of external communication devices and then receive a plurality of downlink signals from the plurality of external communication devices, and a digital signal processor configured to measure a delay time of each of the plurality of test signals and perform a delay synchronization process for the plurality of downlink signals, wherein the digital signal processor is configured to determine whether the plurality of downlink signals for which the delay synchronization process has been performed are synchronized, and perform synchronization restoration for a downlink signal having a synchronization error among the plurality of downlink signals, based on a result of the determining.

Abstract: A method of operating a repeater comprises selecting some of adaptive filter coefficients among a plurality of adaptive filter coefficients of an adaptive filter used for interference cancellation, based on the size of a coefficient, generating a predicted interference signal using the selected adaptive filter coefficients and generating an interference-canceled communication signal from a received signal using the generated predicted interference signal.

Abstract: Provided is an optical transceiver including: a receiver configured to receive an optical transmission signal including wavelength information from another optical transceiver through a multiplexer/demultiplexer connected to the receiver; and a controller configured to identify a reception wavelength for communication with the other optical transceiver and to determine a wavelength corresponding to the reception wavelength as a transmission wavelength for communication with the other optical transceiver, based on the wavelength information included in the optical transmission signal.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of allocating shared radio resources in a spectrum shared system (SSS), the method including: obtaining, by a system controller of the SSS, identification information from at least one radio service device of the SSS and a node unit of a distributed antenna system (DAS); determining, by the system controller of the SSS, whether the at least one radio service device interoperates with the DAS based on the identification information; and allocating, by the system controller of the SSS, the shared radio resources to the at least one radio service device and the DAS, respectively, based on a result of the determining of interoperating.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a method of operating a distributed antenna system (DAS) interworking with a spectrum sharing system (SSS) including: setting, by a node unit of the DAS, a radio resource to be used by each of a plurality of radio service devices (RSDs) communicatively connected to the node unit; requesting, by the node unit, available radio resource information from a system controller of the SSS based on a result of the setting; receiving, by the node unit, allocation information including a result of allocating shared radio resources of the SSS to the DAS from the system controller; and selectively activating, by the node unit, a service signal corresponding to the set radio resource of each of the plurality of RSDs according to the allocation information.

Abstract: There is provided a method of processing uplink Ethernet packets of an aggregation node included in a distributed antenna system, the method includes: receiving a plurality of uplink Ethernet packets; summing the plurality of received uplink Ethernet packets; and transmitting the summed uplink Ethernet packets in an uplink direction.

Abstract: Provided are a method of operating a communication node that includes a memory and a processor and receives and processes a communication signal with a variable number of component carriers comprising dividing the communication signal into a plurality of divided signals based on the number of component carriers included in the received communication signal and the number of signal processing paths provided in the communication node and distributing the plurality of divided signals to the signal processing paths provided in the communication node, respectively, and processing the divided signals.

Abstract: Provided is a method of outputting a synchronization signal in a communication node comprising: receiving communication connection information from a terminal, identifying detectable position information of a synchronization signal block (SS block) included in the communication connection information, setting a position of the SS block based on the identified detectable position information, and outputting the SS block based on the set position.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of allocating shared radio resources in a spectrum shared system (SSS), the method including: obtaining, by a system controller of the SSS, identification information from at least one radio service device of the SSS and a node unit of a distributed antenna system (DAS); determining, by the system controller of the SSS, whether the at least one radio service device interoperates with the DAS based on the identification information; and allocating, by the system controller of the SSS, the shared radio resources to the at least one radio service device and the DAS, respectively, based on a result of the determining of interoperating.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a method of operating a distributed antenna system (DAS) interworking with a spectrum sharing system (SSS) including: transmitting, by a node unit of the DAS, DAS information to a management system entity (MSE); generating, by the MSE, linkage information based on the DAS information and radio service device (RSD) information received from at least one RSD of the SSS; transmitting, by the MSE, the interworking information to a system controller of the SSS; receiving, by the MSE, allocation information including a result of allocating shared radio resources to the DAS and the at least one RSD, respectively, according to the interworking information from the system controller; transmitting, by the MSE, the allocation information to the node unit; and operating, by the node unit, according to the allocation information.

Abstract: Provided are a method of synchronizing a communication network, the method comprising obtaining a quality parameter of at least two or more synchronization sources connected to communication nodes in a communication network and a capacity parameter of the communication nodes connected to the synchronization sources, selecting a synchronization source to be used for synchronization of the communication network from among the at least two or more synchronization sources, according to a priority based on the obtained quality parameter and capacity parameter and performing synchronization of the communication network using a synchronization signal provided from the selected synchronization source.

Abstract: A method performed by a first distributed antenna system (DAS) node unit in a communication system including a DAS includes: measuring information related to a delay of at least one second DAS node unit connected to the first DAS node unit; generating delay information for the at least one second DAS node unit based on the information related to the delay; and transmitting the delay information to an open-radio access network (O-RAN) node unit of a base station to which the DAS is connected.

Abstract: Provided is a method of outputting a synchronization signal in a communication node comprising: receiving communication connection information from a terminal, identifying detectable position information of a synchronization signal block (SS block) included in the communication connection information, setting a position of the SS block based on the identified detectable position information, and outputting the SS block based on the set position.

Abstract: Provided are a method of operating a communication system using physical layer division, the method comprises extracting an initial random access signal from an uplink signal, in a first physical layer of a first communication node of the communication system reducing a data amount of the extracted initial random access signal in the first physical layer and calculating a time synchronization error using the initial random access signal with a reduced amount of data, in a second physical layer of a second communication node of the communication system.

Abstract: A method of combining compressed uplink signals according to one aspect of the present disclosure is a method of combining IQ data of uplink signals compressed without decompression by a block floating point compression method, a block scaling compression method, or a -law compression method.

Abstract: Provided is an optical communication device including: a multiplexer configured to multiplex one or more input optical signals to output a single first optical signal; a signal generator configured to generate a second optical signal having a preset wavelength; a filter configured to generate a third optical signal by combining the first optical signal and the second optical signal; a switch configured to connect any one of a plurality of optical cables connected to the switch with the filter to transmit the third optical signal through any one of the plurality of optical cables; and a controller configured to control the switch by analyzing reflected light of the second optical signal.

Abstract: Provided are a method of operating a communication node that includes a memory and a processor and receives and processes a communication signal with a variable number of component carriers comprising dividing the communication signal into a plurality of divided signals based on the number of component carriers included in the received communication signal and the number of signal processing paths provided in the communication node and distributing the plurality of divided signals to the signal processing paths provided in the communication node, respectively, and processing the divided signals.