Abstract: A method and apparatus for transmitting reference signals in a relay communication system are provided. The method transmits reference signals via a type 2 relay node in a relay communication system and includes a base station (BS) allocating a plurality of antenna ports in a mutually exclusive manner so that the antenna port of the BS and the antenna port of a peripheral relay node do not overlap each other, the BS and relay node transmitting reference signals to a user equipment (UE) via the corresponding antenna ports that are mutually exclusively allocated and the BS receiving channel state information from the UE to obtain channel state information between the BS and the UE and channel state information between the relay node and the UE.

Abstract: A method of transmitting PMI (precoding matrix indicator) information in an uplink MIMO system is disclosed.

Abstract: Systems and methods for improving the performance of a MIMO wireless communication system by reducing the amount of uplink resources that are needed to provide channel performance feedback for the adjustment of data rates on the downlink MIMO channels. In one embodiment, a method comprises encoding each of a set of data streams according to corresponding data rates, permuting the data streams on a set of MIMO channels according to a full permutation of combinations, transmitting the permuted data streams, receiving the permuted data streams, decoding and determining an SNR for each of the data streams, computing a condensed SNR metric for the set of data streams, providing the condensed metric as feedback, determining a set of individual SNR metrics for the data streams based on the condensed SNR metric, and adjusting the data rates at which the data streams are encoded based on the individual SNR metrics.

Abstract: Provided are a terminal and a method for searching access points performed by a terminal supporting a multi-RAT (Radio Access Technology) in a wireless communication system. The method includes: receiving, by the terminal, information on one or more access points (APs) located within a cell coverage of a base station; determining whether there are any accessible APs within the cell coverage of the base station based on the received information; searching and selecting an AP according to the determining, wherein: if there are accessible APs, the terminal searches and selects the AP within a first time period, the first time period is shorter than a current time period for searching the AP, if there are no accessible APs, the terminal searches and selects the AP within a second time period, and the second time period is longer than the current time period for searching the AP; and accessing the selected AP.

Abstract: Techniques for efficiently deriving uplink channel estimates without consuming much additional uplink resources are described. A user equipment (UE) may send a request for uplink resources on a request channel (REQCH) whenever the UE desires to transmit data on the uplink. The UE may send the REQCH on a set of subcarriers and from multiple antennas, e.g., send REQCH data on data subcarriers and pilot on pilot subcarriers. A Node B may receive the request, estimate the complex channel gains for the pilot subcarriers based on received pilot symbols, and coherently demodulate received data symbols based on the channel gain estimates. The Node B may estimate the complex channel gains for the data subcarriers based on demodulated data symbols and derive a channel estimate for each UE antenna based on the channel gain estimates for the pilot and data subcarriers. The Node B may use the channel estimates for MIMO scheduling, subband scheduling, and rate selection.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for treating a substrate. The apparatus for treating the substrate includes a process module including a main process chamber in which main treatment step is performed on the substrate, an index module including a loadport on which a container for accommodating the substrate is placed, an auxiliary process chamber in which auxiliary treating is performed on the substrate, and an index robot for transferring the substrate, and a loadlock chamber disposed between the process module and the index module. The process module, the loadlock chamber, and the auxiliary process chamber are successively disposed in a first direction, and the index robot configured to transfer the substrate into each of the loadport, the auxiliary process chamber, and the loadlock chamber.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving a scheduling request using a shared resource based filtering method in a radio communication system. The method for supporting scheduling request using shared resources at a base station including assigning each of one or more users to each of one or more subsets of Scheduling Request (SR) resources of a set consisting of a number, M, of SR resources, receiving scheduling request for the one or more users, determining SR resources used for the scheduling request among M SR resources, determining one or more users associated with the received scheduling request based on the assigned SR resources and the determined SR resources, and transmitting scheduling control information to determined one or more users.

Abstract: A method and apparatus of transmitting a reference signal in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes generating a precoded reference signal or a non-precoded reference signal in accordance with a rank, and transmitting the generated reference signal. Uplink transmission using multiple transmit antennas is supported through reference signal design and related control signaling.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method in which a base station transmits signals to a relay node in a multiuser multi-antenna (MIMO) wireless communication system. More particularly, the method includes: allocating one or more antenna ports to one or more relay nodes, respectively; mapping each of a plurality of downlink grant signals for the one or more relay nodes to a preset resource domain from among resource domains corresponding to one of the allocated antenna ports; mapping uplink grant signals or data signals for the one or more relay nodes to the resource domains corresponding to the allocated antenna ports; and transmitting the mapped signals to the one or more relay nodes.

Abstract: A method of decoding a backhaul downlink signal of a relay node (RN). A higher layer signal indicating a maximum transmission rank is received from a base station (BS). Control information is received through a relay control channel from the BS. The control information is demodulated and mapped to resource elements (REs) which do not overlap with user equipment-specific reference signal (URS) REs in a control region which is used for the relay control channel transmission of the BS. The URS REs are reserved REs for URSs according to the maximum transmission rank. The control information is demodulated based on URSs transmitted by the BS on one fixed antenna port n, where n is a natural number.

Abstract: Specifically, according to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for searching for an access point is provided. The method for searching may comprises the steps of: a terminal measuring the position thereof; checking an access point located near the measured position of the terminal; determining whether or not the distance between the terminal and the access point is greater than the radius range searchable by the terminal; and searching for the access point when the distance between the terminal and the access point is less than the radius range.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and device for transmitting a sounding reference signal on a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to an SRS transmission method comprising the steps of: receiving cell-specific parameters for constituting a SRS; receiving first terminal-specific parameters designating a resource which can be used in the non-periodic transmission of the SRS; receiving request information whereby SRS transmission is requested; and, after the request information has been received, transmitting the SRS by using the resource allocated by means of the first terminal-specific parameters; wherein the SRS is transmitted inside subframes designated by means of the cell-specific parameters, and the present invention also relates to a device for the same.

Abstract: A method of using component carrier by a relay station in a multi-carrier system comprises: receiving a component carrier (CC) link configuration information from a base station (BS); allocating a CC to at least one of a backhaul link between the BS and the RS and an access link between the RS and an RS user equipment (UE) according to the CC link configuration information; and transmitting or receiving a signal by using the CC in the allocated link.

Abstract: Provided is a method of transmitting a signal related to a change in a transmission format. In a wireless communication system which uses an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol or a single carrier-frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) symbol, the method includes: transmitting, from a base station to a receiver, a radio resource control (RRC) message indicating that a first transmission format is changed to a second transmission format; and if an acknowledgement (ACK) message for the RRC message is not received, repetitively transmitting the RRC message, from the base station to the receiver, together with data based on the first transmission format or data based on the second transmission format, wherein the data based on the first transmission format and the data based on the second transmission format transmitted together with the RRC message are alternately selected.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for selecting an adaptive CoMP scheme for a user equipment. The user equipment selects a first CoMP set which can maximize a signal to interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) from among CoMP sets while performing a first coordinate multi-point (CoMP) scheme. Then, the user equipment compares the current data transmission rate thereof and the required minimum data transmission rate thereof and the required minimum data transmission rate while performing the first CoMP scheme and selecting the first CoMP set. Subsequently, the user equipment which performs the first CoMP scheme selects a second CoMP scheme on the basis of the result of the comparison in accordance with a predetermined sequence of CoMP schemes.

Abstract: A method for transmitting scheduling information in a mobile communication system and a femtocell base station apparatus using the same are provided. Scheduling information can be transmitted using a hierarchical scheduling scheme in which a femtocell base station is allocated resources from a macrocell base station and the femtocell base station then allocates resources to femto users within its own resource region.

Abstract: Techniques for efficiently deriving uplink channel estimates without consuming much additional uplink resources are described. A user equipment (UE) may send a request for uplink resources on a request channel (REQCH) whenever the UE desires to transmit data on the uplink. The UE may send the REQCH on a set of subcarriers and from multiple antennas, e.g., send REQCH data on data subcarriers and pilot on pilot subcarriers. A node B may receive the request, estimate the complex channel gains for the pilot subcarriers based on received pilot symbols, and coherently demodulate received data symbols based on the channel gain estimates. The Node B may estimate the complex channel gains for the data subcarriers based on demodulated data symbols and derive a channel estimate for each UE antenna based on the channel gain estimates for the pilot and data subcarriers. The Node B may use the channel estimates for MIMO scheduling, subband scheduling, and rate selection.

Abstract: Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate creating a unified format that can accommodate various MIMO modes. The unified format can employed with a single payload size that includes uplink control information for each available MIMO mode. By packaging the payload with uplink control information related to each MIMO mode, the uplink control information can be utilized with any suitable or available MIMO mode.

Abstract: Systems and methods for utilizing paging group IDs and paging indicators are disclosed for PDCCH and PDSCH transmissions to mobile terminals in a mobile communication system. By use of the paging group IDs and paging indicators, various groups of mobile terminals, including subsets of those groups can be paged with reduced decoding requirements. Nesting of the grouping is exploited and packing of the PDCCH frame to accomplish efficient use is described.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and to an apparatus for transmitting reference signals in a relay communication system. The method for transmitting reference signals through a type 2 relay node in a relay communication system comprises: a step in which a base station allocates a plurality of antenna ports in a mutually exclusive manner so that the antenna port of the base station and the antenna port of the peripheral relay node do not overlap each other; a step in which the base station and the relay node transmit reference signals to user equipment through the respective antenna ports mutually exclusively allocated; and a step in which the base station receives a channel state information from the user equipment to obtain channel state information between the base station and the user equipment and channel state information between the relay node and the user equipment.