Abstract: Provided is a method of generating a data frame used in a wireless personal area network (WPAN). The method of generating a data frame used in a wireless personal area network (WPAN), the method including: generating a plurality of sub frames by using one or more MAC service data units (MSDUs); and generating sub headers including information about each sub frame; generating a PHY service data unit (PSDU) by using the plurality of sub frames, the sub headers, and a MAC header, wherein each sub frame includes a frame check sequence (FCS) field for detecting an error of a corresponding sub frame.

Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for generating a data frame. The method includes: generating a plurality of subframes by using at least one medium access control (MAC) service data unit (MSDU); generating at least one field of an unequal error protection (UEP) field indicating whether UEP is applied to the subframes, a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) field indicating a modulation and coding scheme applied to each of the subframes, and a length field indicating the length of each of the subframes; and generating a data frame by using the subframes and the at least one of the UEP field, the MCS field, and the length field.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for searching for erroneous data is provided. The method of searching for erroneous data includes checking received data using an error-checking field included in the received data, and compensating for erroneous data of the checked data.

Abstract: A link adaption method for multi input multi output (MIMO) system having a multi-antenna structure and a communicating method of MIMO stations in a basic service set (BSS), which constitutes a wireless communication network. The communicating method includes receiving from a predetermined MIMO station, the number of MIMO antennas and transmission rates supported by the respective MIMO stations. It further includes, storing one or more channel estimations indicators obtained while receiving various framed form the predetermined MIMO station for each MIMO antenna and for each transmission rate supported by the MIMO antenna, determining the threshold levels of the channel estimation for each MIMO antenna, and comparing the threshold levels with an average of channels estimation indicators for each MIMO antenna. The transmission rate is determined based on the comparison result and the data is then transmitted to the predetermined MIMO station ad the determined transmission rate.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for efficiently transmitting large multimedia data over a wireless network are provided. A wireless device includes a device information reading unit which receives and reads information regarding available capabilities of devices included in a wireless network; a control unit which selects a first device which can process a video stream and a second device which can process an audio stream from the devices based on the information; a stream generation unit which generates a video stream and an audio stream which form the same content; and a wireless transmission/reception unit which transmits the generated video stream to the first device and transmits the generated audio stream to the second device.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for communicating with a heterogeneous terminal, more particularly, a method and apparatus for communicating with a heterogeneous terminal in which the communication between terminals using different modulation methods can be initialized by transmitting throughout a network a preamble with a waveform that is commonly used in the network. The apparatus includes a preamble-generation unit which generates a preamble having a plurality of sequences corresponding to a combination of a modulation method and a waveform that are to be applied to a packet; and a communication unit which attaches the preamble to the packet and then transmits the packet.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for transmitting data and an apparatus and method for receiving data, in which beam forming is performed in consideration of the communication capabilities of antennas of stations that perform directional communication in a high-frequency band.

Abstract: Provided are a wireless network system and a method of configuring the same, in which stations that perform directional communication in a high-frequency band can share information regarding their communication capabilities with each other. An apparatus for managing stations that transmit/receive data using millimeter wave (mmWave) includes a communication capability information management module which receives an association request frame and determines the communication capability of an associating station that has transmitted the association request frame based on the association request frame; an information-frame-generation module which generates a wireless video area network (WVAN) information frame specifying the communication capability of the associating station; and a communication module which transmits the WVAN information frame, wherein the apparatus serves as a wireless network coordinator.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for transmitting data and an apparatus and method for receiving data, in which the transmission of uncompressed data over a wireless network can be performed by retransmitting an erroneous bit or a group of erroneous bits, if any, of each sub-packet including a number of bits or a number of groups of bits having different significance levels. The apparatus for transmitting data includes an error detection module which determines whether each of a plurality of portions of a transmitted packet having different significance levels is erroneous based on a received response packet; a data-packet generation module which generates a retransmission packet including one or more erroneous portions of the transmitted packet according to the results of the determination performed by the error detection module; and a communication module which transmits the retransmission packet through a communication channel.

Abstract: A wireless network system is provided in which time periods during which packets are transmitted or received for bandwidth allocation request and acknowledgement over a network are separately set in a superframe period, and data is transmitted or received through the bandwidths allocation. The wireless network system includes a frame-generation unit which generates a beacon frame for constructing a superframe including one or more channel time blocks, a bandwidth-management unit which sets among the one or more channel time blocks first channel time blocks as a bandwidth allocated period for a particular station on a network and second channel time blocks as packet transmission or reception periods for a bandwidth-use-request packet on the network, and a communication unit which transmits the beacon frame including reservation information for setting the first and second channel time blocks through a communication channel.

Abstract: A method of protecting important data in digital content and an apparatus therefor are provided. The method includes: receiving digital content which includes first important data; receiving reference data which includes second important data and authentication data for verifying whether the first important data is modified; and selectively correcting the first important data included in the digital content based on the reference data.

Abstract: A wireless network system and a method of transmitting or receiving data over a wireless network capable of limiting transmission or reception of request packets by stations existing on the wireless network, where directional communication is performed in a high-frequency bandwidth, while a wireless network coordinator is being changed or while the wireless network coordinator is in a busy state.

Abstract: A wireless network system and a method of transmitting or receiving data over a wireless network capable of limiting transmission or reception of request packets by stations existing on the wireless network, where directional communication is performed in a high-frequency bandwidth, while a wireless network coordinator is being changed or while the wireless network coordinator is in a busy state. The wireless network coordinator includes a frame generation unit which generates a beacon frame for forming a superframe; a management unit which determines a state of a network and a wireless network station on the network, and inserts a result of the determination in the beacon frame, wherein the management unit sets a field of the beacon frame which indicates whether an accepting command which is transmitted by a station on or participating in the network can be received; and a communication unit which transmits the beacon frame.

Abstract: A wireless network system and a method of transmitting or receiving data over a wireless network capable of limiting transmission or reception of request packets by stations existing on the wireless network, where directional communication is performed in a high-frequency bandwidth, while a wireless network coordinator is being changed or while the wireless network coordinator is in a busy state. The wireless network coordinator includes a frame generation unit which generates a beacon frame for forming a superframe; a management unit which determines a state of a network and a wireless network station on the network, and inserts a result of the determination in the beacon frame; and a communication unit which transmits the beacon frame.

Abstract: A wireless network system and a method of transmitting or receiving data over a wireless network capable of limiting transmission or reception of request packets by stations existing on the wireless network, where directional communication is performed in a high-frequency bandwidth, while a wireless network coordinator is being changed or while the wireless network coordinator is in a busy state. The wireless network station includes an identification unit which determines a state of a network with reference to a beacon frame of a received superframe; a generation unit which generates a packet which includes an accepting command based on a result of the determination by the identification unit; and a communication unit which transmits the packet which includes the accepting command through a communication channel.

Abstract: A method and apparatus of transmitting data using authentication between a first device and a second device are provided. The method includes transmitting an encrypted certificate of the first device using a shared key shared by the first device and the second device, receiving authentication key generation information for generating an authentication key, which is received when it is determined that the certificate of the first device is valid and not revoked, generating a first random number and generating an authentication key based on the first random number and the authentication key generation information, and encrypting and transmitting data using the authentication key.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing a handover in high frequency wireless communications are provided. A device for performing a handover in a wireless network, includes a priority order list including a priority order for becoming a coordinator, a handover controller making a handover request to a selected device existing on the network based on the priority order, and a transceiver transmitting network information of the device performing the handover according to the handover request.

Abstract: A high throughput station in a wireless local area network including high throughput stations and legacy stations with different data transmission capabilities, the station being configured to obtain transmission parameters of a transmitting high throughput station from a data transmission frame of a high throughput format received from the transmitting high throughput station, search for transmission parameters corresponding to a legacy format among transmission parameters of the receiving high throughput station, which correspond to the transmission parameters of the transmitting high throughput station, and determine the transmission rate of the control response frame based on a result of the search.

Abstract: Provided are a bandwidth-allocation method and apparatus for a wireless network based on a time division transmission mechanism, and a method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data on the wireless network. The data transmission method includes at least one wireless device belonging to the wireless network transmitting a frame to a network coordinator, the frame including a transmission mode of data and used to request a time slot, receiving a beacon frame containing information about the transmission mode and a time slot duration from the network coordinator, and transmitting the data in the transmission mode to other wireless devices belonging to the wireless network during the duration of the time slot, wherein the transmission mode indicates whether the data is transmitted by a wide-band signal or a narrow-band signal.

Abstract: Provided are a bandwidth-allocation method and apparatus for a wireless network based on a time division transmission mechanism, and a method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data on the wireless network. The data transmission method includes at least one wireless device belonging to the wireless network transmitting a frame to a network coordinator, the frame including a transmission mode of data and used to request a time slot, receiving a beacon frame containing information about the transmission mode and a time slot duration from the network coordinator, and transmitting the data in the transmission mode to other wireless devices belonging to the wireless network during the duration of the time slot, wherein the transmission mode indicates whether the data is transmitted by a wide-band signal or a narrow-band signal.