Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for controlling power in a cognitive radio wireless communication system, the method comprising: performing channel scheduling and the first power control for at least one terminal; checking whether the at least one terminal exist within constraint area, and determining whether the at least one terminal within constraint area cause interference to incumbent system; and performing the secondary power control so that an allocating power may be less than the maximum tolerable interference.

Abstract: A method of operating a Data Base (DB) server for storing spectrum condition information on a licensed system in a Cognitive Radio (CR)-based wireless communication system and a CR-based wireless communication system are provided. The method includes determining changes in the spectrum condition information on the licensed system, recalculating maximum Equivalent Isotropically Radiated Power (EIRP) allowed for each channel of CR-based devices registered in a list, and transmitting information regarding the recalculated maximum allowed EIRP.

Abstract: A method for transmitting feedback information for cooperative transmission in a wireless communication cellular system comprises: receiving information on cells that can be cooperatively transmitted from a base station; determining cells that prefer the cooperative transmission among the cells that can be cooperatively transmitted; generating feedback information, which includes a preference cell indicator representing preferred cells and non-preferred cells for the cooperative transmission among the cells that can be cooperatively transmitted, precoding matrix information for the respective cell that can be cooperatively transmitted, phase information representing a phase correction value of each of the preferred cells for the cooperative transmission, and a channel quality indicator; and transmitting the feedback information through a control channel or a data channel.

Abstract: Methods for maintaining continuing existence of a next-in-line protecting device in a beacon network including a primary protecting device (PPD), the next-in-line protecting device (NPD) and a plurality of secondary protecting devices (SPDs). In one method, a subset of the plurality of secondary protecting devices periodically transmit beacon messages to the primary protecting device. When the next-in-line protecting device disappears, the primary protecting device selects a secondary protecting device from among the secondary protecting devices that have transmitted the beacon messages within a certain period to be a new next-in-line protecting device. In another method, the plurality of secondary protecting devices continuously monitor an existence of the next-in-line protecting device. When the next-in-line protecting device disappears for a certain period of time, a subset of the plurality of secondary protecting devices may contend to be a new next-in-line protecting device.

Abstract: Coordinated multipoint communication is a technology for improving cell-edge performance for users in a cell-type mobile communication system. In order to enable a coordinated multipoint transmission/reception operation, a user equipment report of a local environment is required to select both coordinated communication modes and communication partners in evolved Node B (eNB) base stations. According to the present invention, a method is described for feeding back information from User Equipment (UE) to a serving base station to enable a coordinated multi-point transmission/reception operation. The information reported through the feedback is classified into two categories corresponding to received signal intensity information and received signal timing information. The UE may select one or both types of information from between the categories to provide feedback. In embodiments of the present invention, various overhead-reducing reporting formats are described.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for estimating a geo-location of a terminal in a wireless communication system are provided. In a method of operating a terminal for providing geo-location information in a cognitive ratio (CR) system, the method includes obtaining first ranging information and transmitting a first ranging code to a base station (BS) in a network entry process; receiving an allocated second ranging resource from the BS; and transmitting a second ranging code.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of communicating with a first plurality of nodes and a second plurality of nodes in wireless communication systems are provided. The apparatus includes a communication unit for receiving node information from the first plurality of nodes, and a controller for generating joint resource information based on the node information received from the first plurality of nodes, wherein the communication unit sends the joint resource information to the second plurality of nodes.

Abstract: Multiple Transport Blocks (TBs) or data streams are provided in Multi-Input-Multi-Output (MIMO) wireless communication systems herein. The base station (eNB) controls and schedules all downlink and uplink transmission to and from User Equipments, which need to receive an uplink grant from BS/eNB before they transmit. The uplink grant is carried as one of the control indication message in the downlink. The BS/eNB also transmits ACK/NACK information in the HARQ indication channel to the UE for each of the transport blocks. The UE detects the control indication to determine the actual uplink scheduling, as well as the HARQ indication. A method of transmitting a control indication message, which contains a detailed transmit format for one of the TBs to be transmitted, while allowing simultaneous communications on the other TBs is also enclosed.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving Downlink Control Information (DCI) in a wireless communication system. A method for transmitting DCI by a base station includes generating DCI including at least one of a data resource allocation indicator, a data format indicator for at least one Transport Block (TB), and a DeModulation Reference Signal (DMRS) resource allocation indicator corresponding to the at least one TB; and sending the DCI to a terminal. The DMRS resource allocation indicator includes a rank pattern for the at least one TB, an allocated scrambling code type, and DMRS port information.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for performing Automatic Retransmission reQuest (ARQ) of a Relay Station (RS) in a wireless communication system using a relay scheme are provided. The method includes receiving data from a transmitter and transmitting the received data to one or more receivers; and receiving Acknowledgment (ACK)/Negative-Acknowledgment (NACK) information for the data received from the one or more receivers and transmitting the received ACK/NACK information to a Base Station (BS).

Abstract: A control information interpretation method for use in a mobile communication system including a terminal and a base station, wherein the terminal receives, from the base station, control information including transport block information and DeModulation Reference Signal (DM-RS) antenna port allocation indication information, checks a number of the transport blocks allocated to the terminal based on the transport block information, and interpreting the DM-RS antenna port allocation indication information according to the number of transport blocks.

Abstract: A method and system for transmitting caller identification information during a conference call is disclosed. When a caller enters into a phone conference, the endpoint device he is using can subscribe to a notification service provided by the conference server. Thereafter, the conference server sends out a message with the phone number (or other indication) of the active endpoint device. Each time another endpoint device in conference call becomes the active device (e.g., someone using that endpoint device begins speaking), the conference server senses this and sends a new message to the endpoint devices indicating this change.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving reference signals in Long Term Evolution (LTE) and LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) systems includes determining whether a dedicated reference signal is detected in a current subframe; estimating, if a dedicated reference signal is detected in the current subframe, a data channel using the dedicated reference signal to receive data; and estimating, if no dedicated reference signal is detected in the current subframe, a data channel using a common reference signal detected in the current subframe to receive data. The transmission scheme uses a DeModulation Reference Signal (DM-RS) for channel response estimation. To secure backward compatibility of the LTE-A system, a Common Reference Signal is transmitted in normal subframes.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for performing Automatic Retransmission reQuest (ARQ) in a wireless relay communication system are provided, which include performing ARQ with the base station (BS), transmitting data successfully received from the BS to mobile station (MS), and retransmitting corresponding data to the MS when a retransmission indication message is received from the BS. Since the relay station (RS) relays only the errorless data to the receiver, the reliability of the data received at the receiver can be enhanced. The load on the RS can be reduced because the transmitter controls the ARQ.

Abstract: A method and apparatus reduce overhead of feedback in a closed loop Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) system. A controller feeds back the long-term Precoder Matrix Index (PMI) to a serving base station under direction of the serving base station when the long term PMI feedback transmission is required, generates a new codebook using the long term PMI, and determines a short term PMI from the new codebook. A feedback transmitter feeds back the short-term PMI to the serving base station.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for transmitting a Coexistence Beacon Protocol (CBP) packet in a Cognitive Radio (CR) wireless communication system are provided. In the method for transmitting CBP packet in a transmitter that operates in a scalable Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) mode, a priority is given to each channel of one or more channels based at least partly upon channel use statuses of two or more neighbor Wireless Regional Area Networks (WRANs). Whether a Quality of Service (QoS) for CBP packet transmission for each channel is met is sequentially determined according to the respective priority. A channel having a highest priority is selected from the one or more channels meeting the QoS as a channel for CBP packet transmission. A CBP packet is transmitted via the selected channel.

Abstract: An operating method and apparatus of a Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) in a Cognitive Radio (CR) wireless communication system and a base station in the CR wireless communications system are provided. The method includes, when receiving a beacon message from a Primary User (PU), transmitting a mode change request message including a signal strength from the PU and a channel number interfering with the PU to a base station, when receiving a mode change reply message from the base station, determining whether a partial Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) scheme is applied, and, when the partial FDD scheme is applied, communicating by receiving a downlink burst in a Time Division Duplex (TDD) channel indicated by the mode change reply message and transmitting an uplink burst in an FDD channel indicated by the mode change reply message.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for sychronizing a Quiet Period (QP) in a Cognitive Radio (CR) system includes receiving QP information based on a channel N from at least one neighbor BS. The method further includes determining whether the channel N is an in-band channel. If the channel N is the in-band channel, QP scheduling is performed according to the received QP information based on the channel N.

Abstract: An apparatus and method is disclosed for frequency reuse to avoid interference between a Relay Station (RS) and a Mobile Station (MS) in a multi-hop relay system. The method includes measuring a preamble signal strength of a serving RS, measuring a preamble signal strength of a neighboring RS, and computing a preamble signal strength ratio using the preamble signal strength of the serving RS and the preamble signal strength of the neighboring RS.

Abstract: A base station includes an apparatus and a method for exchanging frequency channel resources between base stations in a Cognitive Radio (CR) based communication system. A requesting Base Station (BS), which requests channel exchange a neighboring BS, receives a channel advertisement message from a neighboring BS and sends a channel exchange request message to the neighboring BS. The channel exchange request message includes at least one of a neighbor BS Identifier (ID), a requesting BS ID, channel information for the channel exchange at the requesting BS, and channel information exchangeable at the neighboring BS. The requesting BS receives a channel exchange response message from the neighboring BS in response to the channel exchange request message, determines whether to execute a channel exchange process to the neighboring BS based on information in the received channel exchange response message, and sends a channel exchange reply message indicative of the determination result.