Abstract: A mobile terminal in a mobile communication system supporting device to device (D2D) communication, and a method for operating the mobile terminal are provided. The terminal includes a first radio frequency (RF) chain configured to transmit a mobile communication signal and a second RF chain configured to receive a mobile communication signal, for mobile communication with a base station, a switching unit including a plurality of switches configured to establish transmission and reception paths in the first and second RF chains, and a controller configured to control switching of the switching unit to establish transmission and reception paths of a D2D communication signal for D2D communication by combining a part of the first RF chain with a part of the second RF chain. The combination of the parts of the first and second RF chains is different according to a D2D communication frequency band.

Abstract: A communication method of a device to device (D2D) user equipment (UE) in a cellular system supporting a communication frame structure including one or more subframes used for a communication of the D2D UE is provided. The method includes reading an alarm region located within a first subframe, wherein the alarm region indicates whether a communication signal having a priority is included in the first subframe or a second subframe related to the first subframe, and transmitting the communication signal through one of the second subframe and a third subframe related to the second subframe, based on information read from the alarm region.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for channel encoding and channel decoding in a wireless communication system are provided. The channel encoding method includes generating a first parity set and a second parity set based on information bits, determining a number of additional parity bits based on a number of the information bits and a required coding rate, generating the determined number of additional parity bits using the information bits, and generating a codeword including the information bits, the first parity set, the second parity set, and the generated additional parity bits.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a method and device for controlling transmission power by taking comprehensive consideration not only of the effect received onto itself in each device-to-device (D2D) link of a D2D communication network but also of the effect exerted onto the neighboring links.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for supporting multiuser superposition transmission. The method includes transmitting a signaling message including an indication of multiuser superposition transmission to a first UE among UEs scheduled for multiuser superposition transmission, transmitting, to the first UE, first DCI containing transmission information for the first UE and second DCI containing transmission information for at least one second UE among the UEs for multiuser superposition transmission, and transmitting a first downlink signal containing data for the first UE and a second downlink signal containing data for the second UE in a superposed manner on same resources.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). Provided is an operation method of a base station in a wireless communication system. The method comprises: receiving, from a terminal, at least one piece of information among channel quality information on a resource region allocated to the terminal and non-Gaussian information on a nulling region corresponding to the resource region; and determining a modulation order for the terminal, a code rate, a ratio of the resource region to the nulling region based on the channel quality information and the non-Gaussian information.

Abstract: A link scheduling method in a system for performing Device-to-Device (D2D) communication includes periodically collecting information indicating whether to perform a medium access from at least one neighboring link determining at least one link expected to perform a medium access in a corresponding traffic slot among links with a higher priority than the terminal based on the collected information, and determining whether to perform the medium access of the terminal by considering only the at least one link expected to perform the medium access.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for adaptive channel code selection according to a non-Gaussianity of a channel in a wireless communication system. A method includes receiving channel feedback information from a receiving node; selecting, based on the channel feedback information, a channel code among a plurality of channels code having different degree distributions of repetition codes; and encoding transmission data based on the selected channel code.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a two-step search procedure for D2D communication. A method for D2D communication includes: obtaining a discovery code and a multicast identifier to be used for transmitting additional information on an application program through a D2D multicast subframe, based on an identifier of an application program of a device; and broadcasting the discovery code and the multicast identifier in a discovery subframe.

Abstract: A method of operating a base station in a wireless communication system supporting Frequency-Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (FQAM) and Multi-Tone FQAM (MT-FQAM) is provided. The method includes determining a modulation scheme of data to be transmitted, and modulating the data according to the determined modulation scheme, wherein if at least one resource block is included in the data and if the at least one resource block is mapped to at least one tone in a distributed manner, the MT-FQAM scheme is selected, or if one resource block is included in the data and if the one resource block is mapped to at least one tone in a continuous manner, the FQAM scheme is selected, or if multiple resource blocks are included in the data and if the multiple resource blocks are mapped to at least one tone in a continuous manner, the MT-FQAM scheme is selected.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for allocating resources by using a codebook based on a resource size and a burst size in a broadband wireless communication system are provided. A method of operating a Mobile Station (MS) includes receiving a group configuration message from a Base Station (BS), wherein the group configuration message includes an N-bit first bitmap for indicating that M resource sizes are supported in the group among N resource sizes supported for group resource allocation, where M is less than N, and receiving a group resource allocation message from the BS, wherein the group resource allocation message includes a second bitmap for indicating a size of a resource allocated to a corresponding MS among MSs for which resource allocation is determined.

Abstract: Provided is a method for receiving data in a receiver that performs decoding using a non-binary Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) code. The method includes generating a message vector for each symbol by demodulating received data; determining data characteristics and channel characteristics of the received data; determining the number of vector elements to be used for decoding among vector elements of the message vector using at least one of the data characteristics and the channel characteristics; and selecting vector elements according to the determined number of vector elements, and decoding the received data using the selected vector elements.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for synchronization for Device-to-Device (D2D) communication in unlicensed frequency bands are provided. The method includes determining whether a signal is detected during a preset time period within a synchronization period, after transmitting a synchronization signal during the synchronization period for the D2D communication, when it is determined that the D2D communication is to be performed, and starting the time period for the D2D communication and performing the D2D communication during the time period for the D2D communication, when it is determined that the signal is not detected.

Abstract: One or more embodiments provides method for transmitting a signal by a transmitting apparatus in wireless a communication system supporting a modulation scheme based on a quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) scheme and a frequency shift keying (FSK) scheme. The method includes determining at least one first bit which will be mapped to at least one QAM symbol and at least one second bit which will be mapped to at least one FSK symbol among bits included in an encoded input bit stream; and generating a modulation symbol by mapping the at least one first bit to the at least one QAM symbol and mapping the at least one second bit to the at least one FSK symbol based on a Hamming distance of the at least one second bit.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond 4th-generation (4G) communication system such as a long term evolution (LTE). A method for providing a device-to-device (D2D) communication-based service for an isolated user equipment (IUE) by a relay user equipment (RUE) in a mobile communication system is provided. The method includes establishing a D2D link with an IUE; and supporting establishment of a relay cellular link for the IUE based on the established D2D link, wherein the RUE is within a service coverage of an enhanced node B (eNB).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for operating, by a base station, multiple modulation schemes in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of: calculating the number of terminals, among the terminals in a cell managed by the base station, of which a channel state is included in a state that is lower than a preset state; reporting information related to the calculated number of terminals to an upstream entity of the base station; receiving information about a band, assigned by the upstream entity, for a hybrid frequency shift keying (FSK) and quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) (FQAM) scheme on the basis of a QAM scheme and a FSK scheme; and transmitting downwardly the information about the band for the FQAM scheme to the terminals of which a channel state is included in a state that is lower than the preset state. Other modified embodiments on the basis of the technical concept of the present invention are also possible.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond 4th-generation (4G) communication system such as a long term evolution (LTE). The present invention relates to a method for selecting, by a device, a peer discovery resource (PDR) in a device-to-device (D2D) communication system, the method comprising the steps of: determining a PDR selection range which can be selected by the device; and selecting a PDR in the determined PDR selection range.

Abstract: In order to generate multiple-access signals, each transmitter transmits information by using all or a part of channel resources. The signal of each transmitter is mapped to an OFDM time-frequency resource space as a trellis modulation path. A mobile communication system maps trellis modulation paths of a plurality of transmitters to the same resource space. In order to effectively detect and distinguish signals of a plurality of transmitters transmitted through the same channel resource space, a receiver uses a message passing method between symbols and a path connection method. The receiver uses a state space expansion method, a backward pre-decoding method, and a successive interference cancellation method to more efficiently reconstruct a discovery signal.

Abstract: An apparatus is configured to perform a method for performing distributed scheduling by a reception device configuring a target link corresponding to one of a plurality of links in a network in which the plurality of links for device to device communication exist. The method includes adding up resource allocation demand amounts included in resource information broadcasted by a counterpart device configuring the target link and one or more adjacent transmission devices by a preset Resource Unit (RU), and adjusting self resource information in consideration of resource position information included in the broadcasted resource information and the added resource allocation demand amount and transmitting the adjusted self resource information to the counterpart transmission device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for estimating a channel in a wireless communication system. In the method, a reference value is generated on the basis of a value indicating a non-Gaussian characteristic of an inter-cell interference signal and power values of received pilot symbols, the reference value is compared with each of the power values of the pilot symbols, at least one pilot symbol, which is relatively lightly damaged by the inter-cell interference signal, is selected, and a channel is estimated using the at least one selected pilot symbol.