Abstract: An MBMS providing apparatus and an MBMS providing method using the same in a cloud radio access network are provided. The MBMS providing apparatus includes a third layer into which a plurality of network layers providing an MBMS are integrated in the plurality of DUs, and a second layer into which a plurality of datalink layers providing the MBMS are integrated in the DUs. Therefore, the present invention integrates the layers that provide the MBMS in the plurality of DUs, and provide the MBMS by MBSFN synchronization area through the integrated layers. Accordingly, by performing the MBMS by MBSFN synchronization area through respective integrated layers, the present invention can prevent the occurrence of an unnecessary load, thus enhancing the performance of a communication network.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices include a substrate having a target connection region; a conductive line having a first side wall spaced apart from the substrate by at least an insulating layer, and a conductive plug structure electrically connecting the conductive line to the target connection region, wherein the conductive plug includes a first conductive plug having a first side wall, a bottom surface contacting the target connection region of the substrate, and a second side wall facing the first side wall of the conductive line, and a second conductive plug between the conductive line and the first conductive plug. The second conductive plug contacts both the first side wall of the conductive line and the second side wall of the first conductive plug.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a first pair of pillars extending from a substrate to form vertical channel regions, the first pair of pillars having a first pillar and a second pillar adjacent to each other, the first pillar and the second pillar arranged in a first direction, a first bit line disposed on a bottom surface of a first trench formed between the first pair of pillars, the first bit line extending in a second direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction, a first contact gate disposed on a first surface of the first pillar with a first gate insulating layer therebetween, a second contact gate disposed on a first surface of the second pillar with a second gate insulating layer therebetween, the first surface of the first pillar and the first surface of the second pillar face opposite directions, and a first word line disposed on the first contact gate and a second word line disposed on the second contact gate, the word lines extending in the first direction.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system for providing an Evolved Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (EMBMS) chatting service for providing a multi-chatting service. The system comprises at least one of a User Equipment (UE) to request establishment of a chatting channel and to transmit and receive a communication message and contents so as to transmit and receive the communication message with a plurality of mobile subscribers participated in the chatting channel, an evolved Broadcast Multicast-Service Center (eBM-SC) to perform control of an EMBMS service so as to transmit the communication message to the at least one of the UE using the EMBMS service, and a service provider server to transmit, to the eBM-SC, user service information, first bearer service information, and contents for each of the chatting channels, so that the UE transmits and receives the communication message with the plurality of the mobile subscribers participated in the chatting channel.

Abstract: Disclosed is a discovery method and apparatus for device-to-device (D2D) communication in a cellular mobile communication system. The discovery method performed by the discovery apparatus may include obtaining, from a server managing information associated with terminals providing a service using a D2D communication scheme over a mobile communication network, information associated with a service provided by the terminals, selecting a service of interest based on the information associated with the service, receiving, from a base station, information associated with a discovery radio resource allocated to the terminals providing the service of interest, and discovering the terminals providing the service of interest based on the information associated with the discovery radio resource.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and an apparatus for device-to-device (D2D) multicast communication in a cellular mobile communication system. The method for D2D communication may include transmitting a server designation request message requesting registration as a server terminal to a base station, and transmitting service information using a D2D multicast or broadcast communication scheme based on a radio resource allocated by the base station.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for scheduling in a cellular-based device-to-device (D2D) communication. The method of scheduling a cellular resource used in a base station for a D2D communication between terminals may include grouping, by a proximity coordinator, a cellular resource of an adjacent base station based on cell information of a base station, managing a resource to be allocated to the terminal and a resource allocated previously to the terminal based on the grouped resource, and allocating the grouped resource to the terminal based on information associated with the resource to be allocated and the previously allocated resource when a request for D2D communication between terminals located in different cells is received.

Abstract: Disclosed is a proximity measurement method and apparatus for device-to-device (D2D) communication in a mobile communication system. The proximity measurement method may include determining whether a cell identification (ID) is included in a packet received from a gateway, verifying whether the cell ID matches a pre-stored cell ID when the cell ID is included, extracting, from the packet, Internet Protocol addresses of mobile terminals transmitting and receiving the packet when the cell ID matches the pre-stored cell ID, searching for IP addresses matched to the extracted IP addresses based on a proximity list including IP addresses of mobile terminals performing D2D communication, and registering, when the extracted IP addresses are absent in the proximity list, the extracted IP addresses in the proximity list and measuring proximity between the mobile terminals.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for selective discovery using a customer category in a device-to-device (D2D) communication service is disclosed. A method of selectively discovering service providing devices that provide services via D2D communication using a mobile communication network includes receiving, by a server for managing information about the service providing devices, information about a user equipment from the user equipment, verifying whether the user equipment corresponds to a preset customer category using the received information about the user equipment based on a service customer category table including information about a customer category that is the information about the user equipment provided with the services of the service providing devices, and selectively transmitting information about the services provided by the service providing devices to the user equipment based on a verification result.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a device isolation layer pattern on a substrate to form an active region, the active region including a first contact forming region at a center p of the active region and second and third contact forming regions at edges of the active region, forming an insulating layer and a first conductive layer on the substrate, forming a mask pattern having an isolated shape on the first conductive layer, etching the first conductive layer and the insulating layer to expose the active region of the first contact forming region by using the mask pattern, to form an opening portion between pillar structures, forming a second conductive layer in the opening, and patterning the second conductive layer and the first preliminary conductive layer pattern to form a wiring structure contacting the first contact forming region and having an extended line shape.

Abstract: A semiconductor device has a plurality of vertical channels extending upright on a substrate, a plurality of bit lines extending among the vertical channels, a plurality of word lines which include a plurality of gates disposed adjacent first sides of the vertical channels, respectively, and a plurality of conductive elements disposed adjacent second sides of the vertical channels opposite the first sides. The conductive elements can provide a path to the substrate for charge carriers which have accumulated in the associated vertical channel to thereby mitigate a so-called floating effect.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an insulating interlayer over a substrate in a first region, the insulating layer including contact holes exposing a portion of a surface of the substrate, and contact plugs in the contact holes. The contact plugs include a stacked structure of a first barrier metal layer pattern and a first metal layer pattern. The semiconductor device also includes second metal layer patterns directly contacting with the contact plugs and an upper surface of the insulating interlayer. The second metal layer pattern consists is a metal material layer.

Abstract: Disclosed are a system and a method for receiving an MBMS broadcasting service. In the present invention, in a mobile communication/wireless communication system, an MBMS service is provided by synchronizing a unicast bearer with a multicast bearer through scheduling information mapping at the time of transmitting a broadcast/multicast service through a unicast. Further, the present invention presents even a method for improving quality of experience (QoE) of the service by providing the MBMS service through the multicast bearer and the unicast bearer simultaneously. According to the present invention, MBMS services of various service qualities can be provided depending on wireless quality of a terminal or the capability of the terminal at the time of providing the MBMS service.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a stack structure of a conductive line and an insulating capping line extending in a first direction on a substrate, a plurality of contact plugs arranged in a row along the first direction and having sidewall surfaces facing the conductive line with air spaces between the sidewall surfaces and the conductive line, and a support interposed between the insulating capping line and the contact plugs to limit the height of the air spaces. The width of the support varies or the support is present only intermittently in the first direction. In a method of manufacturing the semiconductor devices, a sacrificial spacer is formed on the side of the stack structure, the spacer is recessed, a support layer is formed in the recess, the support layer is etched to form the support, and then the remainder of the spacer is removed to provide the air spaces.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for receiving MBMS services from a base station supporting multi-carriers, including: receiving first system information including information on all the carriers; receiving second system information including information on multi-carriers supported by the base station; receiving MBMS control information through an MBMS control channel; and receiving the MBMS services through an MBMS transmission channel based on the MBMS control information.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for multimedia broadcast and multicast service (MBMS) counting is provided. A user equipment (UE) may transmit selected service information to a multi-cell and multicast coordination entity (MCE) through a target evolved node base station (eNB), every time that a service requiring counting is received or cancelled and thus, the MCE may accurately manage a number of UEs that receive a service for each eNB. Also, the use may transmit selected service information to the MCE through the target eNB every time that the UE enters a new cell and thus, the MCE may accurately manage a number of UEs that receive a service for each eNB.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same reduce the likelihood of the occurrence of electrical defects. The device includes a first interlayer insulating film on a semiconductor substrate; a contact pad spacer on the first interlayer insulating film; and a contact pad in the first interlayer insulating film and the contact pad spacer. The cross-sectional area of an upper portion of the contact pad in the contact pad spacer in a direction horizontal to the substrate is equal to or less than a cross-sectional area of an intermediate portion at an interface between the contact pad spacer and the first interlayer insulating film in a direction horizontal to the substrate.

Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for reducing zapping delay, which may transmit base layer data for each burst in a time-slicing scheme, and output the base layer data of a channel to be changed at the time of changing the channel, thereby reducing the zapping delay.

Abstract: A MOS transistor, can include a u-shaped cross-sectional channel region including spaced apart protruding portions separated by a trench and connected to one another by a connecting portion of the channel region at lower ends of the spaced apart protruding portions of the channel region. First and second impurity regions can be located at opposite ends of the -shaped cross-sectional channel region and separated from one another by the trench. A gate electrode can cover at least a planar face of the u-shaped cross-sectional channel region including the spaced apart protruding portions and the connecting portion and exposing the first and second impurity regions.

Abstract: A semiconductor device may include a plurality of memory cells. The memory cells may be formed with respective fin shaped active regions with respective recesses formed therein. Thicknesses of the fins may be made relatively thicker around the recesses, such as by selective epitaxial growth around the recesses. The additional thicknesses may be asymmetrical so that portions of the fin on one side are larger than an opposite side. Related methods and systems are also disclosed.