Abstract: A reception apparatus having a dual reception structure includes a first receiver having a first quality (Q) factor and configured to receive a signal in a predetermined band in response to the first receiver being selected by a reception controller; a second receiver having a second Q factor greater than the first Q factor and configured to receive the signal in the predetermined band in response to the second receiver being selected by the reception controller; and a reception controller configured to select one of the first receiver and the second receiver based on interference information associated with an adjacent band adjacent to the predetermined band.

Abstract: A high-order syndrome calculator includes a serial-to-parallel converter configured to convert serial bit sequences received from a transmitter to a parallel multi-stream, an exclusive OR (XOR) operator configured to perform an XOR operation on bit values of the multi-stream, a zero interpolator configured to insert zero values between the bits on which the XOR operation is performed, and a linear feedback shift register configured to calculate a high-order syndrome value based on a coefficient of a remainder obtained by dividing, by a primitive polynomial, a polynomial generated from the multi-stream in which the zero values are inserted.

Abstract: A communication method of a coordinator in a bidirectional event transmission sensor network comprising a sensor node and the coordinator is provided. The method includes sensing, in an uplink section, whether a signal having energy greater than or equal to a predetermined magnitude is received, the signal indicating occurrence of an uplink event detected by the sensor node, and transmitting, to the sensor node in a downlink section, a synchronization packet that is used for receiving the uplink event or for transmitting a downlink event in response to the coordinator detecting the downlink event or sensing the signal having energy greater than or equal to the predetermined magnitude in the uplink section. The bidirectional event transmission sensor network has a structure of a super frame that includes at least one standby slot (SS) including the uplink section and the downlink section.

Abstract: A communication system and method that receives data from a terminal using a cooperative reception scheme, is provided. Each terminal may generate multi-cell transmission data used for overcoming transmission delay and transmit, to each base station, a data frame including the multi-cell transmission data.

Abstract: CRT-RSA encryption methods and apparatuses are disclosed. The CRT-RSA encryption method includes: calculating first parameter information and second parameter information used in a modular exponential calculation process based on a modular calculation result of a secret key that is obtained using Euler's phi function with respect to two different prime numbers calculated from the public key; performing a modular exponential calculation with respect to a next block based on calculation information of a previous block, in a block unit divided respectively from the first parameter information and the second parameter information; and calculating an encryption process based on a CRT calculation by using the modular exponential calculation results.

Abstract: An interactive method includes displaying image content received through a television (TV) network, identifying an object of interest of a user among a plurality of regions or a plurality of objects included in the image content, and providing additional information corresponding to the object of interest.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for transmitting packets in a communication system. The packet transmission method for the communication system includes the steps of a) receiving Quality of Service (QoS) information and data rate information from an upper layer, b) receiving channel status information of wireless stations from a lower layer, and c) creating an aggregation packet according to the received information, and transmitting the created aggregation packet to a Media Access Control (MAC) layer.

Abstract: A gateway and method thereof are provided to communicate with sensor nodes. The gateway includes a generator configured to generate, based on schedule information on a previous uplink interval, response data. The gateway also includes an allocator configured to allocate a subsequent uplink interval to the sensor nodes to generate schedule information on the subsequent uplink interval. The gateway includes a transmitter configured to transmit the response data and the schedule information on the subsequent uplink interval to the sensor nodes.

Abstract: A mini base station connectable with the Internet including a frequency recognition unit to recognize a frequency band of an external signal transmitted from a cellular base station; and an operation frequency determination unit to determine an operation frequency band according to interference generated with the cellular base station based on the recognized frequency band of the external signal.

Abstract: A main hub, a sub hub, and a sensor node communicating in a wireless body area network (WBAN) including at least one sub hub, and a communication method thereof, are provided. A communication method of the main hub, includes assigning a beacon slot to the sub hub. The method further includes receiving, from the sub hub, a beacon signal based on the beacon slot. The method further includes verifying whether the sub hub includes data to be transmitted to the main hub based on the beacon signal. The method further includes receiving, from the sub hub, the data based on a result of the verification.

Abstract: A receiver and a transmitter that copes with interference in a super-regenerative communication system, and a method of using the receiver and the transmitter, are provided. A super-regenerative receiver includes a resonance frequency adjusting unit configured to adjust a resonance frequency associated with a filtering band of a transmission signal that is received from a transmitter. The super-regenerative receiver further includes an oscillation signal generating unit configured to generate an oscillation signal, using a positive feedback amplification, based on the resonance frequency and the transmission signal. The super-regenerative receiver further includes an oscillation characteristic detecting unit configured to detect a characteristic of the oscillation signal. The super-regenerative receiver further includes a determining unit configured to determine whether interference is included in the transmission signal based on the characteristic of the oscillation signal and the resonance frequency.

Abstract: A device communicating with a node, includes a communication unit configured to transmit a transmitting data segment to the node, and receive a receiving data segment from the node. The device further includes a phase locked loop (PLL) configured to generate an operating frequency for the communication unit. The device further includes a PLL controller configured to control a hold time and a lock time, of the PLL, that are shared between the node and the device. The device further includes a scheduler configured to schedule the transmitting data segment and the receiving data segment based on the controlled hold time and lock time.

Abstract: A communication method of a transmission node includes generating information of a transmission unavailable time period of the transmission node in a reception available time period of a reception node, and transmitting, to the reception node, the information of the transmission unavailable time period. The reception node operates in a sleep state based on the information of the transmission unavailable time period.

Abstract: A low power radio device and a radio resource sharing method for the low power radio device are provided. In the low power radio device, a channel state (CS) is detected by carrier sensing before transmission of each frame to reduce interference and a need of retransmission of each frame, accordingly, reducing energy consumption.

Abstract: A receiver and a transmitter that copes with interference in a super-regenerative communication system, and a method of using the receiver and the transmitter, are provided. A super-regenerative receiver includes a resonance frequency adjusting unit configured to adjust a resonance frequency associated with a filtering band of a transmission signal that is received from a transmitter. The super-regenerative receiver further includes an oscillation signal generating unit configured to generate an oscillation signal, using a positive feedback amplification, based on the resonance frequency and the transmission signal. The super-regenerative receiver further includes an oscillation characteristic detecting unit configured to detect a characteristic of the oscillation signal. The super-regenerative receiver further includes a determining unit configured to determine whether interference is included in the transmission signal based on the characteristic of the oscillation signal and the resonance frequency.

Abstract: A communication device for detecting a collision in an operating frequency band and another frequency band, and a communication method thereof. The communication method includes transmitting or receiving a packet using an operating frequency band. The communication method further includes detecting whether another communication device transmits another packet using another frequency band different from the operating frequency band while the transmitting or the receiving of the packet using the operating frequency band. The communication method further includes ceasing the transmitting or the receiving of the packet using the operating frequency band based on a result of the detection.

Abstract: Handheld wireless communications devices include a data input device, which is configured to receive first input data provided by a user, a main processor and a security processor. The security processor includes an input interface and input processing block configured to extract second data from a first portion of the first input data using, for example, a data mapping operation. The security processor also includes an encryption circuit, which is configured generate secure data from the extracted second data by encrypting the extracted second data using an encryption key, and a data/control interface, which is configured to transfer the secure data to the main processor.

Abstract: A minimum energy coding method and apparatus that includes obtaining groups of bits from a bitstream and finding a mapping rule between the groups of bits and codewords that is chosen to maintain a DC balance. For example, the bitstream may be a bitstream corresponding to a biosignal.

Abstract: An operation method of a radio communication station is provided. The operation method of a radio communication station, the operation method including: transmitting a basic pilot signal to at least one terminal located in a coverage of a preoccupied system; and transmitting a cognitive radio (CR) pilot signal.

Abstract: Disclosed are a base station and mobile station to adaptively control a bandwidth of a channel. The base station includes a state information recognition unit to recognize neighboring-state information related with a traffic load of at least one neighboring network adjacent to a target network, a control state information transmitting unit to transmit control state information related with the controlled bandwidth of the target channel to mobile stations of the target network, and a bandwidth control unit to control a bandwidth of a target channel used in the target network according to a bandwidth of a channel used in the neighboring network based on the neighboring-state information.