Abstract: A method is described for transmitting signals in a mobile communication system which splits an information block into a plurality of split-information blocks and performs a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process upon each of the split-information blocks. A method is also described for reducing control information overhead by transmitting control information only through one control channel when splitting an information block and transmitting split-information blocks through a plurality of subframes or a plurality of resource blocks. The segmentation of the information block is performed in a physical layer to reduce medium access control (MAC) overhead and to simplify implementation.

Abstract: A method for efficiently transmitting and receiving a paging message and system information from and in a mobile station of a broadband wireless access system is disclosed. A method for receiving a paging message in a mobile station comprise receiving paging information from a serving base station, the paging information including paging sub group identifier (paging sub_group ID) indicating a paging sub group to which the mobile station belongs; and receiving the paging message for a predetermined paging interval of the paging sub group, wherein the paging sub group is determined separately from a paging group and a geographical location determining the paging group, and is maintained while the mobile station is being operated in an idle mode.

Abstract: Provided is a method of performing hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) of a receiver in a wireless communication system. The method includes: receiving data in a transmission time interval (TTI) unit consisting of a plurality of consecutive subframes; and transmitting acknowledgment (ACK)/non-acknowledgment (NACK) for the received data, wherein the data is received using a plurality of redundancy versions respectively allocated to the plurality of subframes, and the ACK/NACK is transmitted with an interval of a predetermined processing delay from a transmission time of a specific redundancy version among the plurality of redundancy versions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more particularly, to a method of transmitting feedback, by which a signaling overhead can be efficiently reduced. In receiving a group feedback by a transmitting end in a wireless communication system, the present invention includes transmitting at least one data unit to a receiving end during a prescribed time interval and receiving a group feedback indicating a presence or non-presence of error for the overall at least one data unit from the receiving end. Accordingly, a transmitting/receiving end of a communication system transceives a group feedback for multiple feedbacks indicating an error presence or non-presence of overall data received in TTI, thereby reducing a signaling overhead.

Abstract: A method of transmitting an interference information signal in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving a neighbor sounding signal from a mobile station (MS) in a neighbor cell, obtaining an interference information signal based on the neighbor sounding signal and transmitting the interference information signal to a neighbor base station (BS), the neighbor BS which is a BS in the neighbor cell.

Abstract: A method of transmitting an acknowledgement (ACK)/non-acknowledgement (NACK) signal in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes: allocating a radio resource; and transmitting the ACK/NACK signal through an ACK channel in a location determined by an index for the radio resource, wherein the radio resource includes at least one resource unit which is a basic unit for resource allocation, the resource unit is at least one of a localized resource unit including subcarriers contiguous in a frequency domain and a distributed resource unit including subcarriers distributed in the frequency domain, an index of the localized resource unit is directly mapped to an index of the ACK channel, and an index of the distributed resource unit is mapped to an index of the ACK channel according to a permutation rule.

Abstract: Methods of allocating data to a plurality of subcarriers in a wireless communication system are disclosed. More specifically, one of the methods includes receiving feedback information from a receiver, calculating a level of mobility of the receiver using the feedback information, determining a resource allocation scheme to use based on the calculated level of mobility, and allocating the data to the plurality of subcarriers based on the determined resource allocation scheme.

Abstract: A method of estimating a signal-to-noise ratio by considering user mobility, a method of adjusting feedback information transmission, an adaptive modulation and coding method using the same, and a transceiver thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes measuring a first channel parameter and a second channel parameter using first and second symbols sequentially received, respectively, estimating a channel quality considering a time delay between measurements of the first and second channel parameters using the first and second channel parameters, and transmitting information for the estimated channel quality if a variation of the first and second channel parameters is equal to or greater than a prescribed threshold. Accordingly, the present invention reduces performance degradation and feedback overhead caused by a time delay in channel quality estimation.

Abstract: A method of selecting a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) index in to wireless communication system, the method including measuring a frequency selectivity of a receiving channel, selecting a MCS index having a coding rate below a prescribed coding rate threshold value if the measured frequency selectivity is greater than or equal to a specified frequency selectivity threshold, and selecting the MCS index having the coding rate above or equal to the prescribed coding rate threshold value if the measured frequency selectivity is less than the specified frequency selectivity threshold.

Abstract: A ventilation device and a controlling method of the same are provided. The ventilation device may include a humidifier having improved humidification efficiency and improved durability.

Abstract: A method of data transmission using HARQ is provided. The method includes transmitting an uplink data, receiving an ACK/NACK signal for the uplink data, keeping the uplink data in a HARQ buffer when the ACK/NACK signal is an ACK signal, and retransmitting the uplink data when an uplink scheduling information for retransmission of the uplink data is received. In the present invention, a transmission error in an ACK/NACK signal is promptly detected, and thus data can be transmitted at a high speed.

Abstract: A method for transmitting a voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) packet includes allocating a radio resource for VoIP packet transmission to a user, transitioning a VoIP service from a talk period, in which the VoIP packet is transmitted using the radio resource, to a silence period in which the VoIP packet is not transmitted, releasing the radio resource during the silence period, and transitioning the VoIP service to the talk period by reallocating the radio resource. Limited radio resources can be further effectively used.

Abstract: A method of performing a cell reselection procedure in a wireless communication system includes evaluating priorities of a serving cell and neighbor cells, each of which use different frequency bands, performing inter-frequency measurement on a neighbor cell which has a higher priority than the serving cell, performing the inter-frequency measurement on a neighbor cell which has an equal or lower priority than the serving cell, when a signal characteristic of the serving cell is less than a threshold, and performing cell reselection according to the priorities.

Abstract: A method of performing channel sounding in a frequency division duplex (FDD) system in which an uplink frame and a downlink frame use different frequency bands includes dividing a transmission bandwidth with respect to the uplink frame into a plurality of sounding zones, allocating at least one of the plurality of sounding zones to a user equipment and receiving a sounding signal from the user equipment through the allocated sounding zone. Inter-cell interference can be mitigated and overhead due to transmission of the sounding signal can be reduced.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an iterative decoding receiver for reducing complexity of a partial sphere decoding operation in a spatial multiplexing system, and a method thereof. In the present invention, an iterative detection and decoding (IDD) method using a cost function-based iterative partial sphere decoding method and a soft cancellation-based iterative partial sphere decoding method is used to correct an initial estimation error. In a channel encoding spatial multiplexing system, since the iterative decoding receiver using decoding algorithms including a BCJR algorithm, an MPA, and a VA performs an SISO sphere decoding operation providing an optimum detection solution, the iterative decoding receiver may detect transmission symbols at a whole dimension by detecting the transmission symbols at a partial dimension, and therefore the complexity of the SISO sphere decoding operation may be greatly reduced.

Abstract: A data retransmission method using hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) includes transmitting a data block, receiving a retransmission request signal for the data block, generating a retransmission block by performing swapping or inversion between bits constituting the data block according to the retransmission request signal, and transmitting the retransmission block.

Abstract: A method of allocating resources in a wireless communication system includes allocating a plurality of physical resource blocks, each of which includes a plurality of sub-parts, to a virtual resource block, and mapping the virtual resource block to the plurality of physical resource blocks, wherein the virtual resource block is mapped to the sub-parts located in different positions in the range of each physical resource block. The number of resource elements allocated for the virtual resource block is constantly maintained.

Abstract: A transmitter for reducing time selectivity and/or frequency selectivity in a wireless communication system includes a plurality of transmit antennas, a phase shifter which is disposed for each transmit antenna and is configured to shift a phase of data transmitted through the transmit antenna by a phase shift value, and a channel selectivity processor configured to obtain the phase shift value by using a channel phase value fed back from a receiver.

Abstract: A method of transmitting data is provided. The method includes generating a frame, the frame comprising a data burst, a submap and a map wherein the submap indicates a resource allocation state of the data burst, and the map indicates a differential adaptive modulation and coding (AMC) level for the submap, and transmitting data using the frame, wherein the differential AMC level is information on change in an AMC level applied to the submap comparing with other submap in a different frame. High-speed data transmission is realized and limited radio resources can be more efficiently used.

Abstract: An apparatus for encoding an information bit stream using turbo code is provided. The apparatus includes a temporary bit generator for creating a temporary bit stream, an interleaver for independently receiving the information bit stream and the temporary bit stream, a first constituent encoder for independently receiving the information bit stream and the temporary bit stream and generating a first parity bit stream and a second constituent encoder for receiving an output of the interleaver and generating a second parity bit stream. Performance of a turbo code can be enhanced without changing a code rate by making a decoded bit stream longer.