Abstract: A method is provided for searching for a cell in a mobile station. The method includes receiving a downlink frame including a primary synchronization signal and a secondary synchronization signal. The secondary synchronization signal contains cell identity group information and the primary synchronization signal contains cell identity information within a cell identity group. The method also includes searching for a cell using the cell identity group information in the secondary synchronization signal and the cell identity information in the primary synchronization sign.

Abstract: A method of and an apparatus therefor searching a cell in a mobile station of a communication system in which a plurality of cells are grouped into a plurality of cell groups, and each cell group includes at least two cells. The method includes detecting a primary synchronization signal and a secondary synchronization signal from a received signal, and identifying a cell based on a combination of the primary synchronization signal and the secondary synchronization signal. The secondary synchronization signal is related to the cell group to which the mobile station belongs and the primary synchronization signal is related to the cell to which the mobile station belongs within the cell group.

Abstract: Disclosed herein relates to a resource allocation method for a machine type communication (MTC) device. The resource allocation method for the MTC device includes allocating a control channel with respect to a user terminal to a first time domain of a sub frame, and mixing at least one of a control channel with respect to the at least one MTC device, a data channel with respect to the user terminal, and a data channel with respect to the MTC device in a second time domain of the sub frame, and allocating the mixed channel to the second time domain of the sub frame. Accordingly, in a wireless communication system, control information and data may be transmitted and received to and from the MTC device while maintaining compatibility with the user terminal.

Abstract: The present application relates to a method of generating a downlink frame. The method of generating the downlink frame includes: generating a first short sequence and a second short sequence indicating cell group information; generating a first scrambling sequence and a second scrambling sequence determined by the primary synchronization signal; generating a third scrambling sequence determined by the first short sequence and a fourth scrambling sequence determined by the second short sequence; scrambling the short sequences with the respective scrambling sequences; and mapping the secondary synchronization signal that includes the first short sequence scrambled with the first scrambling sequence, the second short sequence scrambled with the second scrambling sequence and the third scrambling sequence, the second short sequence scrambled with the first scrambling sequence and the first short sequence scrambled by the second scrambling sequence and the fourth scrambling sequence to a frequency domain.

Abstract: An apparatus for allocating a broadcasting channel in each cell determines a position to which the broadcasting channel is to be allocated using a number of cell IDs and a cell ID of each cell which is allocated different from neighboring cells in a subframe of a downlink frame, and allocates the broadcasting channel to the determined position.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method for generating a random access signal of a machine type communication (MTC) device using a narrow bandwidth, and an MTC device. The method generates a random access signal by allocating a position in a frequency domain of a random access signal dedicated to the MTC device, that is, a position of a frequency for transmission of a random access preamble, to a center position of a base station system bandwidth, or by shifting a center frequency of the MTC device to a position of a random access frequency allocated for a legacy LTE terminal by a base station.

Abstract: Provided are machine type communication (MTC) gateway user equipment (MGUE) and an MTC data relay method of the same. The MGUE includes a first radio matching unit configured to process a signal having a first frequency band characteristic and provide radio access matching with a base station, a second radio matching unit configured to process a signal having a second frequency band characteristic and provide radio access matching with at least one MTC device, a radio access switching processor configured to convert data respectively output by the first radio matching unit and the second radio matching unit and provide the converted data, and a controller configured to find an identifier of at least one MTC device related to MTC control information received from the first radio matching unit and control the second radio matching unit to transmit the MTC control information to the MTC device.

Abstract: A method is provided for forming a signal in a wireless communication system in which a plurality of terminals commonly use time and frequency resources for efficient code hopping. The method includes allocating the same frequency-axis sequence and different time-axis sequences to a plurality of terminals by using a resource index according to a first slot in the first slot; and allocating different frequency-axis sequences and different time-axis sequences to the plurality of terminals by using a resource index according to a second slot in the second slot.

Abstract: Provided are a method of receiving downlink data and a machine type communication (MTC) device using the same. The MTC device according to the present invention which has a plurality of antennas includes a reception signal processing module that receives a downlink reference signal for each antenna from a base station, estimates reception signal quality with respect to the downlink reference signal for each antenna, and selects the antenna to receive a downlink signal in accordance with the reception signal quality with respect to each antenna.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for generating a downlink frame including generating a first short sequence and a second short sequence indicating cell group information, generating a first scrambling sequence determined by the first synchronization signal, generating a second scrambling sequence determined by the first short sequence, scrambling the first short sequence with the first scrambling sequence, scrambling the second short sequence with at least the second scrambling sequence, and mapping a second synchronization signal including the scrambled first short sequence and the scrambled second short sequence in the frequency domain.

Abstract: Disclosed herein relates to a method of transmitting uplink data to increase multiplex capacity. The method includes allocating, by each of a plurality of machine type communication user equipment (MTC UE), position information within a single resource block (RB), which is used when transmitting uplink data, to the single RB, generating information about a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) used when demodulating the data received from the plurality of MTC UE, and transmitting the position information within the RB and the information about the DMRS to each of the plurality of MTC UE.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method for configuring a radio frame, an apparatus for the same, a method for a mobile terminal to acquire synchronization with a base station, and a mobile terminal for the same. A method for configuring a radio frame, according to an example embodiment of the present invention, comprises generating a first synchronization signal and arranging the first synchronization signal in a slot for synchronization signal, generating a second synchronization signal and arranging the second synchronization signal in a predetermined position from the first synchronization signal, and constructing a radio frame including the first synchronization signal and the second synchronization signal. A plurality of secondary synchronization signals include difference sequences derived from a same sequence, and constitute hopping code with a predetermined hamming distance.

Abstract: A transmitting apparatus may comprise a symbol mapper; a first DFT and a second DFT performing DFT spreading on symbols mapped in the symbol mapper; and a subcarrier mapper mapping symbols which are DFT-spread in the first DFT and the second DFT to subcarriers, wherein the first DFT performs DFT spreading on all resource blocks to be transmitted when a total size of the resource blocks to be transmitted is a size which can be processed by the first DFT, or the first DFT performs DFT spreading on as many resource blocks among the resource blocks to be transmitted as the first DFT can process and the second DFT performs DFT spreading on the rest of the resource blocks to be transmitted when a total size of the resource blocks to be transmitted is not a size which can be processed by the first DFT.

Abstract: When a terminal generates an uplink signal in a communication system, the terminal hops a sequence for differentiating itself from another terminal with time. The terminal generates the uplink signal by multiplying a transmission symbol by a sequence of a transmission time corresponding to the transmission symbol.

Abstract: A method for transmitting machine type communication (MTC) data and an apparatus therefor are disclosed. A method for transmitting data in a MTC device located in a mobile communication system may comprise estimating an absolute position of the MTC device, receiving an awake message, extracting downlink synchronization information and absolute positional information of a base station included in the awake message, estimating a transmission delay time between the MTC device and the base station, and transmitting signal to the base station based on the transmission delay time and the downlink synchronization information. Therefore, a problem of uplink interferences between terminals and a base station due to a MTC device, which can be generated in supporting MTC services for a conventional cellular communication system, may be resolved.

Abstract: Provided are a method for handover of mobile apparatus, a communication device for the same, and a mobile apparatus using the same. A communication device of a mobile apparatus may comprise a first antenna unit, a second antenna unit, a first signal processing part receiving a handover command indicating to handover from a first beam which maintains connection with the mobile apparatus through the first antenna unit to a second beam, and storing information about the first beam, and a second signal processing part performing handover from a third beam which maintains connection with the mobile apparatus through the second antenna unit to the first beam by using the information about the first beam. Therefore, a procedure for handover to a new beam area may be simplified.

Abstract: Methods for wireless communications based on relay and apparatuses for the same are disclosed. The method for a terminal to transmit signals comprises receiving scheduling information from a base station connected to the terminal; generating uplink data based on the scheduling information; performing punctuation on a data symbol positioned in a region through a downlink synchronization signal is transmitted in the generated uplink data; and transmitting the punctured uplink data. Therefore, the terminal may acquire synchronization signal easily, and perform neighbor cell search correctly based on the acquired synchronization signal.

Abstract: Provided are a cell searcher for handover of a mobile terminal and a neighbor cell searching method thereof. The neighbor cell searching method includes: after searching a home cell, determining whether a Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS) code of the home cell is identical to that of a neighbor cell; when the PPS code of the home cell is identical to that of the neighbor cell, cancelling a PSS symbol of the home cell from a received signal in a time domain; and searching a neighbor cell from the received signal cancelled the PSS symbol of the home cell.

Abstract: Provided are a sync channel of a forward link, a common pilot channel structure, and an initial cell search method and an adjacent cell search method for handover in a cellular system using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM). A cell search method in an OFDM cellular system in which a primary sync channel and a secondary sync channel are configured based on time division multiplexing (TDM) includes acquiring sync block synchronization and a primary sync channel sequence number using a primary sync channel symbol included in a frame received by a terminal, detecting a boundary of the frame and a scrambling code group using the sync block and a secondary sync channel symbol included in the frame received by the terminal, and acquiring a scrambling code using the primary sync channel sequence number and the scrambling code group, thereby reducing cell search time with low complexity.

Abstract: Provided is a method of efficiently transmitting an acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) bit supporting hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) in a wireless communication system supporting multi-user multi-input and multi-output (MIMO). The method transmits the same downlink code and in-phase/quadrature (I/Q) multiplexed ACK/NACK bit to two mobile stations using the same uplink resource block. Accordingly, the method can efficiently transmit the ACK/NACK bit for multi-user MIMO and efficiently use downlink radio resources.