Abstract: A method of transmitting data in a wireless communication system includes preparing a frame including a unicast subframe for unicast data and an MBS (Multicast and Broadcast Service) subframe for MBS data; and transmitting the unicast data and the MBS data via the frame, wherein the MBS subframe includes an idle time during which data is not carried, and the idle time is arranged to be at the temporally latest position in the MBS subframe. An MBS frame structure for using an appropriate CP with respect to MBS signals transmitted from multi-cell is provided, so an unnecessary idle time can be reduced, and thus, the efficiency of limited radio resources can be improved.

Abstract: A method for performing a Coordinated Multi-Point (CoMP) operation and transmitting feedback information in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method includes measuring interference levels or noise and interference variances of reference signals received from one or more neighbor cells, and transmitting to a serving Base Station (BS) information about the measured interference levels or noise and interference variances, and information about a Precoding Matrix Index (PMI) that a mobile station (MS) wants to restrict or recommend for a neighbor cell performing the CoMP operation.

Abstract: A method for transmitting channel state information from an user equipment in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The user equipment transmits a spatial channel matrix or a spatial channel covariance matrix irrespective of a feedback type. The user equipment is able to additionally transmit noise plus interference variance information of a whole bandwidth used for the channel state information. In this case, the user equipment is able to transmit normalized spatial channel matrix or spatial channel covariance matrix and normalized noise plus interference variance information for accurate and efficient transmission of the channel state information. The user equipment receives an allocation of an uplink resource from a base station and is then able to map the spatial channel matrix or the spatial channel covariance matrix to the allocated resource according to a specific pattern.

Abstract: A method of transmitting channel state information from a user equipment in a wireless communication system is disclosed. In order to report the channel state information, the user equipment is able to additionally transmit noise plus interference variance information as well as spatial channel matrix or spatial channel covariance matrix. The spatial channel matrix or spatial channel covariance matrix and the noise plus interference variance information can include information on a prescribed number of subbands in best channel states and can include information on a wideband including a plurality of subbands. Moreover, the user equipment is able to transmit normalized spatial channel matrix or spatial channel covariance matrix and normalized noise plus interference variance information for accurate and efficient transmission of the channel state information.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for transmitting a Precoding Matrix Index (PMI) in a Coordinated Multi-Point (COMP) communication system are disclosed. The method includes receiving signals in a same frequency band from Base Stations (BSs) included in a CoMP set, which operate in joint processing mode, selecting a first precoding matrix for each of the BSs using the received signals, generating a second precoding matrix by combining the first precoding matrices, and transmitting an index of the second precoding matrix to a serving BS among the BSs.

Abstract: An automatic clustering method using an Average-linkage algorithm and a KPower Means algorithm, and a method and apparatus for multi-path clustering required for a spatial channel modeling (SCM) in a wireless communication environment are provided. The automatic clustering method, including: a first step of obtaining an initial cluster centroid using a hierarchical clustering algorithm; a second step of moving the initial cluster centroid using a two dimensional clustering algorithm; a third step of clustering a data set according to the moved initial cluster centroid; and a fourth step of calculating a validation index with respect to the clustered data set and determining an optimal number of clusters.

Abstract: A method of transmitting and receiving feedback information in a multi-cell based wireless communication system using FFR, a mobile station apparatus therefore and a base station apparatus therefore are disclosed. A mobile station is able to obtain FFR configuration information including configuration information on at least one frequency partition to which a corresponding FFR is applied per cell ID. And, the mobile station is able to transmit PMI information to a serving base station using the obtained FFR configuration information. In this case, the PMI information is specifically restricted or recommended by the mobile station among PMIs (precoding matrix indexes) used by at least one neighbor cell in an allocated specific frequency partition.

Abstract: A method for transmitting and receiving a precoded signal in a Multi-Input Multi-Output (MIMO) communication system is provided. In the method, a preceding matrix is selected from a codebook including one or more preceding matrices of each rank, each of the preceding matrices including a unitary matrix modified by an antenna selection element. A signal for transmission is then precoded by applying the selected preceding matrix to the signal for transmission and the precoded signal is transmitted through a selected antenna.

Abstract: A method of transmitting an acknowledgment (ACK)/non-acknowledgement (NACK) signal in a wireless communication system includes assigning at least one ACK channel among a plurality of ACK channels which share an ACK channel region for transmitting the ACK/NACK signal, and transmitting the ACK/NACK signal through the at least one ACK channel, wherein the ACK channel region includes at least one tile including a plurality of data subcarriers, and the ACK/NACK signal of each ACK channel is indicated by mapping different orthogonal vectors respectively to the plurality of ACK channels in the tile.