Abstract: An apparatus and a method for detecting a femto Base Station (BS) of a Mobile Station (MS) in a wireless communication system including a macro BS and a femto BS are provided. The method includes receiving a request, from the macro BS, to monitor an UpLink (UL) signal of an MS permissible by the femto BS to access, and monitoring the UL signal of the MS permissible to access.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for performing communication between a Base Station (BS) and a Mobile Station (MS) in a Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) communication system. A method includes determining, by the BS, a Pseudo Random Bit Sequence Identifier (PRBS_ID) for renumbering subchannels in a predetermined Partial Usage of SubChannels (PUSC) zone among a plurality of PUSC zones in a downlink (DL) frame, and transmitting, by the BS, the PRBS_ID to the MS within a Space Time Coding Zone Information Element (STC_ZONE_IE) of a DL MAP message included in the DL frame.

Abstract: Provided is a light emitting device and a method of manufacturing the same. The light emitting device comprises a transparent substrate, an n-type compound semiconductor layer formed on the transparent substrate, an active layer, a p-type compound semiconductor layer, and a p-type electrode sequentially formed on a first region of the n-type compound semiconductor layer, and an n-type electrode formed on a second region separated from the first region of the n-type compound semiconductor layer, wherein the p-type electrode comprises first and second electrodes, each electrode having different resistance and reflectance.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for operating the femto BS includes receiving an Identification-index (I-index) and a physical cell Identifier (ID) used to generate of Inter Working Signal (IWS) contents from a macro BS. The IWS contents is generated by using the physical cell ID. The method includes performing scrambling on the IWS contents by using one of scrambling codes included in a scrambling code set of the macro BS. Thereafter, the IWS contents are transmitted.

Abstract: An apparatus is capable of transmitting information via an uplink control channel in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) communication system. Uplink control information is encoded to obtain a predetermined bit string. A signal sequence corresponding to the predetermined bit string is generated. The signal sequence is cyclic-shifted according to a predetermined rule. The cyclic-shifted signal sequence is controlled according to a subframe length. Therefore, reception performance deterioration of an uplink control channel allocated to an irregular subframe can be minimized.

Abstract: Provided is a light-emitting device and a method of manufacturing the same. The light-emitting device includes a substrate having at least one protruded portion with a curved surface in which a consistent defect density and uniform stress distribution can be obtained even when the growth of the semiconductor crystal layer and the forming of the light-emitting device are completed. In addition, the light-emitting device has a high the light extraction efficiency for extracting light generated at an electroluminescense layer externally.

Abstract: Method for paging a MS in a mixed deployment of femto paging areas and macro paging areas in the network is provided. The presence information of the MS is tracked using at least two paging areas when the MS is in a first zone, wherein the first zone is overlapped by a femto paging area and a first macro paging area and the MS is subscribed to a set of CSG femto cells that are allowed for the MS in the femto paging area. The two paging areas are the femto paging area and the first macro paging area. The presence information of the MS is received by the network when the MS moves from the first zone to a second zone, wherein the second zone is overlapped by the femto paging area and a second macro paging area. The network, based on the received presence information, pages the MS only in a subset of the CSG femto cells that are allowed for the MS in the second zone.

Abstract: An omni-directional reflector having a transparent conductive low-index layer formed of conductive nanorods and a light emitting diode utilizing the omni-directional reflector are provided. The omni-directional reflector includes: a transparent conductive low-index layer formed of conductive nanorods; and a reflective layer formed of a metal.

Abstract: A method for providing a single-frequency network (SFN) service between a base station (BS) and a mobile station (MS) in a wireless communication system. The BS sets a first segment indicator in a medium access control (MAC) message field before transmission, if a resource allocation scheme corresponds to general data transmission. The BS sets a second segment indicator in the MAC message before transmission, if the resource allocation scheme corresponds to single frequency-based data transmission. The MS receives the MAC message from the BS, and performs renumbering according to the first segment indicator or the second segment indicator included in the received MAC message.

Abstract: A method of allocating sub-channel signal interleaving patterns to BSs forming a wireless communication system that divides a frequency band into a plurality of sub-carriers and including a plurality of sub-channels, which are a set of predetermined adjacent sub-carriers. The method includes: creating a basic orthogonal sequence having a length identical to a number of the sub-carriers forming the sub-channel; creating a plurality of sequences having a same length as the basic orthogonal sequence by cyclic-shifting the basic orthogonal sequence a predetermined number of times or performing a modulo operation based on a number of the sub-carriers forming the sub-channel, after adding a predetermined offset to the cyclic-shifted basic orthogonal sequence; selecting a predetermined number of sequences corresponding to a number of the BSs from among the plurality of sequences; and allocating the selected sequences as the sub-channel signal interleaving patterns for the BSs.

Abstract: In a communication system, a first Downlink (DL) signal to be commonly received by all Mobile Stations (MSs) at a Base Station (BS) is generated. A second DL signal that all the MSs do not need to commonly receive is generated. The first DL signal is applied to an interference cancellation scheme. The first DL signal is transmitted in a first time interval. The second DL signal is transmitted in a second time interval.

Abstract: A Handover apparatus and method of a Mobile Station (MS) in a wireless communication system in which at least one small cell resides in a macro cell includes, when entering a neighboring small cell, checking a movement speed of the MS. The method also includes determining whether to hand over to the small cell by taking into account the movement speed of the MS. When it is determined not to hand over to the small cell, that MS transmits small cell penetration information to a macro Base Station (BS); allocates a macro only resource from the macro BS; and communicates with the macro BS in the small cell using the macro only resource allocated from the macro BS.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for transmitting/receiving system information in a wireless communication system with a hierarchical cell structure are provided. A method for transmitting system information in a micro Base Station (BS) in a wireless communication system in which at least one micro cell exists within a macro cell includes transmitting first system information to a Mobile Station (MS) communicating with a macro BS within a micro cell and an MS communicating with a micro BS within the micro cell, and transmitting second system information to the MS communicating with the micro BS within the micro cell.

Abstract: A method and system for managing paging for a communication device in a paging area is provided. The method at a second base station includes receiving information associated with a movement of the communication device from a first cell region associated with a first base station to a second cell region associated with the second base station in the paging area. The first base station and the second base station are of different cell types. The method then informs a paging controller about the movement of the communication device along with information associated with the communication device when at least one of the first base station and the second base station is a femtocell. The paging controller on receiving a page for the communication device identifies presence of the communication device in a femtocell and manages paging of the communication device in one or more femtocells in the paging area.

Abstract: The present invention is provided a method for allocating uplink resources in a communication system. The method includes calculating a scheduling metric for each Mobile Station (MS), selecting an MS with a high priority according to the scheduling metric, determining a Modulation order Product coding Rate (MPR) and a number of subchannels for the selected MS, and allocating the determined MPR and the determined number of subchannels to the selected MS and updating the scheduling metric for the each MS.

Abstract: An electric-discharge-lamp lighting apparatus including: an inverter that converts a DC voltage to a high-frequency voltage; an insulating transformer for low voltage with a primary winding connected to an output end of the inverter; and a plurality of step-up transformers. In the electric-discharge-lamp lighting apparatus, a first series circuit formed by connecting primary windings of the plurality of step-up transformers in series to one another is connected to a secondary winding of the insulating transformer. In addition, one or more electric discharge lamps are connected respectively to secondary windings of the step-up transformers.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for operating a fast feedback channel in a broadband wireless communication system are provided. The method includes generating and transmitting a feedback signal through a fast feedback channel of a first mode, determining to switch a mode of the fast feedback channel from the first mode to a second mode, transmitting a signal for requesting the mode switching of the fast feedback channel through the fast feedback channel, and generating and transmitting a feedback signal through a fast feedback channel of the second mode.

Abstract: A Base Station (BS) includes an apparatus and method for transmitting cell information. The BS is in the a communication system of a small cell size in a wireless communication environment in which a communication system of a large cell size and the communication system of the small cell size are hierarchically constructed in the same area. The method includes confirming reference signal transmission information for transmitting a reference signal including its own cell information, if a reference signal transmission interval arrives according to the reference signal transmission information, transmitting the reference signal through an operation frequency of a macro BS of the large cell size including the BS itself, and, if it is not the reference signal transmission interval, providing service through its own operation frequency or operating in a power saving mode.

Abstract: A method for allocating a subchannel in a transmitter of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) cellular communication system in which an entire frequency band includes a plurality of bands, each of the bands includes a plurality of bins, and each of the bins includes a plurality of subcarriers. The method includes dividing a predetermined time interval into an Adaptive Modulation and Coding (AMC) subchannel time interval and a diversity subchannel time interval; selecting any one of the plurality of bands in the AMC subchannel time interval; selecting a predetermined number of bins among the plurality of bins in the selected band; and allocating the selected bins to the AMC subchannel.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving information through a fast feedback channel in a broadband wireless communications system are provided. The apparatus includes a generator for generating a quasi-orthogonal signal stream corresponding to a codeword to be fed back, a plurality of mappers for mapping the quasi-orthogonal signal stream to a plurality of bundles in the fast feedback channel by using different mapping patterns, and a transmitter for transmitting the quasi-orthogonal signal stream mapped to the plurality of bundles.