Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, antennas or antenna nodes spaced away from each other by a predetermined distance or more are configured to be able to transmit control information of mutually different user equipment groups, thereby increasing the efficiency in the operation of control channels. In addition, according to another aspect of the present invention, a resource region for transmitting control information for an improved user equipment, which is a target of a multi-node cooperative transmission, is set differently from a resource region for transmitting control information for a legacy user equipment, thereby increasing the efficiency in the transmission of the control information for the improved user equipment.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a terminal which receives signals from a base station, and to a method in which the terminal receives signals from the base station in a distributed antenna system (DAS). The terminal receives, from the base station having a plurality of antennas, control information on one or more active transmission antennas allocated to the terminal, from among the plurality of antennas, and receives signals from the base station via said one or more active transmission antennas.

Abstract: Provided are a method and an apparatus for allocating a control channel in a wireless communication system. A base station allocates an enhanced physical downlink control channel (e-PDCCH) to a localized region within a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) region, allocates the e-PDCCH to a distributed region within the PDSCH region, and transmits a scheduling assignment via the allocated e-PDCCH.

Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, antennas or antenna nodes spaced away from each other by a predetermined distance or more are configured to be able to transmit control information of mutually different user equipment groups, thereby increasing the efficiency in the operation of control channels. In addition, according to another aspect of the present invention, a resource region for transmitting control information for an improved user equipment, which is a target of a multi-node cooperative transmission, is set differently from a resource region for transmitting control information for a legacy user equipment, thereby increasing the efficiency in the transmission of the control information for the improved user equipment.

Abstract: A method is presented for receiving aperiodic channel state information (CSI). A base station (BS) transmits a CSI request field which is set to trigger a CSI report to a user equipment (UE). The BS receives CSI through a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) from the UE. The CSI request field has a value among a plurality of candidate values. The plurality of candidate values comprises a first value which triggers an aperiodic CSI report for a first set of reference signals and a second value which triggers an aperiodic CSI report for a second set of reference signals.

Abstract: A method of transmitting control information includes dividing frequency bandwidth into ranges to which the same PMI (precoding matrix index) is applied, obtaining multiple antenna information by the range to which the same PMI is applied and transmitting the multiple antenna information. Since multiple antenna information is transmitted by the unit of a range to which the same PMI is applied, radio resources allocated for transmitting the multiple antenna information may be reduced, thereby enhancing data transmission efficiency.

Abstract: Provided are a method and an apparatus for measuring channel quality indicator in a wireless communication system. User equipment receives, from a base station, at least one of a cell-specific reference signal (CRS) which is cell-specifically transmitted and a channel state information reference signal (CSI RS). The user equipment also receives, from the base station, a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) which is user equipment-specifically transmitted in an enhanced physical downlink control channel (e-PDCCH) region constituted in a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) region. The terminal measures the CQI based on either at least one of the CRS and the CSI RS or the DMRS.

Abstract: A method for performing an adaptive modulation and coding scheme in a mobile communication system. Including receiving a signal and selecting a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) level from an MCS subset of an MCS set considering information derived from the signal, by a mobile station. The MCS subset is selected in accordance with a service type related to the mobile station and the MCS subset is configured with one or more MCS levels, the MCS set is represented by 5 bits and the MCS subset is represented by 4 bits to indicate MCS value, respectively, and the 4 bits of the MCS subset is a part of the 5 bits of the MCS set.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for measuring interference in a wireless communication system. A terminal receives, from a base station, a zero-power channel state information (CSI) reference signal (RS) indicator that indicates whether or not to estimate interference using a zero-power CSI RS signal, and, according to the zero-power CSI RS indicator, measures interference on the basis of the zero-power CSI RS.

Abstract: Provided are a method and an apparatus for allocating a control channel in a wireless communication system. A base station allocates an enhanced physical downlink control channel (e-PDCCH) to a localized region within a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) region, allocates the e-PDCCH to a distributed region within the PDSCH region, and transmits a scheduling assignment via the allocated e-PDCCH.

Abstract: A method and a base station (BS) for receiving channel state information are discussed. The method according to an embodiment includes transmitting a radio resource control (RRC) signal to a user equipment (UE), the RRC signal including a plurality of configurations for periodic channel state information (CSI) reports; transmitting, to the UE, a plurality of CSI reference signals (CSI-RSs); and receiving, from the UE, generated CSI for the plurality of CSI-RSs based on the RRC signal. Each of the plurality of configurations for the periodic CSI reports includes an indicator indicating an uplink subframe to be used, by the UE, for transmitting CSI corresponding to a specific one of the periodic CSI reports.

Abstract: A method for efficiently transmitting and receiving downlink control information is disclosed. The method includes, at a base station, receiving feedback information including a precoding matrix index (PMI) from a user equipment (UE) and transmitting precoding information having a predetermined bit number according to the number of antenna ports and a transmission mode of the base station. The precoding information of a predetermined transmission mode in the precoding information includes confirmation information indicating that the base station uses a PMI which is recently received from the UE.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for allocating a downlink control channel in a wireless communication system. A base station allocates a downlink control channel to cell-specific reference signal (CRS) resource elements (REs) capable of transmitting a CRS and transmits a downlink control signal to a terminal through the allocated downlink control channel.

Abstract: A method performed by a base station (BS) is provided for receiving aperiodic channel state information (CSI). The BS transmits a CSI request field which is set to trigger a CSI report to a user equipment (UE), and receives CSI through a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) from the UE. The CSI request field has a value among a plurality of candidate values and the plurality of candidate values comprises a first value which triggers an aperiodic CSI report for a first set of reference signals and a second value which triggers an aperiodic CSI report for a second set of reference signals. The first set and the second set of reference signals are configured by a higher layer signal.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for channel information feedback in a wireless communication system. A terminal may receive CSI-RS configuration information from a base station and generate channel information using a codebook determined in accordance with the number of CSI-RS patterns set by the CSI-RS configuration information. The base station may transmit CSI-RS patterns allocated to a plurality of nodes through a method for expanding a field within one control message.

Abstract: In a method of optimizing a log likelihood ratio (LLR) used to correct errors related to data stored in a nonvolatile memory device, variation of threshold voltage distribution for a plurality of memory cells included in the nonvolatile memory device is monitored, and the LLR for the memory cells is updated based on a monitoring result. Although the characteristics of the memory cells are deteriorated, the LLR is continuously maintained to the optimal value.

Abstract: Provided are a method for searching for a control channel by a user terminal in a multi-node system and a user terminal using the method. The method comprises: setting a first common search space (CSS) and a second CSS, which are distinguishable, in a subframe comprising a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols; and searching for control information from the first CSS and/or the second CSS, wherein in the first CSS a first piece of control information that is cyclic redundancy check (CRC)-scrambled by a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) belonging to a first RNTI set is searched, and wherein in the second CSS a second piece of control information that is CRC-scrambled by an RNTI belonging to a second RNTI set is searched.

Abstract: A method and apparatus of transmitting control information for reduction of inter-cell interference (ICI) in a wireless communication system is provided. The base station transmits one of precoding information and antenna information for every time frequency resource to a second base station based on a ICI reduction method determined by the base station.

Abstract: There are provided a method and apparatus in which user equipment transmits channel state information. The method includes reserving a plurality of configured Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) resources through which channel state information can be transmitted, receiving a plurality of reference signals, generating channel state information by measuring each of the plurality of reference signals, and transmitting the channel state information about each of the plurality of reference signals through the plurality of PUCCH resources.

Abstract: Provided are a method for searching for a control channel by a terminal in a wireless communication system and a terminal for using the method. The method determines whether an allocation unit constituting an enhanced-physical downlink control channel (E-PDCCH) is one or plural in number; and, if the allocation unit constituting the E-PDCCH is plural in number, searches for the E-PDCCH using a user equipment specific reference signal (URS) of an antenna port defined in one allocation unit from among the plurality of allocation units.