Abstract: A Channel Status Information (CSI) transmission method and apparatus of a terminal are provided for use in a wireless communication system. In the wireless communication system supporting carrier aggregation, the terminal transmits the CSIs of component carriers without conflict of their transmission time points, resulting in an improvement of system performance. In a case where the transmission time points are determined to overlap unavoidably, the terminal transmits the CSI as compressed.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for receiving acknowledgement information by a base station in a wireless communication system. The method includes transmitting configuration information for transmission of the uplink control information, the configuration information including information for identifying a first resource block (RB) to be used for the transmission; and receiving the uplink control information on a physical uplink control channel based on the configuration information.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for wireless communication, including receiving information related to a plurality of offsets by higher layer signaling, receiving scheduling information for uplink data transmission, identifying a number of symbols for uplink control information based on at least one offset from the plurality of offsets and a size of uplink data, and transmitting the uplink data with the uplink control information on a physical uplink shared channel based on the identified number of symbols for the uplink control information.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for transmitting/receiving downlink data channel signal transmission information in a cellular radio communication system using a Cooperative Multi-Point (CoMP) scheme are provided. In the downlink data channel signal transmission information transmission method, a Base Station (BS) transmits downlink data channel signal transmission information including information related to Resource Elements (REs) scheduled for a downlink data channel signal transmission to a User Equipment (UE), and transmits downlink data channel signal non-transmission information including information related to REs through which a downlink data channel signal is not transmitted among the REs scheduled for the downlink data channel signal transmission to the UE.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for Channel State Information (CSI) feedback. An Uplink (UL) grant is received from a Node B. Information included in the UL grant is identified. If the information is mapped to at least one DownLink (DL) Component Carrier (CC) based on configuration information relating to at least one set including the at least one DL CC, at least one CSI corresponding to the at least one DL CC is generated. The generated at least one CSI is transmitted to the Node B.

Abstract: A method and apparatus of a user equipment (UE) for transmitting and receiving data in a wireless communication system. The UE receives first time division duplex (TDD) uplink-downlink configuration information for a first cell and second TDD uplink-downlink configuration information for a second cell, determines whether a subframe in the first cell is a special subframe and the subframe in the second cell is a downlink subframe according to the first and second TDD uplink-downlink configuration information, and determine, if the subframe in the first cell is the special subframe and the subframe in the second cell is the downlink subframe, not to receive a signal on the second cell in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols that overlaps with at least one of a guard period (GP) or uplink pilot time slot in the first cell.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are described for transmitting acknowledgement information in a communication system. A method includes receiving one or more data TBs in one or more downlink data channels over TTIs; obtaining acknowledgement information comprising four acknowledgement information bits {0, 0, 0, 0}, jointly representing a state of reception results for a plurality of data TBs, wherein a number of the plurality of data TBs is greater than a number of the acknowledgement information bits, a UE is configured for reception of the one or more downlink data channels from two cells, and a number of the TTIs is three or four; Reed-Mueller (RM) encoding the acknowledgement information bits; and transmitting the RM encoded acknowledgement information bits on an uplink data channel.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for wireless communications. Configuration information comprising a resource start offset is received. Downlink control information (DCI) transmitted using a first antenna port of a base station is received on an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) using at least one of control channel elements (CCEs). A resource of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) is determined based on a first CCE of the at least one of the CCEs, the first antenna port, information in the DCI, and the resource start offset in the configuration information, in response to a transmission type of the EPDCCH being localized transmission. A hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) signal is transmitted on the resource to the base station.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for transmitting and receiving a signal using a sequence in a wireless communication system. The method includes receiving, from a base station, information indicating whether sequence hopping is applied or not; transmitting, to the base station, the signal using a first sequence if a number of resource blocks allocated to the user equipment is less than a predetermined value; and transmitting, to the base station, the signal using a second sequence to which the sequence hopping is applied based on the received information if the number of the resource blocks allocated to the user equipment is greater than or equal to the predetermined value. The sequence hopping is performed using a pseudo-random function, and the sequence hopping is performed in a unit of a slot.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are described for transmitting acknowledgement information in a communication system.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for transmitting/receiving downlink data channel signal transmission information in a cellular radio communication system using a Cooperative Multi-Point (CoMP) scheme are provided. In the downlink data channel signal transmission information transmission method, a Base Station (BS) transmits downlink data channel signal transmission information including information related to Resource Elements (REs) scheduled for a downlink data channel signal transmission to a User Equipment (UE), and transmits downlink data channel signal non-transmission information including information related to REs through which a downlink data channel signal is not transmitted among the REs scheduled for the downlink data channel signal transmission to the UE.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, including identifying first offset information and second offset information, determining a size of uplink data for the UE, and transmitting, to a base station in the wireless communication system, the uplink data with at least one of acknowledgement/non-acknowledgment (ACK/NACK) information and channel quality indicator (CQI) information on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), wherein a number of symbols for the ACK/NACK information is determined based on the first offset information and the size of the uplink data, and wherein a number of symbols for the CQI information is determined based on the second offset information and the size of the uplink data.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for transmitting and receiving control information in a wireless communication system. A method in a base station includes transmitting, to a terminal, information associated with a number of Control Channel Elements (CCEs) included in control channels; identifying a set of control channel candidates based on an IDentifier (ID) of the terminal and the information associated with the number of CCEs, wherein each control channel candidate includes one, two, four, or eight CCEs; selecting at least one control channel candidate from among the set of control channel candidates; and transmitting the control information to the terminal via the selected at least one control channel candidate.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus method are provided for transmitting uplink information including acknowledgement information in a wireless communication system. The method includes coding, by a terminal, uplink data and the acknowledgement information by using different coding schemes respectively; multiplexing, by the terminal, the coded uplink data and the coded acknowledgement information into the uplink information; and transmitting, by the terminal, the uplink information using resources. At least a portion of the uplink data is transmitted based on a first resource and the acknowledgement information is transmitted based on a second resource. The first resource and the second resource are adjacent to each other with respect to a time domain and a frequency domain. The acknowledgement information is located immediately adjacent to a pilot for the uplink data, and the pilot is used for demodulation of the uplink data.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for transmitting and receiving control information in a wireless communication system. A method in a base station includes identifying an offset value and a number of control channel candidates corresponding to a number of control channel elements (CCEs) constituting one control channel candidate; determining indexes of control channel candidates based on the identified offset value and the identified number of control channel candidates; and transmitting the control information to the terminal through at least one of the control channel candidates in a downlink control channel. The determined indexes of control channel candidates are spaced by a value determined based on the transmitted number of control channel candidates.

Abstract: A Channel Status Information (CSI) transmission method and apparatus of a terminal are provided for use in a wireless communication system. In the wireless communication system supporting carrier aggregation, the terminal transmits the CSIs of component carriers without conflict of their transmission time points, resulting in an improvement of system performance. In a case where the transmission time points are determined to overlap unavoidably, the terminal transmits the CSI as compressed.

Abstract: A method for relaying a message is provided. The method includes transmitting, by an electronic device, a first message including a first anonymous identifier of the electronic device to at least one external device, and receiving a second message including the first anonymous identifier and a second anonymous identifier of the at least one external device.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for transmitting/receiving downlink data channel signal transmission information in a cellular radio communication system using a Cooperative Multi-Point (CoMP) scheme are provided. In the downlink data channel signal transmission information transmission method, a Base Station (BS) transmits downlink data channel signal transmission information including information related to Resource Elements (REs) scheduled for a downlink data channel signal transmission to a User Equipment (UE), and transmits downlink data channel signal non-transmission information including information related to REs through which a downlink data channel signal is not transmitted among the REs scheduled for the downlink data channel signal transmission to the UE.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for transmitting and receiving at least one Downlink Control Information (DCI) in a communication system supporting Carrier Aggregation (CA) are provided. The method for receiving includes receiving information representative of presence of carrier indicator by higher layer signaling from a Node B; receiving information representative of at least one cell indicator by higher layer signaling from the Node B; defining an UE specific search space based on aggregation level, an UE ID, and at least one carrier indicator value, where the UE specific search space includes a set of Physical Downlink Control CHannel (PDCCH) candidates based on the aggregation level; decoding at least one PDCCH including at least one DCI respectively by the UE ID; and acquiring the at least one DCI, wherein the at least one carrier indicator value is based on the at least one cell indicator.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for transmitting uplink control information by a UE in a mobile communication system. It is identified whether signaling information indicating simultaneous transmission of first uplink control information and second uplink control information is received. It is determined whether a transmission time of the first uplink control information overlaps a transmission time of the second uplink control information. The first uplink control information is transmitted without the second uplink control information, in case that the transmission times overlap each other and the signaling information is not received.