Abstract: A cell reselection method and system based on a cooperative scanning of the mobile relay station and mobile stations is provided for facilitating cell reselection procedure in a Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) system. The cooperative scanning method for a moving wireless network including a mobile relay station and at least one mobile station according to the present invention includes transmitting, at the moving wireless network, a scanning request with cooperative scanning duration to a serving base station; assigning, when a scanning response, neighbor base stations to the mobile relay station and at least one mobile station; scanning, at the mobile relay station and the at least mobile station, the assigned neighbor base stations; and transmitting scanning results to the serving BS station.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining a location of a User Equipment (UE) in a communication system. A Base Station (BS) connected to a plurality of antennas by cable receives from each of the antennas reception signal information related to an uplink signal transmitted from the UE, identifies an antenna having a partial service area in which the UE is located, using the reception signal information, and determines the partial service area of the identified antenna to be the location of the UE.

Abstract: A system is provided for performing location update in a wireless mobile communication system that uses an Internet protocol (IP) address and is classified as at least one paging group. A serving base station (BS) sends a message including an identifier of a paging group where the serving BS is located, determines whether there is a change in IP subnet of a mobile station (MS) upon receipt of a location update request from the MS, and upon recognizing a change in IP subnet of the MS, stores information on a new IP subnet and notifies the change in the IP subnet to the MS. Upon detecting a need for location update, the MS sends a request for location update to a serving BS, and receives a location update success notification and an allocated temporary IP address from the serving BS.

Abstract: A control method for a mobile terminal which connects to a router linked to an external network through at least one interface, including receiving a router advertisement message from the router through a first interface, determining whether prefix information of the received router advertisement message is identical with prefix information of a preset internet protocol (IP) configuration reuse group including the first interface, and generating an IP configuration of the first interface when the two prefix information are identical. Accordingly, at the time of a vertical handover, continuity of the A/V session can be maintained without having to use mobile IP technology.

Abstract: A system and method for performing handover in a wireless mobile communication system are provided. In a Mobile Station (MS)-initiated scanning method of an (MS) in a wireless mobile communication system having at least two frequency bands with different central frequencies, the MS receives from a serving Base Station (BS) a mobile neighbor advertisement message including information about available radio resources of the neighbor BSs, transmits a new scanning request message to the serving BS, if the MS determines to measure Carrier-to-Interference and Noise Ratios (CINRs) of pilot signals from the serving BS and the neighbor BS, receives from the serving BS a response message for the scanning request message, including information about a BS which has reserved radio resources for a predetermined one of the at least two frequency bands, and measures the CINRs of the pilot signals in the predetermined frequency band.

Abstract: A system and method for switching a session of a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system are provided. According to the method, if the UE performs a handover from a macro base station of a macro cell to a femto base station of a femto cell, a femto base station transmits a path switch request message, which includes a serving gateway relocation Information Element (IE), to a Mobility Management Entity (MME) of the macro cell, in order to request a switching from an existing session of the UE to a new session managed by the femto base station. Then, in response to the path switch request message, the MME switches the existing session of the UE to the new session and transmits a path switch approval message to the femto base station. The serving gateway relocation IE includes information requesting relocation of a serving gateway of the UE to a femto serving gateway within the femto cell.

Abstract: Provided are a system and a method for allocating resources in a communication system. The method includes mapping a Transmission Time Interval (TTI) class according to channel information transmitted from a mobile station and service class information of the mobile station; and allocating resources by dynamically configuring a frame based on the mapped TTI class.

Abstract: A method for determining a handoff of a mobile station (MS) in a mobile communication system. In the method, a serving base station (BS) measures a level of a first uplink signal by monitoring an uplink to the MS. The serving BS receives a level of a second uplink signal, measured and reported by at least one neighbor BS. The serving BS determines a handoff for the MS considering the level of the first uplink signal and the level of the second uplink signal.

Abstract: In a mobile communication system including macro cells and femtocells, a neighbor cell identification method includes: transmitting, by a neighbor cell that is a macro cell or a femtocell, a neighbor cell identifier containing information regarding the type and access mode of the neighbor cell to a user equipment. The user equipment identifies, after receiving the neighbor cell identifier the type and access mode of the neighbor cell. The user equipment also accesses the neighbor cell according to the identification result.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for automatically searching for a low-power Base Station (BS) supporting access of a registered user in a mobile communication system includes a method of performing automatic search on a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) cell by a User Equipment (UE). The method includes determining by the UE whether automatic search needs to be performed on the CSG cell. The method also includes, if it is determined that automatic search does not need to be performed on the CSG cell, turning off by the UE a CSG cell automatic search function of the UE by emptying a first white list including CSG Identifiers of accessible CSG cells.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for supporting an idle mode of a Mobile Station (MS) in a superframe-based wireless communication system are provided. In a method for operating an MS to support an idle mode in a superframe-based wireless communication system, a paging listening interval is determined based on a Broadcast CHannel (BCH) information Transmit (TX) interval. BCH information including paging information is received during the paging listening interval. The inclusion/non-inclusion of a paging advertisement (MOB_PAG-ADV) message is detected based on the BCH information.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for routing between mobile networks without the aid of a home agent by acquiring the internal network prefix of a neighbor mobile network are provided. A routing path is established between the mobile networks using a Route Request (RREQ) message or a Neighbor Discovery message, or an association information manager, for data transmission.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for transmitting an uplink data during handoff. A method for transmitting uplink data in a soft handoff system, in which a mobile station is simultaneously connected with at least two base transceiver systems under a control of a base station controller, includes selecting one of the base transceiver systems as a main base transceiver system, transmitting uplink signals to the main base transceiver system and sub-base transceiver systems, and transmitting by the sub-base transceiver systems received uplink signals to the main base transceiver system. Through the method, a main BTS for diversity combining and decoding soft bit strings is established among BTSs connected to a mobile station, so that it is possible to distribute a data processing amount centralized on a BSC to a BTS.

Abstract: A system and method for providing an emergency service in a communication system are provided. The method includes transmitting a request message for requesting connection setup for service provision from a first station to a second station, the request message including a first indicator indicating an emergency service; receiving a response message in response to the request message by the first station from the second station, the response message including service flow connection information for provision of the emergency service and a second indicator indicating that it is a response to the request message, acquiring the service flow connection information from the response message and transmitting a message acknowledging acquisition of the service flow connection information to the second station, and setting a connection for providing the emergency service.

Abstract: A system and method for providing an emergency service in a communication system is provided. A method for providing an emergency service by an idle mode Mobile Station (MS) in a communication system includes receiving, from a Base Station (BS), a broadcast message including information on a time duration in which an emergency service message will be transmitted after waking up at a start timing point of a paging listening interval, transitioning into an idle state when a start timing point of the time duration in which the emergency service message will be transmitted is later than a timing point at which the paging listening interval is terminated, and waking up at the start timing point of the time duration in which the emergency service message will be transmitted after transitioning into the idle state.

Abstract: Disclosed is a handoff method connected with resource allocation in order to prevent QoS degradation, which may occur during or before/after a handoff on account of channel state change resulting from the mobility of a radio communication apparatus. To this end, a serving base station currently-connected to the radio communication apparatus and a target base station to be connected after a handoff periodically or non-periodically measure uplink/downlink channel states in relation to the radio communication apparatus, and the target base station allocates resources (e.g., time slot, specific subcarrier, or specific frequency band) most suitable for the service requested from the radio communication apparatus during a handoff, thereby preventing QoS degradation due to the handoff.

Abstract: A method is provided for synchronizing Connection IDentifiers (CIDs) of a first station and a second station in a communication system.

Abstract: A method is provided for providing a multicast service by a base station (BS) in a wireless communication system. The method includes transmitting an Nth data traffic corresponding to a multicast service to a plurality of mobile stations (MSs) through a multicast channel in an Fth frame; determining whether a Negative Acknowledgement (NACK) message indicating a failure to receive the Nth data traffic is received from at least one MS in an (F+1)th frame; and when the NACK message is received, retransmitting the Nth data traffic to an MS, which transmitted the NACK message, through an other channel different from the multicast channel in an (F+2)th frame.

Abstract: A router supporting network mobility over a nested mobile network environment, including: a first interface for data communication with an external node; a second interface for data communication with an internal node; and a controller for controlling routing through at least one of the first and second interfaces, obtaining an address of an end router that is the nearest to an Internet from a mobile network when a present position is found in a node on a nested mobile network, and transmitting through the first interface a binding update message including the address of the end router for tunneling between the end router and a home agent.

Abstract: A method for providing multicast service by a base station in a wireless communication system and a system implementing the method are provided. The method includes receiving one or more multicast service request messages including downlink channel state information from one or more mobile stations, determining the number of mobile stations which have requested a multicast service, determining a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) based on a mobile station, which has transmitted lowest channel quality information, among the one or more mobile stations when the determined number of mobile stations exceeds a preset value, and providing the multicast service through a tth frame by applying the determined MCS. Accordingly, the multicast service is provided by taking a channel state into consideration to improve the utilization of wireless resources.