Abstract: An operating method of a communication node in a network supporting licensed and unlicensed bands is disclosed. An operation method of a base station comprises the steps of: transmitting a PDSCH to a UE in an unlicensed band; receiving an HARQ response to the PDSCH from the UE; and determining a size of a CW on the basis of a proportion of NACKs in HARQ responses. Therefore, a performance of a communication network can be improved.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving a signal in a communication network are disclosed. A method for operating UE supporting an unlicensed band comprises the steps of: receiving from a base station DMTC-related information including DMTC cycle and DMTC offset; checking DMTC section to which DRS is transmitted based on the DMTC-related information; and receiving from the base station the DRS using sub-frames apart from a sub-frame corresponding to the DRS cycle within the DMTC section. As a result, the performance of a communication network can be improved.

Abstract: An apparatus for analyzing a frequency use status may obtain a candidate radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) using downlink control information (DCI), estimate an active RNTI from the candidate RNTI, and analyze a frequency use status using the active RNTI.

Abstract: A scheduling method for a communication network supporting an unlicensed band is disclosed. An operation method of UE comprises the steps of: receiving, from a base station, an unlicensed band burst including a plurality of subframes in an unlicensed band; acquiring control information from the unlicensed band burst; and acquiring data from the unlicensed band burst on the basis of the control information. Therefore, the performance of the communication network can be improved.

Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for obtaining control information. A control information obtaining apparatus may receive wireless signals corresponding to different center frequencies from a plurality of cells, may estimate scheduling information from the wireless signals; and may obtain control information about a downlink of the plurality of cells based on the scheduling information.

Abstract: Disclosed is a scheduling method for a communication network supporting an unlicensed band. An operation method of a user equipment (UE) may comprise obtaining a control channel from a partial subframe having a length of less than 1 millisecond in an unlicensed band; obtaining scheduling information from the control channel; and obtaining a data channel indicated by the scheduling information from the partial subframe. Therefore, performance of the communication network can be enhanced.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for transmitting, by a terminal, a sounding reference signal (SRS). The terminal receives a grant for uplink multiple subframes from a base station. The terminal determines a first subframe for an SRS transmission of the terminal among the uplink multiple subframes on the basis of SRS transmission position information received from the base station. Further, the terminal transmits the SRS in the first subframe.

Abstract: A method for transmitting an uplink signal in an unlicensed band by a terminal is provided. The terminal receives first scheduling information that schedules one or more uplink subframes, from a base station in a first downlink subframe. The terminal receives second scheduling information that determines a transmission time point of the uplink signal, from the base station in a second downlink subframe after the first downlink subframe. The terminal transmits the uplink signal in a first uplink subframe corresponding to the transmission time point among the one or more uplink subframes.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for communicating in a network supporting licensed and unlicensed bands. A terminal operation method comprises the steps of: detecting a control channel of a subframe #n transmitted from a base station; obtaining, from the control channel, a DCI for an uplink grant; executing channel sensing on the basis of channel connection-related information included in the DCI; and transmitting, to the base station, a subframe #(n+1) if the result of executing channel sensing is an idle state. Thus, the performance of the communication network may be improved.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for scheduling an uplink transmission in a communication network. A terminal operation method comprises the steps of: detecting a control channel of a subframe #n transmitted from a base station; receiving an uplink grant from the control channel; and transmitting, to the base station, a plurality of subframes scheduled by the uplink grant. Thus, the performance of the communication network may be improved.

Abstract: A communication node configures an unlicensed band transmission burst including a plurality of subframes in consideration of an occupancy state of a channel of an unlicensed band and transmits the unlicensed band transmission burst through the unlicensed band. In this case, at least one subframe of the plurality of subframes has a different type from the remaining subframes.

Abstract: An operating method of a communication node in a network supporting licensed and unlicensed bands is disclosed. An operation method of a base station comprises the steps of: transmitting a PDSCH to a UE in an unlicensed band; receiving an HARQ response to the PDSCH from the UE; and determining a size of a CW on the basis of a proportion of NACKs in HARQ responses. Therefore, a performance of a communication network can be improved.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for measuring a broadband Passive Intermodulation Distortion (PIMD) signal. The apparatus for measuring a broadband PIMD signal includes a Radio Frequency (RF) processing unit for combining one or more transmission signals into a single output signal and transmitting the output signal to a feeder so as to measure a PIMD signal and for generating a beat frequency signal using the PIMD signal received from the feeder, and a digital processing unit for transferring a control signal required so as to control the RF processing unit, receiving the beat frequency signal, and then measuring a location of a passive element in the feeder in which the PIMD signal has been generated by performing digital signal processing on the beat frequency signal.

Abstract: A scheduling method for a communication network supporting an unlicensed band is disclosed. An operation method of UE comprises the steps of: receiving, from a base station, an unlicensed band burst including a plurality of subframes in an unlicensed band; acquiring control information from the unlicensed band burst; and acquiring data from the unlicensed band burst on the basis of the control information. Therefore, the performance of the communication network can be improved.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device and method for allocating a coexistence resource in an unlicensed band. The device according to the present invention comprises: a frame configuration unit for configuring a subframe in which data and a reference signal for a channel in an unlicensed band are allocated, and allocating a part of the symbols of the subframe as a coexistence resource; a signal detection unit for detecting a signal of another LTE system or Wi-Fi system during a transmission idle period where the coexistence resource is allocated; and a transmission processing unit which, when the signal of another system is detected during the transmission idle period, does not occupy a resource for the next subframe, and when the occupation of the coexistence resource by the another system has ended, occupies the resource for the next subframe.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for transmitting uplink data in a spectrum sharing wireless communication system wherein, in order to enhance uplink transmission efficiency in an LTE-U service, clear channel assessment (CCA) is performed on a user terminal so as to consider the hidden node problem, and channel occupation based on an uplink signal of another terminal is considered, wherein applied are: a method for generating and transmitting a random backoff counter value at a base station so that all terminals can equally use a channel connection parameter needed for transmitting an uplink subframe in an unlicensed band; and a downlink controlling method for scheduling an uplink multi-subframe.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving a signal in a communication network are disclosed. A method for operating UE supporting an unlicensed band comprises the steps of: receiving from a base station DMTC-related information including DMTC cycle and DMTC offset; checking DMTC section to which DRS is transmitted based on the DMTC-related information; and receiving from the base station the DRS using sub-frames apart from a sub-frame corresponding to the DRS cycle within the DMTC section. As a result, the performance of a communication network can be improved.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for allocating a resource of a terminal. The method includes: receiving downlink data from a base station; and allocating a resource for a device-to-device communication to a sub-frame by considering a hybrid ARQ (HARQ) transmission delay with respect to the received downlink data.

Abstract: Provided is a method of generating a pilot pattern capable of perform adaptive channel estimation, and a method and apparatus of a base station and a method and apparatus of a terminal using the pilot pattern. The pilot pattern selects pilot symbol positions based on distances from pilots of previous orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) symbols to a subcarrier position of a current OFDMA symbol in the frequency domain and the time domain, so that a low pilot density is maintained so as to effectively transmit data, and stable channel estimation performance can be obtained even in a bad channel environment. In addition, the minimum burst allocation size is determined according to the channel environment between the base station and the terminal, guaranteeing channel estimation performance suitable for the channel environment, and improving granularity, channel estimation latency, and channel estimation memory size.

Abstract: A wireless communication method may include performing, by a first system, channel monitoring of a first band, detecting a second system that uses the first band, determining whether the first system is to be used in preference to the second system, and allocating a radio resource of the first band to the first system based on whether the first system is to be used in preference to the second system.