Abstract: A method for generating a key hierarchy by a MS in a wireless network is provided. The method includes transmitting an authentication request message to a new BS, receiving an authentication response message as a response message to the authentication request message from the new BS, determining whether to perform a full authentication operation with a H3A server based on the authentication response message, performing the full authentication operation or a crypto-handshake operation with the H3A server based on the determining result, after performing the full authentication operation or the crypto-handshake operation, determining whether a first expected signature value received from the new BS is identical to a first expected signature value calculated by the MS, and if the first expected signature value received from the new BS is equal to a first expected signature value calculated by the MS, determining that an authentication for the new BS has succeeded.

Abstract: A method for allocating resources by a Base Station (BS) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes determining use/nonuse of each of a plurality of Resource Blocks (RBs), which are allocated using a persistent allocation scheme, and transmitting resource allocation information indicating use/nonuse of each of the plurality of RBs to a plurality of Mobile Stations (MSs) according to a result of the determination.

Abstract: An apparatus performs a method for managing mobility of a terminal by a Base Station (BS) in a wireless communication system. The method includes receiving information on whether a time for which a terminal had been located at a cell managed by a first BS before the terminal has moved to a cell managed by the BS is equal to or longer than a predetermined threshold. The method also includes controlling data transmission/reception of the terminal by using one of an address allocated to the terminal by the BS or an address allocated to the terminal by a home server according to whether the time for which the terminal had been located at the cell managed by the first BS is equal to or longer than the predetermined threshold.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for providing preamble information in a wireless communication system are provided. The method of a Base Station (BS) of a first system for providing neighbor BS information of a second system in a communication environment covering the first system and the second system together includes generating a message comprising information indicating a superframe boundary of a neighbor BS of the second system, and transmitting the message comprising the information indicating the superframe boundary to a Mobile Station (MS).

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for providing a relay service in a Base Station (BS) of a communication system are provided. The method includes detecting a communication state with a backhaul of the communication system, transmitting backhaul error occurrence information to at least one Mobile Station (MS) located in a service coverage area when communication with the backhaul is interrupted, selecting a neighbor BS from among one or more neighbor BSs as a target BS, and providing a relay service by connecting with the target BS.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing selective Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) for a ranging service in a wireless communication system are provided. A HARQ method includes transmitting, to at least one Mobile Station (MS), ranging code division information, and if a ranging code is received from the MS, allocating the MS a resource considering the ranging code, and if a ranging signal is not received through the resource allocated to the MS, making a request for retransmission of the ranging signal to the MS.

Abstract: A method and a system are provided for a push service in a communication system. The method comprises: if there is data that is directed from an application server to an application of a terminal, transmitting, to a location register, a first message requesting location information of the terminal; if the location register receives the first message, transmitting, to a gateway, a second message requesting the location information of the terminal; transmitting, to the location register by the gateway, a third message including the location information of the terminal; transmitting, to the application server by the location register, a fourth message including the location information of the terminal; and transmitting, to the application of the terminal by the application server, the data using the location information of the terminal.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for operating a Mobile Station (MS). A service flow is established with a Base Station (BS). Data is transmitted through the service flow to the BS at an access admission time. A first group control signal indicating a data communication interruption for the service flow is received from the BS at an access restriction time. Transmission of the data to the BS is ceased together with the ceasing of a data transmission from another MS of a group according to the first group control signal.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling a sleep mode operation of a Mobile Station (MS) in a communication system, in which the sleep mode operates according to a sleep cycle including a listening window corresponding to an awake mode and a sleep window corresponding to a sleep state. The method includes starting a preset timer if there is a transmission of data between the MS and a Base Station (BS) during the listening window, restarting the timer upon receiving at least one of UpLink (UL) data, DownLink (DL) data and MAP Information Element (IE) indicating resource allocation from the BS during the listening window, maintaining the listening window until the timer expires, and transitioning to the sleep window if the timer expires.

Abstract: A method for optimizing a data-path by a source Base Station (BS) in a mobile communication network includes determining whether a tunnel among new BSs is set up while tracking a data-flow for a Mobile Station (MS), if the tunnel among the new BSs is set up, determining whether there is a bounce-back, if there is at least one bounce-back, transmitting a first message for detecting a root of an arbitrary bounce-back among the at least one bounce-back and setting up a short-cut tunnel to other end of the arbitrary bounce-back, and after transmitting the first message, receiving a second message including bounce-back root information indicating the root of the arbitrary bounce-back from the other end of the arbitrary bounce-back. Other various embodiments including a source BS, a target BS, and a backhaul network are also disclosed.

Abstract: A system and method for state synchronization between a base station and a mobile station in a mobile communication system. A count value indicative of a state change of the base station is received. The received current count value is compared with a previous count value previously received and stored. If the current count value is different from the previous count value, the mobile station performs a network entry procedure with the base station.

Abstract: A method for allocating a resource in a serving base station (BS) in a cooperative communication system is provided. The method includes detecting a base station identifier (BSID) of the serving BS and a BSID of each of other serving BSs included in the cooperative communication system; determining an available resource which the serving BS will use and an available resource which each of other serving BSs will use based on the BSID of the serving BS and the BSID of each of the other serving BSs; and transmitting information on the determined available resources to cooperative communication cell member BSs which the serving BS manages.

Abstract: A base station, a wireless terminal and a communication method of a wireless communication system are provided. The base station includes a receiver for receiving a signal from a wireless terminal or another base station, a transmitter for transmitting a signal to the wireless terminal or the another base station, and a controller for generating resource scheduling or control information for communication of the wireless terminal in a cell including at least two base stations included in a moving path of the wireless terminal and for transmitting the generated resource scheduling or control information to the wireless terminal and at least one of the base stations included in the cell.

Abstract: When a Mobile Node (MN) is assigned IP addresses, the number of which is greater than or equal to the preset number of IP addresses that the MN is capable of being assigned with, the MN identifies information on the pre-emption vulnerability of each session associated with an IP address, and releases an IP address which enables a disconnection of a session. When there are multiple IP addresses associated with the pre-emptable sessions, a consideration is given to multiple conditions related to which IP address is to be selected, one IP address is selected, and the relevant IP address is released. When any IP address cannot be released, a new session is associated with an IP address which can give the smallest overhead to the MN and the network among the existing IP addresses, so that an IP address can be efficiently assigned.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for access authentication of a mobile station in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes receiving a session certificate for the access authentication from a core network, transmitting the session certificate to a new access network during a handover to the new access network, and receiving an authentication result based on the session certificate from the new access network.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for performing Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) communication at a network node in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes receiving, by the network node that connects between a Mobile Station (MS) and a data network, a TCP KeepAlive packet for maintaining a TCP connection established between a correspondent node and the MS through the data network from the correspondent node, transmitting, by the network node, when it is determined that the MS is in an idle mode upon receiving the TCP KeepAlive packet, an acknowledgement packet in response to the TCP KeepAlive packet to the correspondent node, and transmitting, by the network node, indication information indicating the reception of the TCP KeepAlive packet to the MS.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a nanocomposite ultra-thin separation membrane and a method for manufacturing the same, wherein the nanocomposite ultra-thin separation membrane for seawater desalination according to the present invention includes: 1) a polyamide-based polymer active layer; 2) a polyethersulfone support membrane; 3) an external support body; and 4) carbon nanotube, to remarkably improve hydrophilicity of the porous support membrane, thereby having more than doubled water permeability of the entire separation film. In addition, due to a physiochemical reaction of the functionalized carbon nanotube, a support membrane exposed to air for a long period of time is also usable as a lower body of the ultra-thin separation membrane.

Abstract: A technique for supporting newly defined Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) categories without an occurrence of an interpretation error when using a legacy Mobile Station (MS) and a legacy Base Station (BS) in a broadband wireless communication system is provided. A method of transmitting a capability negotiation message includes determining an HARQ parameter set to be allocated, setting a value of a second field for informing whether to indicate an HARQ parameter set which corresponds to an index greater than a maximum value that can be indicated by using a first field for indicating an index of the HARQ parameter set, and transmitting the capability negotiation message including the second field.

Abstract: An upper node is provided for use in a wireless communication system using a relay scheme. The upper node includes means for transmitting, upon a request of a lower relay station for an initial connection of the lower relay station, downlink section information for communication with the lower relay station for a relay service to the lower relay station; and means for transmitting, after the initial connection with the lower relay station, frame configuration information for communication with the lower relay station for a relay service to the lower relay station through the downlink section. The downlink section information includes configuration information of the downlink section for communication with the lower relay station for a relay service.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for operating a Mobile Station (MS). A service flow is established with a Base Station (BS). Data is transmitted through the service flow to the BS at an access admission time. A first group control signal indicating a data communication interruption for the service flow is received from the BS at an access restriction time. Transmission of the data to the BS is ceased together with the ceasing of a data transmission from another MS of a group according to the first group control signal.