Abstract: Provided are a method of configuring a protocol header in a wireless communication system, and a communication apparatus and method using the protocol header configuration method. The protocol header configuration method may include: configuring a variable length physical layer (PHY) header and a fixed length PHY header; encoding the fixed length PHY header according to a first coding scheme; generating a Header Check Sequence (HCS) to check an error regarding a combination of the fixed length PHY header, the variable length PHY header, and a Media Access Control (MAC) header; scrambling the MAC header and an HCS to generate a scrambled MAC header and HCS; and encoding the variable length PHY header and the scrambled MAC header and HCS according to a second coding scheme.

Abstract: An Unequal Error Protection (UEP) transmission apparatus comprises a bit separator unit configured to, when video data are received, separate pixels of the video data into Most Significant Bits (MSBs) and Least Significant Bits (LSBs) according to a degree of importance on a pixel-component basis; a header generation unit configured to create an MSB sub-frame and a LSB sub-frame based on the respective MSBs and LSBs and create an MSB Medium Access Control (MAC) sub-frame and a LSB MAC sub-frame to which respective headers are added; and a channel coding unit configured to create a channel-encoded MSB data and a channel-encoded LSB data by performing error correction encodings corresponding to the respective MSB MAC sub-frame and LSB MAC sub-frame and add padding bits, corresponding to the respective channel-encoded MSB data and channel-encoded LSB data, to the channel-encoded MSB data and channel-encoded LSB data.

Abstract: Disclosed are an Unequal Error Protection (UEP) method and apparatus of video signals based on a dynamic link in a broadband high frequency wireless system. A UEP transmission apparatus based on a dynamic link includes a UEP transmission controller to verify, based on a channel state when video data is inputted, a bit field size and a bit separation point of separating a priority for each pixel element being comprised of a pixel of the video data, and to control an error correction coding for correcting relatively many errors occurring in information with a high priority for each pixel element to be used, a bit separator unit to separate the video data pixel based on the priority for each pixel element, and a channel coding unit to perform a corresponding error correction coding through the control of the UEP transmission controller based on the priority for each pixel element.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for performing wideband short range wireless communication in a millimeter wave band, and the method for wideband short range wireless communication may include checking information of a reception device by performing signaling with the reception device, receiving information about a state of a receive buffer from the reception device based on the information of the reception device, and transmitting data based on the information about a state of the receive buffer.

Abstract: A communication method of a source device according to an embodiment includes detecting a status of a first link directly connected from the source device to a destination device or a status of a second link connected from the source device to the destination device via a relay device, selecting any one of the first link and the second link based on a result of the detection, and transmitting data using the selected link.

Abstract: Provided is a communication method of a coordinator, the method including: receiving a relay search request frame for requesting a search for at least one relay station between a destination station and a source station; and transmitting, in response to the relay search request frame, a relay search response frame including a list of the at least one relay station so that the source station selects a target relay station from the at least one relay station.

Abstract: Provided are a dual mode terminal, a base station, and a content controller, and a content transmission method thereof, and a terminal cradle. A cellular module of the dual mode terminal may receive a content from the base station through a cellular communication. A signal processor may release a compression of the received content and output the content. A short-range communication module may transmit the output content to a short-range terminal using a wideband.

Abstract: Provided is a communication method of a coordinator in a wireless networks system that uses a reservation-based media access control (MAC). The communication method includes receiving, from a source device, a frame that requests a reservation resource for a relay device, to enable a frame that the source device transmits to a destination device to be relayed via the relay device, and allocating the reservation resource for the relay device, in response to the request.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for performing a wideband short-range wireless communication using a directional antenna in a millimeter wave band, and the method for wideband short-range wireless communication according to an embodiment may determine a change of a relay operation type based on a link quality between a source node and a relay node, a link quality between the relay node and the destination node, and a link quality between the source node and the destination node, transmit a relay operation change (ROC) request message in response to a determination of the change of the relay operation type, and receive an ROC response message corresponding to the ROC request message.

Abstract: The present invention provides a wireless communication method used for transmitting and receiving a relay in a wireless local area network system. The wireless local area network system according to an embodiment of the present invention relates to a wireless communication method of setting a relay link through a relay and setting a transmission time point at which a data frame is transmitted in a source device by recognizing a propagation delay between devices, and the like when an operation mode of the set relay corresponds to a cooperating mode.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for wideband short-range wireless communication using a directional antenna in a millimeter wave band, and the method for wideband short-range wireless communication according to an embodiment may determine a first time interval and a second time interval for a cooperated data frame transfer based on a packet transmission time at each transmission from a source node to a destination node, transmit a frame to a relay node through an antenna pattern directed towards the relay node at a start point of the first time interval, and transmit the frame to the destination node through an antenna pattern directed towards the destination node to after a predetermined period of time from a start point of the second time interval.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for upstream transmission of variable bit rate traffic in a Hybrid Fiber Coaxial (HFC) network. The apparatus includes: a VoIP signal processing unit for digitizing a voice of a speaker to create a voice packet, detecting a mute section to suppress packet generation, and generating an Service identification (SID) packet in the mute section; a storage unit for storing the voice packet and the SID packet created by the VoIP signal processing unit and notifying information on the stored packets; a VoIP activity determining unit for determining a voice activity based on the information on the stored packets notified from the storage unit; and a packet processing unit for including the voice activity transferred from the VoIP activity determining unit in the packets from the storage unit to encapsulate them and transmit it to a network device.

Abstract: Provided are a transmission/receiving apparatus and method of switching a transmission antenna in a Transmission Switched Diversity (TSD) system.

Abstract: Provided is a method by which a cable modem reports a downstream packet resequencing status to a cable modem termination system, and more particularly, a method of effectively reporting detailed information on a packet resequencing status by further defining a packet resequencing-related event and event-related information in a message reporting the packet resequencing status. The method by which a cable modem reports a resequencing status of the resequenced packets includes the steps of: when a packet resequencing-related event occurs, generating a resequencing status message (CM-STATUS) including packet sequence numbers of packets causing the event; transmitting a band allocation request message for requesting a cable modem termination system to allocate an upstream band for transmission of the resequencing status message; and transmitting the resequencing status message to the cable modem termination system over the upstream band allocated by the band allocation request message.

Abstract: A method of operating a network coordinator for a spatial reuse scheme includes receiving a reservation request for a time period for a data communication of a target transmitter/receiver pair that uses a directional antenna, searching for a time period reserved in advance for another transmitter/receiver pair, from a Channel Time Allocation Period (CTAP) that is a contention-free access period for the data communication, and reserving a time period for the target transmitter/receiver pair in the CTAP, so that the time period reserved for the target transmitter/receiver pair overlaps the time period reserved in advance for the other transmitter/receiver pair.

Abstract: Provided are a method of performing contention based channel access by classifying a contention period into a beamformable contention period in which a beamforming is allowed and a non-beamformable contention period in which the beamforming is interrupted so as to resolve an issue regarding channel access occurring due to an introduction of a directional antenna for handling a path loss in a wideband wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and a method for maximizing a spatial reuse gain by managing, for each direction, information about a transmission time of a message received from a dispersion device.

Abstract: Provided is a data transmission method. The data transmission method may limit a use authorization for a contention time period so that a portion of data transmission devices among a plurality of data transmission devices may transmit data during the contention time period.

Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for setting up a channel for communication between distributed devices in a wireless communication system. A method of selecting a communication channel in a communication device of a wireless communication system may include requesting scanning of channels between the communication device and a discovery device, receiving a channel scanning response message including a Distributed Reservation Protocol (DRP) Availability Information Element (IE) assigned for each scanned channel, and selecting a channel based on the DRP Availability IE.

Abstract: Disclosed are a transmitting device and receiving device for selecting a transmit channel in a wideband high frequency wireless system using a plurality of transmit antennas, and a method thereof. According to the method of selecting a transmit channel, data is transmitted to the receiving device via a predetermined first antenna, and a first channel probing response message including first channel status information of the first antenna is received, in response to the transmission of the data. A channel probing request message that request channel status information of a second antenna, is transmitted to the receiving device via the second antenna, and a second channel probing response message including the second channel status information of the second antenna is received in response to the channel probing request message.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for transmitting and a receiving data using a relay device in a centralized Media Access Control (MAC). The apparatus may include: a channel decision unit to determine a channel status with respect to a communication path using a corresponding device and a communication path using a relay device; a path selection unit to select at least one communication path between the communication path using the corresponding device and the communication path using the relay device, based on the channel status; and a transceiver to transmit and receive the data via the selected at least one communication path.