Abstract: A method of channel coding for transmitting data in a wireless access system includes: calculating a number C of code blocks by an equation of C=?B/(Z?L)?, wherein B denotes a size of an input bit sequence, wherein Z denotes a maximum size of the code blocks, and wherein L denotes a size of a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) which is to be attached to each of the code blocks; calculating a size B? of a modified input bit sequence by an equation of B?=B+C*L; generating the code blocks based on the number C of the code blocks and the size B? of the modified input bit sequence; and channel-coding the code blocks.

Abstract: An interleaver provision method for providing a continuous length, an interleaving method, and a turbo-encoder thereof are disclosed. The interleaving method selects a basic interleaver having a proper length from among the basic interleaver set, which is predetermined to have the length represented by a multiple of the ARP fluctuation vector period. The interleaving method performs the dummy insertion and the pruning process to have the length acting as the basic-interleaver length, so that it can provide the ARP interleaver having a continuous length.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for transmitting data using a CTC (Convolutional Turbo Code) encoder in a mobile communication system. The data transmission method according to the present invention includes: a first encoding step of encoding input data bits inputted through two input terminals of the CTC encoder and outputting first encoding bits; a step of interleaving the input data bits by using four CTC interleaver parameters (P0, P1, P2, and P3) corresponding to the sizes of the input data bits; a second encoding step of encoding the interleaved data bits and outputting second encoding bits; and a step of selectively transmitting the input data bits, the first encoding bits, and the second encoding bits to a receiving side in accordance with a predetermined coding rate.

Abstract: The present application discloses a method for mapping a subband/miniband in a wireless communication system. Particularly, the method comprises the steps of: dividing a system frequency band into a plurality of physical resource units (PRU); mapping the plurality of physical resource units to physical resource units of a subband (PRUSB) in accordance with a 1st rule; and mapping the plurality of physical resource units to physical resource units of a miniband (PRUMB) in accordance with a 2nd rule, wherein said 1st rule and said 2nd rule contain factors for limiting the minimum value of the gap between subbands allocated to the system frequency band.

Abstract: A data processing method for a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) is provided. Specifically, modulation can be performed according to a constellation rearrangement version (CRV) to generate a sub-packet for an incremental redundancy HARQ (IR-HARQ). When a constellation symbol modulated according to the CRV is segmented into an even symbol and an odd symbol for a plurality of transmit antennas, an identical CRV is determined for a pair of the even symbol and the odd symbol subsequent to the even symbol. When the constellation symbol modulated according to the CRV is transmitted to a receiving side, a newly generated sub-packet is retransmitted upon receiving a non-acknowledgement (NACK) signal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method in which a base station transmits a downlink signal using 8 antennas may comprise the steps of: mapping a downlink signal to N (1?N?4) layers; precoding the signal mapped to the N layers, by using a specific precoding matrix selected from a pre-stored codebook; subjecting the precoded signal to processing for OFDM symbol generation; and transmitting OFDM symbols through 8 antennas. The pre-stored codebook may comprise precoding matrices for the respective ranks corresponding to N, the pre-stored codebook may consist of 16 codebook indexes, and a portion of the precoding matrices for high ranks in the 16 codebook indexes may be generated from the precoding matrices for low ranks.

Abstract: A data rate matching method is disclosed. More particularly, a rate matching method using at least two parameters is disclosed. The rate matching method includes selecting bits from an input bitstream using a primary-indication parameter for selecting at least one bit and a secondary indication parameter for canceling the selection using the primary indication parameter or additionally selecting unselected bits, and processing the selected bits according to a rate matching mode so as to generate an output bitstream. By using the rate matching method, highspeed processing is realized by a simple calculation and the locations of target bits can be efficiently decided using at least two indication parameters. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce a calculation amount or improve performance.

Abstract: A method of encoding input data using a low density parity check (LDPC) code or decoding the encoded data is disclosed. Each index of a model matrix is expanded to an index matrix which includes two or more indexes. Each index included in the index matrix indicates a specific sub-matrix, and can be replaced with a corresponding sub-matrix to generate a parity check matrix.

Abstract: A method of performing interleaving and a data transmission apparatus are disclosed, in which interleaving is performed for input data streams using bit reverse ordering (BRO) operation. A method of performing interleaving for input data streams comprises writing respective bits of the input data stream in a row direction of a memory matrix in accordance with the input order, performing row permutation for index of each row of the memory matrix using an R-bit (R is an integer) bit reverse ordering (BRO) operation, performing pruning for a row which satisfies a given condition, performing column permutation using BRO operation for index of each column of the memory matrix, and reading to output each bit in a column direction of the memory matrix where the column permutation has been performed.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for mapping a resource unit in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes obtaining LCRU,FPi indicating the number of contiguous resource units (CRUs) of an ith frequency partition (FPi) and LDRU,FPi indicating the number of distributed resource units (DRUs) of the FPi and mapping physical resource units (PRU) of the FPi to CRUs of the FPi by the LCRU,FPi and after allocating the PRUFPi to the CRU, maps the remaining part of the PRUFPi to DRUs of the FPi. A frequency selective scheduling gain and a frequency diversity gain can be obtained.

Abstract: A method of generating a sub-packet in consideration of an offset is disclosed. A method of generating a sub-packet in consideration of an offset, for re-transmission of a packet from systematic bits and parity bits stored in a circular buffer includes turbo-coding an input bitstream at a predetermined code rate and generating and storing the systematic bits and the parity bits in the circular buffer, and deciding a starting position of the sub-packet in the circular buffer in consideration of the offset for puncturing at least a portion of the systematic bits of the circular buffer. Accordingly, it is possible to efficiently decide the starting position of the sub-packet to be transmitted adaptively with respect to a variable packet length, improving a coding gain, reducing complexity and reducing a calculation amount.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a communication method for machine type communication (MTC) in a wireless communication system. An MTC device transmits subscription information for indicating MTC subscribers to a base station, and receives a group identifier for indicating an MTC group to which the MTC device belongs, from the base station. The MTC device receives, from the base station, resource allocation information on a control channel based on the group identifier.

Abstract: A method and apparatus of transmitting a midamble in a wireless communication system is provided. A base station (BS) generates a midamble sequence for each of a plurality of antennas, and transmits the midamble sequence to a user equipment for each antenna. A location of a subcarrier to which each midamble sequence is mapped is determined based on a frequency reuse factor (FRF).

Abstract: A method of transmitting a signal from a base station to a user equipment in a multi-node system comprises down-link-transmitting a signal at a first zone of a radio frame by using centralized antennas (CAs); and downlink-transmitting a signal at a second zone used for a backhaul link of a relay in the radio frame by using distributed nodes, wherein the first zone and the second zone are multiplexed by time division.

Abstract: A method for mapping subband/miniband in a wireless communication system and apparatus therefore are disclosed. The present invention includes dividing the system frequency band into a plurality of physical resource units (PRUs) and mapping a plurality of the physical resource units to a subband physical resource unit (PRUSB) and a miniband physical resource unit (PRUMB), wherein the mapping is based on an interval between contiguous resource units which includes a predetermined number of contiguous PRUs and another interval greater than the former interval and wherein the interval between the contiguous resource units is a roundup value of a value resulting from dividing a maximum number of the contiguous resource units by the number of the contiguous resource units to allocate to the minibands.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for transmitting a signal using a bit grouping method in a wireless communication system is disclosed. Interleaved subblocks are maintained, and output bit sequences are modulated in due order after bit grouping and bit selection. The bit grouping method is advantageous in that bit reliability is uniformly distributed.

Abstract: A method for transmitting a downlink control channel in a mobile communication system and a method for mapping the control channel to physical resources using a block interleaver are provided. In order to transmit a downlink control channel in a mobile communication system, information bits are modulated to generate one or more modulation symbols according to a specific modulation scheme, the modulation symbols are interleaved using a block interleaver, and the interleaved modulated symbols are mapped to resource elements allocated for transmission of at least one control channel in a subframe, thereby transmitting the at least one control channel.

Abstract: Methods of transmitting data using a plurality of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process channels sequentially is disclosed. One of the methods of transmitting data through a plurality of HARQ process channels including a first channel and a second channel includes adding offset to a retransmission data block if the first channel which will transmit the retransmission data block is prescheduled (S702) by another data block, the offset representing the difference in a transmission timing point between the second channel in which positive acknowledgement (ACK) signal has been received (S701) and the first channel; transmitting the retransmission data block through the second channel; and transmitting a data block corresponding to the second channel through the first channel.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and a device for transmitting uplink control information (UCI) by a terminal in a wireless communication system. The UCI transmission method comprises the steps of: generating an encoding information bit stream by performing channel coding for a UCI bit stream; generating complex modulation symbols by performing modulation for the generated encoding information bit stream; spreading the complex modulation symbols in block-wise on the basis of an orthogonal sequence; and transmitting the spread complex modulation symbols to a base station. The encoding information bit stream is generated by a channel coding for circularly repeating the UCI bit stream.

Abstract: Particular codebook entries used for a MIMO system of a lower dimension (i.e., having a relatively low number of antennas) can be used to generate a codebook for a MIMO system of a higher dimension (i.e., having a relatively high number of antennas). The entries in rank 1 of the codebook related to the MIMO system having four transmit antennas are used to newly construct entries for rank 1 through rank 8 of two base matrices for a MIMO base codebook related to eight transmit antennas.