Abstract: Aspects of the invention include a method and apparatus for allocating a control information resource in a wireless communication system, which operates a plurality of component carriers, and for decoding control information. Control information on the plurality of component carriers is realigned in accordance with the order of decoding and resources are allocated to reduce control information decoding complexity at the receiving end and to enable an estimation of amount of computation for decoding. A method for determining a search space, which is a set of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidates to be monitored by a terminal in a communication system, involves determining, as the search space, an extended search candidate formed by the value obtained by multiplying the number of search candidates applied to a carrier component and carrier indication information on the component carriers of user equipment if the user equipment uses a plurality of component carriers.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and apparatus for combining and transceiving control information.

Abstract: A wireless communication system uses a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna in the transceiver mode. The system includes the technical features of a stage in which m bits of a first set of information is transmitted for a first pre-coding matrix (where m is an integer greater than 1), and a stage in which n bits of a second set of information is transmitted for a second pre-coding matrix (where n is an integer greater than 1 but less than n).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a resource allocation method in a wireless communication system, and to a device for the same.

Abstract: The present description relates to a wireless communication system and to a method for transceiving channel information through carrier aggregation, and a terminal and a base station using the method. The method described in the present description comprises: receiving channel information from a user terminal, and generating a sub-band group from one or more subbands contained in at least one or more component carriers; and receiving, from the user terminal, channel information for each of the sub-band groups through a control channel.

Abstract: The present description discloses a method for allocating resources in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus and system for same.

Abstract: The present description relates to a wireless communication system, a method for configuring a resource, a method for transceiving data in the configured resource, and an apparatus for the same. The method described in the present description comprises: selecting one or more resource block groups from among the resource block groups contained in at least one or more component carriers so as to generate an aggregated resource block group; and allocating resources in accordance with the configuration of the aggregated resource block group, and transceiving data. Here, information on the aggregated resource block group contains a component carrier indicator.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for configuring a channel using diversity. The method for configuring a channel using uplink diversity according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises the following steps: converting k-bit of information to be transmitted into n-bit, which is an encoded bit, so as to transmit predetermined information from the channel; selecting m-bit from among said n-bit and permitting T-number of transmitting antennas to generate T-number of modulation symbols so as to transmit said m-bit; and transmitting said T-number of modulation symbols as channel symbols from said T-number of transmitting antennas. In the step of generating the modulation symbols, the T-number of transmitting antennas generate the T-number of modulation symbols using R-number of different resources from each other.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for relaying uplink signals, and provides a method and apparatus for relaying uplink signals which involve integrating a plurality of information blocks for signals received from a plurality of terminals to generate an integrated information block, encoding the thus-generated integrated information block, and transmitting the encoded block to a base station.

Abstract: The present specification relates to a wireless communication system, and particularly, to a method for uplink multi-reception in a wireless communication system and to a base station device using same. The present specification relates to an uplink multi-reception technique for enabling two or more base stations including a serving main base station and one or more neighbor base stations, in order to receive data from a user equipment. The base station device checks whether or not the signal received from the user equipment is decoded, receives a transmission ready signal (RPT) from the neighbor base station or exchanges ACK/NACK signals, determines one or more neighbor base stations as selected neighbor base stations in accordance with a predetermined regulation, transmits a transmission request signal to the selected neighbor base stations, and receives data.

Abstract: The present specification relates to a method for transmitting information over a component carrier and to a wireless communication system for the method. The present invention relates to a method for transmitting information that indicates an allocated component carrier, and to a method for transmitting information on the number of usable CCs of a terminal via upper layer signaling, and transmitting information on CC allocation via physical layer signaling.

Abstract: In a wireless communication system, a base station, a resource allocation device and method, a user equipment, a resource allocation reception device and method that utilize encoding and decoding techniques for transmitting through communication systems with uplinks and downlinks, the resource allocation information used to share transmission resources in a wireless communication system.

Abstract: Disclosed is a wireless communication system including an apparatus and a method for feeding back channel information of a User Equipment (UE); a Base Station (BS) for receiving channel information of a UE and for communicating with the UE; and a communication method of the BS which can dynamically switch between Single-User Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (SU-MIMO) and Multiple-User Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MU-MIMO) access schemes.

Abstract: An image sensor includes an active region including a photoelectric conversion region and a floating diffusion region, which are separated from each other, defined by a device isolation region on a semiconductor substrate, and a transfer transistor including a first sub-gate provided on an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate and a second sub-gate extending within a recessed portion of the semiconductor substrate on the active region between the photoelectric conversion region and the floating diffusion region, wherein the photoelectric conversion region includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, which vertically overlap each other within the semiconductor substrate and are spaced apart from the recessed portion.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for achieving high-dynamic range operation with a set of spatially distributed pixel cells is provided. A pixel array with a row of pixels having apertures of varying sizes in a metal mask formed thereon controls the sensitivity of each pixel cell to light. A neutral density filter having varying light transparency values is also provided over the set of pixel cells to control the sensitivity of each pixel cell to light. The pixel cells voltage outputted is combined to obtain high-dynamic range operation.

Abstract: A photodiode has a photodiode gate structure on the surface of the substrate. The photodiode may be located in a pixel sensor cell comprising a substrate having a first surface level. The photodiode has a first doped region of a first conductivity type and a second doped region of a second conductivity type located beneath the first surface level of the substrate. A photodiode gate is formed of a first dielectric substance layer formed over the first surface of the substrate, thereby forming a second surface, and a second polysilicon layer formed over the second surface of the first layer. A transistor is located adjacent to the photodiode. The photodiode gate improves charge transfer from the photodiode to the transfer gate and floating diffusion region. The improved charge transfer minimizes image lag and leakage and reduces energy barriers.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide an imager pixel comprising a reflective layer formed over a substrate. There is a semiconductor layer over the reflective layer. A photo-conversion device is formed at a surface of the semiconductor layer. The reflective layer serves to reflect incident light not initially absorbed into the photo-conversion device, back to the photo-conversion device.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a pixel cell having a shutter gate structure. First and second charge barriers are respectively created between a photodiode and a first charge storage region and between the first storage region and a floating diffusion region. A global shutter gate is formed to control the charge barrier and transfer charges from the photodiode to the first charge storage region by effectively lowering the first charge barrier. A transfer transistor acts to transfer charges from the first storage region to the floating diffusion region by reducing the second charge barrier.

Abstract: The present invention provides an image sensor having a pinned floating diffusion region in addition to a pinned photodiode. The pinned floating diffusion region increases the capacity of the sensor to store charge, increases the dynamic range of the sensor and widens intra-scene intensity variation.

Abstract: A pixel cell including a substrate of a first conductivity type over an epitaxial layer of a second conductivity type. The epitaxial layer has a dopant gradient, wherein the dopant concentration decreases from a surface of the epitaxial layer adjacent the substrate to the surface of the epitaxial layer opposite the substrate. A photo-conversion device is at a surface of the epitaxial layer.