Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080198906 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INCREASING CELL CAPACITY THROUGH OPTIONAL SIGNAL COMBINING BETWEEN RELAY STATIONS IN A CELLULAR SYSTEM USING WIRED RELAY STATIONS - A method, apparatus and system for increasing cell capacity through optional signal combining between Relay Stations (RSs) in a cellular system using wired RSs is disclosed. The method includes receiving, by a Base Station (BS), an average Carrier-to-Interference ratio (C/I) value of transmission signals from Mobile Stations (MSs) located inside each coverage area, being fed back from the RSs or the MSs in its corresponding cell; classifying the MSs into two groups according to the C/I value; performing resource allocation satisfying a minimum data rate from a corresponding RS, for MSs belonging to a group having a C/I value greater than a preset threshold Γ among the classified groups; performing resource allocation by applying an optional signal combining scheme taking into account two RSs having a highest C/I value, for MSs belonging to a group having a C/I value below the threshold among the classified groups; and allocating all unallocated subchannels of each individual RS in an order of an MS having a high C/I value among MSs of a corresponding RS until there is no more unallocated subchannel of each RS. | 08-21-2008 |
20080205336 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR JOINT SCHEDULING TO INCREASE FREQUENCY EFFICIENCY AND FAIRNESS IN A MULTI-CHANNEL DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM USING FREQUENCY REUSE AND COMMON POWER CONTROL - A joint scheduling apparatus and method for increasing frequency efficiency and fairness in a multi-channel distributed antenna system using frequency reuse and common control power. One of a Base Station (BS) or Relay Station (RS) are selected to transmit packets to a Mobile Station (MSs), taking into account Quality of Service (QoS) in one of a BS and an RS and grouped into packet groups. The packets are selected from the packet groups, links corresponding to the packets are grouped into a link group, a joint power control is performed on the link group, link elimination and link addition are performed for the link group until optimal solutions are achieved for the links group, channels are allocated to the links when the optimal solutions are achieved for the links, and the status of a user queue is updated. | 08-28-2008 |
20080285591 | Apparatus and Method for Deciding Transmission Format Using Variable Frame Length and Decoding Method Using the Same - Provided are an apparatus and method for deciding a transmission format using a variable frame length and a decoding method using the same. The apparatus for deciding the transmission format using the variable frame length includes: a frame synchronization acquiring unit for acquiring a frame synchronization of a received transmission frame; a correlation analyzing unit for performing a correlation analysis with respect to the transmission frame whose synchronization is acquired, considering frame lengths of respective frame structures; and a transmission frame structure deciding unit for deciding the structure of the received transmission frame using the analyzed correlation. Accordingly, a physical layer signaling code (PLSC) demodulation and decoding performance can be enhanced by determining the structure of the transmitted frame without carrying out a PLSC decoding in such a state that a frequency synchronization is not acquired. | 11-20-2008 |
20090017835 | SIGNAL COMBINING APPARATUS SATISFYING MAXIMUM TRANSMISSION CAPACITY IN CELLULAR SYSTEM EMPLOYING DISTRIBUTED ANTENNAS AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION METHOD USING THE SAME - Disclosed is a signal combining apparatus and a resource allocation method using the same in a cellular system using distributed antennas. The resource allocation method includes detecting a channel transmission capacity when a signal is transmitted from a single Relay Station (RS) to a Mobile Station (MS), by a Base Station (BS), detecting a channel transmission capacity when transmitting a signal produced by using signal combining by two or more RSs to the MS, by the BS, selecting a channel transmission capacity with a larger gain between the detected channel transmission capacity of the single RS and the detected channel transmission capacity of the two or more RSs, by the BS; and selecting the signal transmitted by the single RS or the signal produced by using the signal combining by the two or more RSs having the selected channel transmission capacity with the larger gain, and then transmitting the selected signal to the MS. | 01-15-2009 |
20090135778 | Method and apparatus for scheduling in cellular system using cable relay station - A method for scheduling in a cellular system using a relay station (RS) through an inter-antenna cooperative transmission technology based on pre-cooperation information according to each channel in a cellular system using a cable RS in order to increase the throughput of the entire system. The steps include classifying all mobile stations (MSs) in a corresponding cell based into Cooperative Transmission (CT) MSs for cooperative transmission and Single Transmission (ST) MSs for to each channel; mapping channel-by-channel channel capacities of the CT MSs and ST MSs classified according to each channel, selecting a channel with a highest priority, and receiving a request message from a corresponding MS according to whether the capacity of the selected channel satisfies preset CT criteria and selecting an MS having a metric value of a highest priority according to a corresponding scheduling algorithm, from among multiple requesting MSs. | 05-28-2009 |
20090247200 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING SIGNALS IN A DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for processing signals in a distributed antenna system. The method includes receiving, by a Base Station (BS), Channel State Information (CSI) from Mobile Stations (MSs) located within a coverage area of the BS or a coverage of Relay Stations (RSs) connected to the BS; multiplying signals for transmission to the MSs by beamforming vectors by using the CSI; and transmitting the multiplied signals to the MSs. | 10-01-2009 |
20090253429 | SCHEDULING APPARATUS AND METHOD IN A DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM - A scheduling method in a distributed antenna system is provided. Each of a plurality of Mobile Stations (MSs), respectively corresponding to each subchannel, are classified as a Single Transmission (ST) MS or a Cooperative Transmission (CT) MS according to a CT criterion. An MS with a maximum channel capacity is selected from among the classified MSs. Resources arc allocated to a corresponding subchannel when the selected MS is the ST MS, and resources arc allocated using a CT scheduling technique when the selected MS is the CT MS. The classifying, selecting and allocating steps are repeated until allocation of resources is completed. | 10-08-2009 |
20100261498 | Apparatus and method for controlling power in distributed multiple input multiple output wireless communication system - An apparatus is operable to control power of a base station in a distributed Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) wireless communication system. At least one beamforming matrix is used for processing transmission signals to terminals included in a terminal set for a multiple access is determined. Minimum power values required for satisfying a minimum transmission rate of the terminals are determined. Whether optimum power values exist is determined using the minimum power values, the beamforming matrix, and a limit transmission power of the base station. When the optimum power values exist, transmission power values for respective terminals are determined in a range meeting the limit transmission power of the base station. | 10-14-2010 |
20140153508 | METHOD OF COORDINATED MULTI-POINT TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION - Disclosed is a coordinated multi-point (CoMP) transmission and reception method. A method of determining a CoMP set in an apparatus for determining a CoMP set of a CoMP system includes transmitting reference signal information from each point, collecting preferred point set information corresponding to the reference signal information, determining the CoMP set based on the collected preferred point set information, and determining transmission target terminals for each component carrier based on the determined CoMP set. The transmission method using the CoMP set may improve performance of a system and enhance frequency efficiency. | 06-05-2014 |