Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100158154 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING PREDISTORTION SIGNAL - Provided is a digital predistortion linearizer applicable to millimeter-wave band point-to-point communications. The digital predistortion linearizer includes a transmission unit and a reception unit. The reception unit receives a first signal including a transmission signal and a distortion signal through a millimeter-wave propagation environment, detects the distortion signal from the first signal, and transmits information on the detected distortion signal with the first signal to the transmission unit. The transmission unit generates a predistortion signal using the information on the distortion signal and the first signal received from the reception unit, couples the generated predistortion signal with the transmission signal, and outputs the coupled signal. | 06-24-2010 |
20100205234 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING SIGNAL USING CYCLO-STATIONARY CHARACTERISITICS - A method and apparatus for detecting a signal using a cyclo-stationary characteristic value is provided. A method of detecting a signal using a cyclo-stationary characteristic value includes: calculating cyclo-stationary characteristic values with respect to a cyclic frequency domain of an input signal; multiplying the calculated cyclo-stationary characteristic values with each other; and detecting the signal from the input signal based on the result of the multiplication. | 08-12-2010 |
20110014935 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SCHEDULING SENSING CHANNEL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Provided is an apparatus and method for scheduling a sensing channel in a wireless communication system. The sensing channel scheduling apparatus may include: an evaluation value calculator to calculate evaluation values with respect to a channel quality for each of channels; a sorter to sort the evaluation values based on a predetermined criterion; and a scheduler to perform scheduling for sequences of the channels using sequences of the sorted evaluation values. | 01-20-2011 |
20110045862 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION IN COGNITIVE RADIO NETWORK - A CR apparatus for performing communication in a CR network includes: a communication unit configured to measure a channel estimation signal, transmit measured channel state information to a master device, and, when a QP of a reference channel arrives, make a communication channel transition to a candidate channel and perform communication; and a channel information management unit configured to receive and manage the channel state information measured by the communication unit and channel information comprising a candidate channel, into which a channel transition is to be made during a QP of the reference channel, received from the master device and control channel transition of the communication unit based on the channel information. | 02-24-2011 |
20110103320 | CONTENTION-BASED DATA COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - Provided is a contention-based data communication apparatus and method that may notify that a radio resource is to be used using a search signal prior to transmitting a communication frame, and may transmit data based on a priority when a search signal received from another communication apparatus is detected. | 05-05-2011 |
20110122831 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING BANDWIDTH OF COGNITIVE RADIO SYSTEM - The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for providing a bandwidth of a cognitive radio system. An apparatus and method for providing a bandwidth of a cognitive radio system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention calculates an oscillation frequency of a local signal that changes, by a predetermined value, center frequencies of fractional bands as bands that arc not used temporally and spatially in partial bands of an externally provided broadcasting channel band. The apparatus and method for providing a bandwidth of a cognitive radio system outputs a first local signal at the calculated oscillation frequency, mixes the output first local signal and an external signal, and moves center frequencies of fractional bands of the external signal by a predetermined value. The apparatus and method for providing a bandwidth of a cognitive radio system Filters a frequency band that is higher than an upper limit of a pass band having a predetermined bandwidth among moved frequency bands of the fractional bands to extract a first signal. Then, the apparatus and method for providing a bandwidth of a cognitive radio system mixes the extracted first signal and a second local signal and moves the center frequencies of the fractional bands in the first signal. The apparatus and method for providing a bandwidth of a cognitive radio system filters a frequency band that is lower than a lower limit of the pass band among the moved frequency bands of the fractional bands to extract at least one fractional band. The apparatus and method for providing a bandwidth of a cognitive radio system provides the extracted fractional band to a terminal and a base station, thereby improving frequency utilization efficiency. | 05-26-2011 |
20110128096 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING HAIRPIN FILTER, AND HAIRPIN FILTER - A system for modifying a hairpin filter is provided which includes a structure transformer to divide a hairpin filter into a plurality of filters and to arrange the plurality of filters in a bilaterally symmetrical pattern, and a coupling generator to generate a plurality of coupling lines, each of the plurality of coupling lines being between each of the filters. | 06-02-2011 |
20110129006 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING RECEIVED SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for detecting a received signal includes: dividing the entire band of the received signal into N frequency components where N is a natural number larger than one, and deciding a reference frequency component containing a reference frequency as a first priority sensing band among the N frequency components; deciding the sensing priorities of the other (N−1) frequency components in such a manner that the sensing priorities spread in both directions from the first priority sensing band; calculating the magnitude of each of the N frequency components in accordance with the decided sensing priorities; comparing the calculated magnitude of the frequency component with a predetermined threshold value; and when the calculated magnitude of the frequency component is larger than the threshold value, determining that the received signal exists. | 06-02-2011 |
20110130101 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARING SENSING ANTENNA, SENSING RECEIVER, DATA TRANSCEIVER ANTENNA, AND DATA TRANSCEIVER - Provided is a method of sharing a data transceiver, a data transceiver antenna, a sensing receiver, and a sensing antenna, and a wireless communication system. The data transceiver and the sensing receiver, or the data transceiver antenna and the sensing antenna may be flexibly shared based on a condition. During a period where a transceiver and an antenna are utilized, the transceiver and the antenna may be utilized for different purposes. The transceiver and the antenna may be flexibly shared to increase efficiency in using the transceiver and the antenna, and thus, a spectrum sensing and a data transmission and reception performed in a system may be improved. | 06-02-2011 |
20110149889 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DEVICES WITH DIFFERENT TRANSMISSION COVERAGE - Provided is a large range management device (LRMD) of managing a communication between a plurality of small range devices (SRDs) and a plurality of large range devices (LRDs), the SRDs and the LRDs being located in a single cell and having different transmission coverage, the LRMD including an access slot allocation unit to allocate an SRD access slot to a radio resource for a downlink, to enable a first SRD to request an association from a network, a selection unit to select a communication relay device for relaying relay data of the first SRD, a relay slot allocation unit to allocate at least one SRD relay slot to a radio resource for an uplink, to enable the communication relay device to relay the relay data to a second SRD or another LRD, and a receiving unit to receive the relay data based on the at least one SRD relay slot | 06-23-2011 |
20110150131 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING DIGITAL TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION SIGNALS TO CORRECT IN-BAND GAIN FLATNESS - An apparatus for processing a digital transmission signal for a transmitter includes a transmission Finite Impulse Response (FIR) filter to perform shaping on initial setting data to convert the initial setting data into a signal having a predetermined passband, a comparator to compare the signal with data including degradation information provided as feedback by a receiver corresponding to the transmitter, to generate a control signal, and a band flatness correction filter to adjust a coefficient of the band flatness correction filter in response to the control signal, and to correct an in-band flatness. | 06-23-2011 |
20110167321 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA FOR IMPROVING TRANSMISSION RATE - A data transmitter and receiver for improving a data rate, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method of transmitting and receiving an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol in which a pilot signal is added to a data signal is provided. The apparatus includes a transmitter including: a pilot adder to add a pilot signal to a data signal; and a guard interval inserting unit to insert a guard interval to the data signal with the added pilot signal, and a receiver including: a guard interval removal unit to remove a guard interval in a received time domain signal; a fast Fourier transform (FFT) unit to transform the time domain signal in which the guard interval is removed to a frequency domain signal; a channel estimator to estimate a channel value from the time domain signal in which the guard interval is removed; an equalizer to equalize the frequency domain signal based on the estimated channel value; and a pilot signal removal unit to remove the pilot signal in the equalized frequency domain signal. | 07-07-2011 |
20110243089 | HYBRID BEACONING METHOD - Provided is a hybrid beaconing method in which a centralized beaconing scheme and a distributed beaconing scheme are combined. In the hybrid beaconing method, a beaconing scheme is converted according to a network condition, and a centralized beaconing scheme or a distributed beaconing scheme is used to maintain an optimum network status | 10-06-2011 |
20110249769 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF COMPENSATION FOR AMPLITUDE AND PHASE DELAY USING SUB-BAND POLYPHASE FILTER BANK IN BROADBAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Provided is a method and apparatus improving a deterioration of a gain flatness and a phase characteristic that may be incurred while a baseband signal is transformed into a immediate frequency (IF) signal and a radio frequency (RF) signal in a broadband wireless communication system. A sub-band extractor may divide the broadband signal into multiple sub-band signals, may pre-compensate for a gain and a phase delay of each sub-band signals in the baseband, and may combine the pre-compensated sub-band signals into the single broadband signal and thus, the deterioration of the gain flatness and a phase delay flatness that may be incurred while the broadband signal is transformed into the IF signal and the RF to signal, may be improved. | 10-13-2011 |
20120100883 | TRANSMISSION POWER CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COGNITIVE RADIO DEVICE - A method and an apparatus for controlling transmit power of a CR device are provided. The method includes acquiring CR environment information regarding a licensed user or an unlicensed user occupying an adjacent channel or an adjacent cell of the CR device; determining a transmit power value of the CR device using the CR environment information; and generating transmit power control information including the transmit power value. The method and apparatus guarantee reliable communication of the CR device and minimize interference with the licensed user. | 04-26-2012 |
20130267266 | METHOD OF COMMUNICATING BETWEEN BASE STATION AND TERMINAL BASED ON INTERFERENCE ALIGNMENT IN MULTI-CELL MULTI-USER MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT (MIMO) INTERFERENCE CHANNEL AND METHOD AND APPARATUS OF COMMUNICATION USING INTERFERENCE ALIGNMENT AND BLOCK SUCCESSIVE INTERFERENCE PRE-CANCELLATION IN MULTI-USER MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT INTERFERENCE CHANNEL - A communication method of a base station and a terminal based on interference alignment in a multi-cell multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) interference channel and a method and apparatus of communication using interference alignment and block successive interference pre-cancellation in a multi-user MIMO interference channel. The base station may determine a precoding matrix to maximize a signal to interference and noise ratio (SINR) and a signal to leakage and noise ratio (SLNR) in the interference channel, and a terminal communicating with the base station may determine a decoding matrix to align interference. The transmitter including a multicell interference channel may calculate a rotation matrix for interference alignment, identify effective symbol vectors using the rotation matrix, and generate a transmit signal of a target transmitter to pre-cancel interference corresponding to a transmit signal of a neighboring transmitter. | 10-10-2013 |
20140146736 | METHOD OF GROUPING STATIONS IN MULTI-TRANSMISSION - An apparatus for grouping a plurality of stations in a multi-transmission environment includes an SNR (Signal to Noise Ratio) measuring unit configured to measure SNR values of the stations existing in the multi-transmission environment. Further, the apparatus includes a grouping unit configured to group the stations into several subgroups depending on the SNR values, wherein a leader is defined in each subgroup. Furthermore, the apparatus includes a control unit configured to determine an MCS (Modulation and Coding Scheme) intended for each subgroup and form different A-MPDU (Aggregated MAC Protocol Data Unit) for each subgroup separately to send to each subgroup in a multicast transmission. | 05-29-2014 |
20140169350 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING IDENTITY OF WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM - Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for determining an identity of a WLAN system occupying a channel, using information within a signal field or time synchronization between target channels. For this, the present invention includes a preamble detecting unit configured to detect a preamble in each channel; a channel information obtaining unit configured to obtain reference time information when the preamble is detected in each channel, or to obtain signal field information in each channel using the detected preamble; and an identity determining unit configured to determine an identity of a WLAN system occupying each channel by comparing the reference time information obtained in each channel, or by comparing the signal field information obtained in each channel. | 06-19-2014 |
20140177546 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AVOIDING INTERFERENCE BETWEEN ACCESS POINTS - The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for avoiding signal interference between access points (APs) in a non-license band, and more particularly, an interference avoidance apparatus and method between access points (APs) that avoid interference based on whether an overlapping basic service set (OBSS) is present, whether an overlapping operation channel between adjacent APs is used, whether it is possible to select a non-overlapping operation channel between adjacent APs, and the like. | 06-26-2014 |
20140191914 | MULTI-CHANNEL ANTENNA DEVICE - A device includes a feeding circuitry, a basic mode radiator for forming a basic mode main beam pattern having one or two orthogonal polarizations based on first two orthogonal inputs received from the feeding circuitry, and a higher-order mode radiator for forming a higher-order mode conical beam pattern having one or two orthogonal polarizations based on second two orthogonal inputs received from the feeding circuitry. | 07-10-2014 |
20140205034 | METOHOD FOR INTERFERENCE ALIGNMENT USING MULTIPLE ANTENNAS IN OVERLAPPED MULTI-CELL OVERLAPPED ENVIRONMENT - An interference alignment method using multiple antennas in a multi-cell overlapped environment, includes: when at least one transmission and reception ends having at least one or more antennas communicate with each other, establishing at least one or more channels from the transmission end to the reception end. Further, the interference alignment method includes designing a processing filter for a transmission signal transmitted from the transmission end to the reception ends; and designing a processing filter for a reception signal that is received by the reception end. | 07-24-2014 |
20140286244 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING NEAR FIELD WIRELESS NETWORK - An apparatus for controlling a near field wireless network, includes a wireless network controller included in a management plane of a wireless access point and configured to observe wireless physical layer/media access controller layer (PHY/MAC) protocols and perform a management procedure on wired MAC/PHY protocols within the wireless access point. Further, the apparatus includes a wireless network central management unit included in a management plane of a switch and configured to perform a management procedure on the wired MAC/PHY protocols within the switch. | 09-25-2014 |
20140306776 | PLANAR RF CROSSOVER STRUCTURE WITH BROADBAND CHARACTERISTIC - An RF crossover structure includes a first and second independent transmission lines formed to cross with each other on a same surface of a dielectric substrate; first via-holes connected to the second transmission line so that the second transmission line is connected to a back surface from a front surface of the dielectric substrate and is connected again to the front surface of the dielectric substrate out of a crossing region at which the first and the second transmission lines are crossed. Further, the RF crossover structure includes CPW (Coplanar Waveguide) transmission lines used for a ground plane to improve a signal transmission property at the crossing region. | 10-16-2014 |
20140349581 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PARTIAL INTERFERENCE ALIGNMENT IN MULTI-ANTENNA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for a partial interference alignment in a multi-antenna communication system includes, checking the number of access points (APs) operating at the same channel or adjacent channel; and calculating LIPs (Leakage Interference Power) that the respective APs have an effect on each base-station (STA). Further, the method includes choosing the upper three AP-STA pairs having the highest LIP in order as a candidate group for interference alignment; and performing a partial interference alignment on the candidate group for interference alignment. | 11-27-2014 |