Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080207193 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING CONTROL INFORMATION IN MULTI-HOP RELAY BROADBAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for transmitting control information to a Relay Station (RS) in a multi-hop relay broadband wireless communication system is disclosed. The apparatus includes a generator, a controller, and a communication unit. The generator generates control information to be transmitted to a lower RS. The controller controls and transmits the control information during a first relay link transmission interval among at least one relay link transmission interval distributed within a frame. The communication unit transmits the control information to the lower RS. | 08-28-2008 |
20080209299 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RETRANSMITTING REQUEST IN WIRELESS RELAY COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Data retransmission apparatus and method in a wireless relay communication system are provided. It is checked whether an Acknowledgement (ACK) message or a Negative ACK (NACK) message for data is received from a Relay Station (RS), which receives the data from a Mobile Station (MS). Scheduling information for transmitting the data is transmitted to the RS, when the ACK message is received from the RS. Errors are checked for in of the data, when the data is received from the RS. The RS is requested to retransmit the data, when the data has an error. Accordingly, since the RS retransmits only the error-free data to the BS, the BS can enhance the data reliability. | 08-28-2008 |
20080209301 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING CONTROL MESSAGE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING RELAYING - An apparatus and method for transmitting an ACK/NACK message from an RS in a wireless communication system using relaying is disclosed, in which the RS checks scheduling information for data transmission from a lower node, receives data from the lower node according to the scheduling information, checks errors in the data, generates error report information indicating whether the data has errors, and transmits the error report information to an upper node. | 08-28-2008 |
20080240014 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ASYNCHRONOUS CONTROL MESSAGE TRANSMISSION FOR DATA RETRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS RELAY COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and a method for data retransmission in a multihop relay wireless communication system are provided. The retransmission method includes determining whether an error is detected in data received from an upper node; generating a message indicative of the data error; and sending the message to the upper node at a time that is not appointed with the upper node. Therefore, it is possible to reduce a retransmission delay time that occurs during synchronous retransmission. | 10-02-2008 |
20080248793 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DATA RETRANSMISSION IN MULTIHOP RELAY WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and a method for sending a control message for retransmission in a multihop relay wireless communication system are provided. Data received from a lower node is checked for errors. The data is transmitted to an upper node, when the data has no errors. When two or more messages, which include at least one of Acknowledgement (ACK) messages and Negative ACK (NACK) messages in response to a data reception are received from one or more lower nodes, the two or more messages are transmitted to the upper node at the same time. Accordingly, the RS can transmit the control messages for the ARQ provided from the lower nodes, to the upper node at the same time. | 10-09-2008 |
20090011784 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING TRANSMISSION INFORMATION OF BROADCAST MESSAGE CONSTITUTED BY RELAY STATION (RS) IN MULTIHOP RELAY BROADBAND WIRELESS ACCESS (BWA) COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and a method for processing transmission information of a broadcast message constituted by a Relay Station (RS) in a multihop relay Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) communication system are provided. A communication method of the RS includes composing a message to be sent to a Mobile Station (MS); transmitting a scheduling request message which includes information required to schedule the composed message, to a Base Station (BS); and receiving an allocation message which includes information to transmit the composed message, from the BS in response to the scheduling request message. | 01-08-2009 |
20090232044 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RETRANSMITTING OF DATA IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING RELAY - An apparatus and method for retransmitting of data in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes transmitting data to at least one lower node, temporarily storing the data transmitted to the lower node, if ACKnowledgement (ACK) information of a relay link is not received for a predetermined time after data transmission or if the ACK information of the relay link is received from a lower Relay Station (RS), identifying if error occurrence information of an access link is received from the lower RS, and, if the ACK information of the access link is received from the lower RS, recognizing that data transmission to a Mobile Station (MS) succeeds. | 09-17-2009 |
20090252081 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING VARIOUS SYSTEMS IN A MULTIHOP RELAY BROADBAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A mobile station compliant with a legacy system and a mobile station compliant with a new system are both supported in a multihop relay broadband wireless communication system. A DownLink (DL) period of the Base Station (BS) includes a legacy zone for communicating with entities of a legacy system and a new zone for communicating with entities of a new system. Operations of the BS include transmitting DL data to entities of the legacy system via the legacy zone, and transmitting DL data to entities of the new system via the new zone which follows the legacy zone in a time axis. | 10-08-2009 |
20090252082 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS IN MULTI-HOP RELAY BROADBAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for supporting heterogeneous systems in a multi-hop relay wireless communication system are provided. In a method of transmitting and receiving a DownLink (DL) frame of a Base Station (BS) in a multi-hop relay wireless communication system employing heterogeneous systems, the DL frame of the BS includes a legacy zone for communication with a legacy Mobile Station (MS), an access zone of a new zone for communication with a new MS, and a relay zone of the new zone for communication with a new Relay Station (RS). The method includes transmitting DL data to the legacy MS in the legacy zone, transmitting the DL data to the new MS in the access zone of the new zone, and transmitting the DL data to the new RS in the relay zone of the new zone. | 10-08-2009 |
20090252083 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING DIFFERENT SYSTEM IN A BROADBAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING MULTI-HOP RELAY SCHEME - An apparatus and method for supporting a different system in a broadband wireless communication system using a multi-hop relay scheme are provided. A DownLink/UpLink (DL/UL) frame of a Base Station (BS) includes a legacy access zone for communicating with a legacy Mobile Station (MS), a relay zone for communicating with a legacy Relay Station (RS), and a new zone for communicating with a new MS. A DL/UL frame of an RS includes a legacy access zone for communicating with a legacy MS and a legacy relay zone for communicating with a new BS by legacy standards. | 10-08-2009 |
20090268658 | Apparatus and method for relay service in wireless communication system - An apparatus and a method for relay service in a wireless communication system are provided. A method for constituting a frame for a relay service in a wireless communication system includes configuring Downlink and Uplink subframes for a Base Station (BS) to transmit and receive signals to and from a Mobile Station via one or more relay stations over one or more communication zones. Thus, the frames for the multihop relay service can be constituted with ease, the multihop relay service can be provided not to drive the relay service data into a particular part of the frame, and the service coverage of the MS can be extended. | 10-29-2009 |
20090303919 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING PREAMBLE CHANGE OF RELAY STATION IN BROADBAND WIRELESS ACCESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING MULTIHOP RELAY - An apparatus and a method for processing a change of a preamble of a Relay Station (RS) are provided. An operating method of a Base Station (BS) includes providing a relay service via an RS, determining whether a preamble of the RS needs to change, when it is necessary to change the preamble of the RS, sending a preamble change command message to the RS and, when the preamble of the RS is changed, sending a preamble change notification message informing of the preamble change to at least one lower node of the RS. | 12-10-2009 |
20100050037 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC RETRANSMISSION REQUEST (ARQ) FEEDBACK IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and a method for Automatic Repeat reQuest (ARQ) feedback in a wireless communication system are provided. A method for the ARQ feedback at a receiving end includes when receiving an ARQ block from the transmitting end, checking for error in the ARQ block, when the ARQ block has no error, initializing and driving a timer used for determining whether to perform the ARQ feedback according to reception of a next ARQ block, when receiving the next ARQ block without error before the timer expires, initializing and driving the timer, and when the timer expires, performing the ARQ feedback in relation to at least one ARQ block received without error. | 02-25-2010 |
20100050041 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST (ARQ) FEEDBACK MESSAGE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and a method for generating an Automatic Repeat reQuest (ARQ) feedback message in a wireless communication system are provided. A method for generating an ARQ feedback message at a receiving end in a wireless communication system includes, generating first ARQ feedback information of a first scheme, the first ARQ feedback information comprising information of a first erroneous ARQ block of one or more ARQ blocks for which the ARQ feedback is not performed, generating second ARQ feedback information of a second scheme indicative of error of at least one ARQ block not represented in the first ARQ feedback information, generating an ARQ feedback message comprising the first ARQ feedback information and the second ARQ feedback information, and transmitting the ARQ feedback message to a transmitting end. | 02-25-2010 |
20100110972 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING THE RELAYED DATA IN A MULTIHOP RELAY BROADBAND WIRELESS ACCESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and a method for processing the relayed data in a multihop relay broadband wireless access communication system are provided. A method for an operation of a Relay Station (RS) includes determining whether a packet received from an upper node comprises a Relay Media Access Control (MAC) Header (RMH), when the RMH is comprised in the received packet, determining whether the RMH comprises access RS information, and when the access RS information is not comprised in the RMH, removing the RMH from the received packet and transmitting the packet to a lower Mobile Station (MS). | 05-06-2010 |
20100113070 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING PAGING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method and system for managing paging for a communication device in a paging area is provided. The method at a second base station includes receiving information associated with a movement of the communication device from a first cell region associated with a first base station to a second cell region associated with the second base station in the paging area. The first base station and the second base station are of different cell types. The method then informs a paging controller about the movement of the communication device along with information associated with the communication device when at least one of the first base station and the second base station is a femtocell. The paging controller on receiving a page for the communication device identifies presence of the communication device in a femtocell and manages paging of the communication device in one or more femtocells in the paging area. | 05-06-2010 |
20100172314 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ALLOCATING RESOURCES USING COODBOOK IN A BORADBAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus for allocating a resource in a broadband wireless communication system are provided. In the method, a Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) level set and a burst size set to generate a codebook is determined. The codebook is generated using the MCS level set and the burst size set. Resource allocation information is one of generated and read according to the codebook. | 07-08-2010 |
20100208692 | Apparatus and method for supporting intra-base station handover in a multi-hop relay broadband wireless communication system - An apparatus is capable of supporting an intra-BS handover of a Mobile Station (MS) that can distinguish a Relay Station (RS) and a Base Station (BS) in a multi-hop relay broadband wireless communication system. A handover of an MS in a multi-hop relay wireless communication system includes receiving a neighbor advertisement message. When a handover command message that initiates a handover to a target node is received, information on a target node is acquired, and an upper BS of the target node is identified. When the identified upper BS of the target node is the same as an upper BS of the serving node, control information that has been previously used in a serving node is used in the target node, and communication with the target node is performed. | 08-19-2010 |
20100251081 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ARQ FEEDBACK POLLING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for Automatic Repeat reQuest (ARQ) feedback polling in a wireless communication system are provided. The method for ARQ feedback polling includes transmitting at least one ARQ block to a receive end, polling ARQ feedback to the receive end using an extended header, determining if ARQ feedback information is received from the receive end within a lifetime of ARQ feedback, determining success or failure of transmission of the at least one ARQ block through the ARQ feedback information if it is determined that the ARQ feedback information is received within the lifetime of ARQ feedback, and polling ARQ feedback again to the receive end if it is determined that the ARQ feedback information is not received within the lifetime of ARQ feedback. | 09-30-2010 |
20100254293 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SLEEP CYCLE SYNCHRONIZATION OF SLEEP MODE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for controlling sleep cycle synchronization of a sleep mode in a wireless communication system are provided. A method of operating a Mobile Station (MS) in a sleep mode state includes, if a traffic indication message and unicast data are not received during a listening window, transmitting one of a request message and a header to a Base Station (BS) to request a location of a next-scheduled listening window, and if a response for the one of the request message and the header is received, performing synchronization for a next sleep cycle. | 10-07-2010 |
20120269114 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING FRAME INFORMATION IN MULTI-HOP RELAY BROADBAND WIRELESS ACCESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An upper node is provided for use in a wireless communication system using a relay scheme. The upper node includes means for transmitting, upon a request of a lower relay station for an initial connection of the lower relay station, downlink section information for communication with the lower relay station for a relay service to the lower relay station; and means for transmitting, after the initial connection with the lower relay station, frame configuration information for communication with the lower relay station for a relay service to the lower relay station through the downlink section. The downlink section information includes configuration information of the downlink section for communication with the lower relay station for a relay service. | 10-25-2012 |
20130279416 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST (ARQ) FEEDBACK IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and a method for Automatic Repeat reQuest (ARQ) feedback in a wireless communication system are provided. A method for the ARQ feedback at a receiving end includes when receiving an ARQ block from the transmitting end, checking for error in the ARQ block, when the ARQ block has no error, initializing and driving a timer used for determining whether to perform the ARQ feedback according to reception of a next ARQ block, when receiving the next ARQ block without error before the timer expires, initializing and driving the timer, and when the timer expires, performing the ARQ feedback in relation to at least one ARQ block received without error. | 10-24-2013 |