Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute

Kwang-Roh Park

Sang-Sung Choi

Cheol-Ho Shin

Kyu-Min Kang

Sang-In Cho

Sung-Woo Choi

Hae-Ryong Lee

Jae-Young Kim

Bum-Suk Choi

Sanghyun Joo

Ji-Eun Kim

Byung-Joo Lee

Jin-Young Moon

Hyun-Chul Kang

Jong-Hyun Jang

Mi-Kyung Oh

Noh-Sam Park

Sang-Jae Lee

Hyun-Soon Shin

Munchurl Kim

Chae-Kyu Kim

Jae-Kwan Yun

Sangwook Park

Tae-In Hwang

Seung-hyong Rhee

Eun-Jin Ko

Moon-Ok Choi

Youn-Kwae Jeong

Young-Ae Chun

Shinjee Pyo

Muhammad Syah Houari

Young-Joon Ko

Eul-Hyun Paik

Yeonjoo Oh

Seungsoon Park

Mi-Kyong Han

Disclosed herein are a metaverse client terminal and method for providing a metaverse space capable of enabling interaction between users. The metaverse client terminal includes a sensing data collection unit, a motion state determination unit, a server interface unit, and a metaverse space provision unit. The sensing data collection unit collects sensing data regarding a motion of a first user. The motion state determination unit determines a motion state of the first user, and generates state information data of the first user. The server interface unit transmits the state information data of the first user to a metaverse server, and receives metaverse information data and state information data of a second user. The metaverse space provision unit generates a metaverse space, generates a first avatar and a second avatar, incorporates the first and second avatars into the metaverse space, and provides the metaverse to the first user.

Metaverse client terminal and method for providing metaverse space capable of enabling interaction between users

Provided are method and apparatus for representing sensory effects, and a computer readable recording medium storing user sensory preference metadata. A method for providing user preference information includes: receiving preference information for predetermined sensory effects from a user; and generating user sensory preference metadata including the received preference information, wherein the user sensory preference metadata includes personal preference information that describes the preference information.

Method and apparatus for representing sensory effects and computer readable recording medium storing user sensory preference metadata

Provided is a system and method for controlling synchronization of media and multi-devices for an SMMD media service. The system includes a metadata managing unit and a synchronization controlling unit. The metadata managing unit analyzes ne-media to extract metadata. The synchronization controlling unit constructs a synchronization information table to store control data extracted from the metadata, and controls one or more devices for media reproduction on the basis of the synchronization information table. Optimal connectable devices are mapped according to device attributes and synchronization information extracted from metadata of ne-media and the results are controlled according to the contents of media, thereby maximizing the effect of vivid media reproduction.

System and method for controlling synchronization of media and multi-devices for single-media multi-device media service

The apparatus for dynamic update of a software-based IPTV conditional access system includes: a server master key manager managing a master key and encrypting a conditional access code ID; a conditional access server manager generating and managing a server list, linking and storing an update policy with the conditional access server IDs included in the server list, and controlling execution of the conditional access server; and a conditional access code download server generating an ID map of set of conditional access codes by combining the plurality of conditional access codes and the plurality of conditional access code IDs that are encrypted, and transmitting the ID map of set of conditional access codes and the conditional access code to a receiver.

Apparatus and method for dynamic update of software-based IPTV conditional access system

Provided is a method and apparatus for generating and consuming sensory effect media. The method for generating sensory effect media includes receiving sensory effect information about sensory effects that are applied to media, and generating sensory effect metadata including the received sensory effect information. The sensory effect metadata includes effect description information for describing the sensory effects and device control description information for controlling devices that perform the sensory effects.

Sensory effect media generating and consuming method and apparatus thereof

Provided is an ultra-wideband pulse generator using a digital scheme. The ultra-wideband pulse generator and a method for generating an ultra-wideband pulse therein can easily generate various ultra-wideband pulses having a random center frequency and bandwidth according to digital control schemes in a pulse-based ultra-wideband wireless communication system. The ultra-wideband pulse generator includes: a pulse waveform converting block for converting digital pulse waveform information on a desired ultra-wideband pulse into pulse waveform information having positive and negative signs; an unit pulse generating block for multiplying the converted pulse waveform information by a preset short-width pulse and amplifying the resulting pulses according to gain information of the desired ultra-wideband pulse; a pulse waveform arranging block for arranging the amplified pulses at predetermined delayed intervals; and a pulse waveform shaping block for summing the arranged pulses into a single pulse and integrating the single pulse to output the desired ultra-wideband pulse.

Ultra-wideband pulse generator and method thereof

The invention provides a PCB type dual band patch antenna and a wireless communication module incorporating the antenna. The antenna includes a substrate. A ground pattern is formed on the substrate. A radiating patch is formed on the substrate to be spaced apart from the ground pattern at a predetermined distance. The radiating patch includes an input arm and a main radiator which are divided by a slot with 'L' and inverse 'L' shapes combined. The main radiator has an open terminal opposing the input arm across the slot. Also, a feeding part is connected to the input arm of the radiating patch to apply an electrical signal to the radiating patch. Further, wireless devices are integrally mounted on the PCB substrate used for the antenna, thereby achieving a high efficiency and wide-bandwidth dual band patch antenna and a minimal-sized and low-cost wireless communication module.

PCB type dual band patch antenna and wireless communication module incorporating the same PCB type dual band patch antennna

A parallel equalizer for a DS-CDMA UWB system and method thereof are provided. The parallel equalizer includes: a filter block for filtering a training input signal in a 'training mode', and filtering the plurality of input signals in parallel in a 'symbol decision mode'; a symbol decision block for obtaining a symbol error based on a output from the filter block and a training symbol in the &#x2018;training mode&#x2019;, and estimating a transmission symbol for each of the input signals in the &#x2018;symbol decision mode&#x2019;, obtaining an error of one among the estimated transmission symbols for a symbol error calculating input signal; and an weight update block for updating a filter tap coefficients of the filter block based on the training input signal or the symbol error calculating input signal and the symbol error and transmitting the updated filter tap coefficients into the filter block.

Parallel equalizer for DS-CDMA UWB system and method thereof

There is provided an apparatus for detecting a preamble packet in an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) system, including: a cross-correlation calculating means for calculating a cross-correlation value between a received signal and previously stored preamble pattern values for an OFDM symbol region (N-point); a delay means for delaying the calculate cross-correlation value as much as a M-point interval; a receiving power measuring means for measuring a receiving power for the guard interval; and a dividing means for calculating a final cross-correlation value by dividing the delayed cross correlation value by the measured power.

Apparatus and method for detecting preamble packet in orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing system

Provided is a method for adjusting Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) window positioning in a Multi Band Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Ultra-Wideband (MB-OFDM UWB) system. The method includes the steps of acquiring an initial FFT window position and a frequency hopping position, demodulating a received signal by using the initial FFT window position and the frequency hopping position acquired in the acquiring step, transmitting received data information to a Media Access Control (MAC) layer with a reception frame (RX frame) structure and judging at the MAC layer whether or not a packet error is occurred based on Frame Check Sequences (FCSs), and if no packet error is occurred, returning to the demodulating step, and if the packet error is occurred, changing a register map by using a predetermined interface line in a MAC-physical layer (MAC-PHY) interface to thereby adjust the FFT window position and the frequency hopping position, and then returning to the demodulating step.

Method for adjusting FFT window positioning in MB-OFDM UWB system

An intelligent system for identifying and communicating to a visitor using a wireless terminal and a method thereof are disclosed. The system includes: a doorphone processor for processing a bell signal event, setting and releasing of a session connection, and processing voice/video data; a terminal recognizer for determining a location of a resident based on a location of a wireless terminal when a bell is activated; a information manager for storing and managing contact addresses of terminals; and a proxy server for requesting a session connection to one of the terminals, selected by the resident, based on the contact addresses, exchanging voice and image of the visitor and voice of the resident between the video doorphone device and the selected terminal through a session channel connected by the resident's allowance of the session connection request, and releasing the session by a request of the selected terminal.

Intelligent system for identifying visitor and providing communication service using mobile terminal and method thereof

Provided is a channel resource assignment method for fair channel resource reservation in a mesh WPAN, in which the amount of channel resources is fairly reserved when devices share the channel resources. The channel resource assignment method in a mesh Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) includes the steps of: (a) transmitting beacons of all devices and adding an amount of channel resource to be reserved to the beacons so as to assign the channel resource for fair channel resource reservation between corresponding devices and adjacent devices when a mesh network is configured; (b) accumulating the amount of the channel resources reserved by all the adjacent devices except the corresponding device; and (c) determining the amount of the channel resources to be reserved.

Channel resource assignment method for fair channel resource reservation and QoS in mesh WPAN

Provided are an apparatus and method for estimating and correcting a frequency offset in a multiband-Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Ultra-Wideband system using a time frequency hopping. The method includes the steps of: calculating a tangent input having a first value (X) and a second value (Y) by using PS symbols transferred over same frequency band with respect to one of a plurality of frequency bands used for frequency hopping; calculating tan(X/Y) using the first value (X) and the second value (Y), and calculating an index corresponding to the value of tan(X/Y) from a look-up table created by reflecting a relative frequency offset with respect to a center frequency; calculating indexes representing frequency offsets estimated with respect to remaining frequency bands used for frequency hopping from the look-up table by using the calculated index; extracting an index of a numerical controlled oscillator according to correction positions with respect to a plurality of frequency bands by using the calculated indexes; and correcting the frequency offsets estimated using the extracted indexes according to time frequency patterns by using a numerical controlled oscillator table.

Apparatus and method for estimating and correcting frequency offset in MB-OFDM UWB system using time frequency hopping

A rake receiver for DS-CDMA UWB system and a DS-CDMA receiver having the same are provided. The rake receiver includes: a channel estimator for estimating a channel having a predetermined chip duration by using a synchronization acquisition sequence; a tracking module for detecting a channel variation and adjusting a synchronization position value when the channel variation is detected; a first switch for selecting one of an output value of an analog-to-digital converter and an output value of a correlator and outputting the selected value; a second switch for selecting one of the output value of the analog-to-digital converter and the output value of the correlator; and a plurality of demodulators having a parallel processing structure to demodulate received signals by using the channel estimation value inputted from the channel estimator, the synchronization position value stored by the tracking module, and an output value of the second switch.

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Daejon, South Korea

Kwang-Roh Park