Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute

Yunhee Cho

Jae Su Song

Seung-Hwan Lee

Seok Seo

Dong Seung Kwon

Sung Kyung Kim

Ji Yeon Kim

Gweon Do Jo

Jin Up Kim

Jeehyeon Na

Suyoung Ahn

Joonpyo Hong

Jeongho Kwak

A method of managing intercell interference in a network and an apparatus for performing the method are disclosed. The method of managing intercell interference by a base station included in the network includes selecting a beam pattern from among a plurality of beam patterns for transmitting and receiving data between the base station and users included in the network, activating a beam corresponding to the selected beam pattern, performing a user's scheduling on users included in the activated beam, and allocating transmission power to the activated beam to transmit and receive data to and from the users selected by the user's scheduling.

Method of managing intercell interference in network and apparatus for performing the method

In a cellular communication system including a plurality of cells, a resource allocation apparatus of a base station determines a resource division ratio of a present resource frame using a traffic load of a plurality of cells that are measured for an immediately preceding resource frame and marginal utility of each partition, divides a present resource frame into a plurality of partitions according to the determined resource division ratio, and allocates a plurality of partitions to a user.

Method and apparatus for allocating resource

A method and an apparatus for controlling a femtocell base station which can effectively solve an inter-cell interference problem. A method of controlling a femtocell base station according to an exemplary embodiment includes receiving pilot signals from one or more macro cell base stations located in surroundings of a femtocell and measuring intensities of pilot signals, receiving use frequency information and pilot signal transmission power information from one or more macro cell base stations, determining a position of a femtocell within a reference macro cell according to an intensity of a reference pilot signal having a maximum signal intensity among received pilot signals, determining a use frequency of a femtocell according to a position of a femtocell, and determining a transmission power of a femtocell according to use frequency and an intensity of a reference pilot signal of a femtocell.

Method and apparatus for controlling femtocell base station

A dynamic resource allocating apparatus of a first base station managing a first cell in a cellular communication system calculates an interference metric of each user terminal received by each user terminal from a plurality of neighboring cells, calculates a coupling factor between the first base station and each neighboring base station of each neighboring cell by using the interference metric and a load of each user terminal, calculates available cell boundary resources of neighboring cells by using the coupling factor with respect to each neighboring base station, and allocates resources by using the cell boundary resources allocated to the first cell and the available cell boundary resources of the neighboring cells.

Method and apparatus for dynamic resource allocation

A dynamic resource allocating apparatus of a first base station that manages a first cell in a cellular communication system including the first cell and a plurality of cells adjacent to the first cell determines time resource division vector in which one time resource division period is formed of a plurality of time division intervals and calculates time resource division vector for maximizing utilities of user terminals in a set up objective function to update the time resource division vector. Among the plurality of time division intervals, a first time division interval is operated by a time resource reuse coefficient 1 for user terminals positioned in center regions of a first cell and a plurality of adjacent cells, and the remaining time division intervals excluding the first time division interval are operated by a time resource reuse coefficient n for user terminals positioned at edges of the first cell and the plurality of adjacent cells.

Method and apparatus for dynamically allocating resource

Disclosed are a multimode terminal that may simultaneously enhance utilization of a device and efficiency of a network by enabling a mobile terminal supporting a plurality of communication schemes to additionally support a relay function, and a method of relaying communication using the multimode terminal. A communication relay method of a multimode terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes: searching, by a base station, for terminals that support a plurality of communication schemes; selecting, by the base station from among the searched terminals, a relay terminal that satisfies a predetermined condition for performing a multimode relay function; requesting, by the base station, the relay terminal to perform the multimode relay function; and relaying, by the relay terminal in response to the request of the base station, communication between the base station and a target terminal.

Multimode terminal and method for relaying mobile communication using the same

A method for encoding a broadcast channel protocol data unit (BCH PDU) based on a broadcast control channel (BCCH) scheduling error in a universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) having a Node B and a radio network controller includes setting up a call between the radio network controller and the Node B to receive system information and scheduling information for a system information update from the radio network controller; initializing broadcast channel protocol data units and control information for every system frame number (SFN) at the Node B; and detecting the broadcast control channel scheduling error on the scheduling information for the system information update based on segment types of the system information when combining the system information for every system frame number. In case the broadcast control channel scheduling error is not detected, the broadcast channel protocol data units are encoded to be incorporated therein the system information.

Method for encoding broadcast channel protocol data unit based on broadcast control channel scheduling error in universal mobile telecommunications system

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Daejeon, South Korea

Yunhee Cho