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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2008
Hee Jin Jang, Busan, KR;
Su Won Lee, Cheongju-si, KR;
Daehyoung Hong, Seoul, KR;
Bongjhin Shin, Seoul, KR;
Hee Jin Jang, Busan, KR;
Su Won Lee, Cheongju-si, KR;
Daehyoung Hong, Seoul, KR;
Bongjhin Shin, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Sogang University, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A method for ranging in a wireless communication system and a communication apparatus and/or system using the same are provided. A base station (BS) device includes a terminal grouping unit to group terminals associated with the BS device into a plurality of groups, a radio resource assignment unit to allocate a radio resource assigned to the BS device to each of the plurality of groups, a transmission unit to transmit information about a radio resource assigned to a first group of the plurality of groups to a terminal included in the first group, and a receiving unit to receive a ranging signal from the terminal using the radio resource assigned to the first group, wherein the terminal grouping unit assigns the terminal to be included in a second group of the plurality of groups where the ranging signal is not received by the receiving unit.