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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2010
Bong-chan Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Song Chong, Seongnam-si, KR;
Soon-young Yoon, Seoul, KR;
Ji-hyun Lee, Seongnam-si, KR;
Joo-hyun Lee, Seoul, KR;
Young-ki Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Kyu-ho Son, Daejeon, KR;
Bong-Chan Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Song Chong, Seongnam-si, KR;
Soon-Young Yoon, Seoul, KR;
Ji-Hyun Lee, Seongnam-si, KR;
Joo-Hyun Lee, Seoul, KR;
Young-Ki Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Kyu-Ho Son, Daejeon, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for supporting Peer to Peer (P2P) communication in a broadband wireless communication system are provided. A P2P zone within a frame used for the P2P communication includes at least one channel, each channel includes a broadcasting zone and a contention zone, and a P2P-mode transmit Mobile Station (MS) transmits a reference signal through a broadcasting zone of a channel to which itself belongs. The method MS includes determining an interference sum for each channel within the P2P zone, comparing the determined interference sums with each other, selecting a channel having the least interference sum, and transmitting information regarding the selected channel to a Base Station (BS).