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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2011
Kyung-kyu Kim, Seoul, KR;
Jung-je Son, Suwon-si, KR;
Chang-yoon OH, Suwon-si, KR;
Young-kyo Baek, Seoul, KR;
Hyun-jeong Kang, Seoul, KR;
Kyung-Kyu Kim, Seoul, KR;
Jung-Je Son, Suwon-si, KR;
Chang-Yoon Oh, Suwon-si, KR;
Young-Kyo Baek, Seoul, KR;
Hyun-Jeong Kang, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A method provides data communication while a Base Station (BS) is disrupted in a wireless communication system. The method includes, when a plurality of Mobile Stations (MSs) receive a preamble signal from a cluster header through a dedicated control channel while the BS is disrupted, sending a message requesting cluster member subscription to the cluster header, in the cluster header, including the plurality of MSs in a cluster member, configuring a cluster member list, and broadcasting the cluster member list, in a source MS among the plurality of MSs, sending a data transmission request message to the cluster header using the broadcasted cluster member list, in the cluster header, one of unicasting and broadcasting a response message for the data transmission request of the source MS, and, in the source MS, transmitting data to a target MS among the plurality of MSs based on the response message.