Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120184318 | Method and Apparatus of Transmitting a White Space Map Information in a Wireless Local Area Network System - A method of transmitting a White Space Map information in a wireless local area network system (WLAN) is disclosed. A method of transmitting a white space map information from a first station to a second station in a regulatory domain where a licensed device and an unlicensed device are permitted to operate together in a wireless local area network (WLAN) comprises acquiring a first list of available channels at each location of a plurality of locations from a regulatory database; determining a second list of available channels at a white space zone (WSZ) using the first list of available channels at each location of a plurality of locations; and transmitting, to the second station, one of a beacon frame, a probe response frame and a white space map announcement frame comprising a white space map (WSM) element, the WSM element including information of the WSZ and the second list of available channels, wherein the WSZ is a geographical area in which common available channels are set. | 07-19-2012 |
20130039315 | METHOD FOR EFFICIENT CHANNEL USE - According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for efficient channel use is disclosed. The channel use method may comprise the steps of: selecting a specific channel from channels configured to be shared along with a homogeneous or heterogeneous communication scheme; and performing an interference avoidance procedure if the selected channel interferes with a neighboring access point. The avoidance procedure may comprise one or more of a process of making a request to switch a channel of the neighboring access point, a process of notifying to the neighboring access point, and a process of changing the selected channel into another channel. | 02-14-2013 |
20130090145 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING RANDOM ACCESS FOR THE EFFICIENT SENSING OF THE COOPERATIVE SPECTRUM IN A COGNITIVE RADIO-BASED FREQUENCY RESOURCE SHARING SYSTEM - An embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for performing spectrum sensing to detect a signal for a terminal of a primary user in each sensing node. The method for performing sensing may comprise the steps of: performing, by the sensing node, spectrum sensing to detect a signal for a terminal of a primary user; computing, by the sensing node, a local test statistic on the basis of the result of the spectrum sensing; calculating, by the sensing node, the transmission probability on the basis of the computed local test statistic; and transmitting, by the sensing node, sensing information to a convergence center on the basis of the calculated transmission probability. In this case, the convergence center can determine whether the signal for a primary user exists on the basis of the transmitted sensing information. | 04-11-2013 |
20130117402 | METHOD FOR SELECTING A MASTER DEVICE IN A COEXISTENCE SYSTEM - Disclosed is a method of selecting a master device for coexistence, the method comprising: identifying devices to be used in at least one network capable of coexisting without cooperation; selecting a master device among the identified devices; and controlling, by the master device, other network and device. | 05-09-2013 |
20130155995 | METHOD OF MAKING A COEXISTENCE DECISION ON CENTRALIZED TOPOLOGY - Disclosed is a radio technology independent method for coexistence among dissimilar or independently operated TV Band Device (TVBD) networks and dissimilar TV Band Devices. A resource allocation method on centralized topology is disclosed, which comprises steps of receiving at least one available resource; performing a neighbor set calculation based on the received at least one available resource; calculating the resource according to the neighbor set calculation, where the calculated resource is allocated to at least one device. | 06-20-2013 |
20130155998 | METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING A COEXISTENCE PROTOCOL MESSAGE - Disclosed is a radio technology independent method for coexistence among dissimilar or independently operated TV Band Device (TVBD) networks and dissimilar TV Band Devices. A coexistence protocol message construction method is disclosed, which comprises steps of generating the coexistence protocol message with a format having a coexistence header field, an information type field, and a payload field, where the information type field differentiates type of the coexistence protocol message. | 06-20-2013 |
20130157681 | METHOD OF MAKING A COEXISTENCE DECISION ON DISTRIBUTED TOPOLOGY - Disclosed is a radio technology independent method for coexistence among dissimilar or independently operated TV Band Device (TVBD) networks and dissimilar TV Band Devices. A resource allocation method on distributed topology is disclosed, which comprises steps of receiving at least one available resource; performing a neighbor set calculation based on the received at least one available resource; calculating the resource according to the neighbor set calculation, where the calculated resource is negotiated among a plurality of coexistence manager (CM) entities and the resource is allocated to at least one device after the negotiation by the coexistence manager (CM) entities. | 06-20-2013 |
20130157706 | METHOD OF MAKING A COEXISTENCE DECISION ON HYBRID TOPOLOGY - Disclosed is a radio technology independent method for coexistence among dissimilar or independently operated TV Band Device (TVBD) networks and dissimilar TV Band Devices. A resource allocation method on Hybrid topology is disclosed, which comprises steps of receiving at least one available resource; performing a neighbor set calculation based on the received at least one available resource; calculating the resource according to the neighbor set calculation; receiving at least one channel list set from each of the coexistence manager (CM) entity; determining whether there is any conflict channel list set among the received channel list set, and either transmitting a confirmation message or a channel list set changing request message to CM entity based on the determination result. | 06-20-2013 |
20130163574 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISABLING AN ILLEGAL DEVICE IN A WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM - A method for an enabler entity to indicate an event to a manager entity includes transmitting, from the enabler entity to the manager entity, an event indication message indicating an event in a device served by the enabler entity. The enabler entity enables communication between the device and the manager entity and the manager entity exchanges information required for coexistence between enabler entities comprising the enabler entity. The event indication message includes type information indicating that the event indication message is for indicating that a specific device is detected by the device, the specific device operating on a frequency not permitted to the specific device. | 06-27-2013 |
20130295947 | METHOD FOR DETECTING A NETWORK OR DEVICE AND A NEIGHBOR THEREOF - Provided is a method for detecting a network or device and a neighbor thereof, in order to detect networks or devices which substantially interfere with each other and to manage resources in consideration of the substantial interfering relationships so that the networks or devices can efficiently coexist. To this end, according to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for detecting a neighbor of a television band device (TVBD) network or device comprises the steps of: transmitting a request to a coexistence manager which serves the TVBD network or device; and receiving neighbor information on the TVBD network or device in response to the request, wherein the neighbor information includes an identifier of a neighbor TVBD network or device which interferes with the TVBD network or device, and the neighbor information is based on operating channels of the TVBD network or device and the neighbor TVBD network or device. | 11-07-2013 |
20130329693 | Channel Switching to a White Space Band Through TDLS - When channel switching to a channel in a white space band is performed through tunneled direct link setup (TDLS) in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, it is confirmed whether or not a white space band between STAs is operable by directly including white space band performance between communication target STAs and device identifier information in a TDLS request/response message. Thus, one STA performs a channel availability query (CAQ) procedure in order to obtain available channel information, and a TDLS channel switching request/response message is exchanged by selecting a target channel in an available channel. Therefore, TDLS-based channel switching to a white space band is efficiently performed. | 12-12-2013 |
20140092779 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FINDING A NEIGHBOR IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for finding a neighbor. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for setting an Internet protocol (IP) by a station (STA) of a wireless communication network comprises: a step of receiving network prefix information; a step of transmitting an initial generic advertisement service (GAS) request frame including the set IP address information to an access point (AP). According to the present invention, a novel method of setting an IP is proposed which can be performed independently of, or prior to the completion of, an initial link set-up process. | 04-03-2014 |
20140135032 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSCEIVING A CONTACT VERIFICATION SIGNAL REGARDING AVAILABLE CHANNELS IN A PLURALITY OF LOCATIONS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method of receiving available channel information on K (K≧2) numbers of locations by a first type station (STA) from a second type STA in a wireless communication system includes: receiving a channel availability query (CAQ) response message, wherein the CAQ response message includes a field of the numbers (K) of the locations and K numbers of available channel list fields configured with information on an available channel list for each of the K numbers of locations, from the second type STA, and performing a communication in a white space using an available channel included in an available channel list for a single location among the K numbers of locations, wherein the K numbers of available channel list fields are configured with a Map ID field and a field of N (N≧1) numbers of available channels are repeated K times. | 05-15-2014 |
20140269595 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECEIVING OR TRANSMITTING DOWNLINK CONTROL SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for receiving and transmitting downlink control information in a wireless communication system are disclosed. The method for receiving a downlink control signal by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system includes: receiving an Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel (EPDCCH) from a downlink serving base station (BS); and monitoring a plurality of EPDCCH candidates in an EPDCCH set contained in the received EPDCCH, wherein a minimum aggregation level (AL) of the EPDCCH candidates is associated with a downlink (DL) bandwidth of the wireless communication system and downlink control information (DCI) format. | 09-18-2014 |
20140342747 | DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATION METHOD AND A DEVICE THEREFOR - The present invention relates to a method for performing device-to-device (D2D) communication by a first terminal and a second terminal in a wireless communication system. The method includes: receiving a D2D communication setup response message including resource region information for the D2D communication from a base station; determining, based on the resource region information, whether to switch an operation frequency band of the first terminal from a first frequency band to a second frequency band; and performing the D2D communication with the second terminal at the first frequency band or the second frequency band according to the determined result, wherein either the first frequency band or the second frequency band may be used for transmission in the D2D communication and the other may be used for reception in the D2D communication. | 11-20-2014 |
20140376489 | ACK/NACK TRANSMISSION METHOD IN WIRELESS ACCESS SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - An ACK/NACK (acknowledgement/negative-ACK) transmission method in a wireless access system that supports device-to-device communication and an apparatus therefor are disclosed. Specifically, a method for transmitting ACK/NACK in a wireless access system that supports the device-to-device communication comprises the steps of: receiving first data in a first sub-frame, receiving second data from a base station in a second subframe, and when data transmission and reception through the device-to-device communication carried out in a third sub-frame for transmitting the ACK/NACK information on the first data, transmitting, to the base station in a fourth sub-frame, a grouped ACK/NACK information including the ACK/NACK information on the first data and the ACK/NACK information on the second data. | 12-25-2014 |
20150016333 | DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM CONNECTION THROUGH A STATION WORKING AS A NON-ACCESS POINT - The present invention relates to a method and device for performing a connection to a distribution system (DS) through a station working as a non-access point (AP) in a wireless communication system. In particular, any station (referred to hereinafter as ‘a first STA’) works as an AP having DS connection performance in first frequency band wireless local area network (WLAN) communication when performing WLAN communication to connect to a distribution system (DS), wherein a direct link setting procedure is performed with a specific STA (referred to hereinafter as ‘a second STA’) working as a station that is not an AP in second frequency band WLAN communication, in the second frequency band WLAN communication; and a connection is made to the DS through the direct link in the second frequency band WLAN communication. | 01-15-2015 |
20150016410 | DEVICE TO DEVICE COMMUNICATION METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING SAME - Provided is a method for performing device-to-device communication between a first user equipment (UE) and a second UE in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving reception scheduling information for D2D communication from a base station in a first frequency band, receiving data for D2D communication from the second UE in a second frequency band based on the reception scheduling information and transmitting feedback information to the base station in response to reception of the data for D2D communication in the second frequency band, wherein the reception scheduling information is received in a subframe different from a subframe including transmission scheduling information associated with the reception scheduling information, and wherein the reception scheduling information indicates resources on which the first UE receives the data from the second UE and the transmission scheduling information indicates resources on which the second UE transmits the data to the first UE. | 01-15-2015 |
20150036652 | METHOD FOR RECEIVING OR TRANSMITTING DOWNLINK SIGNALS AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - Disclosed is a method for receiving downlink signals in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving downlink signal from a base station and detecting the downlink signal, wherein the detecting the downlink signal includes, if the number of resource elements (REs) to which channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) in a downlink subframe is mapped is smaller than the number of the enhanced control channel elements (eCCEs) for an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) in the downlink subframe, assuming REs, the number of which corresponds to a difference value between the number of eCCEs and the number of REs, which are included in the EPDCCH, as a zero-power CSI-RS, wherein the REs assumed as the zero-power CSI-RS is included in an eCCE that does not comprise the REs to which the CSI-RS is mapped. | 02-05-2015 |
20150078284 | METHOD FOR REPORTING CHANNEL STATE, AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for reporting the channel state of an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) in a wireless communication system is disclosed, comprising the steps of: selecting N sub-bands from a set of sub-bands; and reporting a channel quality indicator (CQI) for the N sub-bands. At least one sub-band from among the N sub-bands (hereinafter, referred to as an EPDCCH SB) may be a sub-band including a pair of physical resource blocks (PRB) set as the EPDCCH. | 03-19-2015 |