Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). A method for communicating by a user equipment with a macro cell base station and a small cell base station in a communication system is provided. The method comprises applying a first base station security key to a first communication link with the macro cell base station; generating a second base station security key to be used for a second communication link with the small cell base station based on the first base station security key; applying the second base station security key to the second communication link with the small cell base station; and communicating through at least one of the first communication link and the second communication link.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for performing communication in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes receiving Measurement Gap (MG) configuration information related to the measurement gap, determining a subframe number specifying a starting point of the measurement gap based on the measurement gap configuration information, starting the measurement gap at an end of a subframe immediately before a subframe of the determined subframe number, performing a predetermined measurement operation during the measurement gap, and performing a predetermined operation in a subframe immediately after the measurement gap based on a duplexing mode of a User Equipment (UE) and a type of the subframe immediately before the measurement gap.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus are provided for measuring at least one neighboring cell by a user equipment (UE) in a communication system. The method includes identifying a serving cell quality threshold and measurement configuration information used for setting up measurement gap patterns; performing measurement of the at least one neighboring cell based on a serving cell quality measured by the UE, the serving cell quality threshold, and the measurement configuration information; and transmitting a measurement report based on the measurement. The measurement is performed in accordance with a plurality of measurement types, and the measurement gap patterns correspond to the plurality of measurement types.
Abstract:
A method for transmitting uplink data using a plurality of cells by a user equipment (UE) in a mobile communication system supporting carrier aggregation (CA) is provided. The method includes determining first maximum transmission powers for the plurality of cells, each first maximum transmission power indicating a maximum transmission power for a cell of the plurality of cells, and a second maximum transmission power indicating a maximum total transmission power for all of the plurality of cells, determining an uplink transmission power for each cell of the plurality of cells by selecting a minimum value for the each cell, the minimum value being selected from among a required transmission power for the each cell and the first maximum transmission power for the each cell, scaling the determined uplink transmission powers for the plurality of cells so that a sum of the scaled uplink transmission powers is less than or equal to the second maximum transmission power, and transmitting the uplink data using the plurality of cells based on the scaled uplink transmission powers for the plurality of cells.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method and device for receiving a multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) in a mobile communication system. The method for receiving the MBMS of a terminal in the mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention is characterized in that it includes: determining whether service area ID (SAI) information on a serving cell is broadcast during the MBMS; receiving the SAI information on the serving cell when it is determined that the SAI information is broadcast; determining, by using the received SAI information of the serving cell, whether an SAI of the MBMS matches the SAI of the serving cell; and changing the cell reselection priority of the frequency of the serving cell to the highest priority if it is determined that the SAI of the MBMS matches the SAI of the serving cell.
Abstract:
A method for transmitting a random access preamble using a random access procedure in a mobile communication system. The random access preamble transmission method includes selecting, upon triggering of the random access procedure, one of random access preamble sets predefined between a User Equipment (UE) and an Evolved Node B (ENB) according to whether a radio channel condition is greater than a radio channel condition threshold and a size of a message that the UE will transmit after transmission of the random access preamble is greater than a minimum message size, randomly selecting a random access preamble from the selected random access preamble set, and transmitting the selected random access preamble to the ENB over a random access channel.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for selecting a wireless Local Area Network (LAN) within a cell to be accessed by a User Equipment (UE) in a mobile communication system are provided. The method includes performing, when a request for information regarding wireless LAN Access Points (APs) within the cell is received, a search for the wireless LAN APs and transmitting a report indicating a search result to a serving Evolved Node B (ENB); receiving, from the serving ENB, updated information on wireless LAN APs based on report indicating the search result; determining whether to perform a re-search for the wireless LAN APs based on the updated information on the wireless LAN APs; and performing, in response to determination to perform the re-search for the wireless LAN APs, the re-search and selecting APs to be accessed based on a result of the re-search.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for performing random access in a user equipment for a small cell e-NB with a small cell service area in heterogeneous e-NB cell carrier integration (dual connectivity or inter-eNB carrier aggregation) in mobile communication systems. In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, a method for performing random access in a mobile communication system is provided. The method includes receiving a configuration request message for configuring a Serving Cell Group (SCG) from a second eNB located in a service area of a first eNB through the first eNB; configuring an SCG cell based on the configuration request message, and sending a configuration response message in response to the configuration request message to the second eNB through the first eNB; and performing random access if there is uplink data present on a logic channel (LCH) relocated into the SCG cell.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for performing communication in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes identifying a transmission mode configured for a serving cell by a Base Station (BS), by a User Equipment (UE), identifying an antenna configuration of the BS by the UE, determining the number of bits for a Rank Indication (RI) representing the number of layers based on the transmission mode and the antenna configuration, and generating an RI using the determined number of bits and transmitting the RI in transmission resources of the serving cell to the BS.
Abstract:
Methods and apparatuses are provided for establishing time alignment by a terminal in a mobile communication system. Information for identifying a preamble on a downlink control channel is received from a base station. The preamble is transmitted to the base station based on the information for identifying the preamble. A response message including timing adjustment information, information for a channel quality indicator (CQI) request, and uplink resource information on a downlink shared channel is received from the base station. The time alignment is established based on the timing adjustment information included in the response message. A CQI is transmitted based on the information for the CQI request and the uplink resource information.