Patents Assigned to SK Telecom Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 11943750
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication method and a wireless communication terminal for wideband link setup, and more particularly, a wireless communication method and a wireless communication terminal for increasing data communication efficiency by extending a data transmission bandwidth of a terminal. To this end, provided are a wireless communication method of a terminal, including: obtaining first primary channel information of a basic service set (BSS) with which the terminal is associated; performing clear channel assessment (CCA) for one or more secondary channels of the BSS; and setting a second primary channel among one or more secondary channels determined to be idle based on a result of the CCA, and a wireless communication terminal using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignees: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC., SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinsoo Ahn, Yongho Kim, Jinsam Kwak, Juhyung Son
  • Patent number: 11930398
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless communication terminal that communicates wirelessly. The terminal includes: a transceiver; and a processor. The terminal includes a transceiver, and a processor. The processor is configured to receive an Aggregate-MAC Protocol Data Unit (A-MPDU) from an originator using the transceiver, and when receiving all MPDUs included in the A-MPDU, transmit to the originator a block ACK (BA) frame signaling that all MPDUs included in the A-MPDU are received without a bitmap indicating whether each MPDU included in the A-MPDU is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignees: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC., SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woojin Ahn, Juhyung Son, Jinsam Kwak, Geonjung Ko
  • Patent number: 11924473
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for decoding a video including determining a coding unit to be decoded by block partitioning, decoding prediction syntaxes for the coding unit, the prediction syntaxes including a skip flag indicating whether the coding unit is encoded in a skip mode, after the decoding of the prediction syntaxes, decoding transform syntaxes including a transformation/quantization skip flag and a coding unit cbf, wherein the transformation/quantization skip flag indicates whether inverse transformation, inverse quantization, and at least part of in-loop filterings are skipped, and the coding unit cbf indicates whether all coefficients in a luma block and two chroma blocks constituting the coding unit are zero, and reconstructing the coding unit based on the prediction syntaxes and the transform syntaxes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sun Young Lee, Jeong-yeon Lim, Tae Young Na, Gyeong-taek Lee, Jae-seob Shin, Se Hoon Son, Hyo Song Kim
  • Patent number: 11924685
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless communication terminal that communicates wirelessly. The terminal includes: a transceiver; and a processor. The terminal includes a transceiver, and a processor. The processor is configured to receive an Aggregate-MAC Protocol Data Unit (A-MPDU) from an originator using the transceiver, and when receiving all MPDUs included in the A-MPDU, transmit to the originator a block ACK (BA) frame signaling that all MPDUs included in the A-MPDU are received without a bitmap indicating whether each MPDU included in the A-MPDU is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC., SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woojin Ahn, Juhyung Son, Jinsam Kwak, Geonjung Ko
  • Patent number: 11924453
    Abstract: A coding tool setting method and a video decoding apparatus using the same are disclosed. An embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for setting whether or not to use a coding tool, and provides a coding tool setting method comprising the steps of: decoding, from a bitstream, a profile syntax element indicating a target profile among available profiles and a coding tool syntax element for configurable coding tools, the coding tool syntax element indicating whether or not to apply the coding tool; and setting, on the basis of the coding tool syntax element, target coding tools that are coding tools included in the target profile to be on or off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Il Kim, Sun Young Lee
  • Patent number: 11924454
    Abstract: A coding tool setting method and a video decoding apparatus using the same are disclosed. An embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for setting whether or not to use a coding tool, and provides a coding tool setting method comprising the steps of: decoding, from a bitstream, a profile syntax element indicating a target profile among available profiles and a coding tool syntax element for configurable coding tools, the coding tool syntax element indicating whether or not to apply the coding tool; and setting, on the basis of the coding tool syntax element, target coding tools that are coding tools included in the target profile to be on or off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Il Kim, Sun Young Lee
  • Patent number: 11917212
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a QTBT split structure allowing blocks of various shapes capable of more efficiently reflecting various local characteristics of video and a method of efficiently signaling the split structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong-yeon Lim, Jae-seob Shin, Se-hoon Son, Sun-young Lee
  • Patent number: 11917453
    Abstract: Disclosed are a BS apparatus, a terminal apparatus, and a QoS control method for implementing the service flow-based QoS control without increasing complexity compared to the conventional bearer-based QoS control method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Soo Jeong, Jong Han Park
  • Patent number: 11910436
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless communication terminal. The wireless communication terminal includes a transceiver configured to transmit/receive a wireless signal, and a processor configured to control an operation of the wireless communication terminal. The transceiver receives a trigger frame including information on a channel to be used, by a plurality of wireless communication terminals including the wireless communication terminal, in communication with a base wireless communication terminal that is any one wireless communication terminal different from the plurality of wireless communication terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC., SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinsoo Ahn, Yongho Kim, Jinsam Kwak, Juhyung Son
  • Patent number: 11902594
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a QTBT split structure allowing blocks of various shapes capable of more efficiently reflecting various local characteristics of video and a method of efficiently signaling the split structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong-yeon Lim, Jae-seob Shin, Se-hoon Son, Sun-young Lee
  • Patent number: 11902590
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for encoding/decoding a video. According to an embodiment, provided is a method of setting a level for each of one or more regions, including decoding a definition syntax element related to level definition and a designation syntax element related to target designation from a bitstream; defining one or more levels based on the definition syntax element; and setting a target level designated by the designation syntax element among the defined levels for a target region designated by the designation syntax element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong-yeon Lim, Jae Seob Shin, Sun Young Lee, Se Hoon Son, Tae Young Na, Jae Il Kim
  • Patent number: 11902927
    Abstract: An apparatus for time synchronization of a repeater according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a downlink receiver and a downlink transmitter establishing a downlink path for delivering a downlink signal, an uplink receiver and an uplink transmitter establishing an uplink path for delivering an uplink signal, a switch including an upper switch and a lower switch and performing switching such that the downlink path is established in a downlink interval and the uplink path is established in an uplink interval, a delay processor compensating for a time delay of one of the downlink signal and the uplink signal, and a synchronization controller controlling the switching of the switch in synchronization with the time delay of the compensated signal so that the uplink interval and the downlink interval do not overlap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SK Telecom Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dae Young Lee
  • Patent number: 11898851
    Abstract: In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an apparatus for estimating a location of a vehicle including, a communication unit configured to receive, from an information providing vehicle, identification information and location information on a driving vehicle in a vicinity of the information providing vehicle, a weighted value obtaining unit configured to obtain a weighted value representing accuracy of the location information based on the received identification information and a location estimating unit configured to estimate a location of the driving vehicle by applying the weighted value to the location information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SK Telecom Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Taekyeong Lee
  • Patent number: 11882622
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an edge computing (multi-access edge computing, MEC) technology and, to an edge computing management device and an operating method of an edge computing management device, which provide a data roaming service by utilizing an edge computing cloud (MEC cloud) that exists in a communication provider network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: SK Telecom Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Min Cheol Park
  • Patent number: 11871327
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a terminal device and a method by which a terminal device switches a data transmission path, the terminal device being capable of switching a data transmission path by determining by itself whether the data transmission path for transmission of user plane data is switched without a link, among core configurations of respective networks in a mutual interworking environment among heterogeneous networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Min Soo Na
  • Patent number: 11871241
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication method and a wireless communication terminal for a spatial reuse operation of an overlapping basic service set, and more particularly, to a wireless communication method and a wireless communication terminal for supporting a spatial reuse operation of an overlapping basic service set to efficiently use a wireless resource. To this end, provided are a wireless communication terminal including: a processor; and a communication unit, wherein the processor receives a trigger frame indicating an uplink multi-user transmission, and transmits a trigger-based PHY protocol data unit (PPDU) in response to the received trigger frame, wherein the trigger-based PPDU comprises a spatial reuse parameter for spatial reuse operation of an overlapping basic service set (OBSS) terminal and a wireless communication method using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignees: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC., SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Geonjung Ko, Juhyung Son, Jinsam Kwak, Woojin Ahn
  • Patent number: 11864233
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless communication terminal. The wireless communication terminal includes a transceiver configured to transmit/receive a wireless signal and a processor configured to control an operation of the wireless communication terminal. The transceiver receives a MAC frame including information on a plurality of wireless communication terminals that are to receive data from a base wireless communication terminal. The plurality of wireless communication terminals include the wireless communication terminal and receive data from the base wireless communication terminal based on the MAC frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC., SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinsoo Ahn, Yongho Kim, Jinsam Kwak, Juhyung Son
  • Patent number: 11849122
    Abstract: Disclosed are an inter-prediction method and an video decoding device. One embodiment of the present invention provides an inter-prediction method executed in an video decoding device, including deriving a motion vector of a current block based on motion information decoded from a bitstream; acquiring reference samples of a first reference block by using the motion vector, wherein reference samples of an external region located outside a reference picture among the first reference block are acquired from a corresponding region corresponding to the external region within the reference picture; and predicting the current block based on the acquired reference samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong Yeon Lim, Se Hoon Son, Sun Young Lee, Tae Young Na
  • Patent number: 11849121
    Abstract: Disclosed are an inter-prediction method and an video decoding device. One embodiment of the present invention provides an inter-prediction method executed in an video decoding device, including deriving a motion vector of a current block based on motion information decoded from a bitstream; acquiring reference samples of a first reference block by using the motion vector, wherein reference samples of an external region located outside a reference picture among the first reference block are acquired from a corresponding region corresponding to the external region within the reference picture; and predicting the current block based on the acquired reference samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong Yeon Lim, Se Hoon Son, Sun Young Lee, Tae Young Na
  • Patent number: 11844059
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication method for uplink multi-user transmission scheduling and a wireless communication terminal using the same. To this end, provided are a base wireless communication terminal comprising a processor and a transceiver, wherein the processor transmits a trigger frame soliciting an uplink multi-user transmission, determines whether the uplink multi-user transmission is successful based on received uplink multi-user data in response to the trigger frame, and retransmits the trigger frame when it is determined that the uplink multi-user transmission has failed and a wireless communication method using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignees: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC., SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinsoo Ahn, Woojin Ahn, Yongho Kim, Jinsam Kwak, Juhyung Son