Patents by Inventor Hi-Chan Moon

Hi-Chan Moon has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10470220
    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 of operating a remote node in a wireless communication system includes: determining each of instantaneous channel states between host nodes and the remote node based on reference signals received from the host nodes during some of time intervals for a channel estimation; determining a host node for random access among the host nodes based on the determined instantaneous channel states; and when a value indicating a state of a channel between the determined host node and the remote node is larger than a threshold value, transmitting a signal for the random access to the host node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., IUCF-HYU (Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University)
    Inventor: Hi-Chan Moon
  • Publication number: 20180014333
    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 of operating a remote node in a wireless communication system includes: determining each of instantaneous channel states between host nodes and the remote node based on reference signals received from the host nodes during some of time intervals for a channel estimation; determining a host node for random access among the host nodes based on the determined instantaneous channel states; and when a value indicating a state of a channel between the determined host node and the remote node is larger than a threshold value, transmitting a signal for the random access to the host node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventor: Hi-Chan Moon
  • Patent number: 9801180
    Abstract: A method for receiving data over a plurality of carrier components at a Mobile Station (MS) is provided. The method includes receiving, from a Base Station (BS), resource allocation information including a first allocation information indicating at least one resource allocated to a first carrier component in a first subframe and a second allocation information indicating at least one resource allocated to a second carrier component in a second subframe and receiving data, from the BS, on the at least one resource of the first carrier component and on the at least one resource of the second carrier component based on the resource allocation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun-Sung Lim, Hi-Chan Moon, Seong-Woo Ahn, Jung-Su Han
  • Patent number: 9572170
    Abstract: Provided are a method and an apparatus of transceiving a signal using a link adaptation in a communication system, particularly, a method of dividing a resource region into a plurality of resource regions, and applying different line adaptations to the resource regions. A method of controlling a link of a terminal in a mobile communication system receives at least two downlink channel signals to estimate states of received channels, generates a channel discrepancy report when states of channels exceed a preset threshold, and reports the channel discrepancy report to a base station through a preset uplink channel. A method of controlling a link of a base station receives a channel discrepancy report through an uplink channel, and determines MCS and transmission power of downlink channels based on the received channel discrepancy report and transmits the determined MCS and transmission power to the terminal through a downlink channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Sung Lim, Hi Chan Moon, Chae Man Lim, Jin Ho Kim, Jung Su Han
  • Patent number: 9420591
    Abstract: A method for receiving control information by a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes monitoring channel quality of a control channel, determining whether reconfiguration of the control channel is needed, based on the channel quality of the control channel, if the reconfiguration of the control channel is needed, requesting an evolved Node B (eNB) to reconfigure the control channel, and receiving the control information through the reconfigured control channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Su Han, Hi-Chan Moon, Jun-Sung Lim, Jin-Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 9380543
    Abstract: An apparatus is capable of transmitting a signal through a Random Access Channel in a wireless communication system. The method of transmitting a signal through a random access channel includes estimating a reverse channel status using a signal received through a forward link, determining whether to transmit a signal through a random access channel in consideration of the reverse channel status, and transmitting a signal through the random access channel when it is determined to transmit a signal through the random access channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hi-Chan Moon
  • Patent number: 9351265
    Abstract: An apparatus is capable of transmitting a signal through a Random Access Channel in a wireless communication system. The method of transmitting a signal through a random access channel includes estimating a reverse channel status using a signal received through a forward link, determining whether to transmit a signal through a random access channel in consideration of the reverse channel status, and transmitting a signal through the random access channel when it is determined to transmit a signal through the random access channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hi-Chan Moon
  • Patent number: 9281918
    Abstract: A link quality reporting method and apparatus, and a carrier selection method and apparatus, for a multicarrier communication system utilizing carrier aggregation are disclosed. In the system, the user equipment measures, for each component carrier divided into a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) resource region and a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) resource region, link quality of the PDSCH resource region and the PDCCH resource region of the component carrier and sends measured link quality information as feedback information to the base station, and the base station adaptively selects a set of component carriers for control information transmission (i.e., a PDCCH Component Carrier (CC) SET) and a set of component carriers for data transmission (i.e., a DownLink (DL) CC SET) on the basis of the feedback information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Sung Lim, Hi Chan Moon, Jin Ho Kim, Jung Su Han
  • Publication number: 20150382351
    Abstract: A method for receiving data over a plurality of carrier components at a Mobile Station (MS) is provided. The method includes receiving, from a Base Station (BS), resource allocation information including a first allocation information indicating at least one resource allocated to a first carrier component in a first subframe and a second allocation information indicating at least one resource allocated to a second carrier component in a second subframe and receiving data, from the BS, on the at least one resource of the first carrier component and on the at least one resource of the second carrier component based on the resource allocation information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Jun-Sung LIM, Hi-Chan MOON, Seong-Woo AHN, Jung-Su HAN
  • Patent number: 9130731
    Abstract: A method for receiving data over a plurality of carrier components at a Mobile Station (MS) is provided. The method includes receiving, from a Base Station (BS), resource allocation information including a first allocation information indicating at least one resource allocated to a first carrier component in a first subframe and a second allocation information indicating at least one resource allocated to a second carrier component in a second subframe and receiving data, from the BS, on the at least one resource of the first carrier component and on the at least one resource of the second carrier component based on the resource allocation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun-Sung Lim, Hi-Chan Moon, Seong-Woo Ahn, Jung-Su Han
  • Patent number: 9059826
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for transmitting/receiving a Channel State Information-Reference Symbol (CSI-RS) in a relay network system are provided. The method for transmitting a CSI-RS in a relay network system includes selecting a subframe to transmit a CSI-RS, from DownLink (DL) subframes, transmitting, to a receive end, identifying information indicating that a CSI-RS is transmitted at the selected subframe, and transmitting a CSI-RS at the selected subframe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Su Han, Hi-Chan Moon, Joon-Young Cho, Jun-Sung Lim, Jin-Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 9014103
    Abstract: A method for transmitting a preamble over a Random Access CHannel (RACH) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes generating a preamble having a length longer than a basic transmission unit, and dividing the preamble into preambles having a length less than the basic transmission unit; and sequentially transmitting the divided preambles over the RACH using different antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hi-Chan Moon, Seung-Chul Hong
  • Patent number: 8942752
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for a cluster-based power control at a macro base station in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes broadcasting an interference allowance value determined based on a predefined aggregate interference to a femto cell, updating the interference allowance value with consideration of a channel activity for each femto cell group on a cluster basis, and when detecting a change in an aggregate interference generated due to femto cell power allocation, repeating determination of an interference allowance value so that a Quality of Service (QoS) of a macro cell user is met, and broadcasting the interference allowance value to a femto cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Sungkyunkwan University Foundation for Corporate Collaboration
    Inventors: Dong In Kim, Hi-Chan Moon, Seong-Woo Ahn, Jung-Su Han, Seung-Ah Chae, Mi-Seong Jin
  • Publication number: 20140119324
    Abstract: A method for receiving data over a plurality of carrier components at a Mobile Station (MS) is provided. The method includes receiving, from a Base Station (BS), resource allocation information including a first allocation information indicating at least one resource allocated to a first carrier component in a first subframe and a second allocation information indicating at least one resource allocated to a second carrier component in a second subframe and receiving data, from the BS, on the at least one resource of the first carrier component and on the at least one resource of the second carrier component based on the resource allocation information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2014
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun-Sung LIM, Hi-Chan MOON, Seong-Woo AHN, Jung-Su HAN
  • Patent number: 8626219
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data in a multi-carrier mobile communication system are provided, in which a Mobile Station (MS) reports to a Base Station (BS) a number of Carrier Components (CCs) over which the MS can simultaneously receive data, receives from the BS monitoring CC set information indicating as many monitoring CCs as the reported number of CCs or fewer monitoring CCs than the reported number of CCs, and receives data based on the monitoring CCs indicated by the monitoring CC set information from the BS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun-Sung Lim, Hi-Chan Moon, Seong-Woo Ahn, Jung-Su Han
  • Patent number: 8625560
    Abstract: A method for feeding back Channel Quality Information (CQI) by a terminal in a Multi-User Multi-Input Multi-Output (MU-MIMO) communication system is provided. The method includes receiving a signal from a base station, determining a lower limit of an average Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR) for the received signal, and determining the lower limit of an average SINR as CQI, and feeding back the CQI to the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Su Han, Inkyu Lee, Hi-Chan Moon, Seong-Hyeon Moon
  • Patent number: 8483157
    Abstract: An apparatus and method allocate resources in a communication system including at least one relay station (RS). A control channel carrying control information from a BS to an MS is allocated into a first time region of a subframe. A data channel carrying data from the BS to the MS, an RS-control channel carrying control information from the BS to an RS, and an RS-data channel carrying data from the BS to the RS are allocated into a second time region of the subframe, using Frequency Division Multiplexing (FDM). And the subframe into which the control channel, the data channel, the RS-control channel and the RS-data channel are allocated is transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hi-Chan Moon
  • Patent number: 8429515
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for transmitting and receiving control information in a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) system are provided. A method of a base station for transmitting control information to a terminal in the MIMO system includes transmitting first control information for every transmission mode except for a Multiple-User (MU)-MIMO mode, to the terminal over a control channel of a subframe, and transmitting second control information for the MU-MIMO mode to the terminal over a data channel of the subframe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Su Han, Hi-Chan Moon, Jun-Sung Lim, Seong-Woo Ahn
  • Publication number: 20130010634
    Abstract: Provided are a method and an apparatus of transceiving a signal using a link adaptation in a communication system, particularly, a method of dividing a resource region into a plurality of resource regions, and applying different line adaptations to the resource regions. A method of controlling a link of a terminal in a mobile communication system receives at least two downlink channel signals to estimate states of received channels, generates a channel discrepancy report when states of channels exceed a preset threshold, and reports the channel discrepancy report to a base station through a preset uplink channel. A method of controlling a link of a base station receives a channel discrepancy report through an uplink channel, and determines MCS and transmission power of downlink channels based on the received channel discrepancy report and transmits the determined MCS and transmission power to the terminal through a downlink channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Sung Lim, Hi Chan Moon, Chae Man Lim, Jin Ho Kim, Jung Su Han
  • Publication number: 20120140655
    Abstract: A method for feeding back Channel Quality Information (CQI) by a terminal in a Multi-User Multi-Input Multi-Output (MU-MIMO) communication system is provided. The method includes receiving a signal from a base station, determining a lower limit of an average Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR) for the received signal, and determining the lower limit of an average SINR as CQI, and feeding back the CQI to the base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Jung-Su HAN, Inkyu LEE, Hi-Chan MOON, Sung-Hyun MOON