Patents by Inventor Juhyung Son

Juhyung Son 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: 11792855
    Abstract: Provided are a wireless communication terminal including: a processor; and a communication unit, wherein the processor obtains a backoff counter for an OFDMA-based random access of the terminal, wherein the backoff counter is obtained within a range of a contention window for the uplink OFDMA-based random access, receives a trigger frame indicating an uplink multi-user transmission, when one or more resource unit(s) in which random access can be performed is indicated by the trigger frame, decrements the backoff counter based on a number of resource units(s) in which random access can be performed, and when the backoff counter is 0 or decremented to 0, performs an uplink multi-user transmission through a selected resource unit among the resource units(s) and a wireless communication method using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignees: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC., SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woojin Ahn, Juhyung Son, Jinsam Kwak, Geonjung Ko
  • Publication number: 20230328589
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless communication terminal that communicates wirelessly. The terminal includes: a transceiver; and a processor. The processor is configured to receive a trigger frame for triggering that a frame for setting a link with a wireless communication terminal, which is an AP, is transmitted through UpLink Multi User (UL MU) transmission through the transmission/reception unit. The processor transmits the frame for setting the link through UL MU transmission based on the trigger frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Woojin AHN, Juhyung SON, Jinsam KWAK, Geonjung KO, Yongho KIM
  • Publication number: 20230327811
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication terminal and a wireless communication method for efficiently managing simultaneous data transmissions of a plurality of terminals. To this end, provided are a base wireless communication terminal including: a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a wireless signal; and a processor configured to control an operation of the base wireless communication terminal, wherein the processor is configured to: transmit a trigger frame triggering a multi-user uplink transmission of a plurality of terminals, receive multi-user uplink data through resources allocated to the plurality of terminals, and transmit a block ACK through the resources in response to the received multi-user uplink data, wherein the transmission of the block ACK in each resource is terminated at the same time, and a wireless communication method using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Woojin AHN, Yongho Kim, Jinsam Kwak, Juhyung Son
  • Patent number: 11785470
    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: October 10, 2023
    Assignees: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC., SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Geonjung Ko, Juhyung Son, Jinsam Kwak, Woojin Ahn
  • Patent number: 11784743
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication terminal and a wireless communication method for efficiently scheduling multi-user uplink transmission. To this end, provided are a wireless communication terminal, including: a transceiver; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: receive, by the transceiver, a trigger frame that triggers a multi-user uplink transmission, perform a multi-user uplink transmission in response to the received trigger frame, and receive, by the transceiver, an ACK for the multi-user uplink transmission, wherein when the multi-user uplink transmission is performed on a resource unit in which a temporary association identifier (AID) is assigned by the received trigger frame, the processor obtains ACK information for the terminal from the ACK for the multi-user uplink transmission based on the temporary AID and a wireless communication method using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignees: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC., SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woojin Ahn, Yongho Kim, Jinsam Kwak, Juhyung Son
  • Patent number: 11784755
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless communication terminal that communicates wirelessly. The terminal includes: a transceiver; and a processor. The processor is configured to receive a Downlink Multi-User (DL MU) PPDU including information for an Uplink Multi-User (UL MU) transmission from a base wireless communication terminal by using the transceiver, and transmit the UL MU PPDU to the base wireless communication terminal based on the information for UL MU transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignees: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC., SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Juhyung Son, Jinsam Kwak, Geonjung Ko, Woojin Ahn
  • Patent number: 11784684
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication method and a wireless communication terminal for signaling a multi-user packet. More specifically, provided are a wireless communication terminal including a communication unit; and a processor configured to process signals transmitted and received through the communication unit, wherein the processor receives, through the communication unit, a high efficiency multi-user PHY protocol data unit (HE MU PPDU), wherein a preamble of the HE MU PPDU includes high efficiency signal A field (HE-SIG-A) and high efficiency signal B field (HE-SIG-B), and decodes the received HE MU PPDU based on information obtained from the HE-SIG-A, wherein a configuration of the HE-SIG-B is identified based on information obtained from at least one subfield of the HE-SIG-A and a wireless communication method using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignees: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC., SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Juhyung Son, Jinsam Kwak, Geonjung Ko, Woojin Ahn
  • Publication number: 20230319884
    Abstract: A multi-link device using a plurality of links is disclosed. A processor receives, in any one link of the plurality of links, a first physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) including access category (AC) constraint signaling and a reverse direction (RD) grant from a station which is a transmission opportunity (TXOP) holder or a service period (SP) source, and transmits, in the any one link, a second PPDU to the station in response to the first PPDU on the basis of the AC constraint signaling. The AC constraint signaling indicates whether a traffic identifier (TID) or AC of a frame included in the second PPDU is constrained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Geonjung KO, Sanghyun KIM, Juhyung SON, Jinsam KWAK
  • Publication number: 20230318744
    Abstract: A wireless communication terminal for wireless communication is disclosed. The wireless communication terminal includes: a transceiver; and a processor. The processor is configured to transmit a non-legacy physical layer frame including a legacy signaling field including information decodable by a legacy wireless communication terminal by using the transceiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Geonjung KO, Jinsam KWAK, Juhyung SON
  • Publication number: 20230319629
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for transmitting or receiving a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) in a wireless communication system. A terminal receives, from an access point (AP), a frame indicating, to one or more terminals, transmission of the PPDU. The frame comprises a common information field and a user information field for each of the one or more terminals, and at least one of the common information field and the user information field is used to identify whether the PPDU indicated by a trigger frame corresponds to an extremely high throughput (EHT) PPDU or a high efficiency (HE) PPDU. In response to the frame, the terminal transmits the PPDU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Geonjung KO, Juhyung SON, Sanghyun KIM, Jinsam KWAK
  • Publication number: 20230318666
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication method and a wireless communication terminal for signaling a multi-user packet. More specifically, provided are a wireless communication terminal including a communication unit; and a processor configured to process signals transmitted and received through the communication unit, wherein the processor receives, through the communication unit, a high efficiency multi-user PHY protocol data unit (HE MU PPDU), wherein a preamble of the HE MU PPDU includes high efficiency signal A field (HE-SIG-A) and high efficiency signal B field (HE-SIG-B), and decodes the received HE MU PPDU based on information obtained from the HE-SIG-A, wherein a configuration of the HE-SIG-B is identified based on information obtained from at least one subfield of the HE-SIG-A and a wireless communication method using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Juhyung SON, Jinsam KWAK, Geonjung KO, Woojin AHN
  • Patent number: 11777693
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a signaling method of a wireless LAN frame for multi-user transmission, and to a wireless communication terminal, and a wireless communication method using the same. To this end, provided are a wireless communication terminal, including: a transceiver; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: generate a frame including a first signal field and a second signal field, wherein the first signal field includes a bandwidth field indicating total bandwidth information in which the frame is transmitted, and the second signal field includes a resource allocation field indicating arrangement information of resource unit(s) in a frequency band through which the frame is transmitted, and transmit, by the transceiver, the generated frame and a wireless communication method using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC., SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Juhyung Son, Jinsam Kwak, Geonjung Ko
  • Publication number: 20230308676
    Abstract: A video signal decoding device comprising a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: obtain reference samples corresponding to a first side of a current block and reference samples corresponding to a second side of the current block, obtain a direct current (DC) value for prediction of the current block based on a reference sample set comprising at least some of the reference samples corresponding to the first side and the reference samples corresponding to the second side, and reconstruct the current block based on the DC value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Geonjung KO, Dongcheol KIM, Juhyung SON, Jaehong JUNG, Jinsam KWAK
  • Publication number: 20230309151
    Abstract: Disclosed is a station communicating with a single radio multi-link device, which includes a plurality of stations operating on a plurality of links but does not support simultaneous transmission and reception by the plurality of stations. The station comprises a transmitting/receiving unit and a processor. The processor transmits a control frame to a first station of the single radio multi-link device by using the transmitting/receiving unit, receives a response to the control frame from the first station of the single radio multi-link device, and starts a null data packet (NDP) sounding sequence for the first station of the single radio multi-link device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Sanghyun KIM, Geonjung KO, Juhyung SON, Jinsam KWAK
  • Patent number: 11770770
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wireless communication terminal to communicate wirelessly. The wireless communication terminal includes: a first wireless transceiver configured to transmit and receive signals modulated by a first modulation method; a second wireless receiver configured to receive a signal modulated by a second modulation method different from the first modulation method; and a processor. The processor is configured to sequentially receive a plurality of fields of a wake-up radio (WUR) frame included in a WUR physical layer processing data unit (PPDU) transmitted by the second modulation method, and when a predetermined condition for the plurality of fields is satisfied, stop receiving the WUR frame without determining whether values of the plurality of fields are valid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Woojin Ahn, Juhyung Son, Jinsam Kwak
  • Patent number: 11770279
    Abstract: A base station and a user equipment of a wireless communication system are disclosed. Each of the base station and the user equipment of the wireless communication includes a communication module; and a processor. The processor is configured to receive signaling information related to the start of uplink (UL) transmission from the base station through the communication module. The processor is configured to determine whether to perform a UL transmission using a partial subframe based on the signaling information. When the processor performs the UL transmission using the partial subframe, the processor is configured to determine a symbol configuration of the partial subframe based on the signaling information and perform, through the communication module, the UL transmission using the partial subframe according to the symbol configuration. At this time, the partial subframe is a subframe which occupies less than 14 symbols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Minseok Noh, Jinsam Kwak, Juhyung Son
  • Publication number: 20230300880
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless communication terminal. The wireless communication terminal includes a transceiver and a processor. The processer performs a contention procedure based on a back-off counter, in each of a plurality of channel and accesses, by using the transceiver, at least one of the plurality of channels based on the contention procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Jinsoo AHN, Yongho KIM, Jinsam KWAK, Juhyung SON
  • Publication number: 20230300903
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for transmitting and receiving data in a non-access point (AP) multi-link device (MILD) of a wireless communication system. The non-AP MLD may perform a back off procedure for performing simultaneous transmission through a multi-link of the non-AP MLD, and simultaneously perform uplink transmission to an AP MLD through each of a first link and a second link included in the multi-link. Here, when both a first back-off counter and a second back-off counter have a value of “0”, if the transmission time of the uplink transmission in the first link is a slot boundary of a first slot that is a slot next to a slot in which the first back-off counter is “0”, the uplink transmission in the second link may be performed within a predetermined time from the transmission time of the first link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Sanghyun KIM, Hanseul HONG, Geonjung KO, Juhyung SON, Jinsam KWAK
  • Patent number: 11765768
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless communication terminal that wirelessly communicates with a base wireless communication terminal. The wireless communication terminal includes a transceiver, and a processor. The processor is configured to set an integer selected from a range of 0 to a value equal to or smaller than an OFDMA Contention Window (OCW) as a counter for random access, receive a trigger frame for triggering random access using one or more resource units (RUs) allocated for the random access from the base wireless communication terminal using the transceiver, decrement a value of the counter based on the one or more RUs allocated for the random access, randomly select one RU based on the one or more RUs allocated for the random access when the value of the counter is 0 or reaches 0, and attempt transmission to the base wireless communication terminal using the selected RU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignees: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC., SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Geonjung Ko, Juhyung Son, Woojin Ahn, Jinsam Kwak
  • Patent number: 11765657
    Abstract: A wireless communication terminal communicating wirelessly is provided. The wireless communication terminal includes: a first wireless transceiver for transmitting and receiving a signal transmitted through a first modulation method; a second wireless receiver for receiving a signal transmitted through a second modulation method different from the first modulation method; and a processor. The processor receives a wake-up packet from a base wireless communication terminal through the second wireless receiver, and wakes-up the first wireless transceiver based on the wake-up packet, and maintains the second wireless receiver in a state capable of receiving at least from a time point at which the wake-up packet is received until a time point an exchange of frames with the base wireless communication terminal for the first time through the first wireless transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Woojin Ahn, Juhyung Son, Jinsam Kwak