Patents by Inventor Kyung-Whoon Cheun

Kyung-Whoon Cheun 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: 10680690
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a 5th generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system to provide higher data rates than a 4th generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). A method for adjusting a receive beam gain by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes estimating a received signal quality value based on a reference signal received from a base station (BS), transmitting information about the estimated received signal quality value to the BS, comparing the received signal quality value with a minimum received signal quality value required for successful reception of data from the BS, and adjusting a receive beam gain to be used for data reception by turning on/off a radio frequency (RF) chain formed for each of antennas included in the UE based on a result of the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheol Jeong, Hyun-Kyu Yu, Jeong-Ho Park, Kyung-Whoon Cheun, Su-Ryong Jeong
  • Patent number: 10542390
    Abstract: The present invention defines a share group, and enables a content generated during an activity period to be automatically shared in the share group during the activity period. According to an embodiment of the present invention, an automatic content share method comprises, in a content share method, the steps of: setting a share group to share the content, an activity and an activity period; and sharing the generated content on the basis of the share group to share the content, the activity and the activity period, wherein the share group is formed on the basis of a proximity discovery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Inventors: Tae-Young Lee, Kyung-Whoon Cheun, Jae-Eun Kang, Han-Su Kang, Sung-Il Park, Seong-Hee Park, Bong-Jhin Shin, Chil-Youl Yang, Myoung-Hwan Lee, Jang-Hee Lee, Chun-Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 10181927
    Abstract: A method of operating a base station in a wireless communication system supporting frequency and quadrature-amplitude modulation (FQAM) is provided. The method includes receiving channel quality information and non-Gaussian information for a data region from a mobile station, and determining a MCS level on the basis of the channel quality information and the non-Gaussian information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chi-Woo Lim, Min Sagong, Sung-Nam Hong, Hyun-Kyu Yu, Kyung-Whoon Cheun
  • Patent number: 10069665
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and device for transmitting and receiving a signal by using modulation techniques in a wireless communication system. The method according to the present invention includes: selecting one of QAM and improved QAM according to at least one predefined criterion; encoding information bits to be transmitted according to a first encoding scheme and mapping encoded information bits to QAM symbols when the QAM is selected; encoding information bits to be transmitted according to a second encoding scheme and mapping encoded information bits to improved QAM symbols when the improved QAM is selected; and transmitting the QAM symbols or the improved QAM symbols through a given resource region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun-Kyu Yu, Won-Il Roh, Jeong-Ho Park, Min Sagong, Ji-Yun Seol, Chi-Woo Lim, Kyung-Whoon Cheun, Jae-Weon Cho, Sung-Nam Hong
  • Publication number: 20180152231
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a 5th generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system to provide higher data rates than a 4th generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE).A method for adjusting a receive beam gain by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes estimating a received signal quality value based on a reference signal received from a base station (BS), transmitting information about the estimated received signal quality value to the BS, comparing the received signal quality value with a minimum received signal quality value required for successful reception of data from the BS, and adjusting a receive beam gain to be used for data reception by turning on/off a radio frequency (RF) chain formed for each of antennas included in the UE based on a result of the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Cheol JEONG, Hyun-Kyu YU, Jeong-Ho PARK, Kyung-Whoon CHEUN, Su-Ryong JEONG
  • Patent number: 9941939
    Abstract: A method for operating a random access channel (RACH) by a base station (BS) performing beamforming with at least one receive chain includes broadcasting RACH configuration information; and receiving an RACH signal with at least one receive chain, wherein the RACH configuration information includes threshold information to divide an RACH groups into a first group and a second group. A BS for operating a RACH by performing beamforming with at least one receive chain in a communication system, the BS comprising a controller configured to broadcast RACH configuration information and control at least one receive chain to receive an RACH signal, wherein the RACH configuration information includes threshold information to divide RACH groups into a first group and a second group. Other embodiments including a user equipment are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong-Ho Park, Kyung-Whoon Cheun, Won-Il Roh, Jae-Weon Cho
  • Patent number: 9912506
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for estimating a channel in a wireless communication system. In the method, a reference value is generated on the basis of a value indicating a non-Gaussian characteristic of an inter-cell interference signal and power values of received pilot symbols, the reference value is compared with each of the power values of the pilot symbols, at least one pilot symbol, which is relatively lightly damaged by the inter-cell interference signal, is selected, and a channel is estimated using the at least one selected pilot symbol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-Nam Hong, Min Sagong, Chi-Woo Lim, Kyung-Whoon Cheun
  • Patent number: 9882622
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a 5th generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system to provide higher data rates than a 4th generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). A method for adjusting a receive beam gain by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes estimating a received signal quality value based on a reference signal received from a base station (BS), transmitting information about the estimated received signal quality value to the BS, comparing the received signal quality value with a minimum received signal quality value required for successful reception of data from the BS, and adjusting a receive beam gain to be used for data reception by turning on/off a radio frequency (RF) chain formed for each of antennas included in the UE based on a result of the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheol Jeong, Hyun-Kyu Yu, Jeong-Ho Park, Kyung-Whoon Cheun, Su-Ryong Jeong
  • Patent number: 9825744
    Abstract: A method of transmitting a signal using a plurality of modulation and coding schemes by a transmitter in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes when a position of an active tone hits a position of a pilot tone of an adjacent cell, the active tone corresponding to a tone boosted through an application of a hybrid Frequency Shift Keying (FSK) and Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) Modulation (FQAM) scheme among tones included in an FQAM symbol based on the FQAM scheme in which a QAM scheme and a FSK scheme are combined, detecting two or more tones, which do not hit the position of the pilot tone among the tones included in the FQAM symbol, and transmitting signals by using the detected two or more tones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Sagong, Chi-Woo Lim, Kyung-Whoon Cheun, Sung-Nam Hong
  • Publication number: 20170164163
    Abstract: The present invention defines a share group, and enables a content generated during an activity period to be automatically shared in the share group during the activity period. According to an embodiment of the present invention, an automatic content share method comprises, in a content share method, the steps of: setting a share group to share the content, an activity and an activity period; and sharing the generated content on the basis of the share group to share the content, the activity and the activity period, wherein the share group is formed on the basis of a proximity discovery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Tae-Young Lee, Kyung-Whoon Cheun, Jae-Eun Kang, Han-Su Kang, Sung-IL Park, Seong-Hee Park, Bong-Jhin Shin, Chil-Youl Yang, Myoung-Hwan Lee, Jang-Hee Lee, Chun-Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 9426015
    Abstract: A method of operating a base station in a wireless communication system supporting Frequency-Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (FQAM) and Multi-Tone FQAM (MT-FQAM) is provided. The method includes determining a modulation scheme of data to be transmitted, and modulating the data according to the determined modulation scheme, wherein if at least one resource block is included in the data and if the at least one resource block is mapped to at least one tone in a distributed manner, the MT-FQAM scheme is selected, or if one resource block is included in the data and if the one resource block is mapped to at least one tone in a continuous manner, the FQAM scheme is selected, or if multiple resource blocks are included in the data and if the multiple resource blocks are mapped to at least one tone in a continuous manner, the MT-FQAM scheme is selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chi-Woo Lim, Min Sagong, Sung-Nam Hong, Hyun-Kyu Yu, Kyung-Whoon Cheun
  • Patent number: 9401833
    Abstract: One or more embodiments provides method for transmitting a signal by a transmitting apparatus in wireless a communication system supporting a modulation scheme based on a quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) scheme and a frequency shift keying (FSK) scheme. The method includes determining at least one first bit which will be mapped to at least one QAM symbol and at least one second bit which will be mapped to at least one FSK symbol among bits included in an encoded input bit stream; and generating a modulation symbol by mapping the at least one first bit to the at least one QAM symbol and mapping the at least one second bit to the at least one FSK symbol based on a Hamming distance of the at least one second bit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Sagong, Won-Il Roh, Jeong-Ho Park, Ji-Yun Seol, Hyun-Kyu Yu, Chi-Woo Lim, Kyung-Whoon Cheun, Jae-Weon Cho, Sung-Nam Hong
  • Publication number: 20160173306
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for estimating a channel in a wireless communication system. In the method, a reference value is generated on the basis of a value indicating a non-Gaussian characteristic of an inter-cell interference signal and power values of received pilot symbols, the reference value is compared with each of the power values of the pilot symbols, at least one pilot symbol, which is relatively lightly damaged by the inter-cell interference signal, is selected, and a channel is estimated using the at least one selected pilot symbol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Sung-Nam Hong, Min Sagong, Chi-Woo Lim, Kyung-Whoon Cheun
  • Patent number: 9331884
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for operating a transmission end in a wireless communication system that supports Frequency and Quadrature-Amplitude Modulation (FQAM) are provided. The method includes dividing an information bit stream into a plurality of portions, encoding each of the plurality of portions using different encoding schemes, and generating an FQAM symbol by combining result values of the encoding of each of the plurality of portions, wherein the encoding schemes are different according to at least one of an encoding order, an encoding rate, an input size, and an encoding technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Nam Hong, Min Sagong, Chi-Woo Lim, Hyun-Kyu Yu, Kyung-Whoon Cheun
  • Patent number: 9300517
    Abstract: A method for transmitting a signal by a signal transmission apparatus in a communication system is provided. The method includes detecting a parameter related to a Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) scheme and a parameter related to a Frequency Shift Keying (FSK) scheme based on channel quality and an interference component, and modulating information bits using a modulation scheme based on the QAM scheme and the FSK scheme which uses the parameter related to the QAM scheme and the parameter related to the FSK scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeong-Ho Park, Tae-Young Kim, Won-Il Roh, Min Sagong, Ji-Yun Seol, Hyun-Kyu Yu, Kyung-Whoon Cheun, Jae-Weon Cho, Sung-Nam Hong
  • Patent number: 9288091
    Abstract: A modulation method and an apparatus with consideration of adaptive Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) in a wireless communication system are provided. The method of a transmission end supporting a hybrid modulation technique in which different types of modulation schemes are mixed, information of a channel state with a reception end is collected. A modulation order of a first type of a modulation scheme and a modulation order of a second type of a modulation scheme are determined. The modulation order of a first type of a modulation scheme and a modulation order of a second type of a modulation scheme form the hybrid modulation technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji-Yun Seol, Tae-Young Kim, Won-Il Roh, Jeong-Ho Park, Min Sagong, Hyun-Kyu Yu, Kyung-Whoon Cheun, Jae-Weon Cho, Sung-Nam Hong
  • Publication number: 20160043792
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a 5th generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system to provide higher data rates than a 4th generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). A method for adjusting a receive beam gain by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes estimating a received signal quality value based on a reference signal received from a base station (BS), transmitting information about the estimated received signal quality value to the BS, comparing the received signal quality value with a minimum received signal quality value required for successful reception of data from the BS, and adjusting a receive beam gain to be used for data reception by turning on/off a radio frequency (RF) chain formed for each of antennas included in the UE based on a result of the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Cheol JEONG, Hyun-Kyu YU, Jeong-Ho PARK, Kyung-Whoon CHEUN, Su-Ryong JEONG
  • Patent number: 9258079
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for generating soft-decision information in a multiple antenna system are provided. The method includes determining Q candidate symbol vectors for a first transmission symbol of a received signal vector by performing parallel detection on a received signal vector and a channel matrix, determining a candidate symbol vector having a shortest Euclidean distance to the received signal vector from among the Q candidate symbol vector, as an approximate Maximum Likelihood (ML) symbol vector, determining (Q?1) candidate symbol vectors for each of the remaining transmission symbols of the received signal vector by performing partial parallel detection on the received signal vector and the channel matrix using the approximate ML symbol vector, and calculating Log Likelihood Ratios (LLRs) of bits of the first transmission symbol using the candidate symbol vectors, wherein Q represents a modulation order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae-Ho Im, Kyung-Whoon Cheun
  • Publication number: 20150358194
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and device for transmitting and receiving a signal by using modulation techniques in a wireless communication system. The method according to the present invention includes: selecting one of QAM and improved QAM according to at least one predefined criterion; encoding information bits to be transmitted according to a first encoding scheme and mapping encoded information bits to QAM symbols when the QAM is selected; encoding information bits to be transmitted according to a second encoding scheme and mapping encoded information bits to improved QAM symbols when the improved QAM is selected; and transmitting the QAM symbols or the improved QAM symbols through a given resource region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Hyun-Kyu Yu, Won-Il Roh, Jeong-Ho Park, Min Sagong, Ji-Yun Seol, Chi-Woo Lim, Kyung-Whoon Cheun, Jae-Weon Cho, Sung-Nam Hong
  • Publication number: 20150230118
    Abstract: A method of operating a base station in a wireless communication system supporting frequency and quadrature-amplitude modulation (FQAM) is provided. The method includes receiving channel quality information and non-Gaussian information for a data region from a mobile station, and determining a MCS level on the basis of the channel quality information and the non-Gaussian information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Chi-Woo Lim, Min Sagong, Sung-Nam Hong, Hyun-Kyu Yu, Kyung-Whoon Cheun