Patents by Inventor Seok-Ki Ahn

Seok-Ki Ahn 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: 10271337
    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). The present invention relates to method and apparatus for performing a decoding with low complexity in a wireless communication system. A decoding method of a terminal in a wireless communication system comprises determining a first characteristic value indicating a statistical characteristic of an interference signal based on a received signal of a base station, determining a second characteristic value indicating a statistical characteristic of an interference signal based on data received from the base station, and decoding the data according to a decoding scheme corresponding to a difference of the first characteristic value and the second characteristic value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Sagong, Woo-Myoung Park, Seok-Ki Ahn, Chi-Woo Lim, Sung-Nam Hong
  • Patent number: 10263672
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate successive to a 4G communication system such as LTE. The present disclosure provides a communication method of a Base Station (BS) using an Integer Forcing (IF) scheme in a Multi-User Multiple-Input and Multiple-Output (MU-MIMO) communication system, the method including: receiving a reception signal including a desired signal transmitted from at least one User Equipment (UE) served by the BS and an interference signal transmitted from at least one UE served by a neighboring BS; determining an IF filter considering the interference signal based on information on the interference signal received from the neighboring BS; filtering the reception signal using the determined IF filter; and detecting or decoding at least one of the desired signal and the interference signal using the filtered reception signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Ho Chae, Seok-Ki Ahn, Cheol Jeong
  • Patent number: 10243695
    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 a long term evolution (LTE). A method includes decoding a codeword corresponding to a preset decoding scheme to detect reliability information of each of codeword bits included in the codeword, wherein at least one of a number of quantization bits and a range of a quantization level used for detecting reliability information in the decoding scheme is determined based on a degree of a node on a bipartite graph of a low density parity check (LDPC) code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Jang, Kyung-Joong Kim, Jae-Yoel Kim, Seho Myung, Seok-Ki Ahn, Chi-Woo Lim, Hong-Sil Jeong
  • Publication number: 20190069295
    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). According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, a first apparatus in a wireless communication system that includes at least one processor and at least one transceiver operatively coupled with the at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to obtain a channel matrix based on a signal received from a second apparatus, obtain an integer matrix for integer forcing (IF) based on the channel matrix, and generate channel information based on the integer matrix. The at least one transceiver is configured to transmit the generated channel information to the second apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Seok-Ki AHN, Sungho CHAE
  • Patent number: 10205468
    Abstract: Provided is a method for decoding a non-binary (NB) low density parity check (LDPC) code at a user equipment (UE) that implements at least one variable nodes that receive a received signal of a wireless channel and deliver an input message to a check node and the check node that checks the input message and outputs an output message. The method includes receiving at least one input messages, generating a temporary vector by using the at least one input messages, searching for an element having a dominant value by checking the temporary vector, generating a configuration set, which is a check target, by using the element having the dominant value, and generating the output message by performing comparison with respect to the generated configuration set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seok-Ki Ahn, Kyeong-Cheol Yang, Sang-Min Kim, Woo-Myoung Park, Min Sagong, Chi-Woo Lim, Sung-Nam Hong
  • Patent number: 10182429
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for transmitting information in a communication system. The present invention relates to a millimeter wave beamforming-based 5G or pre-5G wireless communication system for supporting a higher data rate beyond a 4G network or LTE system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwang-Taik Kim, Seok-Ki Ahn, Jeong-Ho Park, Chi-Woo Lim, Jae-Weon Cho
  • Publication number: 20180351693
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate beyond the 4G communication system such as LTE. A decoding method using a polar code according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises the steps of: determining a first function for decoding input bits and a second function, which is independent from a log likelihood ratio (LLR) value of a previous input bit by the first function; and decoding the input bits in parallel using the first function and the second function. Also, the method comprises the steps of: determining an internal frozen bit using at least one input frozen bit which has a predetermined value of a predetermined position from among the input bits; and determining LLR values for layer bits sequentially from the higher layers of N layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min JANG, Woo-Myoung PARK, Jae-Yoel KIM, Seok-Ki AHN, Chi-Woo LIM
  • Patent number: 10122385
    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). The present invention relates to a method and a device for efficiently shortening and puncturing a non-binary LDPC code, the method for a transmitter shortening and puncturing a non-binary code being capable of supporting various modulation methods by using a single non-binary code, and the method comprising the steps of: shortening, on the basis of a modulation method, at least one information bit in at least one information symbol constituting the non-binary code; encoding the at least one information symbol having a shortened information bit; and puncturing, on the basis of the modulation method, at least one parity code in at least one parity symbol obtained through the encoding step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seok-Ki Ahn, Woo-Myoung Park, Min Sagong, Chi-Woo Lim, Sung-Nam Hong
  • Publication number: 20180242343
    Abstract: A method for performing scheduling by a first base station over a wireless communication network, and an apparatus therefor are provided. The method includes receiving first channel status information (CSI) measured by at least one user equipment (UE) positioned in coverage of the first base station and second CSI, determining a first transmission rate for any one of the at least one UE positioned in the coverage of the first base station and a second transmission rate for any one of the at least one UE positioned in the coverage of the second base station, determining a third transmission rate for a first UE among the at least one UE positioned in the coverage of the first base station and a fourth transmission rate for a second UE among the at least one UE positioned in the coverage of the second base station, and performing scheduling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Seok-Ki AHN, Kwang-Taik KIM, Young-Han KIM, Yong-Seok KIM, Chi-Woo LIM
  • Patent number: 10050820
    Abstract: A method for modulation in a transmitter for transmitting a signal in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a step for determining a modulation scheme; a step for, if the determined modulation scheme corresponds to a specific modulation scheme, converting encoded information bits to quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) symbols in accordance with a predetermined QAM modulation order, selecting a sequence corresponding to an element of an integer vector in a predetermined sequence set, repeating the converted QAM symbols for a predetermined sequence length, and outputting signals by multiplying the repeated QAM symbols and the selected sequence; and a step for transmitting the outputted signals to a receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-Nam Hong, Woo-Myoung Park, Min Sagong, Seok-Ki Ahn, Chi-Woo Lim
  • Publication number: 20180227020
    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). According to various embodiments, in a multiple-input multiple-output wireless communication system, a receiving apparatus may include at least one processor and at least one transceiver. The at least one transceiver may be configured to receive a signal including a plurality of symbols, perform Successive Interference Cancellation (SIC) related to a first symbol of the plurality of symbols on the received signal to obtain a processed signal, determine symbol-sums by applying an equalization matrix for integer forcing to the processed signal, and determine information words corresponding to the plurality of symbols based on the symbol-sums.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Seok-Ki AHN, Sungho CHAE, Kwang Taik KIM, Young-Han KIM
  • Publication number: 20180227079
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication systems such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). A method for operating a receiver in a wireless communication system may include: receiving a signal from a transmitter; performing Integer Forcing (IF) equalization on the received signal; determining a log LikeLihood Ratio (LLR) value of each bit by using a posteriori probability of each bit for the signal determined based on an equalization matrix and a likelihood value for the signal; and decoding the signal by using the LLR value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Seok-Ki AHN, Kyeongcheol YANG, Daeyeol YANG, Sunghye CHO
  • Publication number: 20180227884
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for transmitting information in a communication system. The present invention relates to a millimeter wave beamforming-based 5G or pre-5G wireless communication system for supporting a higher data rate beyond a 4G network or LTE system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Kwang-Taik Kim, Seok-Ki Ahn, Jeong-Ho Park, Chi-Woo Lim, Jae-Weon Cho
  • Patent number: 10014891
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system to be provided for supporting a higher data transfer rate beyond a 4G communication system such as LTE. The present invention relates to a NOMA system based FQAM connection method and an apparatus therefor. The present invention can increase the user transfer rate at a cell boundary. The scheduling method in a wireless communication system, according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprises a step of receiving a signal-to-interference-noise ratio (SINR) value and an alpha value from a terminal; a step of determining, on the basis of the SINR value and the alpha value, a Gaussian SINR value; a step of pairing users on the basis of the Gaussian SINR value; and a step of re-computing MCS on the basis of a re-computed alpha value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Sagong, Ji-Yun Seol, Woo-Myong Park, Seok-Ki Ahn, Chi-Woo Lim, Sung-Nam Hong
  • Publication number: 20180102818
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate successive to a 4G communication system such as LTE. The present disclosure provides a communication method of a Base Station (BS) using an Integer Forcing (IF) scheme in a Multi-User Multiple-Input and Multiple-Output (MU-MIMO) communication system, the method including: receiving a reception signal including a desired signal transmitted from at least one User Equipment (UE) served by the BS and an interference signal transmitted from at least one UE served by a neighboring BS; determining an IF filter considering the interference signal based on information on the interference signal received from the neighboring BS; filtering the reception signal using the determined IF filter; and detecting or decoding at least one of the desired signal and the interference signal using the filtered reception signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Sung-Ho CHAE, Seok-Ki AHN, Cheol JEONG
  • Patent number: 9906397
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for transmitting messages using a channel combining/splitting transmission scheme for a 5G or pre-5G communication system. The method comprising: splitting the messages into a first part to be transmitted to a first channel, which is a degradation channel, and a second part to be transmitted to a second channel, which is an enhancement channel, generating first modulation signals by performing a channel encoding and frequency quadrature amplitude modulation on the first part and generating second modulation signals by performing a channel encoding and quadrature amplitude modulation on the second part, generating first transmission signals by combining the first modulation signals with a part of or all the second modulation signals and generating second transmission signals using the second modulation signals, and transmitting the generated first transmission signals and second transmission signals through the first channel and the second channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woo-Myoung Park, Seok-Ki Ahn, Chi-Woo Lim
  • Publication number: 20170324605
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system to be provided for supporting a higher data transmission rate beyond 4G communication systems such as LTE. A method for modulation in a transmitter for transmitting a signal in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a step for determining a modulation scheme; a step for, if the determined modulation scheme corresponds to a specific modulation scheme, converting encoded information bits to quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) symbols in accordance with a predetermined QAM modulation order, selecting a sequence corresponding to an element of an integer vector in a predetermined sequence set, repeating the converted QAM symbols for a predetermined sequence length, and outputting signals by multiplying the repeated QAM symbols and the selected sequence; and a step for transmitting the outputted signals to a receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Sung-Nam Hong, Woo-Myoung Park, Min Sagong, Seok-Ki Ahn, Chi-Woo Lim
  • Publication number: 20170302315
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system to be provided for supporting a higher data transfer rate beyond a 4G communication system such as LTE. The present invention relates to a NOMA system based FQAM connection method and an apparatus therefor. The present invention can increase the user transfer rate at a cell boundary. The scheduling method in a wireless communication system, according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprises a step of receiving a signal-to-interference-noise ratio (SINR) value and an alpha value from a terminal; a step of determining, on the basis of the SINR value and the alpha value, a Gaussian SINR value; a step of pairing users on the basis of the Gaussian SINR value; and a step of re-computing MCS on the basis of a re-computed alpha value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Sagong, Ji-Yun Seol, Woo-Myong Park, Seok-Ki Ahn, Chi-Woo Lim, Sung-Nam Hong
  • Publication number: 20170288706
    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). The present invention relates to a method and a device for efficiently shortening and puncturing a non-binary LDPC code, the method for a transmitter shortening and puncturing a non-binary code being capable of supporting various modulation methods by using a single non-binary code, and the method comprising the steps of: shortening, on the basis of a modulation method, at least one information bit in at least one information symbol constituting the non-binary code; encoding the at least one information symbol having a shortened information bit; and puncturing, on the basis of the modulation method, at least one parity code in at least one parity symbol obtained through the encoding step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Seok-Ki Ahn, Woo-Myoung Park, Min Sagong, Chi-Woo Lim, Sung-Nam Hong
  • Publication number: 20170288936
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate than a 4G communication system such as LTE. The present disclosure provides a method for transmitting messages using a channel combining/splitting transmission scheme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Woo-Myoung Park, Seok-Ki Ahn, Chi-Woo Lim