Patents by Inventor Su Nam Kim

Su Nam Kim 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: 9225394
    Abstract: In a communication system including a base station having a plurality of antennas, a first terminal supporting a first antenna system and a second terminal supporting a second antenna system, at least one of the first or second terminal acquires information that is contained in a signal received from the base station through a first wireless resource region and a second wireless resource region. The first terminal acquires the information contained in the first and second wireless resource regions through a signal transmitted by an antenna in a first group among the plurality of antennas. The second terminal acquires the information contained in the first wireless resource region through a signal transmitted by an antenna in the first group, and the information contained in the second wireless resource region through a signal transmitted by an antenna in the first group and/or in a second group among the plurality of antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Bin Chul Ihm, Ji Won Kang, Su Nam Kim, Jin Young Chun, Sung Ho Park
  • Patent number: 9219534
    Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for transmitting a signal of a multi-node system employing a plurality of nodes distributed geographically and a base station that can be controlled by being connected with each of the plurality of nodes. The method includes: mapping a plurality of codewords to a plurality of streams; mapping the plurality of streams to at least one node among the plurality of nodes; performing multiple input multiple output (MIMO) precoding to map the streams mapped to the at least one node to at least one transmit antennas; and transmitting a signal subjected to the MIMO precoding to a user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Ji Won Kang, Bin Chul Ihm, Su Nam Kim, Jin Young Chun, Sung Ho Park
  • Patent number: 9220096
    Abstract: Provided are a method and device for downlink control channel allocation in a wireless communication system. A base station allocates e-PDCCH (enhanced physical downlink control channel) to one slot in a subframe, and transmits a DMRS (demodulation reference signal) after allocating the DMRS to one of the slots for the e-PDCCH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Young Chun, Ki Tae Kim, Su Nam Kim, Ji Won Kang, Bin Chul Ihm, Sung Ho Park
  • Patent number: 9215713
    Abstract: A data transmission and receiving method of a terminal in a distributed antenna system. The method includes: receiving information on antenna nodes within a cell from a base station; receiving channel measurement signals determined by each antenna node from the base station; determining a preferred antenna node by measuring the channel measurement signals; transmitting feedback information on the determined antenna node to the base station; receiving antenna allocation information determined on the basis of the feedback information; and receiving data from the base station through an antenna indicated by the antenna allocation information. The antenna node includes at least one antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Ji Won Kang, Jin Young Chun, Su Nam Kim, Bin Chul Ihm, Sung Ho Park
  • Patent number: 9203591
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling inter-cell interference is disclosed. The user equipment for controlling inter-cell interference in a wireless communication system includes an interference level measuring module configured to measure interference levels of neighboring cells using at least one of information about the number of antennas among antennas deployed in the neighboring cells, information about indexes of the effective antennas, and information about reference signal of the neighboring cells, an interference restriction request determination module configured to compare the interference levels of the neighboring cells with a predetermined threshold and to determine whether or not UE requests an interference restriction to the neighboring cells, and a transmitter configured to transmit information about one or more neighboring cells, to which the interference restriction request will be transmitted, to a serving base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Ja Ho Koo, Jin Young Chun, Ji Won Kang, Su Nam Kim, Bin Chul Ihm, Sung Ho Park
  • Patent number: 9191157
    Abstract: A method of performing cooperative transmission in a multi-node system including a Base Station (BS) and a plurality of nodes controlled by the BS is provided. The method comprises: transmitting a first signal generated using a first cell identifier (ID) from the plurality of nodes; and transmitting a second signal generated using a second cell ID from at least one of the plurality of nodes, wherein the first cell ID is identical with a cell ID used by the BS, and the second cell ID is different from the first cell ID.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Ji Won Kang, Jin Young Chun, Moon Il Lee, Ki Tae Kim, Su Nam Kim, Bin Chul Ihm, Sung Ho Park
  • Patent number: 9179459
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, antennas or antenna nodes spaced away from each other by a predetermined distance or more are configured to be able to transmit control information of mutually different user equipment groups, thereby increasing the efficiency in the operation of control channels. In addition, according to another aspect of the present invention, a resource region for transmitting control information for an improved user equipment, which is a target of a multi-node cooperative transmission, is set differently from a resource region for transmitting control information for a legacy user equipment, thereby increasing the efficiency in the transmission of the control information for the improved user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Ji Won Kang, Jin Young Chun, Su Nam Kim, Bin Chul Ihm, Sung Ho Park
  • Patent number: 9179351
    Abstract: A method of receiving a signal of a user equipment in a multi-node system including a plurality of nodes and a base station for controlling the plurality of nodes is provided. The method includes: receiving a reference parameter from the base station; and receiving a node-specific signal from at least one node among the plurality of nodes, wherein a virtual cell parameter required for decoding of the node-specific signal is determined based on the reference parameter, and the node-specific signal is identified by each of the plurality of nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Ji Won Kang, Jin Young Chun, Ki Tae Kim, Su Nam Kim, Bin Chul Ihm, Sung Ho Park
  • Patent number: 9173130
    Abstract: Provided is a channel status information feedback method and apparatus of a terminal in a multi-node system, including a plurality of nodes and a base station which is connected to and can control each of the plurality of nodes. The method comprises the steps of: obtaining one precoding matrix index (PMI) for each cooperative node with respect to the entire target frequency band; obtaining a phase correction value to be applied to the PMI for said each cooperative node in each subband within the target frequency band; and feeding the calculated PMI and phase correction value back to the serving node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Ji Won Kang, Bin Chul Ihm, Su Nam Kim, Jin Young Chun, Sung Ho Park, Ki Tae Kim
  • Patent number: 9166753
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for providing control information in a mobile communication system. More specifically, the invention relates to a method for providing control information through a network in mobile communication. The method comprises: a step for configuring the information associated with plural frequency resource groups and the power levels thereof in the control information of preset data format, wherein the plural frequency resource groups are for application of FFR (Fractional Frequency Reuse), and a step for transmitting the control information to at least one terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Su Nam Kim, Jae Wan Kim, Han Gyu Cho, Bin Chul Ihm, Dong Guk Lim
  • Patent number: 9167584
    Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for allocating resources in a multi-node system that includes a plurality of nodes and a base station connected to each of the nodes to control the nodes. The method comprises: partitioning radio resources into a node-common region and a node-specific region, and allocating the node-common region and the node-specific region to the plurality of nodes, wherein a common resource allocation scheme is applied to the plurality of nodes in the node-common region, and different resource allocation schemes are applied to the plurality of nodes in the node-specific region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Young Chun, Ki Tae Kim, Su Nam Kim, Ji Won Kang, Bin Chul Ihm, Sung Ho Park
  • Patent number: 9161244
    Abstract: Disclosed is a signal transceiving method which can reduce interference between nodes in a multi-node system. The method comprises the steps of: receiving reference signal configuration information from a first node; receiving a reference signal from a second node; measuring interference caused by the second node using the reference signal, and generating interference node information; and transmitting the interference node information to the first node, wherein the reference signal configuration information includes mapping information between the second node and the reference signal, and the interference node information includes an index of the reference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Young Chun, Ki Tae Kim, Su Nam Kim, Ji Won Kang, Bin Chul Ihm, Sung Ho Park
  • Patent number: 9154209
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and apparatus for transmitting feedback in a wireless communication system. A terminal transmits first CSI (channel state information) on a first node combination to a base station, or a terminal transmits second CSI on a second node combination to the base station. The total number of antenna ports in the first node combinations is one of two, four, or eight, and the total number of antenna ports in the second node combination is not two, four, and eight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jin Young Chun, Ki Tae Kim, Su Nam Kim, Ji Won Kang, Bin Chul Ihm, Sung Ho Park
  • Patent number: 9154943
    Abstract: Provided is a method for transmitting a signal in a multi-node system including a plurality of nodes, and a base station connected to each of the plurality of nodes for controlling the nodes. The method comprises the following steps: transmitting first node-setting information to a first terminal; transmitting second node-setting information to a second terminal; transmitting a signal to the first terminal through a first node group; and transmitting a signal to the second terminal through a second node group, wherein the first node-setting information and the second node-setting information include system parameters which are set differently for each terminal, and the first node group is determined on the basis of the first node-setting information, and the second node group is determined on the basis of the second node-setting information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Ji Won Kang, Jin Young Chun, Su Nam Kim, Bin Chul Ihm, Sung Ho Park
  • Publication number: 20150237523
    Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for measuring interference in a wireless communication system. A terminal receives, from a base station, a zero-power channel state information (CSI) reference signal (RS) indicator that indicates whether or not to estimate interference using a zero-power CSI RS signal, and, according to the zero-power CSI RS indicator, measures interference on the basis of the zero-power CSI RS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jin Young CHUN, Ki Tae KIM, Su Nam KIM, Ji Won KANG, Bin Chul IHM, Sung Ho PARK
  • Publication number: 20150237642
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for reference signal dropping and an apparatus for the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Bin Chul Ihm, Ki Tae Kim, Su Nam Kim, Ji Won Kang, Jin Young Chun, Sung Ho Park
  • Patent number: 9107199
    Abstract: Provided is a method of transmitting a signal of a multi-node system employing a plurality of nodes and a plurality of base stations that can be controlled by being connected with the plurality of nodes. The method includes: mapping at least one base station among the plurality of base stations to at least one node among the plurality of nodes; and transmitting by the at least one base station a signal to a user equipment via the mapped node, wherein the plurality of nodes are installed in a geographically distributed manner, and the node mapped to the at least one base station varies temporally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Ji Won Kang, Su Nam Kim, Bin Chul Ihm, Jin Young Chun, Sung Ho Park
  • Patent number: 9084229
    Abstract: A method for reducing inter-cell interference and a method for transmitting a signal by a collaborative MIMO scheme, in a communication system having a multi-cell environment are disclosed. An example of a method for transmitting, by a mobile station, precoding information in a collaborative MIMO communication system includes determining a precoding matrix set including precoding matrices of one more base stations including a serving base station, based on signal strength of the serving base station, and transmitting information about the precoding matrix set to the serving base station. A mobile station in an edge of a cell performs a collaborative MIMO mode or inter-cell interference mitigation mode using the information about the precoding matrix set collaboratively with neighboring base stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jae Wan Kim, Wook Bong Lee, Su Nam Kim, Dong Guk Lim, Bin Chul Ihm
  • Patent number: 9071961
    Abstract: A method for estimating channel state in a wireless communication system and a mobile station using the same are disclosed. The method includes acquiring cell Identifiers (IDs) of a serving cell and one or more neighbor cells, acquiring information about preset power level patterns for one or more frequency partitions to which FFR is applied according to the cell IDs, and estimating a channel state of the serving cell based on the power level pattern information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Ja Ho Koo, Wook Bong Lee, Su Nam Kim, Bin Chul Ihm, Hyun Soo Ko
  • Patent number: 9055476
    Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for measuring interference in a wireless communication system. A terminal receives, from a base station, a zero-power channel state information (CSI) reference signal (RS) indicator that indicates whether or not to estimate interference using a zero-power CSI RS signal, and, according to the zero-power CSI RS indicator, measures interference on the basis of the zero-power CSI RS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Young Chun, Ki Tae Kim, Su Nam Kim, Ji Won Kang, Bin Chul Ihm, Sung Ho Park