Abstract: Disclosed is a method for supporting a dynamic-time division duplex (D-TDD) downlink-uplink configuration in a wireless communication system and to an apparatus therefor. A method in which a first network node supports a dynamic-time division duplex (D-TDD) downlink-uplink configuration according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises a step of selecting two or more TDD downlink-uplink configurations from among a plurality of predefined TDD downlink-uplink configurations based on a predetermined rule so as to establish a set of TDD downlink-uplink configurations, wherein the predetermined rule may enable the selection of two or more TDD downlink-uplink configurations from a number of downlink subframe durations constituted by subframes other than a downlink subframe, or from a number of uplink subframe durations constituted by subframes other than an uplink subframe.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 2, 2012
Publication date:
February 6, 2014
Applicant:
LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventors:
Dongcheol Kim, Hangyu Cho, Kyujin Park, Dongguk Lim
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for setting the optimum transmission path for increasing energy efficiency in a wireless ad hoc network. More particularly, the present invention relates to setting an optimized data transmission path in a multi-hop data transmission environment in a wireless network comprising machine to machine (M2M) communication devices, which operate with limited energy, based on link information of the network, such as the position of a node in the network. And to this end, the present invention relates to a wireless M2M communication network protocol minimizing energy consumption by selecting the optimum transmission method for each of the hops from the following transmission methods: a single input single output (SISO) method; a virtual single input multiple output (V-SIMO) method; and a virtual multiple input multiple output (V-MIMO) method.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 15, 2011
Publication date:
February 6, 2014
Applicants:
INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY, LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventors:
Jong-Moon Chung, Suhwook Kim, Donghyuk Han, Bonghoe Kim, Joonhyung Kim
Abstract: One embodiment disclosed in the present description relates to a coexistence manager which can adaptively select channels in a coexistence environment between disparate systems with channel use constraints that inherently exist with use of TVWS. Accordingly, the embodiment disclosed in the present description provides a resource allocation method for a manager device, comprising the steps of: receiving a channel allocation request from a first network or device; determining a second network or device for switching channels based on the benefits of each channel or device, if a channel cannot be assigned to the first network or device; switching the channel used by the second network or device to another channel and raising its priority; and assigning the channel used by the second network or device to the first network or device.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 17, 2011
Publication date:
February 6, 2014
Applicants:
INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY, LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventors:
Junho Jo, Gosan Noh, Daesik Hong, Bonghoe Kim
Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention relate to a method for transmitting control information by a base station in a wireless communication system, wherein the method comprises a step of transmitting a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). The downlink control information of the PDCCH may include an indicator indicating whether or not a reference signal is transmitted in a time domain corresponding to the subframe in which the PDCCH is transmitted.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 13, 2012
Publication date:
February 6, 2014
Applicant:
LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventors:
Hyungtae Kim, Hanbyul Seo, Hakseong Kim
Abstract: The present invention provides a method for controlling an access in a server in charge of a control plane in a visited network. The method for controlling the access comprises the step of the server in charge of receiving from a Home (e)Node B an access request message or an update request message by a roaming terminal. The Home (e)Node B can be operated as a closed subscriber group (CSG) or in a mixed access mode. The access request message or the update request message can include one or more of local CSG related information defined in the visited network or CSG related information in a home network.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 16, 2012
Publication date:
February 6, 2014
Applicant:
LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventors:
Hyunsook Kim, Laeyoung Kim, Taehyeon Kim
Abstract: Provided is a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger includes a refrigerant tube through which a refrigerant flows and a fin having at least two tube through holes in which the refrigerant tube is inserted. The fin includes a fin body, a plurality of louvers protruding from a surface of the fin body, a plane part defined between the plurality of louvers, the plane part having a flat surface, and a guide part disposed on at least one side of the plane part to guide a flow of air or discharge of defrosting water.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 31, 2013
Publication date:
February 6, 2014
Applicant:
LG Electronics Inc.
Inventors:
Sangyeul Lee, Hongseong Kim, Juhyok Kim, Hanchoon Lee
Abstract: A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which various kinds of informations and/or functions for at least one content can be provided through a plurality of partitioned regions generated by partitioning a region of a display object for the at least one content into a plurality of the partitioned regions. The present invention may include creating a display object corresponding to an upper content in a manner of having an inner space partitioned into a plurality of regions and displaying the created display object on a touchscreen, wherein different lower contents subordinate to the upper content are displayed on a plurality of the regions, respectively.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 1, 2013
Publication date:
February 6, 2014
Applicant:
LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventors:
Hyekyung PARK, Joowoo LEE, Hyehyun KIM, Sunjung LEE
Abstract: Maintaining communication between a mobile terminal and a network in a mobile communication system is achieved by determining a transition to one of a synchronized state and an unsynchronized state with a network while maintaining an active state with the network, and transitions to one of the synchronized state and the unsynchronized state according to the determination.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 5, 2007
Date of Patent:
February 4, 2014
Assignee:
LG Electronics Inc.
Inventors:
Sung-Duck Chun, Young-Dae Lee, Myung-Cheul Jung, Sung-Jun Park
Abstract: A method for performing communication in a user equipment of a wireless communication system comprises receiving a control region through a specific frequency block of a plurality of frequency blocks, the control region including a plurality of control channels; identifying a first control channel for the user equipment in the control region; and performing an operation in accordance with information included in the first control channel, wherein the specific frequency block through which the first control channel is transmitted is changed according to a certain pattern with the lapse of time.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 3, 2009
Date of Patent:
February 4, 2014
Assignee:
LG Electronics Inc.
Inventors:
Joon Kui Ahn, Jung Hoon Lee, Dong Youn Seo
Abstract: A method of processing an audio signal is disclosed. The present invention includes receiving downmix information of at least one downmixed object signal, obtaining side information including object information, and mix information, generating plural channel information based on the side information and the mix information, and generating an output channel signal from the downmix information using the plural channel information, wherein the object information includes at least one of level information of the object signal, correlation information of the object signal, gain information of the object signal and supplementary information thereof.
Abstract: A method for correcting errors in a multiple antenna system based on a plurality of sub-carriers and a transmitting/receiving apparatus supporting the same are disclosed. The method includes determining a phase shift based precoding matrix phase shifted at a predetermined phase angle, initially transmitting each sub-carrier symbol to a receiver in a packet unit by using the phase shift based precoding matrix, reconstructing the phase shift based precoding matrix to reduce a spatial multiplexing rate if a negative reception acknowledgement (NACK) is received from the receiver, and retransmitting the initially transmitted sub-carrier symbol by using the reconstructed phase shift based precoding matrix or by changing the phase shift based precoding matrix using offset information fed back from the receiver or random offset information.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 15, 2012
Date of Patent:
February 4, 2014
Assignee:
LG Electronics Inc.
Inventors:
Moon Il Lee, Bin Chul Ihm, Jin Young Chun
Abstract: A method and apparatus for communication using multiple carriers is provided. A mobile station receives information regarding at least one assigned carrier selected from the available carriers based on the multiple carrier capability from a base station. The mobile station activates or inactivates the at least one assigned carrier by receiving a message comprising information indicating activation or inactivation of the at least one assigned carrier from the base station. Signaling overhead for managing multiple carriers may be reduced.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 2, 2009
Date of Patent:
February 4, 2014
Assignee:
LG Electronics Inc.
Inventors:
Young Soo Yuk, Ki Seon Ryu, In Uk Jung, Eun Jong Lee, Yong Ho Kim
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus of transmitting and receiving backhaul downlink control information in a wireless communication system. In the method for transmitting backhaul downlink control information from a base station in a wireless communication system according to one aspect of the present invention, the base station transmits resource allocation information to at least one terminal and at least one relay node via a relay-physical downlink control channel (hereinafter referred to as “R-PDCCH”); transmits backhaul system information to the at least one relay node and the at least one terminal via a relay physical downlink shared channel (hereinafter referred to as “R-PDSCH”) which is determined according to the resource allocation information; and changes a backhaul downlink resource block according to the backhaul system information.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 19, 2010
Date of Patent:
February 4, 2014
Assignee:
LG Electronics Inc.
Inventors:
Jae Hoon Chung, Kyu Jin Park, Sung Ho Moon, Yeong Hyeon Kwon
Abstract: In a wireless mobile communications system, a method for controlling a radio resource allocation is provided. A network transmits access control information to a terminal such that a request for the radio resource allocation which will be transmitted from the terminal can be controlled. The terminal selectively transmits the request for the radio resource allocation based on the received information, thus a transmission of an unnecessary request for the radio resource can be minimized, thereby preventing a waste of the radio resource.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 30, 2008
Date of Patent:
February 4, 2014
Assignee:
LG Electronics Inc.
Inventors:
Sung-Duck Chun, Young-Dae Lee, Sung-Jun Park, Seung-June Yi
Abstract: The present invention provides a control method for a refrigerator that can acquire a pump-down effect without performing an additional pump-down process and furthermore, efficiently utilize residual cool air remaining in a freezer evaporator.
Abstract: A method and apparatus of accessing a channel in a wireless local area network is provided. The method includes receiving, by a device, an operation element for setting up or switching at least one channel from an access point (AP), the operation element including a channel type field indicating whether the at least one channel is either a single channel or multiple channels, and the operation element including two channel center frequency segment fields indicating channel center frequency of a primary channel and a secondary channel respectively if the channel type field indicates that the at least one channel is multiple channels, determining whether the primary channel is idle during a first interval, determining whether the secondary channel is idle during a second interval if the primary channel is idle, and transmitting data by using the primary channel and the secondary channel to the AP or at least one station in a basic service set (BSS) if the primary channel and the secondary channel are idle.
Abstract: A method and device for displaying a broadcasting program are disclosed. An electronic program guide (EPG) is newly generated according to user set option information and the EPG is displayed on a screen on user's request.
Abstract: A method of processing EPG metadata in a network according to one embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of performing a services discovery procedure utilizing multiple service discovery metadata components supplied by a service provider and processing an EPG metadata.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 18, 2010
Date of Patent:
February 4, 2014
Assignee:
LG Electronics Inc.
Inventors:
Joon Hui Lee, Gomer Thomas, So Young Kim, Joo Hwan Sul
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of transmitting and receiving signals and a corresponding apparatus. One aspect of the present invention relates to a method of extracting PLP from data slices.
Abstract: A method for acquiring FFR power pattern of Frequency Partitions (FPs) at a mobile station (MS) in a wireless communication system using Fractional Frequency Reuse (FFR) is disclosed. The method includes receiving a preamble from a base station (BS); and acquiring a FFR power pattern for a reuse-1 partition and reuse-N partitions using the received preamble, wherein the FFR power pattern is determined based on a segment identifier (ID), the reuse-N partitions include N frequency partitions, each frequency partition has a power level with a range of FP1_power level to FPN_power level, a power-boosted FP in the reuse-N partitions is a partition whose power level is the FP1_power level.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 11, 2010
Date of Patent:
February 4, 2014
Assignee:
LG Electronics Inc.
Inventors:
Wook Bong Lee, Han Gyu Cho, Ja Ho Koo, Bin Chul Ihm, Jin Soo Choi