Patents Assigned to SOLID, INC.
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Publication number: 20200196156Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of allocating shared radio resources in a spectrum shared system (SSS), the method including: obtaining, by a system controller of the SSS, identification information from at least one radio service device of the SSS and a node unit of a distributed antenna system (DAS); determining, by the system controller of the SSS, whether the at least one radio service device interoperates with the DAS based on the identification information; and allocating, by the system controller of the SSS, the shared radio resources to the at least one radio service device and the DAS, respectively, based on a result of the determining of interoperating.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2019Publication date: June 18, 2020Applicant: SOLiD, INC.Inventors: Ok Jin KIM, Dae Young Kim
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Patent number: 10686517Abstract: Provided is an interference cancellation relay device. The interference cancellation relay device includes: an interference cancellation unit cancelling an interference signal from an input signal and outputting the input signal from which the interference signal is removed; a gain control unit controlling a gain of an output signal of the interference cancellation unit; and a pre-distortion unit distorting the output signal of the interference cancellation unit, of which the gain is controlled by the gain control unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2018Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: SOLiD, INC.Inventors: Inho Jang, Hyunchae Kim
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Patent number: 10681664Abstract: Provided is a node unit which is branch-connected to another communication node via a transport medium, the node unit comprising: a delay measurement unit which transmits a test signal for measuring a delay to an adjacent node unit of the branch-connected upper stage via the transport medium and detects a loopback signal to which the test signal is looped back via the adjacent node unit of the upper stage, thereby measuring an upper stage transmission delay between the adjacent node unit of the upper stage and the node unit; a delay summation unit which, when an adjacent node unit of the branch-connected lower stage exists, receives a lower stage transmission delay transmitted from the adjacent node unit of the lower stage, and calculates a summed transmission delay by summing the upper stage transmission delay and the lower stage transmission delay; and a control unit which transmits the summed transmission delay to the adjacent node unit of the upper stage.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2019Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: SOLiD, INC.Inventors: Doyoon Kim, Hyoungho Kim
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Publication number: 20200177432Abstract: A synchronization detection method of a repeater comprises receiving a communication signal comprising a plurality of synchronization signal blocks respectively belonging to different frequency ranges, determining a priority of a frequency range in which the plurality of synchronization signal blocks are to be detected based on signal level for each frequency range and detecting a synchronization signal block included in each frequency range according to the determined priority.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2019Publication date: June 4, 2020Applicant: SOLID, INC.Inventor: Nagwon KWON
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Patent number: 10673492Abstract: There is provided a first unit which constitutes a point-to-multipoint communication system and is connected to communicate with each of a plurality of second units. The first unit includes a control signal extraction unit, a signal switching unit and a controller. The control signal extraction unit extracts first control signals respectively transmitted from the plurality of second units. The signal switching unit includes a switching circuit, and selects any one of the first control signals respectively received through individual signal transmission lines. The controller receives the first control signal selected by the signal switching unit, determines an allocation ID to be allocated to a second unit corresponding to the selected first control signal based on the initial identification information of the selected first control signal, and controls the determined allocation ID to be transmitted to the corresponding second unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2018Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: SOLiD, INC.Inventor: Yong Ki Cho
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Publication number: 20200169975Abstract: A communication system comprises a clock generator configured to generate a plurality of system clock signals used to synchronize components included in each of communication nodes in the communication system based on an external clock signal provided by an external clock source located outside the communication system and a physical layer configured to transmit any one of the generated system clock signals to a small cell communicatively connected to an end communication node of the communication system.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2019Publication date: May 28, 2020Applicant: SOLiD, INC.Inventors: Donghee KWON, Hoopyo HONG
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Publication number: 20200162157Abstract: The present invention provides a method of optical transmission delay compensation of a system including a main unit and a remote unit, wherein the main unit and the remote unit are connected to each other through an optical transmission line, including: receiving a reference signal, by the remote unit, generated by the main unit through the optical transmission line; analog converting the reference signal and performing analog processing on the reference signal; converting the analog-processed reference signal into an RF signal and radiating the RF signal; and measuring a delay time until the reference signal is generated and radiated as the RF signal. Accordingly, it is possible to obtain an effect of preventing degradation of service quality due to interference by synchronizing remote units and improving the service quality.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2020Publication date: May 21, 2020Applicant: SOLiD, INC.Inventor: Ok Jin Kim
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Publication number: 20200119700Abstract: The present invention, which relates to a multi-path communication device for sharing a feedback path for digital pre-distortion, includes: a DPD processing unit configured to output a plurality of pre-distorted signals by respectively pre-distorting a plurality of input signals, to output an nth control signal when an nth input signal is input, and to output an nth pre-distorted signal using an nth feedback signal input in response to the nth control signal; a power amplifying unit configured to amplify each of the plurality of pre-distorted signals and output a plurality of amplified signals; a signal combining unit configured to combine some of each of the plurality of amplified signals and output combined feedback signal; and a signal selection unit configured to select and output only the nth feedback signal from the combined feedback signal according to the input nth control signal, thereby preventing an increase in the size of a device and manufacturing cost thereof caused by a plurality of DPD feedbacType: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2019Publication date: April 16, 2020Applicant: Solid, Inc.Inventors: Kwang Nam Seo, Do Yoon Kim, Hyoung Ho Kim
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Publication number: 20200092154Abstract: A TSN-based distributed antenna system including a headend unit, one or more TSN switches, and one or more remote units and a fronthaul transport network constituted by the headend unit, the TSN switch, and the remote unit is provided. The packet-based fronthaul network constituted by the headend unit, the TSN switch, and the remote unit transmits traffic in a time-deterministic manner while minimizing packet loss through Ethernet to which TSN standards are applied.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2019Publication date: March 19, 2020Applicant: SOLiD, Inc.Inventors: Dong Hee KWON, Hoo Pyo HONG, Young Man CHO, Dae Young KIM, Hyun Jung KIM
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Patent number: 10581520Abstract: The present invention provides a method of optical transmission delay compensation of a system including a main unit and a remote unit, wherein the main unit and the remote unit are connected to each other through an optical transmission line, including: receiving a reference signal, by the remote unit, generated by the main unit through the optical transmission line; analog converting the reference signal and performing analog processing on the reference signal; converting the analog-processed reference signal into an RF signal and radiating the RF signal; and measuring a delay time until the reference signal is generated and radiated as the RF signal. Accordingly, it is possible to obtain an effect of preventing degradation of service quality due to interference by synchronizing remote units and improving the service quality.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2016Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: SOLiD, INC.Inventor: Ok Jin Kim
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Patent number: 10574357Abstract: A head-end device according to an embodiment includes: a plurality of base station interfacing units configured to interface each of transmission/reception signals that are exchanged between the head-end device and a plurality of base stations; and a head-end control unit configured to receive an upper interfacing unit signal transmitted from an upper base station interfacing unit from among the plurality of base station interfacing units, and sequentially transmit the received upper interfacing unit signal to a lower base station interfacing unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2019Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: SOLiD, INC.Inventor: Young Ju You
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Patent number: 10559869Abstract: A base station interface device including an interface board, which is located in a housing and determines an upper portion of a first surface as a first mounting location and an upper portion of a second surface opposite to the first surface as a second mounting location, including a relay connector wherein one end is exposed to the upper portion of the first surface and the other end is exposed to the upper portion of the second surface; a base station signal matching unit mounted on the first mounting location and including a first connector coupled to the one end of the relay connector; and a base station signal processing unit mounted on the second mounting location and including a second connector coupled to the other end of the relay connector.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2018Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: SOLiD, INC.Inventor: Dongwon Lee
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Patent number: 10555267Abstract: According to an aspect of the inventive concept, there is provided a headend apparatus, including: a spectrum analysis unit analyzing frequency spectrums of a plurality of base station signals to detect characteristic information of the plurality of base station signals; a control unit transmitting the characteristic information to a network management server connected to the headend apparatus and outputting power control information, generated based on the characteristic information, received from the network management server; and a plurality of RF units receiving at least one of the plurality of base station signals and controlling power of the plurality of base station signals based on the power control information and outputting the plurality of base station signals.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: SOLiD, INC.Inventor: Bongcheol Na
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Patent number: 10554296Abstract: Disclosed is an optical network system including a upper network equipment, a lower network equipment, and a plurality of transfer network equipments connecting the upper network equipment and the lower network equipment through independent optical links, wherein the lower network equipment performs switching such that transmission and reception of an optical signal are performed through an optical link of a standby line when a failure occurs in at least one of an optical link used as a working line, an optical interface device associated with the working line in the upper network equipment, and a transfer network equipment associated with the working line.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: SOLiD, INC.Inventors: Taehyeong Kim, Jongyeong Lim, Jongsin Kim, Eunho Lee
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Publication number: 20200021508Abstract: A service capacity distribution method of a distributed antenna system includes: monitoring an operating state of each of a plurality of remote units; analyzing a usage pattern for the plurality of service units based on the monitored operating state; and distributing the service capacity of each of the plurality of remote units based on the analyzed usage pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2019Publication date: January 16, 2020Applicant: SOLiD INC.Inventor: Ok Jin KIM
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Patent number: 10536120Abstract: The present invention, which relates to a multi-path communication device for sharing a feedback path for digital pre-distortion, includes: a DPD processing unit configured to output a plurality of pre-distorted signals by respectively pre-distorting a plurality of input signals, to output an nth control signal when an nth input signal is input, and to output an nth pre-distorted signal using an nth feedback signal input in response to the nth control signal; a power amplifying unit configured to amplify each of the plurality of pre-distorted signals and output a plurality of amplified signals; a signal combining unit configured to combine some of each of the plurality of amplified signals and output combined feedback signal; and a signal selection unit configured to select and output only the nth feedback signal from the combined feedback signal according to the input nth control signal, thereby preventing an increase in the size of a device and manufacturing cost thereof caused by a plurality of DPD feedbacType: GrantFiled: March 28, 2016Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: SOLiD, INC.Inventors: Kwang Nam Seo, Do Yoon Kim, Hyoung Ho Kim
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Patent number: 10530313Abstract: According to one mode of the inventive concept, an amplification device includes a first amplification unit configured to amplify an input signal when a power level of the input signal is within a first range, a second amplification unit configured to amplify the input signal when the power level of the input signal is within a second range, and an abnormality sensing unit configured to sense an occurrence of an abnormality in the second amplification unit. The abnormality sensing unit senses reverse power regarding an output of the second amplification unit to generate a sensed voltage and compares the sensed voltage with a reference voltage to sense whether an abnormality occurs in the second amplification unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2015Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: SOLiD, INC.Inventors: Hwansun Lee, Jitaek Park
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Patent number: 10523452Abstract: Provided are a node unit including a queuing engine for multicasting Ethernet data, and a distributed antenna system including the same. The node unit is a node unit which is branch-connected to a plurality of lower nodes, and comprises: a media access control (MAC) module; and a queuing engine for interfacing Ethernet data between the MAC module and the plurality of branch-connected lower nodes, wherein the queuing engine multicasts Ethernet data received from the MAC module to the plurality of branch-connected lower nodes, transfers Ethernet data received from the plurality of branch-connected lower nodes to the MAC module, wherein the queuing engine comprises a buffer for buffering Ethernet data received from the plurality of branch-connected lower nodes, and outputting the buffered Ethernet data to the MAC module.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2015Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: SOLiD, INC.Inventor: Doyoon Kim
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Patent number: 10516766Abstract: A base station system includes a main conversion unit configured to receive a first downlink frame conforming to a first protocol and a second downlink frame conforming to a second protocol, and configured to reconstruct the first and second downlink frames to conform to a third protocol and generate a downlink transmit frame; and a radio unit including a remote conversion unit that receives the downlink transmission frame and disassembles the received downlink transmission frame to output at least one of the first and second downlink frames.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2014Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: SOLiD, INC.Inventor: Hyunchae Kim
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Patent number: 10516492Abstract: A remote apparatus includes: a plurality of sub amplification units amplifying radio frequency (RF) signals of different frequency bands, respectively; a test signal generation unit generating test signals of a frequency band for any one sub amplification unit among the plurality of sub amplification units; a conversion unit converting intermodulation (IM) signals generated in response to the test signals into a plurality of conversion IM signals by using a conversion signal of which a frequency is swept; and a control unit determining a degree of an intermodulation distortion by the any one sub amplification unit based on signal levels of the plurality of the conversion IM signals.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2018Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: SOLiD, INC.Inventor: Youngju You