Patents by Inventor Bruno Clerckx

Bruno Clerckx 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: 9735853
    Abstract: Provided are a method and device for low-complexity feedback in a multiuser and multipoint cooperative communication system. The base station in the multiuser and multipoint cooperative communication system transmits a feedback stop signal to a terminal in order for the terminal receiving the feedback stop signal to stop feedback for a predetermined period. The terminal receiving the feedback stop signal stops the feedback of channel information for a period indicated by the feedback stop signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hua Li, Jun Il Choi, Bruno Clerckx
  • Patent number: 9674849
    Abstract: A system and method for transmitting signals via multi-input single-output (MISO) broadcast channel with imperfect channel state information at the transmitter (CSIT). The transmitter receives each CSI of from the plural receivers, determines a transmit power and a transmission rate based on the CSI qualities of the plural receivers calculated from the each CSI, and transmits the signal using the transmit power and the transmission rate. The signal comprises a user specific message, a first common message and a second common message to compensate imperfect CSIT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seunghoon Choi, Chenxi Hao, Bruno Clerckx
  • Patent number: 9628160
    Abstract: A transmitter and a receiver of a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) communication system may use two codebooks to share channel information. When the transmitter uses eight transmit antennas, two codebooks may be defined. When the receiver generates two precoding matrix indicators from two codebooks, a combination of the two precoding matrix indicators may indicate a single precoding matrix. Precoding matrix candidates may also be defined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Il Choi, Bruno Clerckx, Ki Il Kim
  • Patent number: 9622231
    Abstract: A control information transmission and reception method based on a spatial-multiplexing gain, are provided. The control information may be transmitted by obtaining the spatial-multiplexing gain using an E-PDCCH region, and thus, a transmission efficiency of the control information may be improved. The common control information used for decoding the E-PDCCH may be transmitted via a PDCCH, and thus, a base station supporting both a general terminal and an enhanced terminal may effectively transmit the control information. Information associated with an indicator indicating whether the E-PDCCH is to be used during a subsequent resource allocation period may be transmitted, and thus, whether decoding with respect to the E-PDCCH is to be performed during the subsequent allocation period may be determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Jun Hong, Bruno Clerckx, Young Ho Jung, Joon Young Cho, Jin Kyu Han, In Ho Lee, Hyoung Ju Ji
  • Publication number: 20160352402
    Abstract: The embodiment of the disclosure discloses a base station, a mobile station and a method thereof. The base station includes a processor and a transceiver. The processor determines a first subgroup to which a first mobile station belongs, wherein the first mobile station is one of a plurality of mobile stations, the plurality of mobile stations are grouped into G groups based on spatial correlation, the mobile stations in each of the G groups are further grouped into S subgroups based on polarization, the mobile stations in a same subgroup have a same polarization and the mobile stations in different subgroups have different polarizations. The transceiver communicates with the first mobile station according to the polarization of the first subgroup. The embodiments of the disclosure utilize polarization jointly with the spatial correlation in dual structured procoding so that feedback overhead can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: JaeHyun Park, Bruno Clerckx, Kunpeng Liu
  • Publication number: 20160249369
    Abstract: A system and method for transmitting signals via multi-input single-output (MISO) broadcast channel with imperfect channel state information at the transmitter (CSIT). The transmitter receives each CSI of from the plural receivers, determines a transmit power and a transmission rate based on the CSI qualities of the plural receivers calculated from the each CSI, and transmits the signal using the transmit power and the transmission rate. The signal comprises a user specific message, a first common message and a second common message to compensate imperfect CSIT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicants: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., IMPERIAL INNOVATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Seunghoon Choi, Chenxi Hao, Bruno Clerckx
  • Publication number: 20160248607
    Abstract: A method for estimating a channel in a wireless communication system in which a plurality of terminals and a base station communicate with each other, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: receiving reference signals transmitted through a plurality of slots; and estimating a channel by using the reference signals. Here, for the channel estimation, the number of reference signals received through at least one slot among the plurality of slots is different from the number of reference signals received through the other slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicin e
    Inventors: Seung-Hoon CHOI, Bruno CLERCKX, Chenxi HAO
  • Patent number: 9426757
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for use in a multiuser radio communication system for transmitting and receiving a signal in a Multiple Input and Multiple Output (MIMO) broadcast channel with an imperfect Channel State Information at the Transmitter (CSIT) are provided. The signal transmission/reception method includes receiving CSI from each of a plurality of receivers, determining a transmit power and a transmission rate based on the CSI qualities of the plurality of receivers calculated from the CSI from each of the plurality of receivers, and transmitting the signal using the transmit power and the transmission rate. The present disclosure is capable of maximizing system throughput in wireless communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignees: Samsung Electroncs Co. Ltd., Imperial Innovations Ltd.
    Inventors: Seunghoon Choi, Chenxi Hao, Bruno Clerckx
  • Patent number: 9391730
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for interference alignment in a wireless communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Bruno Clerckx, Duck Dong Hwang, Chun Kin Au Yeung, David James Love, Tae Joon Kim
  • Patent number: 9325402
    Abstract: A method for transmitting and receiving a codebook subset restriction bitmap is provided. The Codebook Subset Restriction (CSR) bitmap transmission method of an evolved Node B (eNB) in transmission mode 9 for communication with 8 antenna ports includes generating a CSR bitmap including bits corresponding to restricted precoding matrix indicators and rank indicators that are not allowed for reporting and transmitting the CSR bitmap to a User Equipment (UE). The CSR bitmap comprises 53 bits corresponding to a first codebook and 56 bits corresponding to a second codebook, the 53 bits corresponding to a first codebook comprise 16, 16, 4, 4, 4, 4, and 1 bits for layers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, respectively, and the 56 bits corresponding to a second codebook comprise 16, 16, 16 and 8 bits for layers 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Kyu Han, Bruno Clerckx
  • Patent number: 9319251
    Abstract: Provided is a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) communication system using a codebook. A transmitter and a receiver included in the MIMO communication system may generate a codebook having a different size for each eigenvector of a channel matrix or a channel covariance matrix, based on eigenvalues of the channel matrix or the channel covariance matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Junil Choi, Bruno Clerckx, Ki Il Kim, David J. Love, Tae Joon Kim
  • Publication number: 20160013853
    Abstract: A method for transmitting and receiving a codebook subset restriction bitmap is provided. The Codebook Subset Restriction (CSR) bitmap transmission method of an evolved Node B (eNB) in transmission mode 9 for communication with 8 antenna ports includes generating a CSR bitmap including bits corresponding to restricted precoding matrix indicators and rank indicators that are not allowed for reporting and transmitting the CSR bitmap to a User Equipment (UE). The CSR bitmap comprises 53 bits corresponding to a first codebook and 56 bits corresponding to a second codebook, the 53 bits corresponding to a first codebook comprise 16, 16, 4, 4, 4, 4, and 1 bits for layers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, respectively, and the 56 bits corresponding to a second codebook comprise 16, 16, 16 and 8 bits for layers 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Jin Kyu HAN, Bruno CLERCKX
  • Publication number: 20150381250
    Abstract: A method for transmitting and receiving a codebook subset restriction bitmap is provided. The Codebook Subset Restriction (CSR) bitmap transmission method of an evolved Node B (eNB) in transmission mode 9 for communication with 8 antenna ports includes generating a CSR bitmap including bits corresponding to restricted precoding matrix indicators and rank indicators that are not allowed for reporting and transmitting the CSR bitmap to a User Equipment (UE). The CSR bitmap comprises 53 bits corresponding to a first codebook and 56 bits corresponding to a second codebook, the 53 bits corresponding to a first codebook comprise 16, 16, 4, 4, 4, 4, and 1 bits for layers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, respectively, and the 56 bits corresponding to a second codebook comprise 16, 16, 16 and 8 bits for layers 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Jin Kyu HAN, Bruno CLERCKX
  • Patent number: 9178596
    Abstract: A method for transmitting and receiving a codebook subset restriction bitmap is provided. The Codebook Subset Restriction (CSR) bitmap transmission method of an evolved Node B (eNB) in transmission mode 9 for communication with 8 antenna ports includes generating a CSR bitmap including bits corresponding to restricted precoding matrix indicators and rank indicators that are not allowed for reporting and transmitting the CSR bitmap to a User Equipment (UE). The CSR bitmap comprises 53 bits corresponding to a first codebook and 56 bits corresponding to a second codebook, the 53 bits corresponding to a first codebook comprise 16, 16, 4, 4, 4, 4, and 1 bits for layers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, respectively, and the 56 bits corresponding to a second codebook comprise 16, 16, 16 and 8 bits for layers 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Kyu Han, Bruno Clerckx
  • Patent number: 9094251
    Abstract: Provided is a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) communication method and system that may exchange information associated with a coordinated rank for a neighbor cell. In a MIMO communication system, a target terminal may feed back the information associated with the coordinated rank to a serving base station, and the serving base station may exchange the information associated with the coordinated rank with the neighbor base station. The serving base station may perform precoding based on the exchanged information associated with the coordinated rank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bruno Clerckx, Jin Kyu Han, Heun Chul Lee, Young Jun Hong, Ki Il Kim
  • Publication number: 20150200717
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for use in a multiuser radio communication system for transmitting and receiving a signal in a Multiple Input and Multiple Output (MIMO) broadcast channel with an imperfect Channel State Information at the Transmitter (CSIT) are provided. The signal transmission/reception method includes receiving CSI from each of a plurality of receivers, determining a transmit power and a transmission rate based on the CSI qualities of the plurality of receivers calculated from the CSI from each of the plurality of receivers, and transmitting the signal using the transmit power and the transmission rate. The present disclosure is capable of maximizing system throughput in wireless communication system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: Seunghoon CHOI, Chenxi HAO, Bruno CLERCKX
  • Patent number: 9065493
    Abstract: Provided is a coordinated communication method and apparatus that may perform coordinated communication based on long-term channel information, for each sub-band. Base stations may exchange scheduling information of each sub-band with each other to determine a priority among the base stations, and may perform rescheduling for each sub-band based on the determined priority. The base stations may obtain the long-term channel information, and thus may reduce overhead occurring with exchanging of information between a base station and a terminal or between base stations, and may decrease damage due to a delay of channel information associated with a terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., SNU R&D Foundation
    Inventors: Young Jun Hong, Bruno Clerckx, Sung Hyun Choi, Hye Won Lee, Hui Won Je
  • Publication number: 20150172033
    Abstract: Provided is a feedback method and apparatus in a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication system. A terminal may determine a preferred pre-coding matrix for a neighboring terminal, based on a reference rank determined by a base station and a preferred pre-coding matrix of the terminal. The terminal may calculate a channel quality indicator (CQI) based on the preferred precoding matrix for the neighboring terminal, and may feed the CQI back to the base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bruno CLERCKX, Jun Il CHOI, Ki Il KIM
  • Publication number: 20150085954
    Abstract: A method for transmitting and receiving a codebook subset restriction bitmap is provided. The Codebook Subset Restriction (CSR) bitmap transmission method of an evolved Node B (eNB) in transmission mode 9 for communication with 8 antenna ports includes generating a CSR bitmap including bits corresponding to restricted precoding matrix indicators and rank indicators that are not allowed for reporting and transmitting the CSR bitmap to a User Equipment (UE). The CSR bitmap comprises 53 bits corresponding to a first codebook and 56 bits corresponding to a second codebook, the 53 bits corresponding to a first codebook comprise 16, 16, 4, 4, 4, 4, and 1 bits for layers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, respectively, and the 56 bits corresponding to a second codebook comprise 16, 16, 16 and 8 bits for layers 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Jin Kyu HAN, Bruno CLERCKX
  • Patent number: 8976850
    Abstract: Provided is a channel state information (CSI) sharing method and apparatus in a Multiple User Multiple Input Multiple Output (MU-MIMO) environment. Each node may use network-coding to reduce overhead necessary for sharing CSI between all nodes in the MU-MIMO environment. A transmitter may dynamically select, based on the CSI between receivers, a path used for transmitting data to each receiver and a receiver to be used as a relay based on the global CSI. A decoding performance may be improved based on the CSI between the transmitter and the receivers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Bruno Clerckx, Jun Il Choi, Taejoon Kim, Obadamilola Aluko, David J. Love