Patents by Inventor Byung-Chan Ahn

Byung-Chan 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).

  • Publication number: 20110182258
    Abstract: A method and base station are provided for allocating a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) channel according to service flow types. The method allocates a DownLink (DL) HARQ channel by a base station to a mobile station which can be provided with data corresponding to at least one Service Flow (SF) in a wireless communication system. At least one of a plurality of HARQ channels is mapped to a first SF. It is determined whether to allocate the mapped at least one HARQ channel as a dedicated HARQ channel of the first SF based on whether traffic of the first SF exists in a transmission queue corresponding to the first SF. Therefore, dedicated HARQ channels for a delay intolerant SF, such as a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) SF, can be managed without loss of a maximum throughput for a delay tolerant SF such as a Best Effort (BE) SF.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pil-Jae MOON, Byung-Chan Ahn
  • Patent number: 7974198
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for guaranteeing a Quality of Service (QoS) traffic rate in a mobile communication system are provided. The scheduling method for guaranteeing a QOS traffic rate in a mobile communication system includes calculating a total sum of traffic rates based on a channel change and a total sum of sustained traffic rates; calculating a weighted traffic rate using the traffic rate based on the channel change and the sustained traffic rate when the sustained traffic rate does not meet the QoS traffic rate; and determining a service priority using the weighted traffic rate. Therefore, the minimum reserved traffic rate and the maximum sustained traffic rate can be assured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung-Chan Ahn, Jang-Won Park, Young-Soon Lee, Eun-Jin Lee, Soo-Yeul Oh
  • Patent number: 7778217
    Abstract: An uplink scheduling system and method in a wireless broadband internet communication system includes calculating priorities of mobile stations (MSs) taking into account headroom size indicating transmission power additionally available for each of the MSs; and determining a transmission format of an MS selected to be preferentially allocated a slot as a result of the priority calculation, taking into account headroom size reported by the selected MS and a margin determined depending on a variation in channel state between the selected MS and a base station (BS).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Young-Soon Lee, Byung-Chan Ahn, Il-Jin Youn, Jang-Won Park
  • Publication number: 20100197297
    Abstract: An apparatus for use in a base station capable of checking whether a frequency is illegally used in a wireless communication system are provided. Operations of the base station for checking whether the frequency is illegally used includes setting a silence interval in which a resource is not allocated to a terminal, using silence interval setting information provided from a system manager; when the silence interval arrives, measuring RSSI; and transmitting the RSSI to the system manager to examine at least one of a frequency illegal use and a reception path error using the RSSI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: Samsung Electronic Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki-Seob Hong, Seung-Joo Maeng, Byung-Chan Ahn
  • Publication number: 20100130244
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling a data transmission rate in a broadband wireless communication system are provided. In the method, an interference factor representing an interference degree by an external sector is measured. Interference given to the external sector is estimated using the interference factor, an interference weight depending on a location of a terminal, and an amount of wireless resource use of a self sector. A data transmission rate is determined with consideration of an interference estimation value and a wireless channel state of the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Ki-Seob HONG, Byung-Chan AHN, Seung-Joo MAENG, Yun-Jik JANG
  • Publication number: 20100091730
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for determining an uplink scheduling priority in a broadband wireless communication system are provided. The apparatus includes a basic priority determination unit for calculating a basic priority metric of at least one Mobile Station (MS), a calculation unit for calculating a correction value for considering an interference level with respect to the basic priority metric by using downlink channel quality of each MS, and a final priority determination unit for determining an uplink scheduling priority by calculating a final priority metric by using the correction value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yun-Jik JANG, Seung-Joo Maeng, Chang-Soo Park, Byung-Chan Ahn
  • Patent number: 7616596
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless mobile communication system in which a mobile station reports a headroom value indicating the magnitude of currently used transmission power and additionally usable transmission power. An uplink scheduling method of a Base Transceiver Station (BTS) includes normalizing the headroom value according to a pre-set reference transmission format; determining a mean data rate of the mobile station; and determining a priority of the mobile station considering the normalized headroom value and the mean data rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Young-Soon Lee, Byung-Chan Ahn
  • Publication number: 20090225783
    Abstract: A system and method for adding a burst of a single-input multiple-output mode or collaborative spatial multiplexing mode to a frame in a spatial multiplexing system. A base station is configured to add a burst of a single-input multiple-output mode to a frame in a spatial multiplexing system. The system and method includes backing up a pilot pattern and a number of slots allocated for connections with terminals; releasing slots allocated for a burst; resetting a pilot pattern of a collaborative spatial multiplexing mode burst of the terminals: and recalculating the number of remaining slots; comparing the number of slots that can be additionally allocated to the single-input multiple-output mode with the number of slots released in the releasing step; and determining a transmission format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Byung-Chan Ahn, Seung-Joo Maeng
  • Publication number: 20080207122
    Abstract: An apparatus and method in a broadband wireless communication system are provided. The apparatus includes a Base Station (BS) which includes a manager for increasing a set point associated with a Mobile Station (MS) if an error is detected in a burst received from the MS, a detector for incrementing a counter associated with the MS if a difference, between a maximum Transmission (Tx) power of the MS and a Tx power used by the MS when transmitting the burst in which the error was detected, is less than a difference threshold, and a determining unit for providing control such that a number of slots allocated to the MS decreases if the counter associated with the MS is greater than a counter threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Byung-Chan AHN, Jang-Won PARK, Young-Soon LEE, Eun-Jin LEE, Soo-Yeul OH
  • Publication number: 20080186884
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for guaranteeing a Quality of Service (QoS) traffic rate in a mobile communication system are provided. The scheduling method for guaranteeing a QOS traffic rate in a mobile communication system includes calculating a total sum of traffic rates based on a channel change and a total sum of sustained traffic rates; calculating a weighted traffic rate using the traffic rate based on the channel change and the sustained traffic rate when the sustained traffic rate does not meet the QoS traffic rate; and determining a service priority using the weighted traffic rate. Therefore, the minimum reserved traffic rate and the maximum sustained traffic rate can be assured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung-Chan Ahn, Jang-Won Park, Young-Soon Lee, Eun-Jin Lee, Soo-Yeul Oh
  • Publication number: 20080188232
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for uplink scheduling in a broadband wireless communication system are provided, in which channel conditions are divided into at least two areas, an area corresponding to channel information of a CSM mobile station received from the CSM mobile station is determined, resources of a first pilot pattern are allocated to the CSM mobile station, if the channel information belongs to an area with good channel condition, and resources of a second pilot pattern are allocated to the CSM mobile station, if the cannel information belongs to an area with poor channel condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventors: Jang-Won Park, Il-Jin Youn, Byung-Chan Ahn, Jae-Ho Lee, Soo-Yeul Oh
  • Publication number: 20070155337
    Abstract: Disclosed is a scheduling method in a communication system including a plurality of mobile stations (MSs) and a base station (BS) for providing a communication service to the MSs. The scheduling method includes determining candidate transmission formats of the MSs according to channel status information fed back from the MSs and levels of transmission power of the MSs; and calculating priorities of the determined candidated transmission formats, and determining a transmission format having the highest priority among the candidated transmission formats, as a transmission format for each of the MSs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jang-Won Park, Young-Soon Lee, Byung-Chan Ahn
  • Publication number: 20070141995
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for controlling interference signals by a base station in a wireless mobile communication system, the method including classifying a plurality of mobile stations into first and second mobile station groups including the mobile stations having good channel conditions and the mobile stations having poor channel conditions, respectively; and setting first and second thresholds for controlling interferences of the mobile stations belonging to the first mobile station group, adjusting downward an Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) level for the mobile stations having Rise over Thermal (RoT) values higher than the first thresholds, and adjusting downward the maximum allowable MCS level for the mobile stations having RoT values lower than the second threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: II- Jin Youn, Byung- Chan Ahn, Young-Soon Lee
  • Publication number: 20070099647
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless mobile communication system in which a mobile station reports a headroom value indicating the magnitude of currently used transmission power and additionally usable transmission power. An uplink scheduling method of a Base Transceiver Station (BTS) includes normalizing the headroom value according to a pre-set reference transmission format; determining a mean data rate of the mobile station; and determining a priority of the mobile station considering the normalized headroom value and the mean data rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Soon Lee, Byung-Chan Ahn
  • Publication number: 20070019668
    Abstract: An uplink scheduling system and method in a wireless broadband internet communication system includes calculating priorities of mobile stations (MSs) taking into account headroom size indicating transmission power additionally available for each of the MSs; and determining a transmission format of an MS selected to be preferentially allocated a slot as a result of the priority calculation, taking into account headroom size reported by the selected MS and a margin determined depending on a variation in channel state between the selected MS and a base station (BS).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2006
    Publication date: January 25, 2007
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young-Soon Lee, Byung-Chan Ahn, Ii-Jin Youn, Jang-Won Park
  • Publication number: 20050048922
    Abstract: Disclosed is a base station device and method for supporting communication service for a mobile station which is located in a cell divided into a plurality of sectors. The device and method comprise a receiver for receiving a signal, which is transmitted from the mobile station, through multiple paths via the plurality of sectors, and demodulating and outputting the received signal; and a combiner for combining and outputting signals output from the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventors: Hee-Kwang Lee, Young-Ky Kim, Jae-Ho Jeon, Ha-Young Yang, Chang-Soo Park, Jae-Ho Lee, Byung-Chan Ahn, Myung-Kwang Byun