Patents by Inventor Jae-Min Ahn

Jae-Min 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).

  • Patent number: 6671266
    Abstract: A power control device for a CDMA communication system using different kinds of spreading codes. In the power control device for a base station device, a first channel generator generates a first channel signal by spreading first input data with an orthogonal code and a second channel generator generates a second channel signal by spreading second input data with a quasi-orthogonal code. The second channel signal has a gain higher than that of the first channel signal. A first gain controller controls power of the first channel signal and a second gain controller controls power of the second channel signal. An adder adds the first channel signal to the second channel signal, and a spreader spreads a signal output from the adder with a pseudo-random noise (PN) code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hi-Chan Moon, Jae-Heung Yeom, Soon-Young Yoon, Jae-Min Ahn
  • Patent number: 6654613
    Abstract: A device and method for outer-loop power control in a discontinuous transmission mode in a CDMA mobile communication system. In an outer-loop power control method for a non-frame data transmission period of a dedicated control channel (DCCH) which transmits frame data discontinuously, the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of power control bits (PCBs) received at a mobile station from a base station is measured for the frame period, and it is determined whether the frame has errors based on the measured SNR. A closed-loop power control threshold is increased if a frame error exists and decreased if no frame errors exist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Joo Maeng, Jae-Heung Yeom, Jae-Min Ahn, Young Ky Kim
  • Patent number: 6643520
    Abstract: Devices and methods are provided for determining an initial transmission power for a forward link channel transmitter of a base station in a mobile communications system. A preferred method includes the steps of measuring, at a mobile station, the strength of a specified forward link channel signal received from the base station and sending information indicative of the strength of the specified forward link channel signal to the base station; and determining, at the base station, the initial transmission power for the specified forward link channel signal according to the information received from the mobile station and using the determined transmission power for controlling an initial transmission power for an other forward link channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Soo Park, Jae-Min Ahn, Young-Ky Kim
  • Patent number: 6643272
    Abstract: A mobile communication system controls transmission power of radio links between a base station and a mobile station. The mobile communication system comprises (a) assigning forward and reverse dedicated control channels to the base station and the mobile station, respectively, and controlling transmission power of the forward and reverse dedicated control channels so that the respective channels can receive data; (b) discontinuing the transmission power control, when data to transmit/receive is not generated for a predetermined time; and ĉ for power level arbitration, re-controlling the transmission power of the forward and reverse dedicated control channels in a state where the transmission power control is not performed, so as to adjust the transmission power with which the data can be received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hi-Chin Moon, Jin-Woo Choi, Jae-Min Ahn, Young-Jun Hwang
  • Publication number: 20030193915
    Abstract: A method for determining a gating rate in a base station for a CDMA communication system is disclosed. The method comprises transmitting information for assigning a dedicated control channel and a traffic channel to a mobile station, when a call is generated; after call setup, transmitting a message requesting mobile station's capability information to the mobile station; receiving the capability information including gating availability information of a reverse pilot signal and information about at least one gating rate, transmitted from the mobile station in reply to the request message; and determining a gating rate according to the capability information, transmitting information about the determined gating rate to the mobile station, and transitioning to an active sate. The mobile station's capability information includes information about gating availability and at least one gating rate, when gating is available.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2003
    Publication date: October 16, 2003
    Inventors: Hyun-Seok Lee, Dae-Cyun Kim, Jae-Min Ahn, Chang-Hoi Koo, Hoon Chang
  • Patent number: 6621807
    Abstract: A common channel message transmitting device and method in a CDMA communication system. In accordance with the method of the present invention, a mobile station (MS) sends a common channel message with a request for designation of a channel for transmission of a consecutive common channel message, and a base station (BS) sends a response message indicating an available channel ID for use by the MS, when one is available. If a channel ID is available, the MS sends the next message on a channel designated with the assigned channel ID.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki-Sung Jung, Hi-Chan Moon, Hyun-Seok Lee, Jae-Min Ahn
  • Patent number: 6621809
    Abstract: A method for determining a gating rate in a base station for a CDMA communication system is disclosed. The method comprises transmitting information for assigning a dedicated control channel and a traffic channel to a mobile station, when a call is generated; after call setup, transmitting a message requesting mobile station's capability information to the mobile station; receiving the capability information including gating availability information of a reverse pilot signal and information about at least one gating rate, transmitted from the mobile station in reply to the request message; and determining a gating rate according to the capability information, transmitting information about the determined gating rate to the mobile station, and transitioning to an active sate. The mobile station's capability information includes information about gating availability and at least one gating rate, when gating is available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun-Seok Lee, Dae-Cyun Kim, Jae-Min Ahn, Chang-Hoi Koo, Hoon Chang
  • Patent number: 6609003
    Abstract: A method for performing a handoff when a mobile station receiving a transmission diversity signal travels from a first base station transmitting a signal in a transmission diversity mode of operation to a second base station transmitting a signal in the transmission diversity mode of operation. In the method, the mobile station communicates with the first base station in the transmission diversity mode of operation. Prior to performing handoff, the mobile station communicates with the first base station in a non-transmission diversity mode of operation. During the handoff, the mobile station communicates with the first and second base stations in the non-transmission diversity mode of operation. Upon completing the handoff, the mobile station communicates with the second base station in the non-transmission diversity mode of operation. After a predetermined time, the mobile station communicates with the second base station in the transmission diversity mode of operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Su-Won Park, Soon-Young Yoon, Jae-Min Ahn
  • Patent number: 6600934
    Abstract: An STD (Selection Transmit Diversity) communication method. In the method, a base station selects a transmission antenna corresponding to an antenna selection signal received from a terminal, transmits a traffic channel signal through the selected antenna, and transmits a predetermined part of the traffic channel signal through an unselected antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Suk Yun, Jae-Min Ahn, Joong-Ho Jeong, Soon-Young Yoon, Young-Ky Kim
  • Publication number: 20030128674
    Abstract: A traffic channel transmission device for a CDMA communication system using a plurality of coding rates and orthogonal codes, determines a present channel condition and adaptively selects a coding rate and an orthogonal code according to the determination. In the device, a channel receiver receives a channel signal and a controller analyzes the received signal to decide an environment of a channel in service and generates a coding rate select signal and orthogonal code information according to the decision result. A channel transmitter includes a channel encoder for encoding transmission data at a coding rate selected according to the coding rate select signal and an orthogonal modulator for generating an orthogonal code according to the orthogonal code information to spread the encoded data with the generated orthogonal code, whereby the channel transmitter adaptively encodes and spreads the transmission data according to the channel environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-Hyun Kong, Young-Ky Kim, Jae-Min Ahn, Soon-Young Yoon
  • Publication number: 20030123413
    Abstract: An access request message transmission device for a mobile station in a CDMA communication system employing RSMA in which a base station assigns a reverse common channel in response to an access request message from the mobile station, and the mobile station transmits a message to the base station over the assigned reverse common channel. The access request message transmission device includes a hash ID generator for generating a multi-bit hash ID for exclusively using the reverse common channel; a traffic information generator for generating multi-bit traffic information representing traffic information on the reverse common channel; and an access channel transmitter for generating the access request message using the hash ID and the traffic information, and transmitting the generated access request message to the base station over an access channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2003
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hi-Chan Moon, Jae-Min Ahn, Jae-Yoel Kim, Hee-Won Kang
  • Patent number: 6577608
    Abstract: A device and method for communicating a common channel message in a CDMA communication system. The device comprises a base station transmitter and a common channel transmitter. The base station transmitter includes a specific channel transmitter for outputting a channel signal at a second transmission power level for a predetermined time duration and otherwise outputting the channel signal at a first transmission power level. The common channel transmitter transmits a common channel message at an assigned slot duration. A power supply voltage is provided to the receiver of the mobile station for the predetermined time duration and the assigned slot duration to enable the receiver. The power supply voltage to the receiver is otherwise disengaged from the power supply so as to allow the receiver to operate in a sleep mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hi-Chan Moon, Jeong-Gu Lee, Jae-Min Ahn, Young Ky Kim
  • Patent number: 6556554
    Abstract: A power control device for a mobile communication system includes a base station transmitter and a mobile station receiver, wherein the base station transmitter includes: a plurality of PCB pattern generators for multiplying PCBs for a plurality of mobile stations by user patterns assigned to the respective mobile stations, to generate PCB patterns for the respective mobile stations, wherein the user patterns are orthogonal with one another; an adder for adding up the PCB patterns from the plural PCB pattern generators to generate a power control signal; and a transmitter for modulating the power control signal received from the adder and transmitting the modulated power control signal, wherein the mobile station receiver includes: a power control signal extractor for extracting the power control signal within a given interval of a reception signal received on a single code channel, wherein PCB patterns for a plurality of mobile stations are added to the power control signal; a PCB pattern generator for multi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Suk Yun, Young-Ky Kim, Soon-Young Yoon, Jae-Min Ahn
  • Publication number: 20030078067
    Abstract: A base station device for a CDMA communication system includes a controller for changing a reference value for reverse closed loop power control in a control hold state, and a forward dedicated control channel transmitter for transmitting a power control bit for controlling transmission power of a reverse link according to the changed reference value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young-Ky Kim, Su-Won Park, Jae-Min Ahn, Jae-Yeol Kim
  • Publication number: 20030072355
    Abstract: There is provided a channel estimation apparatus for estimating a radio channel environment by multiplying a currently received bit signal of a pilot signal and previously received bit signals by weights, and summing the weighted currently received bit signal and the weighted previously received bit signals in a CDMA mobile communication system receiving the pilot signal comprised of a stream of bits having given bit values, and a power control signal comprised of power control bits. In the channel estimation, a predictor predicts a next bit signal succeeding the currently received bit signal, multiplies the predicted next bit signal by a weight, and generates a weighted next bit signal. A summer sums the weighted next bit signal from the predictor, the weighted currently received bit signal and the previously received bit signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young-Yong Lee, Kwang-Seog Bae, Jae-Min Ahn, Min-Joong Rim, Hyung-Jin Choi
  • Patent number: 6539008
    Abstract: A power control bit inserting method between a base station and a terminal. The base station and the terminal each use a plurality of adjacent frequency bands as signal paths with independent signal paths of a real part and an imaginary part given to each frequency. In the power control bit inserting method, a unit time is set to a power control group period, n-bit data is allocated to each signal path, the power control group period is divided by the number of signal paths, and a power control bit is inserted in each divided segment, so that the insertion positions in the real and imaginary parts of each frequency are spaced from each other by n/2 bit and the start position of the real signal path of each frequency is inserted at an appointed bit position of the corresponding frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Min Ahn, Young-Ky Kim, Soon-Young Yoon, Hee-Won Kang, Felix Kwang-Wook Yie, Seung-Hyun Kong
  • Patent number: 6529496
    Abstract: A device and method are provided for limiting a power of a signal transmitted through any antenna to a maximum transmission power of the antenna in a TSTD (Time-Switched Transmission Diversity) transmitter of a base station of a mobile communication system. In a TSTD transmitter including at least two antennas and a pattern storage for storing a maximum transmission power limit value and switching patterns of a plurality of user data to be transmitted through the antennas, transmission powers assigned to antennas are measured upon receipt of new user data. A switching pattern is determined such that a value obtained by adding one of the transmission powers to a transmission power of the new user data does not exceed the maximum transmission power limit value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Heung Yeom, Soon-Young Yoon, Jae-Min Ahn
  • Patent number: 6519276
    Abstract: A sequential path searching method for demodulating a reverse channel in a mobile communication system is disclosed. In case that at least one mobile station maintains connection with a base transceiver station and the system searches an optimal path among multiple of paths which has a great receiving quality, the preferred embodiment of the present invention in a mobile telecommunication system supporting a variable data rate transmission, includes a step of searching multiple paths according to a sequential searching algorithm and avoiding deterioration of demodulation performance on variable data rate transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee-sub Kim, Jae-min Ahn
  • Publication number: 20030026219
    Abstract: A common power control channel transmission device for a base station in a CDMA communication system is provided having a selector for receiving power control commands to be transmitted to multiple subscribers and multiplexing the received power control commands; and a spreading modulator for spreading an output of the selector by multiplying the output of the selector by a spreading sequence. The common power control channel transmission device can be used to control power of a reverse link common channel. For the power control of the reverse link common channel, the base station receives a signal from a mobile station via the reverse link common channel, and transmits to the mobile station a power control command for controlling a transmission power of the reverse link common channel according to a measured strength of the received signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Inventors: Hi-Chan Moon, Jin-Woo Choi, Young-Ky Kim, Jae-Min Ahn, Hyun-Suk Lee
  • Patent number: 6512931
    Abstract: A method for controlling the transmission power of the reverse common channel for a mobile station in a CDMA communication system. In the method, the mobile station transmits a preamble signal at predetermined periods with increasing transmission power. Upon receipt of an acknowledge signal from a base station, the mobile station accesses the reverse common channel. In order to avoid multiple mobile stations from simultaneously generating increasingly powerful and interfering transmissions, the method generates two transmission power control signals: one based on the measured strength of a signal received from the base station and the other based on an accumulated value of power control commands transmitted by the base station. These two signals are accumulated and used to control the preamble signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Ky Kim, Jae-Min Ahn, Chang-Soo Park