Patents by Inventor Ji-Yun Seol

Ji-Yun Seol 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: 20180324850
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a 5th generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data rate than a 4th generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for operating a base station in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises: generating remaining minimum system information (RMSI) comprising random access channel (RACH) configuration, wherein the RACH configuration comprises an association between RACH resources and one of a synchronization signal (SS) block and channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resources; and transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), the RMSI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Saidhiraj AMURU, Hyunil YOO, Anshuman NIGAM, Ji-Yun SEOL, Taeyoung KIM
  • Publication number: 20180309601
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a 5th-generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system, which is to be provided for supporting a higher data transmission rate after the 4th-generation (4G) communication system, such as long term evolution (LTE). The present invention provides a method for receiving a signal in a multi-carrier system, the method comprising the steps of: performing, with respect to an input signal, a waveform pre-processing operation on the basis of at least one of an equalizing operation and a filtering operation; checking whether the waveform pre-processed signal is a Gaussian proximity signal; and performing soft-de-mapping with respect to the waveform pre-processed signal on the basis of a result of the checking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Kyeong-Yeon KIM, Yeo-Hun YUN, Sung-Nam HONG, Chan-Hong KIM, Ji-Yun SEOL, Yong-Ho CHO, Ming HOKA
  • Patent number: 10104647
    Abstract: A method transmits control information in a wireless communication system. The method includes transmitting a first carrier signal including first control information; and transmitting a second carrier signal including at least one of second control information and data. The first control information is information indicating whether the second control information is carried on the second carrier signal, and the second control information is scheduling information for the data, and is generated to correspond to the first control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheol Jeong, Jeong-Ho Park, Ji-Yun Seol, Hyun-Kyu Yu, Jae-Weon Cho
  • Patent number: 10104679
    Abstract: To transmit and receive system information of a base station in a broadband wireless access system, operations of the base station include determining transmission periodicities of a plurality of system information subpackets periodically transmitted in a periodicity of two or more superframes, determining transmission offsets of the subpackets based on the transmission periodicities using a predefined rule for determining a transmission periodicity and a transmission offset, and transmitting the subpackets respectively according to the transmission periodicities and the transmission offsets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mi-Hyun Lee, Ji-Yun Seol, Hyun-Kyu Yu
  • Publication number: 20180294997
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system to be provided to support a higher data transmission rate beyond the 4G communication system, such as LTE. The present invention provides a method for estimating a downlink channel by a receiver in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: estimating the downlink channel on the basis of a reference signal to recover an information bit, and checking whether the information bit recovery has succeeded; and when the information bit recovery has not succeeded, selecting at least one of the received signals as a virtual reference signal on the basis of the accuracy of the data reconstructed at a related resource location and the correlation between the related resource location and a resource location related to the reference signal, and estimating the downlink channel on the basis of at least one virtual reference signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Keon-Kook LEE, Sun-Ho PARK, Byonghyo SHIM, Tae-Young KIM, Ji-Yun SEOL
  • Patent number: 10098091
    Abstract: A method and apparatus perform Uplink (UL) beam tracking in a beamforming-based wireless communication system. A Mobile Station (MS) repeatedly transmits code sequences mapped respectively to MS transmit beams through each MS transmit beam as many times as the number of Base Station (BS) receive beams while sweeping the MS transmit beams. The MS receives, from a BS, transmit beam information indicating at least one best transmit beam selected from the MS transmit beams by the BS, and allocation information used to allocate UL resources for UL feedback. The MS transmits best beam information indicating the at least one best transmit beam and a MS identifier to the BS using the UL resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji-Yun Seol, Tae-Young Kim, Hyun-Kyu Yu
  • Publication number: 20180269939
    Abstract: A method for a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method comprises receiving, from a base station (BS), information via a dynamic signaling comprising at least one of a medium access control channel element (MAC CE) or downlink control information (DCI) that includes information for a set of channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS); identifying CSI-RS resources each of which comprises a set of antenna ports based on the information; and measuring CSI using an aggregation of the CSI-RS resources, wherein an energy per resource element (EPRE) ratio between a CSI-RS and a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) is configured in the information to each of the CSI-RS resources comprising the aggregated CSI-RS resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Yeqing Hu, Boon Loong Ng, Young-Han Nam, Jin Yuan, Gary Xu, Ji-Yun Seol, Jianzhong Zhang
  • Patent number: 10069665
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and device for transmitting and receiving a signal by using modulation techniques in a wireless communication system. The method according to the present invention includes: selecting one of QAM and improved QAM according to at least one predefined criterion; encoding information bits to be transmitted according to a first encoding scheme and mapping encoded information bits to QAM symbols when the QAM is selected; encoding information bits to be transmitted according to a second encoding scheme and mapping encoded information bits to improved QAM symbols when the improved QAM is selected; and transmitting the QAM symbols or the improved QAM symbols through a given resource region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun-Kyu Yu, Won-Il Roh, Jeong-Ho Park, Min Sagong, Ji-Yun Seol, Chi-Woo Lim, Kyung-Whoon Cheun, Jae-Weon Cho, Sung-Nam Hong
  • Publication number: 20180206253
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for converging a 5G communication system, which is provided to support a higher data transmission rate beyond a 4G system with an IoT technology, and a system therefor. The present disclosure may be applied to an intelligent service (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, healthcare, digital education, retail business, security and safety-related service, etc.) on the basis of a 5G communication technology and an IoT-related technology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Yeo-Hun YUN, Peng XUE, Seung-Joo MAENG, Neung-Hyung LEE, Chan-Hong KIM, Min SAGONG, Ji-Yun SEOL, Yong-Ho CHO
  • Publication number: 20180205533
    Abstract: Disclosed is a 5G or pre-5G communication system to be provided for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G communication system such as LTE. A method for cancelling self-interference in a full-duplex communication system is provided. The method comprises the steps of: cancelling cancellable self-interference components through an analog interference cancellation circuit, and estimating a channel state of an uplink channel and a channel state of a downlink channel on the basis of remaining residual self-interference components; estimating a channel capacity for each of possible beam combinations on the basis of the estimated uplink channel state and downlink channel state; selecting the beam combination having the largest channel capacity from among the possible beam combinations; and cancelling self-interference from a received signal on the basis of the selected beam combination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Byung-Hwan LEE, Jong-Bu LIM, Ji-Yun SEOL, Chae-Hee LIM, Su-Ryong JEONG, Sung-Nam HONG
  • Publication number: 20180198500
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). Exemplary embodiment of the present invention provide a scheme for reducing feedback overhead when quantizing and feeding back channel state information in a MIMO system. A method for operating a receiver in a MIMO system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, includes the steps of: performing trellis coded quantization for channel information by using a codebook selected from a plurality of codebooks; and transmitting, to a transmitter, feedback information including the quantization result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Junil CHOI, David J. LOVE, Tae-Young KIM, Ji-Yun SEOL
  • Patent number: 10014891
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system to be provided for supporting a higher data transfer rate beyond a 4G communication system such as LTE. The present invention relates to a NOMA system based FQAM connection method and an apparatus therefor. The present invention can increase the user transfer rate at a cell boundary. The scheduling method in a wireless communication system, according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprises a step of receiving a signal-to-interference-noise ratio (SINR) value and an alpha value from a terminal; a step of determining, on the basis of the SINR value and the alpha value, a Gaussian SINR value; a step of pairing users on the basis of the Gaussian SINR value; and a step of re-computing MCS on the basis of a re-computed alpha value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Sagong, Ji-Yun Seol, Woo-Myong Park, Seok-Ki Ahn, Chi-Woo Lim, Sung-Nam Hong
  • Patent number: 9998929
    Abstract: A method of operating a Mobile Station (MS) in a wireless communication system using beamforming includes receiving a reference signal over a plurality of downlink transmit (Tx) beams, measuring channel quality information of the received reference signal, and generating effective channel quality information by compensating for beamforming gain compensation information according to the channel quality information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji-Yun Seol, Tae-Young Kim, Hyun-Kyu Yu
  • Publication number: 20180152222
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate than a 4G communication system such as LTE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Hyun-Il YOO, Tae-Young KIM, Jee-Hwan NOH, Ji-Yun SEOL
  • Publication number: 20180131454
    Abstract: The present invention relates to not only a 4th-generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE), but also a 5th-generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system which is provided to support a higher data rate. The present invention provides a method for performing a channel decoding operation by a reception device in a communication system, the method comprising the steps of: generating at least two resource elements (REs) into at least two RE groups; and generating a soft decision decoding metric for a signal received through each of the at least two RE groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Sung-Nam Hong, Tae-Young Kim, Min Sagong, Ji-Yun Seol
  • Patent number: 9967004
    Abstract: A method of operating a Mobile Station (MS) in a wireless communication system using beamforming includes receiving a reference signal over a plurality of downlink transmit (Tx) beams, measuring channel quality information of the received reference signal, and generating effective channel quality information by compensating for beamforming gain compensation information according to the channel quality information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji-Yun Seol, Tae-Young Kim, Hyun-Kyu Yu
  • Publication number: 20180109402
    Abstract: Disclosed are: a communication technique for fusing, with IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G communication system; and a system therefor. The communication technique can be applied, on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology, to intelligent services (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail, security and safety-related services, and the like). A method for estimating a channel in a communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: confirming a code and antenna distinguishing scheme used in channel estimation; generating a channel estimation code on the basis of the confirmed code and antenna distinguishing scheme; and transmitting the generated channel estimation code through a plurality of transmission antennas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Jee-Hwan Noh, Tae-Young Kim, Ji-Yun Seol, Hyun-Il Yoo
  • Patent number: 9935699
    Abstract: A communication method and an apparatus using beamforming in a wireless communication system are provided. The communication method includes determining a candidate user set including one or more Mobile Stations (MSs), for Multiple User-Multiple Input Multiple Output (MU-MIMO) transmission, transmitting beam information indicating best Base Station (BS) transmission beams of the MSs of the candidate user set to the MSs of the candidate user set, receiving Precoding Matrix Index (PMI) information indicating a PMI to be used for baseband precoding from each of the MSs of the candidate user set, the PMI information being determined based on the beam information, and transmitting a signal precoded based on the PMI information to at least one MS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae-Young Kim, Hyun-Kyu Yu, Ji-Yun Seol
  • Patent number: 9929791
    Abstract: A communication method and apparatus using analog and digital hybrid beamforming are provided. The method includes receiving a first message including a measurement and selection condition for hybrid beamforming from a Base Station (BS), measuring channels of a plurality of BS transmission beams, selecting at least one BS transmission beam based on channel measurements, transmitting report information about the selected at least one BS transmission beam to the BS, receiving from the BS a second message, estimating an effective channel matrix for the selected final BS transmission beam according to the measurement and report condition, determining feedback information for digital beamforming of the BS based on the effective channel matrix, transmitting the determined feedback information to the BS, and receiving a data burst from the BS according to a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) mode and/or a configuration scheduled based on the feedback information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji-Yun Seol, Tae-Young Kim, Jeong-Ho Park, Jae-Weon Cho
  • Publication number: 20180083679
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a 5th-generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system provided for supporting higher data transmission rates than 4th-generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). The present invention relates to a method in which an access point (AP) operates a full-duplex scheme in a communication system supporting a beam-forming scheme, the method comprising the steps of: generating a magnetic interference intensity table according to transmitted beam patterns and received beam patterns; determining, by the AP, a transmitted beam pattern and a received beam pattern for all stations (STAs) on the basis of channel measurement feedback information received from the stations, which provide service, and the electromagnetic-interference intensity table; and performing a communication operation with each of the stations on the basis of the determined transmitted beam pattern and received beam pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Jong-Bu LIM, Ji-Yun SEOL, Byung-Hwan LEE