Patents by Inventor Joon Kui Ahn

Joon Kui 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: 20170295572
    Abstract: A method for uplink transmission in a wireless communication system, the method includes determining, by a user equipment (UE), whether the first uplink signal to be transmitted toward a first cell belonging to a first timing advance group (TAG) at an nth subframe overlaps the second uplink signal to be transmitted toward a second cell belonging to a second TAG at an (n+1)st subframe; dropping, by the UE, the first uplink signal at the nth subframe, if a total transmission power including the first and second uplink signals exceeds a maximum transmit power, where n is an integer?1; and transmitting the second uplink signal without the first uplink signal which is dropped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Joon Kui AHN, Suck Chel YANG, Yun Jung YI, Dong Youn SEO
  • Publication number: 20170295003
    Abstract: A method of transmitting pilot signals in a system which performs communication using two or more earners comprises transmitting first pilots and second pilots from at least one user equipment to a base station, the first and second pilots, which are transmitted from the at least one user equipment, being multiplexed by code division multiplexing, and the first and second pilots, which are transmitted from a specific user equipment, having different transmission powers, and transmitting data from the at least one user equipment to the base station depending on the first pilots and the second pilots. Since many UEs can transmit CQ pilots, exact channel estimation can he performed and thus communication efficiency can he improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Young Woo Yun, Hak Seong Kim, Bong Hoe Kim, Joon Kui Ahn, Dong Youn Seo, Jung Hoon Lee, Ki Jun Kim, Suk Hyon Yoon, Eun Sun Kim
  • Patent number: 9787451
    Abstract: Provided is a method for transmitting a sounding reference signal by a terminal, and a terminal using the method. The method comprises the following steps: receiving carrier information indicating the carrier via which a sounding reference signal is to be transmitted; receiving a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) through a first downlink component carrier; and transmitting a sounding reference signal through a second downlink component carrier, wherein the second downlink component carrier is determined based on the carrier information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Dong Youn Seo, Min Gyu Kim, Suck Chel Yang, Joon Kui Ahn
  • Patent number: 9787384
    Abstract: A method for transmitting channel status information in a wireless communication system. A user equipment (UE) transmits first channel information indicating a set of precoding matrices to a base station (BS) periodically, and transmits second channel information indicating one precoding matrix included in the set of precoding matrices to the BS periodically. The second channel information transmitted in a specific subframe is determined based on first channel information that has most recently been transmitted before the specific subframe. Additionally, the UE calculates a channel quality indicator (CQI) transmitted in the specific subframe based on one precoding matrix specified by the first channel information that has most recently been transmitted before the specific subframe and by the second channel information determined based on the first channel information that has most recently been transmitted before the specific subframe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Joon Kui Ahn, Suck Chel Yang, Min Gyu Kim, Dong Youn Seo
  • Patent number: 9787419
    Abstract: Provided are a method and an apparatus for communication in a TDD (Time Division Duplex) system. A terminal is notified of a change in a first UL-DL setup from a base station during a first change period and receives a second UL-DL setup updated during a second change period. The terminal refreshes a buffer for an ongoing HARQ (Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest) process on the basis of the first UL-DL setup according to the reception of the second UL-DL setup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Joon Kui Ahn, Suck Chel Yang, Min Gyu Kim, Dong Youn Seo
  • Publication number: 20170279563
    Abstract: A method is provided for performing a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) by a user equipment (UE). An uplink (UL) grant for a first subframe of a second serving cell is received through a first serving cell. UL data in the first subframe of the second serving cell is transmitted according to the UL grant. When a not-acknowledgement (NACK) for the UL data is received through a physical HARQ indicator channel (PHICH) in a subframe i of the first serving cell, the UE performs a non-adaptive retransmission for the UL data in a second subframe of the second serving cell. When a PHICH resource corresponding to the UL data is not present in the subframe i, the UE does not perform the non-adaptive retransmission in the second subframe of the second serving cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Dong Youn SEO, Min Gyu KIM, Han Byul SEO, Joon Kui AHN, Suck Chel YANG
  • Patent number: 9769820
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for configuring a starting position of a control channel in a wireless communication system, and a terminal using the same. The method includes receiving duration information about a physical downlink control channel from the first orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol of a downlink subframe; and configuring a first OFDM symbol after OFDM symbols indicated by the duration information, as a starting point of an enhanced-physical downlink control channel. The downlink subframe includes a plurality of subcarriers in a frequency domain and 12 or 14 OFDM symbols in a time domain. The PDCCH includes the first N (N is a natural number of from 1 to 4) number of OFDM symbols of the downlink subframe. The duration information indicates the N number of OFDM symbols. The E-PDCCH comprises the starting point to the last OFDM symbol of the downlink subframe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Dong Youn Seo, Joon Kui Ahn, Suck Chel Yang, Han Byul Seo
  • Patent number: 9763239
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a data transmission method for a half-duplex device in a wireless communication system. The half-duplex device transmits first uplink data to a base station in an n-th subframe. The half-duplex device determines whether to receive downlink data which is a response to the first uplink data from the base station in an (n+r)-th (where r>1) subframe or to transmit second uplink data to the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Yun Jung Yi, Joon Kui Ahn, Dong Youn Seo
  • Patent number: 9756620
    Abstract: A method for transmitting uplink control information by a communication apparatus configured with a plurality of cells including a Primary Cell (PCell) and a Secondary Cell (SCell) in a wireless communication system. Only one Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) is received on the PCell among the plurality of cells in a first subframe. Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information about the PDSCH is transmitted through a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) in a second subframe configured for Scheduling Request (SR) transmission. For a positive SR in the second subframe, the HARQ-ACK information is transmitted using a SR PUCCH resource. For a negative SR in the second subframe, the HARQ-ACK information is transmitted using a HARQ-ACK PUCCH resource different from the SR PUCCH resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Suck Chel Yang, Min Gyu Kim, Joon Kui Ahn, Dong Youn Seo
  • Patent number: 9756576
    Abstract: A method for controlling transmission powers by a communication apparatus in a wireless communication system supporting a plurality of component carriers, the method includes controlling transmission powers for one or more channels per each component carrier in such a way that a total transmission power of one or more channels in a corresponding component carrier does not exceed a maximum transmission power configured for the corresponding component carrier; when a simultaneous transmission of a sounding reference symbol (SRS) on a first component carrier, and a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) and a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) on a second component carrier is scheduled, checking whether a total transmission power of the SRS, the PUSCH and PUCCH exceeds a maximum transmission power configured for the communication apparatus; and dropping a transmission of the SRS if the total transmission power of the SRS, the PUSCH and PUCCH exceeds the maximum transmission power configured for the communic
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Dong Youn Seo, Ki Jun Kim, Joon Kui Ahn, Min Gyu Kim, Jung Hoon Lee, Dae Won Lee, Suck Chel Yang
  • Patent number: 9756585
    Abstract: A method of adjusting a transmit power for signals in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) sets a first transmit power for a first signal and a second transmit power for a second signal. If a total transmit power of the first transmit power for the first signal and the second transmit power for the second signal exceeds a maximum transmit power, the UE scales the first transmit power for the first signal and the second transmit power for the second signal. The first transmit power for the first signal and the second transmit power for the second signal are scaled with a scaling factor parameter. Values of the scaling factor parameter are the same across a plurality of serving cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Dong Youn Seo, Min Gyu Kim, Suck Chel Yang, Joon Kui Ahn
  • Patent number: 9749109
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a user equipment for use in a mobile communication system is configured to: receive control information including a first field and a second field via a control channel, the first field indicating one of N (N?2) resource block group (RBG) sets and the second field including a bitmap, wherein each bit of the bitmap is used to indicate whether a corresponding resource block (RB) in the indicated one of the N RBG sets is allocated; interpret the first field and the second field for resource allocation in the control information; and receive data using the control information. An RBG set n (0?n<N) includes every Nth RBG starting from nth RBG, an RBG includes one or more consecutive RBs, and an RB includes a plurality of consecutive subcarriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Dae Won Lee, Young Woo Yun, Ki Jun Kim, Suk Hyon Yoon, Joon Kui Ahn, Dong Youn Seo, Eun Sun Kim
  • Patent number: 9742540
    Abstract: A method and device for transmitting an uplink signal in a wireless communication system A user equipment (UE) sets up a sounding reference signal (SRS) configuration for a first serving cell, the SRS configuration including information for an SRS transmission, and determines an SRS subframe in which an SRS and a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) for the first serving cell are simultaneously triggered among a plurality of subframes according to the SRS configuration. The SRS subframe includes a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols. If an SRS transmission on the SRS subframe for the first serving cell is overlapped with an uplink transmission for a second serving cell, determining, by the UE, whether the SRS is actually to be transmitted in the SRS subframe based on a total uplink transmission power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Joon Kui Ahn, Suck Chel Yang, Yun Jung Yi, Dong Youn Seo
  • Patent number: 9743424
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) receives downlink data using resource blocks in a wireless mobile communication system. The UE includes data processing circuitry coupled to a receiver that receives downlink control information including resource allocation information for the downlink data from a base station and to receive the downlink data mapped to physical resource blocks (PRBs) based on the downlink control information. The resource allocation information indicates virtual resource block (VRB) allocations for the user equipment. Each resource block corresponds to one time slot. A resource block pair includes a first resource block associated with a first time slot and a second resource block associated with a second time slot adjacent to the first time slot. The first and second resource blocks are allocated to the same frequency indices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Optis Cellular Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Dong Youn Seo, Eun Sun Kim, Bong Hoe Kim, Joon Kui Ahn
  • Patent number: 9742539
    Abstract: A method, performed by a user equipment (UE), is provided for uplink transmission. The UE determines transmission power of a sounding reference signal (SRS) toward a first cell belonging to a first timing advance group (TAG) and a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) toward a second cell belonging to a second TAG and whether to transmit both the PUSCH and the SRS, or drop the SRS. The UE transmits only the PUSCH but drops the SRS when the UE determines that the plurality of TAGs including the first and second TAGs are configured, that at least one symbol of a first subframe which is used to transmit the SRS toward the second cell of the second TAG is overlapped with a second subframe on which the PUSCH is transmitted toward the first cell of the first TAG and that a total uplink transmission power exceeds a maximum value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Joon Kui Ahn, Suck Chel Yang, Yun Jung Yi, Dong Youn Seo
  • Publication number: 20170237540
    Abstract: Provided is a method of transmitting ACK/NACK in a TDD-based wireless communication system. The method includes: receiving M downlink subframes associated with an uplink subframe n in each of two serving cells; determining four candidate resources based on the M downlink subframes received in each of the two serving cells; and transmitting an ACK/NACK response for the M downlink subframes by using one resource selected from the four candidate resources in the uplink subframe n, wherein the two serving cells includes a first serving cell and a second serving cell, and wherein among the four candidate resources, a first resource and a second resource are associated with a PDSCH or a SPS release PDCCH for releasing semi-persistent scheduling received in the first serving cell, and a third resource and a fourth resources are associated with a PDSCH received in the second serving cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Joon Kui AHN, Suck Chel YANG, Min Gyu KIM, Dong Youn SEO
  • Publication number: 20170230158
    Abstract: A method for uplink transmission in a wireless communication system. A user equipment (UE) determines whether to transmit or drop a sounding reference signal (SRS) on a last symbol in a ith subframe. The SRS is dropped if multiple timing advance groups (TAGs) are configured, if a portion of the last symbol of the ith subframe for transmitting the SRS toward a first serving cell in a first TAG is overlapped with an (i+1)th subframe for transmitting an uplink channel toward a second serving cell in a second TAG and if a total power of the SRS and the uplink channel exceeds a maximum value on the overlapped portion of the last symbol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Joon Kui AHN, Suck Chel YANG, Yun Jung YI, Dong Youn SEO
  • Publication number: 20170230946
    Abstract: A method for transmitting a downlink control channel in a mobile communication system and a method for mapping the control channel to physical resources using a block interleaver are provided. In order to transmit a downlink control channel in a mobile communication system, information bits are modulated to generate one or more modulation symbols according to a specific modulation scheme, the modulation symbols are interleaved using a block interleaver, and the interleaved modulated symbols are mapped to resource elements allocated for transmission of at least one control channel in a subframe, thereby transmitting the at least one control channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: So Yeon KIM, YOUNG WOO YUN, KI JUN KIM, MOON IL LEE, HYUN SOO KO, JAE HOON CHUNG, JI AE SEOK, SEUNG HYUN KANG, SUK HYON YOON, JOON KUI AHN
  • Patent number: 9729298
    Abstract: A method of configuring a positive acknowledgement (ACK) or negative acknowledgement (NACK) in a wireless communication system based on time division duplex (TDD) in which M, M=4, downlink subframes are associated with an uplink subframe. The method is performed by a user equipment receiving a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). The user equipment receives at least one downlink transport block in the M downlink subframes from a first serving cell. The user equipment determines ACK/NACK states {HARQ-ACK(1), HARQ-ACK(2), HARQ-ACK(3), HARQ-ACK(4)} for the first serving cell. The use equipment determines an ACK/NACK response based on the ACK/NACK states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Suck Chel Yang, Joon Kui Ahn, Dong Youn Seo, Min Gyu Kim
  • Patent number: 9730199
    Abstract: Provided are a method for a terminal transmitting uplink control information (UCI) through a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) in a wireless communication system, and a terminal using the method. A transmission power to be applied to the uplink control channel is determined on the basis of a value subordinate to a PUCCH format, and at least one type of UCI is transmitted from the physical uplink control channel by using the transmission power that is determined, wherein when the PUCCH format is PUCCH format 3, and the at least one type of UCI includes acknowledgement/negative-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) and periodic channel state information (CSI), the value subordinate to the PUCCH format is determined on the basis of the number of bits of the ACK/NACK and the number of bits of the periodic CSI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Dong Youn Seo, Joon Kui Ahn, Yun Jung Yi, Suck Chel Yang, Bong Hoe Kim