Patents by Inventor Jung-Soo Woo
Jung-Soo Woo 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).
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Patent number: 9485785Abstract: A method of and apparatus for operating a Coexistence Beacon Protocol (CBP) packet transmitter in a Cognitive Radio (CR)-based wireless communication system is provided. The method includes, identifying a Self-Coexistence Window (SCW) regular pattern of neighbor Wireless Regional Area Networks (WRANs), if vacant SCW slots are not periodically occurring, selecting a WRAN as a contender among the neighbor WRANs, performing a contention for transmitting the CBP packet with the contender within SCW slots that are occupied by the WRAN, and configuring an SCW usage pattern so that an SCW usage period of the CBP packet sender is double that of an SCW usage period of the contender when winning in the contention.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2009Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sang-Bum Kim, Cheng Shan, Eun-Taek Lim, Ju-Yeon Song, Jung-Soo Woo, Geun-Ho Lee, Ho-Dong Kim, Yong-Ho Park, Jae-Ik Park
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Patent number: 9204307Abstract: A method and apparatus for switching operational modes in a Cognitive Radio (CR) system are provided. A method for switching between a normal operation mode and a coexistence operation mode in a CR system includes occupying at least one channel in the normal operation mode, when there is no channel to be occupied, selecting at least one channel for the coexistence operation mode, and occupying available frames among frames of the selected at least one channel in the coexistence operation mode.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2009Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Cheng Shan, Eun-Taek Lim, Jung-Soo Woo, Ho-Dong Kim, Sang-Bum Kim, Yong-Ho Park, Geun-Ho Lee
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Patent number: 8805389Abstract: A method and apparatus for synchronizing a Quiet Period (QP) in a Cognitive Radio (CR) system includes receiving QP information based on a channel N from at least one neighbor BS. The method further includes determining whether the channel N is an in-band channel. If the channel N is the in-band channel, QP scheduling is performed according to the received QP information based on the channel N.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2010Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Cheng Shan, Eun-Taek Lim, Jung-Soo Woo, Ho-Dong Kim, Sang-Bum Kim, Yong-Ho Park
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Patent number: 8619683Abstract: A wireless communication system using multiple channels is provided. An apparatus includes an allocator for, when bursts are allocated to an Accessing Terminal (AT) which utilizes a plurality of channels at the same time, allocating the same amount of the bursts to each channel in use; a generator for, when a map message to be transmitted in a primary channel of the AT is generated, generating the map message which comprises allocation information of the bursts allocated to the AT; and a transmitter for transmitting the map message in the primary channel of the AT.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2009Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Cheng Shan, Do-Young Kim, Eun-Taek Lim, Jung-Soo Woo, Geun-Ho Lee, Sang-Bum Kim, Yong-Ho Park
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Patent number: 8611287Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and a method for transmitting a CBP packet for communication information sharing between base stations in a CR-based wireless communication system. In the method, a CBP packet including a CBP identifier is transmitted to a base station of adjacent cells via one SCW slot. A CBP identifier list for successfully received CBP packets is received from the base station of the adjacent cells. When the CBP identifier is included in the CBP identifier list, the SCW slot is occupied.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2009Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sang Bum Kim, Cheng Shan, Eun-Taek Lim, Jung-Soo Woo, Geun-Ho Lee, Ho Dong Kim, Yong-Ho Park
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Patent number: 8565208Abstract: An apparatus and method for transmitting Coexistence Beacon Protocol (CBP) in a cognitive radio system are provided. The apparatus includes a detector, a controller, and a transmitter. The detector scans channels on which neighboring Base Stations (BSs) operate through a plurality of directional antennas. The controller links the plurality of directional antennas with BSs, respectively. The transmitter receives a CBP packet through the directional antenna linked with the BS, and transmits the received CBP packet to at least one or more other BSs linked with at least one or more other directional antennas.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2009Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Cheng Shan, Do-Young Kim, Eun-Taek Lim, Jung-Soo Woo, Geun-Ho Lee, Sang-Bum Kim, Yong-Ho Park
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Patent number: 8457646Abstract: A base station includes an apparatus and a method for exchanging frequency channel resources between base stations in a Cognitive Radio (CR) based communication system. A requesting Base Station (BS), which requests channel exchange a neighboring BS, receives a channel advertisement message from a neighboring BS and sends a channel exchange request message to the neighboring BS. The channel exchange request message includes at least one of a neighbor BS Identifier (ID), a requesting BS ID, channel information for the channel exchange at the requesting BS, and channel information exchangeable at the neighboring BS. The requesting BS receives a channel exchange response message from the neighboring BS in response to the channel exchange request message, determines whether to execute a channel exchange process to the neighboring BS based on information in the received channel exchange response message, and sends a channel exchange reply message indicative of the determination result.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2009Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ho-Dong Kim, Sang-Bum Kim, Eun-Taek Lim, Ju-Yeon Song, Jung-Soo Woo, Cheng Shan, Yong-Ho Park, Jae-Ik Park
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Patent number: 8442133Abstract: An apparatus and a method for transmitting a Coexistence Beacon Protocol (CBP) packet in a Cognitive Radio (CR) wireless communication system are provided. In the method for transmitting CBP packet in a transmitter that operates in a scalable Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) mode, a priority is given to each channel of one or more channels based at least partly upon channel use statuses of two or more neighbor Wireless Regional Area Networks (WRANs). Whether a Quality of Service (QoS) for CBP packet transmission for each channel is met is sequentially determined according to the respective priority. A channel having a highest priority is selected from the one or more channels meeting the QoS as a channel for CBP packet transmission. A CBP packet is transmitted via the selected channel.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2010Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sang-Bum Kim, Eun-Taek Lim, Jung-Soo Woo, Ho-Dong Kim, Cheng Shan, Ju-Yeon Song, Yong-Ho Park, Jae-Ik Park
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Patent number: 8406406Abstract: A call connection method and apparatus in a communication system are provided, in which a call connection request message is received from each of first and second terminals, it is determined whether the first and second terminals are requesting a call connection to each other, one of the first and second terminals is selected if the first and second terminals are requesting a call connection to each other, the call connection request of the selected terminal is rejected, and a call is connected between the first and second terminals by performing a call connection to the selected terminal according to the call connection request of the non-selected terminal.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2008Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Deok-Ki Kim, Jung-Soo Woo, Seung-Hoon Park, Su-Ryong Jeong, Young-Kyun Kim, Ho-Kyu Choi
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Patent number: 8289903Abstract: A frame structure, a method, and an apparatus for inter-frame resource sharing in a Cognitive Ratio (CR) communication system are provided. An apparatus for sharing a channel in an environment where a plurality of CR communication systems coexist, constitutes a Superframe Control Header (SCH), in one superframe, that includes a frame allocation MAP for frame information allocated to a Base Station (BS), with respect to each BS, and transmits and receives the SCH at the start frame of the frames allocated to the BSs.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2009Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Cheng Shan, Sang-Bum Kim, Eun-Taek Lim, Jung-Soo Woo, Geun-Ho Lee, Yong-Ho Park
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Patent number: 8270984Abstract: A wireless communication system based on a Cognitive Radio (CR) is provided. A method includes checking channels unused by a licensed system through a spectrum sensing; selecting one of the channels unused by the licensed system as a control channel based on a channel quality per channel; and transmitting control information to terminals within a cell over the control channel.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2009Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eun-Taek Lim, Jung-Soo Woo, Do-Young Kim, Cheng Shan, Sang-Bum Kim, Yong-Ho Park, Geun-Ho Lee
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Patent number: 8254322Abstract: A method and apparatus for channel management in a Cognitive Radio (CR) system supporting multiple channels are provided. The method includes generating a candidate channel set from an available channel list, configuring a backup channel set by combining at least one candidate channel, and updating the backup channel set when a channel change event occurs. Accordingly, the multiple channels can be effectively used in CR communication.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2009Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Cheng Shan, Do-Young Kim, Eun-Taek Lim, Jung-Soo Woo, Geun-Ho Lee, Sang-Bum Kim, Yong-Ho Park
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Patent number: 8208415Abstract: An apparatus and a method for selecting a candidate channel to change an operating channel so as to minimize effect of interference in a wireless communication system using a Cognitive Radio (CR) function are provided. The method includes confirming an operating channel of at least one neighbor cell and candidate channel set to a third group by the neighbor cell; setting a candidate channel used as the operating channel of the neighbor cell among at least one candidate channels changeable to the operating channel, to a third group of lowest priority; setting candidate channels set to the third group of the neighbor cell among candidate channels not set to the third group, to a second group; and setting candidate channels set to neither the second group nor the third group, to a first group of highest priority.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2009Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sang-Bum Kim, Do-Young Kim, Eun-Taek Lim, Jung-Soo Woo, Geun-Ho Lee, Cheng Shan, Yong-Ho Park
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Patent number: 8170597Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for controlling power in a cognitive radio wireless communication system, the method comprising: performing channel scheduling and the first power control for at least one terminal; checking whether the at least one terminal exist within constraint area, and determining whether the at least one terminal within constraint area cause interference to incumbent system; and performing the secondary power control so that an allocating power may be less than the maximum tolerable interference.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2008Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Cheng Shan, David Mazzarese, Sung-Kwon Hong, Do-Young Kim, Eun-Taek Lim, Jung-Soo Woo, Deok-Ki Kim, Yong-Ho Park, Hyeon-Woo Lee, Geun-Ho Lee
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Patent number: 8160626Abstract: A method of operating a Data Base (DB) server for storing spectrum condition information on a licensed system in a Cognitive Radio (CR)-based wireless communication system and a CR-based wireless communication system are provided. The method includes determining changes in the spectrum condition information on the licensed system, recalculating maximum Equivalent Isotropically Radiated Power (EIRP) allowed for each channel of CR-based devices registered in a list, and transmitting information regarding the recalculated maximum allowed EIRP.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2009Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Cheng Shan, Eun-Taek Lim, Jung-Soo Woo, Geun-Ho Lee, Sang-Bum Kim, Yong-Ho Park
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Patent number: 8135417Abstract: A method and apparatus for estimating a geo-location of a terminal in a wireless communication system are provided. In a method of operating a terminal for providing geo-location information in a cognitive ratio (CR) system, the method includes obtaining first ranging information and transmitting a first ranging code to a base station (BS) in a network entry process; receiving an allocated second ranging resource from the BS; and transmitting a second ranging code.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2008Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Cheng Shan, Hyeon-Woo Lee, Sung-Kwon Hong, Do-Young Kim, Eun-Taek Lim, Jung-Soo Woo, Deok-Ki Kim, Geun-Ho Lee, Yong-Ho Park
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Patent number: 7924748Abstract: A method is provided for controlling power in a communication system. The power control method includes allocating a first data transmission region and a second data transmission region corresponding to a first communication scheme and second communication scheme; providing a communication service to a receiver through the first data transmission region, and receiving power control information from the receiver through the second data transmission region while providing the communication service; and adjusting a level of transmission power used for providing the communication service according to the received power control information, and providing the communication service to the receiver using the adjusted transmission power.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2007Date of Patent: April 12, 2011Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Hiroyuki Yomo, Ragnar ViƓir Reynisson, Petar Popovski, Elisabeth De Carbalho, Jung-Soo Woo, Deok-Ki Kim, Ho-Kyu Choi, Young-Kwon Cho, Dong-Seek Park
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Patent number: 7852813Abstract: A system for performing cell acquisition in a frequency overlay communication system having a first frequency band and a second frequency band including the first frequency band. A base station (BS) generates a reference signal used for identifying a cell using a specific sequence in a predetermined frequency band, and transmits the reference signal. A mobile station (MS) receives the reference signal to determine whether the BS uses the first frequency band or the second frequency band, determines a reference signal having a maximum correlation value through correlation calculation with at least one predefined sequence, and detects a BS identifier (ID) corresponding to the determined reference signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2006Date of Patent: December 14, 2010Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Chang-Ho Suh, Jin-Kyu Koo, Dong-Seek Park, Young-Kwon Cho, Eun-Taek Lim, Jung-Soo Woo
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Patent number: 7801532Abstract: A method for transmitting a signal by a transmitter in a frequency overlay communication system. The method includes generating y first signal groups by shuffling input information data with a length yN on an N-by-N grouping basis according to a first shuffling scheme; generating y second signal groups by performing N-point IFFT on each of the first signal groups; generating y third signal groups by multiplying each of the second signal groups by preset values; generating N fourth signal groups by de-shuffling the third signal groups on a y-by-y grouping basis according to a de-shuffling scheme; generating N fifth signal groups by performing y-point IDFT on each of the fourth signal groups; generating y sixth signal groups by shuffling the fifth signal groups according to a second shuffling scheme, and serial-converting the sixth signal groups; and performing a transmission RF process on the serial-converted signal and transmitting the RF-processed signal to a receiver.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2006Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Chang-Ho Suh, Dong-Seek Park, Young-Kwon Cho, Eun-Taek Lim, Jin-Kyu Koo, Jung-Soo Woo
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Patent number: 7801226Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving data in a frequency overlay communication system. A transmitter generates a data stream for data transmission, and performs Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) on the generated data stream according to a predetermined first frequency band before transmission. Upon receiving a particular signal, a receiver performs Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) on the received signal according to a predetermined second frequency band, and restores the received signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2006Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Chang-Ho Suh, Dong-Seek Park, Sung-Kwon Hong, Young-Kwon Cho, Jin-Kyu Koo, Jung-Soo Woo