Patents by Inventor Keun-chul Hwang

Keun-chul Hwang 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: 20070217533
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for channel estimation in a wireless communication system are provided, in which a first channel estimate is calculated using a pilot signal included in a received signal, a data signal included in the received signal is demodulated using the first channel estimate, a second channel estimate is calculated using the demodulated data signal, the first channel estimate is corrected using the second channel estimate and the data signal is demodulated using the corrected first channel estimate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2007
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keun-Chul Hwang, Sung-Woo Park, Soon-Young Yoon, Ki-Young Han
  • Publication number: 20070190945
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for receiving a signal in a communication system are provided. Information related to a first modulation scheme applied to a frequency domain in a serving base station is received from the serving base station. Information related to a second modulation scheme applied to the frequency domain in at least one neighbor base station is received from the at least one neighbor base station. A signal is received in the frequency domain. Channel state information is generated by estimating the received signal. A determination is made as to whether to use interference cancellation using the channel state information, the first modulation scheme information and the second modulation scheme information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joo-Hyun Lee, Ki-Young Han, Soon-Young Yoon, Keun-Chul Hwang
  • Publication number: 20070191015
    Abstract: A method is provided for transmitting/receiving data in a communication system. The method includes determining, when data to be transmitted to at least one Mobile Station (MS) is generated, a region where an MS that receive the generated data among the at least one MS is located, allocating resources of a data transmission region divided into a first region and a second region to the MS that receive the generated data according to the determination result, including the generated data in a region where the resource is allocated, and including, in a MAP message region, resource allocation information of the region where the data is included and information on an MS that receive the data included in the resource-allocated region, and transmitting, to the MS, a frame including the region in which the generated data is included, and the MAP message region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2007
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-Soo Hwang, Soon-Young Yoon, Yong-Seok Kim, Ki-Young Han, Keun-Chul Hwang, Joo-Hyun Lee, June Moon
  • Publication number: 20070183544
    Abstract: In a communication system, information regarding a first modulation scheme applied to a frequency domain in a serving base station is received from the serving base station. A signal of the frequency domain is received. A second modulation scheme is set by estimating a modulation scheme applied to the frequency domain in at least one neighbor base station from the received signal. Channel state information is generated by estimating the received signal. An operation for selecting whether to use interference cancellation is performed using the channel state information, the first modulation scheme information and the second modulation scheme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2007
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joo-Hyun Lee, Keun-Chul Hwang, Soon-Young Yoon, Sung-Soo Hwang, June Moon, Ki-Young Han
  • Publication number: 20070183524
    Abstract: A symbol demapping method and apparatus for efficient interference cancellation in a wireless communication system. Decision signal points are generated which include decision signal points based on a modulation scheme and a virtual signal point added to a zero point. A magnitude of a complex value of an input signal is compared with a threshold based on system setting. When the magnitude of the complex value is less than the threshold, the virtual signal point of the zero point is mapped and output as a target decision signal point. When the magnitude of the complex value is greater than or equal to the threshold, one of the decision signal points based on the modulation scheme is mapped and output according to the com0plex value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: June Moon, Soon-Young Yoon, Ki-Young Han, Keun-Chul Hwang, Joo-Hyun Lee, Sung-Soo Hwang
  • Publication number: 20070173198
    Abstract: A method for allocating resource in a communication system. The resource allocation method includes dividing a data transmission region into a first region and a second region; allocating resource of the first region when a first Mobile Station (MS) among MSs is an MS located in a non-interference region; and allocating resource of the second region when a second MS among the MSs is an MS located in an interference region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2007
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong-Seok Kim, Soon-Young Yoon, Sung-Soo Hwang, Ki-Young Han, June Moon, Joo-Hyun Lee, Keun-Chul Hwang
  • Publication number: 20070150797
    Abstract: A partial iterative detection and decoding apparatus in a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) system includes a detector for detecting signals received through at least one receive antenna to generate a first soft decision value, a decoder for decoding the first soft decision value to generate a second soft decision value, and a reliability determiner for determining a signal to be iteratively detected and decoded by using the second soft decision value. Accordingly, the complexity of the receiver is reduced and the number of iterations limited due to the complexity is increased, thereby improving the performance of the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keun-Chul Hwang, Sung-Woo Park, Soon-Young Yoon, Young-Hoon Kwon, June Moon
  • Publication number: 20070133709
    Abstract: An Iterafive Detection and Decoding (IDD) receiving apparatus and method in a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) communication system. The IDD receiving apparatus includes an MIMO detector which generates soft decision values of coded bits by MIMO-decoding a receive vector, feedback priori information, and a list of candidate coded symbol vectors; a decoder which Soft-Input/Soft-Output (SISO)-decodes the soft decision values generated at the MIMO detector and feeds back soft decision values of the coded bits to the MIMO detector; a hard decision part which generates a coded symbol vector by performing a hard decision on the soft decision values generated at the decoder; and a list updater which generates a list of candidate coded symbol vectors using the receive vector and provides the list to the MIMO detector at a first iteration, updates the list using the coded symbol vector fed from the hard decision part, and provides the updated list to the MIMO detector at subsequent iterations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-Woo Park, Keun-Chul Hwang, Soon-Young Yoon, Young-Hoon Kwon, Sung-Soo Hwang, June Moon, Soong-Yoon Choi
  • Publication number: 20070127589
    Abstract: A Log-Likelihood Ratio (LLR) generating apparatus and method in a communication system using a spatial multiplexing scheme. The reception method includes acquiring at least one estimated transmit vector by demodulating a receive vector using at least one Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) detection process; selecting one of the at least one estimated transmit vector as an optimum estimated transmit vector; calculating LLRs with respect to the optimum estimated transmit vector; calculating a weight to be applied to each of elements constructing the optimum estimated transmit vector; and applying the weight to each of the calculated LLRs. Accordingly, the present invention can generate the LLRs with high reliability similar to the LLRs of a Maximum Likelihood receiver by applying the weight to the LLRs generated from the estimated transmit vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2006
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keun-Chul Hwang, Soon-Young Yoon, Young-Heon Kwon
  • Publication number: 20070032206
    Abstract: Provided are a spatial multiplexing apparatus and method in a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) system. The spatial multiplexing detection method includes estimating channels of a received signal, and sorting the estimated channels in descending order according to a scheme; generating a subsystem of a minimum unit by nulling an arbitrary channel among the sorted channels; performing a modified maximum likelihood (MML) in the subsystem of the minimum unit to calculate a number of transmission signal vectors; and calculating Euclidean distances of the number of the transmission signal vectors, and selecting a transmission signal vector having a minimum Euclidean distance. Accordingly, the receiver exhibits a performance level similar to a Maximum Likelihood (ML) and can obtain the complexity similar to successive interference cancellation (SIC).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2006
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keun-Chul Hwang, Soong-Yoon Choi, Jae-Kwon Kim, Cheol-Woo You
  • Publication number: 20060281462
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for determining handover of a mobile station by a mobile station in a mobile communication system. The method includes measuring a downlink reference signal intensity of a serving base station; determining to perform scanning for measurement of reference signal intensities of the serving base station and neighbor base stations, when the measured downlink reference signal intensity of the serving base station is less than a reference value, negotiating with the serving base station for a scanning period and the number of scanning repetitions, measuring the reference signal intensities of the serving base station and the neighbor base stations, and resetting the reference value when a reference signal intensity of the serving base station is greater than or equal to reference signal intensities of neighbor base stations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2006
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Inventors: Jong-In Kim, Young-Hoon Kwon, Sung-Soo Hwang, Soon-Young Yoon, Yong-Seok Kim, Soong-Yoon Choi, Ki-Young Han, Keun-Chul Hwang
  • Patent number: 7116723
    Abstract: A transmission antenna diversity method, and a base station apparatus and a mobile station apparatus therefor in a mobile communication system are provided. In the transmission antenna diversity method, channel information is measured from signals received through the plurality of antennas used in the base station, and a channel information matrix is output. The channel information matrix is transformed according to a transform matrix composed of a complex basis vector set. Reception power with respect to the plurality of antennas is calculated based on the transformed channel information matrix. Antenna selection information obtained based on the calculated reception power is transmitted to the base station as feedback information for controlling transmission antenna diversity. Therefore, power is equally distributed to transmitting antennas, excellent performance is maintained at a high speed of movement, and reliable channel adaptation is accomplished at a low speed of movement of the mobile station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-jin Kim, Kwang-bok Lee, Hyeon-woo Lee, Keun-chul Hwang, Ho-kyu Choi, Yong-suk Lee
  • Patent number: 7031664
    Abstract: Provided are a mobile communication apparatus including an antenna array and a mobile communication method. The mobile communication apparatus has a base station and a mobile station. The mobile station measures the downlink characteristics, detects physical space information and approximate long-term information, produces short-term informatio, transforms the short-term information and the physical space information into a feedback signal, and transmits the feedback signal to the base station. The base station receives the feedback signal, extracts weighted information, beamforms dedicated physical channel signals, combines pilot channel signals with the result of the beamforming, and transmits the results of the combinations to the mobile station via the antenna array. The physical space information denotes space information about the location of the mobile station with respect to the base station, and the approximate long-term information denotes long-term information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Suk Lee, Sung-Jin Kim, Kwang-Bok Lee, Keun-Chul Hwang
  • Publication number: 20050153659
    Abstract: Provided are a mobile communication apparatus including an antenna array and a mobile communication method. The mobile communication apparatus has a base station and a mobile station. The mobile station measures the downlink characteristics, detects physical space information and approximate long-term information, produces short-term informatio, transforms the short-term information and the physical space information into a feedback signal, and transmits the feedback signal to the base station. The base station receives the feedback signal, extracts weighted information, beamforms dedicated physical channel signals, combines pilot channel signals with the result of the beamforming, and transmits the results of the combinations to the mobile station via the antenna array. The physical space information denotes space information about the location of the mobile station with respect to the base station, and the approximate long-term information denotes long-term information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2003
    Publication date: July 14, 2005
    Inventors: Yong-Suk Lee, Sung-Jin Kim, Kwang-Bok Lee, Keun-Chul Hwang
  • Patent number: 6898250
    Abstract: A wireless communication system with feedback and a method therefore, wherein the wireless communication system, which has a plurality of transmitting antennas and a plurality of receiving antennas through which signals are transmitted and received, respectively, includes: a transmitter that restores feedback information from a predetermined feedback signal, weights an information signal with the restored feedback information, and converts the weighted information signal to a radio frequency signal in order to transmit the radio frequency signal; and a receiver that receives the radio frequency signal to estimate the state of a channel, through which the radio frequency signal is transmitted, calculates a weight of a dimensionality corresponding to the number of the transmitting antennas, approximates the weight as lower-dimensional one to extract feedback information, and converts the feedback information into a radio frequency signal to send the radio frequency signal to the transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwang-bok Lee, Keun-chul Hwang
  • Publication number: 20020018530
    Abstract: A transmission antenna diversity method, and a base station apparatus and a mobile station apparatus therefor in a mobile communication system are provided. In the transmission antenna diversity method, channel information is measured from signals received through the plurality of antennas used in the base station, and a channel information matrix is output. The channel information matrix is transformed according to a transform matrix composed of a complex basis vector set. Reception power with respect to the plurality of antennas is calculated based on the transformed channel information matrix. Antenna selection information obtained based on the calculated reception power is transmitted to the base station as feedback information for controlling transmission antenna diversity. Therefore, power is equally distributed to transmitting antennas, excellent performance is maintained at a high speed of movement, and reliable channel adaptation is accomplished at a low speed of movement of the mobile station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-jin Kim, Kwang-bok Lee, Hyeon-woo Lee, Keun-chul Hwang, Ho-kyu Choi, Yong-suk Lee
  • Publication number: 20020006168
    Abstract: A wireless communication system with feedback and a method therefore, wherein the wireless communication system, which has a plurality of transmitting antennas and a plurality of receiving antennas through which signals are transmitted and received, respectively, includes: a transmitter that restores feedback information from a predetermined feedback signal, weights an information signal with the restored feedback information, and converts the weighted information signal to a radio frequency signal in order to transmit the radio frequency signal; and a receiver that receives the radio frequency signal to estimate the state of a channel, through which the radio frequency signal is transmitted, calculates a weight of a dimensionality corresponding to the number of the transmitting antennas, approximates the weight as lower-dimensional one to extract feedback information, and converts the feedback information into a radio frequency signal to send the radio frequency signal to the transmitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2001
    Publication date: January 17, 2002
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwang-bok Lee, Keun-chul Hwang