Patents by Inventor Ki-Bum Kwon

Ki-Bum Kwon 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: 20170142768
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for performing a device-to-device communication. User equipment devices may perform a wireless communication through a base station and may perform a device-to-device communication among user equipment devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventor: Ki Bum KWON
  • Patent number: 9655071
    Abstract: This specification relates to an apparatus and method for performing random access in a wireless communication system. This specification discloses a mobile station, including a reception unit for receiving TAG configuration information on which at least one serving cell configured in the mobile station is classified as a Timing Alignment Group (TAG) from a base station and a transmission unit for transmitting a random access preamble to the base station on one representative serving cell within the TAG. In accordance with this specification, a procedure of obtaining a TAV for a serving cell in order to secure and maintain uplink timing synchronization becomes clear, the time taken to obtain uplink synchronization for a serving cell may be reduced, and overhead due to excessive random access attempts may be reduced by obtaining a TAV for a plurality of serving cells through one random access procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: GOLDPEAK INNOVATIONS INC
    Inventors: Ki Bum Kwon, Myung Cheul Jung, Jae Hyun Ahn
  • Publication number: 20170078908
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for performing measurement reporting considering in-device coexistence interference. The present invention provide a user equipment transmitting a measurement report in a wireless communication system, comprising an interference detection unit, an assistant information generation unit, a measurement controller and a transmitter. According to the present invention, a measurement procedure can be clearly defined in an interference delicate band where in-device coexistence interference occurs and scheduling restrictions on an eNodeB due to measurement reporting about an interference delicate band can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Jae Hyun AHN, Ki Bum Kwon, Myung Cheul Jung
  • Patent number: 9596711
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for performing a device-to-device communication. User equipment devices may perform a wireless communication through a base station and may perform a device-to-device communication among user equipment devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LAB CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ki Bum Kwon
  • Publication number: 20170048813
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) of re-organizing a timing advance group (TAG) is provided. The UE includes: a receiving unit for receiving, from a serving base station, secondary serving cell (SCell) configuration information which includes a first field and a second field, the first field including an ScellIndex of an SCell to indicate a removal of the SCell, the second field including at least one of the ScellIndex to indicate an addition of the SCell and a TAG ID indicating a TAG of the SCell, and a radio resource control (RRC) processing unit for performing the addition of the SCell after performing the removal of the SCell from one or more SCells configured in the UE, and for reorganizing the TAG by including the SCell in the TAG.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Ki Bum KWON, Jae Hyun Ahn, Kang Suk Huh
  • Publication number: 20170019949
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for controlling in-device coexistence interference (IDC) in a wireless communication system are provided. The present invention comprises transmitting IDC indication information including an unusable frequency band that is a frequency band in which performing communication is difficult because of IDC interference to a Base Station (BS), receiving Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection reconfiguration including IDC Discontinuous Reception (DRX) configuration reconfiguring DRX relating the unusable frequency band based on the IDC indication information from the BS and performing autonomously denial of Industrial Scientific Medical (ISM) transmission in the unusable frequency band by reconfiguring DRX based on the IDC DRX configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Jae Hyun AHN, Myung Cheul JUNG, Kang Suk HUH, Ki Bum KWON
  • Patent number: 9516614
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) of re-organizing a timing advance group (TAG) is provided. The UE comprises: a receiving unit for receiving, from a serving base station, secondary serving cell (SCell) configuration information which includes a first field and a second field, the first field including an ScellIndex of an SCell to indicate a removal of the SCell, the second field including at least one of the ScellIndex to indicate an addition of the SCell and a TAG ID indicating a TAG of the SCell, and a radio resource control (RRC) processing unit for performing the addition of the SCell after performing the removal of the SCell from one or more SCells configured in the UE, and for reorganizing the TAG by including the SCell in the TAG.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Pantech Inc.
    Inventors: Ki Bum Kwon, Jae Hyun Ahn, Kang Suk Huh
  • Patent number: 9516538
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for performing measurement reporting considering in-device coexistence interference. The present invention provide a user equipment transmitting a measurement report in a wireless communication system, comprising an interference detection unit, an assistant information generation unit, a measurement controller and a transmitter According to the present invention, a measurement procedure can be clearly defined in an interference delicate band where in-device coexistence interference occurs and scheduling restrictions on an eNodeB due to measurement reporting about an interference delicate band can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Pantech Inc.
    Inventors: Jae Hyun Ahn, Ki Bum Kwon, Myung Cheul Jung
  • Publication number: 20160338139
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for performing activation/deactivation of a serving cell in a wireless communication system supporting dual connectivity. The method for performing activation/deactivation of serving cell by a user equipment in a wireless communication system includes configuring a dual connectivity with at least two different base stations based on dual connectivity configuration information received through RRC (Radio Resource Control) message from a base station, receiving activation/deactivation information about secondary serving cell configured for the UE from each of two different base stations, and selectively applying the activation/deactivation information about the secondary serving cell configured for the UE based on information including the secondary serving cell provided by the base station or information about the base station providing the secondary serving cell configured for the UE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventor: Ki Bum KWON
  • Publication number: 20160323865
    Abstract: A method for supporting activation/deactivation of serving cells by a base station (BS) in a wireless communication system provides decreased overhead and decreased power consumption for a user equipment (UE). The method includes configuring M supportable serving cells in the UE, configuring an indicator indicating activation/deactivation of each of the M serving cells, configuring a medium access control (MAC) message which includes a MAC control element (CE) and a logical channel identifier (LCID), the MAC CE including the indicator configured for each of the M serving cells and having a length corresponding to an integer multiple of 8 bits, the LCID indicating that the MAC CE includes the indicator indicating activation/deactivation of each serving cell, and transmitting the configured MAC message to the UE. Accordingly, a control channel or data channel regarding a component carrier is selectively received depending on whether the component carrier is activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Ki Bum KWON, Myung Cheul Jung, Sung Jin Seo
  • Publication number: 20160323872
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and a apparatus for transmitting control information in a wireless communication system. The present invention includes detecting In Device Coexistence (IDC) interference, and transmitting an IDC indication message to an eNB if there is at least one frequency influenced by the IDC interference, wherein the IDC indication message is configured to include a frequency list containing frequencies influenced by the IDC interference, and the frequency list is configured to include an IDC interference direction indicating a direction of an influence of the detected IDC interference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Jae Hyun AHN, Ki Bum KWON, Kang Suk HUH
  • Publication number: 20160316483
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for controlling coexistence interference within a device in a wireless communication system. The method discloses the following steps: performing triggering, in which a transmission, which is generated in a terminal, in a first frequency band of a first network system requests controlling of interference on a reception, which is generated in the terminal, in a second frequency band of a second network system; transmitting to a base station support information including information on a time section that can or cannot be used by the first network system of the second network system, due to the interference; and receiving from the base station reply information for accepting or denying interference control as a reply to the support information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Jae Hyun AHN, Ki Bum KWON, Myung Cheul JUNG
  • Patent number: 9474025
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for controlling in-device coexistence interference (IDC) in a wireless communication system are provided. The present invention comprises transmitting IDC indication information including an unusable frequency band that is a frequency band in which performing communication is difficult because of IDC interference to a evolved NodeB (eNB), receiving Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection reconfiguration including IDC Discontinous Reception (DRX) configuration reconfiguring DRX relating the unusable frequency band based on the IDC indication information from the eNB and performing autonomously denial of Industrial Scientific Medical (ISM) transmission in the unusable frequency band by reconfiguring DRX based on the IDC DRX configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: PANTECH INC.
    Inventors: Jae Hyun Ahn, Myung Cheul Jung, Kang Suk Huh, Ki Bum Kwon
  • Publication number: 20160302177
    Abstract: A method for controlling activation of secondary serving cells by a User Equipment (UE) includes: receiving, from a base station, a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message including cell configuration information for the UE, the cell configuration information for the UE including configuration information of a maximum of 32 serving cells; receiving, from the base station, activation/deactivation Media Access Control (MAC) information associated with secondary serving cells configured for the UE, the activation/deactivation MAC information including a 4-octet MAC control element (CE) and a Logical Channel Identifier associated with the 4-octet MAC CE, at least part of the 4-octet MAC CE being associated with an activation or deactivation of the secondary serving cells configured for the UE; and controlling activation/deactivation states of the secondary serving cells configured for the UE according to values of the at least part of the 4-octet MAC CE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Ki Bum KWON, Dong Hyun PARK
  • Publication number: 20160295602
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for controlling in-device coexistence (IDC) interference in a wireless communication system are described in the present invention. The present invention includes transmitting UE capability information whether the UE has a capability to measure IDC, to a base station (BS); receiving measurement configuration information whether the UE is allowed to send IDC indication, from the BS; and transmitting the IDC indication and at least one of measurements which are a measurement in consideration of IDC and a measurement without consideration of IDC to the BS. It is possible to control reducing occurrence of in-device coexistence interference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Jae Hyun AHN, Ki Bum Kwon, Myung Cheul Jung
  • Patent number: 9439233
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for performing activation/deactivation of a serving cell in a wireless communication system supporting dual connectivity. The method for performing activation/deactivation of serving cell by a user equipment in a wireless communication system includes configuring a dual connectivity with at least two different base stations based on dual connectivity configuration information received through RRC (Radio Resource Control) message from a base station, receiving activation/deactivation information about secondary serving cell configured for the UE from each of two different base stations, and selectively applying the activation/deactivation information about the secondary serving cell configured for the UE based on information including the secondary serving cell provided by the base station or information about the base station providing the secondary serving cell configured for the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LAB CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ki Bum Kwon
  • Patent number: 9408197
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and a apparatus for transmitting control information in a wireless communication system. The present invention includes detecting In Device Coexistence (IDC) interference, and transmitting an IDC indication message to an eNB if there is at least one frequency influenced by the IDC interference, wherein the IDC indication message is configured to include a frequency list containing frequencies influenced by the IDC interference, and the frequency list is configured to include an IDC interference direction indicating a direction of an influence of the detected IDC interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Pantech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Hyun Ahn, Ki Bum Kwon, Kang Suk Huh
  • Patent number: 9398482
    Abstract: Method and apparatus of controlling In-Device Coexistence interference in a wireless communication system are described. The present invention comprises receiving measurement configuration information, comprising an IDC triggering threshold, from a base station; performing measurement considering IDC influence in a serving cell and measurement not considering IDC influence in a neighbor cell based on the measurement configuration information; triggering the IDC event if a difference between a result of the measurement considering IDC influence and a result of the measurement not considering IDC influence is greater than the IDC triggering threshold; and transmitting measurement report information, comprising IDC indication, to the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Pantech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Hyun Ahn, Ki Bum Kwon, Myung Cheul Jung
  • Publication number: 20160205635
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for controlling uplink transmission power in a multiple element carrier wave system. The method for controlling uplink transmission power by a terminal in a multiple element carrier wave system includes the steps of: generating an uplink signal to be transmitted in a first serving cell; receiving, from a base station, random access start information for commanding the start of a random access procedure for a second serving cell; calculating the estimated surplus power from first transmission power scheduled for an uplink signal transmission, and second transmission power scheduled for a transmission of a PRACH to which a random access preamble is mapped; and when the estimated surplus power is smaller than a threshold power, adjusting the first transmission power or the second transmission power on the basis of power allocation priority.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Ki Bum KWON, Jae Hyun AHN, Myung Cheul JUNG
  • Patent number: 9392582
    Abstract: A method for supporting activation/deactivation of serving cells by a base station (eNB) in a wireless communication system provides decreased overhead and decreased power consumption for a user equipment (UE). The method includes configuring M supportable serving cells in the UE, configuring an indicator indicating activation/deactivation of each of the M serving cells, configuring a medium access control (MAC) message which includes a MAC control element (CE) and a logical channel identifier (LCID), the MAC CE including the indicator configured for each of the M serving cells and having a length corresponding to an integer multiple of 8 bits, the LCID indicating that the MAC CE includes the indicator indicating activation/deactivation of each serving cell, and transmitting the configured MAC message to the UE. Accordingly, a control channel or data channel regarding a component carrier is selectively received depending on whether the component carrier is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Pantech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki Bum Kwon, Myung Cheul Jung, Sung Jin Seo