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).

  • Patent number: 9386600
    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: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Pantech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Hyun Ahn, Ki Bum Kwon, Myung Cheul Jung
  • Patent number: 9374213
    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: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Pantech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Hyun Ahn, Ki Bum Kwon, Myung Cheul Jung
  • Publication number: 20160119826
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and a device for transmitting data in a wireless communication system supporting dual connectivity. The method for transmitting data in a wireless communication system supporting dual connectivity comprises the steps of: transmitting channel state information between a small base station and a terminal to a macro base station; receiving a radio resource control (RRC) connection reconfiguration message from the macro base station; releasing a connection with the small base station on the basis of the RRC connection reconfiguration message; and transmitting, to the macro base station, a PDCP state report including information on a sequence number of a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) service data unit (SDU) which has not been received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicant: Pantech Inc.
    Inventors: Kang Suk HUH, Ki Bum KWON, Jae Hyun AHN, Myung Cheul JUNG
  • Publication number: 20160112966
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for establishing maximum transmission power. The present invention comprises: receiving an RRC message including a user equipment-specific maximum transmission power value established by a first base station or a second base station; reestablishing maximum output power based on the user equipment specific maximum transmission power value; and simultaneously transmitting an uplink to the first base station or the second base station within the reestablished maximum output power. The user equipment-specific maximum transmission power value is established for each of the first base station and the second base station, and the sum of the user equipment-specific maximum transmission power value for the first base station and the user equipment-specific maximum transmission power value for the second base station is less than or equal to a maximum output power value for the user equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Myung Cheul JUNG, Jae Hyun AHN, Ki Bum KWON, Kang Suk HUH
  • Publication number: 20160113058
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for user equipment receiving multi-flow data with respect to one evolved packet system (EPS) bearer through a macro base station (macro eNB) and a small base station (small eNB) in a wireless communication system supporting dual connectivity. The method comprises the steps of: a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) entity of the user equipment receiving PDCP packet data units (PDU) through the macro base station and the small base station from a PDCP entity of the macro base station; obtaining PDCP service data units (SDU) corresponding to PDCP PDUs; and receiving from the macro base station information related to a sequence timer for the PDCP SDUs through a radio resource control (RRC) message, wherein the PDCP SDUs are indicated by a predefined PDCP sequence number (SN).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Myung Cheul JUNG, Kang Suk HUH, Jae Hyun AHN, Ki Bum KWON
  • Patent number: 9313743
    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: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Pantech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki Bum Kwon, Jae Hyun Ahn, Myung Cheul Jung
  • Publication number: 20160080964
    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 10, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Jae Hyun AHN, Ki Bum KWON, Myung Cheul JUNG
  • Patent number: 9281931
    Abstract: The present description relates to an apparatus and method for receiving a control channel in a multi-component carrier system. The method for performing random access disclosed in the present description comprises the steps of: transmitting a random access preamble to a base station from an activated sub-serving cell; monitoring physical downlink control channel candidates during a response window one the basis of a certain aggregation in a temporary search space in a control region of the activated sub-serving cell, wherein the control region consists of a group of control channel elements; and adjusting an uplink time of the activated sub-serving cell according to a time advance command indicated by a random access response when the random access response, including a random access identifier corresponding to the random access preamble, is received in the response window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Pantech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki Bum Kwon, Jae Hyun Ahn, Sung Kwon Hong
  • Publication number: 20160066284
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for transmitting a power headroom report (PHR) by a terminal which is set to be dually connected to at least two heterogeneous base stations through uplink wireless connection. A method for transmitting a power headroom report (PHR) by a user equipment performing wireless communication based on dual connectivity. The method may include triggering the PHR based on at least one of a path loss change and a periodic timer; and transmitting at least one PHR to at least one base station according to the dual connectivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: Pantech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki Bum KWON, Jae Hyun AHN, Kang Suk HUH
  • Patent number: 9265034
    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: August 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Pantech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki Bum Kwon, Myung Cheul Jung, Sung Jin Seo
  • Publication number: 20160044678
    Abstract: A method of supporting a buffer status report associated with a device-to-device (D2D) communication includes: establishing an RRC connection with an eNB; receiving, by a UE, configuration information associated with a D2D communication from the eNB, the configuration information including information of a resource selection mode for a D2D data transmission, the information of a resource selection mode indicating a resource pool from which the UE selects a resource for a D2D data transmission to another UE; identifying a D2D target identity of at least one target UE to which the UE transmits D2D data by performing a D2D discovery procedure; setting an RRC message to be transmitted to the eNB, the RRC message including information of the identified D2D target identity; and transmitting the RRC message to the eNB, the information of the identified D2D target identity being transmitted through UEinformation message for a D2D data transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventor: Ki Bum KWON
  • Publication number: 20160044737
    Abstract: A method of supporting a buffer status report (BSR) associated with a device-to-device (D2D) communication includes: establishing a radio resource control (RRC) connection with an evolved NodeB (eNB) and receiving configuration information associated with a D2D communication from the eNB, the configuration information including information of a resource allocation mode for a D2D data transmission and information of a timer associated with a BSR for a D2D data transmission; determining, by a user equipment (UE), a radio link failure (RLF), the RLF being associated with a connection problem of the RRC connection; initializing a re-establishment process for the RRC connection; canceling all BSRs for a D2D data transmission in response to the determined RLF, the canceled BSRs for a D2D data transmission being associated with a D2D data transmission scheduled by the eNB; and initializing the timer associated with a BSR for a D2D data transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventor: Ki Bum KWON
  • Publication number: 20160037579
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for wireless link (radio link) control in a wireless communication system supporting dual connectivity is disclosed. The present invention includes: detecting radio link failure (RLF) of a secondary serving cell provided from a secondary base station, separately from detecting RLF of a primary serving cell provided from a master base station; generating a RLF specifier specifying an occurrence of RLF of the secondary serving cell when RLF of the secondary serving cell is detected; and transmitting the RLF specifier to an RRC connected master base station. A wireless link between a terminal and a master base station and a wireless link between a terminal and a secondary base station can be managed individually when a terminal is dually connected to both the master base station and the secondary base station in a network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: Pantech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myung Cheul JUNG, Ki Bum KWON, Jae Hyun AHN, Kang Suk HUH
  • Patent number: 9191833
    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: February 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Pantech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Hyun Ahn, Ki Bum Kwon, Myung Cheul Jung
  • Publication number: 20150327176
    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: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Jae Hyun AHN, Myung Cheul Jung, Kang Suk Huh, Ki Bum Kwon
  • Publication number: 20150319703
    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: November 2, 2012
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Ki Bum KWON, Jae Hyun AHN, Myung Cheul JUNG
  • Patent number: 9179452
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for configuring and transmitting an HARQ ACK/NACK signal by bundling said signal about a component carrier wave of a downlink subframe linked with an uplink subframe transmitting an HARQ ACK/NACK signal on PUCCH format 3. More particularly, the method comprises the steps of: determining a mode for bundling an HARQ ACK/NACK signal; and configuring the bundled HARQ ACK/NACK signal according to the determined bundling mode, wherein in the step of determining the bundling mode, all the component carriers of the downlink subframe transmitting the HARQ ACK/NACK signal to an uplink subframe are bundled when the downlink channel is in a worse state than the predetermined reference state, and some of the component carriers of the downlink subframe transmitting the HARQ ACK/NACK signal to an uplink subframe are bundled when the downlink channel is not in a worse state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Pantech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Hyun Park, Ki Bum Kwon
  • Publication number: 20150257187
    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: March 5, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventor: Ki Bum KWON
  • Patent number: 9131482
    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: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Pantech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki Bum Kwon, Myung Cheul Jung, Sung Jin Seo
  • Patent number: 9113381
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for performing handover in a multiple component carrier system. In an aspect, a method of a target Base Station (BS) performing handover in a multiple component carrier system includes receiving service state information, including information about at least one candidate cell, from a source BS through a handover request message, calculating a final determination value for determining a final cell for a User Equipment (UE) which is a subject of the handover based on the service state information, selecting the final cell by comparing the final determination value and the information about the candidate cell, and sending a handover request Acknowledgement (ACK) message, including information about the selected final cell, to the source BS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Pantech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myung Cheul Jung, Ki Bum Kwon