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: 9088992
    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: March 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Pantech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Hyun Ahn, Myung Cheul Jung, Kang Suk Huh, Ki Bum Kwon
  • Publication number: 20150163761
    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: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Ki Bum KWON, Jae Hyun AHN, Kang Suk HUH
  • Patent number: 9055564
    Abstract: There are provided an apparatus and method for transmitting power headroom information in a multiple component carrier system. The method includes finding Combination Power Headroom (CPH), that is a power headroom, calculated in an User Equipment (UE)-specific way with consideration taken of uplink transmission through a plurality of component carriers configured in the UE, generating CPH information used to inform an evolved NodeB (eNodeB:eNB) of the CPH, and sending the CPH information to the eNB. According to the present invention, power headroom for a combination component carrier is provided to an eNB in a wireless communication system in which a carrier aggregation is used. Accordingly, reliable dynamic carrier aggregation scheduling can be induced, and thus uplink transmission performance can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Pantech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Hyun Ahn, Myung Cheul Jung, Ki Bum Kwon, Sung Jin Suh
  • Patent number: 9042881
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for report a Radio Link Failure (RLF) and discloses the operations of UE or an eNB and the operating schemes of a network according to a cause of RLF. More specifically, the operating efficiency of a network is improved by reporting the reception power or interference power or both of other transceivers within a device, from among causes that generate RLF. This specification includes elements for configuring detecting RLF, configuring an RLF report on the RLF, and transmitting the RLF report. The RLF report includes information about whether there was an influence of In-device COexistence interference (ICO) to the RLF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Pantech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki Bum Kwon, Jae Hyun Ahn, Myung Cheul Jung
  • Patent number: 9008046
    Abstract: A method for performing handover in a multiple component carrier system includes a UE transmitting a measurement report message, including measurement values for one or more cells, to a source BS, the source BS transmitting a handover request message, including at least one of a candidate cell list including at least one candidate cell to be used in a target BS, an aggregatable cell list including at least one aggregatable cell in which UE capability is taken into consideration, and a list of sensible cells including at least one cell defined based on a similarity sensitivity of a measured frequency, to the target BS based on the measurement value, the source BS checking the cell included in the at least one list, receiving a handover ACK message including a final cell from the target BS, and determining handover, and the source BS transmitting a handover command message to the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Pantech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myung Cheul Jung, Ki Bum Kwon
  • Publication number: 20150092707
    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: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventor: Ki Bum KWON
  • Publication number: 20150085843
    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: December 4, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Jae Hyun AHN, Ki Bum KWON, Myung Cheul JUNG
  • Patent number: 8964645
    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: March 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Pantech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki Bum Kwon, Jae Hyun Ahn, Kang Suk Huh
  • Publication number: 20150009985
    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: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Ki Bum KWON, Myung Cheul JUNG, Jae Hyun AHN
  • Patent number: 8917619
    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: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Pantech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Hyun Ahn, Ki Bum Kwon, Myung Cheul Jung
  • Publication number: 20140348039
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and device for transreceiving cell-selective signals in a multi-component carrier system. The present invention provides a method for transreceiving cell-selective signals, and the method comprises the steps of: configuring, in a terminal, a sub serving cell belonging to a first band; setting one of the sub serving cell and a main serving cell as a mute serving cell and the other as a valid serving cell, in an inconsistent subframe in which a first TDD uplink/downlink configuration of the sub serving cell is different from a second TDD uplink/downlink configuration of the main serving cell belonging to a second band that is different from the first band; and transreceiving a scheduled signal to and from the set valid serving cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Dong Hyun Park, Ki Bum Kwon
  • Patent number: 8873497
    Abstract: There are provided an apparatus and method for transmitting information about power headroom in a multi-component carrier system. There is disclosed a method of configuring a plurality of component carriers combined from a candidate component carrier group, based on component carrier configuration information, triggering a power headroom report on the plurality of combined component carriers, calculating power headroom for the plurality of combined component carriers and transmitting combination power headroom information, including a value of the calculated power headroom, to a eNodeB. The power headroom report is triggered, when the power headroom on the plurality of combined component carriers is greater than or equal to a predefined threshold. Accordingly, uplink signaling overhead can be reduced because a power headroom report can be semi-persistently made without the need to additionally send information about the combination component carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Pantech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Hyun Ahn, Ki Bum Kwon
  • Publication number: 20140301235
    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: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Jae Hyun Ahn, Ki Bum Kwon, Myung Cheul Jung
  • Publication number: 20140295871
    Abstract: In the present invention, a method or device of controlling in-device coexistence interference is described. The present invention includes receiving from a base station measurement configuration information including an IDC triggering threshold used for the condition of triggering an event indicating whether on-going IDC has been initiated; performing each of measurement considering IDC and measurement not considering IDC based on the measurement configuration information; triggering the event when a difference between a result of the measurement considering IDC and a result of the measurement not considering IDC is larger than the IDC triggering threshold; and reporting to the base station an IDC indication indicating whether the event is triggered and the results of the measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Jae Hyun Ahn, Ki Bum Kwon, Myung Cheul Jung
  • Patent number: 8848674
    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: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Pantech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki Bum Kwon, Myung Cheul Jung, Jae Hyun Ahn
  • Patent number: 8780860
    Abstract: A method of receiving a sounding reference signal (SRS) in a wireless communication system supporting multiple component carriers by a base station is provided. The method includes determining periodic SRS (P-SRS) transmission or aperiodic SRS (A-SRS) transmission about at least one serving cell (SCell) to be configured for a user equipment (UE), transmitting a triggering message including an activation or deactivation of the at least one SCell and indicating information for the A-SRS transmission according to the determination, and receiving an A-SRS from the UE through an activated SCell from among the at least one SCell configured in the UE. Uplink scheduling for an additional secondary serving cell and data communication through the uplink scheduling can be performed rapidly, as compared with a scheme using only a periodic SRS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Pantech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki Bum Kwon, Myung Cheul Jung, Eun Kyoung Ko
  • Publication number: 20140192771
    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: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: PANTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Myung Cheul Jung, Ki Bum Kwon
  • Publication number: 20140162642
    Abstract: A method of transmitting user equipment (UE) capability information in a multiple component carrier system by the UE is provided. The method includes receiving, from a base station (BS), a UE capability request message, and transmitting, to the BS, a UE capability response message including a supportedbandcombination field indicating one or more band combinations supported by the UE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: PANTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: KI BUM KWON, JAE HYUN AHN, KANG SUK HUH
  • Publication number: 20140161020
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device and method for transmitting control information about an MBMS service. The present specification discloses a method for receiving control information about an MBMS service performed by a terminal, the method comprising the steps of: receiving, from a serving cell, MBMS current state information of a target cell adjacent to the serving cell via a first broadcast channel; monitoring a frequency of the target cell on the basis of an MBMS frequency list contained in the MBMS current state information of the target cell; performing cell reselection for selecting the target cell; and receiving the MBMS service from the target cell. According to the present invention, the terminal can pre-recognize, in the serving cell, information on a frequency at which an MBMS is provided in the adjacent cell and a type of the MBMS service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Pantech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myung Cheul Jung, Ki Bum Kwon, Jae Hyun Ahn
  • Publication number: 20140112308
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for performing uplink synchronization in a multi-component carrier system. A method for performing uplink synchronization according to the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving, from a base station, a message that indicates a time alignment value for adjusting an uplink time of a sub-serving cell; adjusting the uplink time on the basis of the time alignment value; and driving a validity timer, which indicates the period of validity of the time alignment value when the sub-serving cell is deactivated. According to the present invention, with respect to a sub-serving cell, which performs a random access procedure to ensure and maintain a time alignment value, the validity of the time alignment value and whether or not uplink synchronization in the sub-serving cell is made can be quickly ascertained, and efficiency of uplink data transmission can increase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: PANTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Bum Kwon, Jae Hyun Ahn, Myung Cheul Jung