Patents by Inventor Sung-Nam Hong
Sung-Nam Hong 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: 10581651Abstract: The present invention relates to a 5th-generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system, which is to be provided for supporting a higher data transmission rate after the 4th-generation (4G) communication system, such as long term evolution (LTE). The present invention provides a method for receiving a signal in a multi-carrier system, the method comprising the steps of: performing, with respect to an input signal, a waveform pre-processing operation on the basis of at least one of an equalizing operation and a filtering operation; checking whether the waveform pre-processed signal is a Gaussian proximity signal; and performing soft-de-mapping with respect to the waveform pre-processed signal on the basis of a result of the checking.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2016Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kyeong-Yeon Kim, Yeo-Hun Yun, Sung-Nam Hong, Chan-Hong Kim, Ji-Yun Seol, Yong-Ho Cho, Ming Hoka
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Patent number: 10439742Abstract: The present invention relates to not only a 4th-generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE), but also a 5th-generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system which is provided to support a higher data rate. The present invention provides a method for performing a channel decoding operation by a reception device in a communication system, the method comprising the steps of: generating at least two resource elements (REs) into at least two RE groups; and generating a soft decision decoding metric for a signal received through each of the at least two RE groups.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2016Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sung-Nam Hong, Tae-Young Kim, Min Sagong, Ji-Yun Seol
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Patent number: 10425215Abstract: Disclosed is a 5G or pre-5G communication system to be provided for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G communication system such as LTE. A method for cancelling self-interference in a full-duplex communication system is provided. The method comprises the steps of: cancelling cancellable self-interference components through an analog interference cancellation circuit, and estimating a channel state of an uplink channel and a channel state of a downlink channel on the basis of remaining residual self-interference components; estimating a channel capacity for each of possible beam combinations on the basis of the estimated uplink channel state and downlink channel state; selecting the beam combination having the largest channel capacity from among the possible beam combinations; and cancelling self-interference from a received signal on the basis of the selected beam combination.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2016Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Byung-Hwan Lee, Jong-Bu Lim, Ji-Yun Seol, Chae-Hee Lim, Su-Ryong Jeong, Sung-Nam Hong
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Patent number: 10305710Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for operating, by a base station, multiple modulation schemes in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of: calculating the number of terminals, among the terminals in a cell managed by the base station, of which a channel state is included in a state that is lower than a preset state; reporting information related to the calculated number of terminals to an upstream entity of the base station; receiving information about a band, assigned by the upstream entity, for a hybrid frequency shift keying (FSK) and quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) (FQAM) scheme on the basis of a QAM scheme and a FSK scheme; and transmitting downwardly the information about the band for the FQAM scheme to the terminals of which a channel state is included in a state that is lower than the preset state. Other modified embodiments on the basis of the technical concept of the present invention are also possible.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2014Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Min Sagong, Jeong-Ho Park, Jae-Won Kim, Hyun-Kyu Yu, Chi-Woo Lim, Su-Ryong Jeong, Sung-Nam Hong
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Patent number: 10291352Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond 4th-generation (4G) communication system such as a long term evolution (LTE). A method for transmitting a signal in transmitting apparatus in a wireless communication system supporting a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) scheme is provided. The method includes transmitting a signal to a receiving apparatus; detecting there is a need for a retransmission operation for the signal; and performing the retransmission operation for the signal based on at least one of a reception scheme used in the receiving apparatus or an interference characteristic of an interference signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2017Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sung-Nam Hong, Tae-Young Kim, Ji-Yun Seol
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Patent number: 10277449Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). Provided is an operation method of a base station in a wireless communication system. The method comprises: receiving, from a terminal, at least one piece of information among channel quality information on a resource region allocated to the terminal and non-Gaussian information on a nulling region corresponding to the resource region; and determining a modulation order for the terminal, a code rate, a ratio of the resource region to the nulling region based on the channel quality information and the non-Gaussian information.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2015Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sung-Nam Hong, Min Sagong, Chi-Woo Lim
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Patent number: 10271337Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The present invention relates to method and apparatus for performing a decoding with low complexity in a wireless communication system. A decoding method of a terminal in a wireless communication system comprises determining a first characteristic value indicating a statistical characteristic of an interference signal based on a received signal of a base station, determining a second characteristic value indicating a statistical characteristic of an interference signal based on data received from the base station, and decoding the data according to a decoding scheme corresponding to a difference of the first characteristic value and the second characteristic value.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2015Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Min Sagong, Woo-Myoung Park, Seok-Ki Ahn, Chi-Woo Lim, Sung-Nam Hong
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Patent number: 10237112Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). Provided is an operation method of a base station in a wireless communication system. The method comprises: receiving, from a terminal, at least one piece of information among channel quality information on a resource region allocated to the terminal and non-Gaussian information on a nulling region corresponding to the resource region; and determining a modulation order for the terminal, a code rate, a ratio of the resource region to the nulling region based on the channel quality information and the non-Gaussian information.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2015Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sung-Nam Hong, Min Sagong, Chi-Woo Lim
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Patent number: 10205468Abstract: Provided is a method for decoding a non-binary (NB) low density parity check (LDPC) code at a user equipment (UE) that implements at least one variable nodes that receive a received signal of a wireless channel and deliver an input message to a check node and the check node that checks the input message and outputs an output message. The method includes receiving at least one input messages, generating a temporary vector by using the at least one input messages, searching for an element having a dominant value by checking the temporary vector, generating a configuration set, which is a check target, by using the element having the dominant value, and generating the output message by performing comparison with respect to the generated configuration set.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2015Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seok-Ki Ahn, Kyeong-Cheol Yang, Sang-Min Kim, Woo-Myoung Park, Min Sagong, Chi-Woo Lim, Sung-Nam Hong
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Patent number: 10181927Abstract: A method of operating a base station in a wireless communication system supporting frequency and quadrature-amplitude modulation (FQAM) is provided. The method includes receiving channel quality information and non-Gaussian information for a data region from a mobile station, and determining a MCS level on the basis of the channel quality information and the non-Gaussian information.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2015Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chi-Woo Lim, Min Sagong, Sung-Nam Hong, Hyun-Kyu Yu, Kyung-Whoon Cheun
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Patent number: 10122385Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The present invention relates to a method and a device for efficiently shortening and puncturing a non-binary LDPC code, the method for a transmitter shortening and puncturing a non-binary code being capable of supporting various modulation methods by using a single non-binary code, and the method comprising the steps of: shortening, on the basis of a modulation method, at least one information bit in at least one information symbol constituting the non-binary code; encoding the at least one information symbol having a shortened information bit; and puncturing, on the basis of the modulation method, at least one parity code in at least one parity symbol obtained through the encoding step.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2015Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seok-Ki Ahn, Woo-Myoung Park, Min Sagong, Chi-Woo Lim, Sung-Nam Hong
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Publication number: 20180309601Abstract: The present invention relates to a 5th-generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system, which is to be provided for supporting a higher data transmission rate after the 4th-generation (4G) communication system, such as long term evolution (LTE). The present invention provides a method for receiving a signal in a multi-carrier system, the method comprising the steps of: performing, with respect to an input signal, a waveform pre-processing operation on the basis of at least one of an equalizing operation and a filtering operation; checking whether the waveform pre-processed signal is a Gaussian proximity signal; and performing soft-de-mapping with respect to the waveform pre-processed signal on the basis of a result of the checking.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2016Publication date: October 25, 2018Inventors: Kyeong-Yeon KIM, Yeo-Hun YUN, Sung-Nam HONG, Chan-Hong KIM, Ji-Yun SEOL, Yong-Ho CHO, Ming HOKA
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Patent number: 10069665Abstract: Disclosed is a method and device for transmitting and receiving a signal by using modulation techniques in a wireless communication system. The method according to the present invention includes: selecting one of QAM and improved QAM according to at least one predefined criterion; encoding information bits to be transmitted according to a first encoding scheme and mapping encoded information bits to QAM symbols when the QAM is selected; encoding information bits to be transmitted according to a second encoding scheme and mapping encoded information bits to improved QAM symbols when the improved QAM is selected; and transmitting the QAM symbols or the improved QAM symbols through a given resource region.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2013Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyun-Kyu Yu, Won-Il Roh, Jeong-Ho Park, Min Sagong, Ji-Yun Seol, Chi-Woo Lim, Kyung-Whoon Cheun, Jae-Weon Cho, Sung-Nam Hong
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Patent number: 10050820Abstract: A method for modulation in a transmitter for transmitting a signal in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a step for determining a modulation scheme; a step for, if the determined modulation scheme corresponds to a specific modulation scheme, converting encoded information bits to quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) symbols in accordance with a predetermined QAM modulation order, selecting a sequence corresponding to an element of an integer vector in a predetermined sequence set, repeating the converted QAM symbols for a predetermined sequence length, and outputting signals by multiplying the repeated QAM symbols and the selected sequence; and a step for transmitting the outputted signals to a receiver.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2015Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sung-Nam Hong, Woo-Myoung Park, Min Sagong, Seok-Ki Ahn, Chi-Woo Lim
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Publication number: 20180205533Abstract: Disclosed is a 5G or pre-5G communication system to be provided for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G communication system such as LTE. A method for cancelling self-interference in a full-duplex communication system is provided. The method comprises the steps of: cancelling cancellable self-interference components through an analog interference cancellation circuit, and estimating a channel state of an uplink channel and a channel state of a downlink channel on the basis of remaining residual self-interference components; estimating a channel capacity for each of possible beam combinations on the basis of the estimated uplink channel state and downlink channel state; selecting the beam combination having the largest channel capacity from among the possible beam combinations; and cancelling self-interference from a received signal on the basis of the selected beam combination.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2016Publication date: July 19, 2018Inventors: Byung-Hwan LEE, Jong-Bu LIM, Ji-Yun SEOL, Chae-Hee LIM, Su-Ryong JEONG, Sung-Nam HONG
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Patent number: 10014891Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system to be provided for supporting a higher data transfer rate beyond a 4G communication system such as LTE. The present invention relates to a NOMA system based FQAM connection method and an apparatus therefor. The present invention can increase the user transfer rate at a cell boundary. The scheduling method in a wireless communication system, according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprises a step of receiving a signal-to-interference-noise ratio (SINR) value and an alpha value from a terminal; a step of determining, on the basis of the SINR value and the alpha value, a Gaussian SINR value; a step of pairing users on the basis of the Gaussian SINR value; and a step of re-computing MCS on the basis of a re-computed alpha value.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2015Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Min Sagong, Ji-Yun Seol, Woo-Myong Park, Seok-Ki Ahn, Chi-Woo Lim, Sung-Nam Hong
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Publication number: 20180131454Abstract: The present invention relates to not only a 4th-generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE), but also a 5th-generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system which is provided to support a higher data rate. The present invention provides a method for performing a channel decoding operation by a reception device in a communication system, the method comprising the steps of: generating at least two resource elements (REs) into at least two RE groups; and generating a soft decision decoding metric for a signal received through each of the at least two RE groups.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2016Publication date: May 10, 2018Inventors: Sung-Nam Hong, Tae-Young Kim, Min Sagong, Ji-Yun Seol
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Patent number: 9912506Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for estimating a channel in a wireless communication system. In the method, a reference value is generated on the basis of a value indicating a non-Gaussian characteristic of an inter-cell interference signal and power values of received pilot symbols, the reference value is compared with each of the power values of the pilot symbols, at least one pilot symbol, which is relatively lightly damaged by the inter-cell interference signal, is selected, and a channel is estimated using the at least one selected pilot symbol.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2014Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sung-Nam Hong, Min Sagong, Chi-Woo Lim, Kyung-Whoon Cheun
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Patent number: 9912457Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for transmitting data in a wireless communication system, comprising the steps of: allocating, by a base station, a resource for transmitting data modulated by a hybrid frequency shift keying (FSK) and quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) (FQAM) scheme in which a QAM scheme and a FSK scheme are combined; transmitting, by the base station, a sequence modulated by the FQAM scheme, to a mobile station, via an interference measurement channel; transmitting, by the base station, a reference signal for measuring channel quality information (CQI) to the mobile station; receiving, by the base station, CQI estimated based on an interference characteristic of the interference measurement channel, from the mobile station, and performing scheduling of the mobile station based on the received CQI; and transmitting, by the base station, the data modulated by the FQAM scheme to the mobile station.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2014Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Su-Ryong Jeong, Jeong-Ho Park, Jae-Won Kim, Min Sagong, Hyun-Kyu Yu, Sung-Nam Hong
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Patent number: 9825744Abstract: A method of transmitting a signal using a plurality of modulation and coding schemes by a transmitter in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes when a position of an active tone hits a position of a pilot tone of an adjacent cell, the active tone corresponding to a tone boosted through an application of a hybrid Frequency Shift Keying (FSK) and Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) Modulation (FQAM) scheme among tones included in an FQAM symbol based on the FQAM scheme in which a QAM scheme and a FSK scheme are combined, detecting two or more tones, which do not hit the position of the pilot tone among the tones included in the FQAM symbol, and transmitting signals by using the detected two or more tones.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2014Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Min Sagong, Chi-Woo Lim, Kyung-Whoon Cheun, Sung-Nam Hong