Patents by Inventor Wonjin Sung

Wonjin Sung 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: 11870524
    Abstract: A method for reporting channel state information (CSI) by user equipment (UE) for beamforming based on an antenna array in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: receiving a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS); generating channel state information using the CSI-RS and a codebook generated in advance; and reporting the channel state information. The channel state information includes information related to a codevector determined in the codebook, the antenna array has a three-dimensional shape having omnidirectional symmetry, the codebook is generated based on a position of the UE having a center of the three-dimensional shape as an origin, and the position of the UE is represented based on a polar coordinate system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignees: LG ELECTRONICS INC., SOGANG UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jonghyun Park, Wonjae Ryoo, Wonjin Sung, Hyukjun Lee, Haewook Park
  • Publication number: 20220329295
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for reporting channel state information (CSI) in a wireless communication system, and a device therefor. Specifically, a method for reporting CSI by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system comprises the step of: receiving a CSI-related reference signal; measuring CSI on the basis of the reference signal and a codebook; and reporting the CSI, wherein reception and transmission operations of the UE are performed on the basis of a three-dimensionally shaped antenna array formed by arranging a plurality of antenna elements in a three-dimensional configuration, the antenna array comprises a plurality of antenna elements, and the codebook is generated on the basis of the path difference between the distance from the origin, which is the center of the three-dimensional shape, to the UE and the distance from a specific antenna element to the UE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicants: LG ELECTRONICS INC., SOGANG UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Haewook PARK, Wonjae RYOO, Wonjin SUNG, Jonghyun PARK
  • Patent number: 11398855
    Abstract: A method by which a base station transmits a signal on the basis of an antenna array in a wireless communication system, according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: determining a multi-rank beam in consideration of (i) positions of a plurality of terminals and (ii) positions of null points of a beam generated through the antenna array; and transmitting signals to the plurality of terminals by using the multi-rank beam. The antenna array may be based on a three-dimensional shape having omnidirectional symmetry, and the positions of the null points and the positions of the plurality of terminals may be configured on the basis of a polar coordinate system using the center of the antenna array as an origin point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignees: LG Electronics Inc., Sogang University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Jonghyun Park, Wonjae Ryoo, Wonjin Sung, Haewook Park
  • Patent number: 11374630
    Abstract: A method for reporting channel state information (CSI) by means of a terminal in a wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: receiving a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) from a base station, wherein the CSI-RS is related to at least one panel of an antenna array of the base station; generating CSI on the basis of the CSI-RS and a codebook according to a specific shape of the at least one panel; and reporting the CSI to the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignees: LG Electronics Inc., Sogang University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Jonghyun Park, Jiyeong Yang, Wonjin Sung, Haewook Park
  • Publication number: 20220021428
    Abstract: A method by which a base station transmits a signal on the basis of an antenna array in a wireless communication system, according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: determining a multi-rank beam in consideration of (i) positions of a plurality of terminals and (ii) positions of null points of a beam generated through the antenna array; and transmitting signals to the plurality of terminals by using the multi-rank beam. The antenna array may be based on a three-dimensional shape having omnidirectional symmetry, and the positions of the null points and the positions of the plurality of terminals may be configured on the basis of a polar coordinate system using the center of the antenna array as an origin point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: Sogang University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Jonghyun Park, Wonjae Ryoo, Wonjin Sung, Haewook Park
  • Publication number: 20220021421
    Abstract: A method for reporting channel state information (CSI) by means of a terminal in a wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: receiving a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) from a base station, wherein the CSI-RS is related to at least one panel of an antenna array of the base station; generating CSI on the basis of the CSI-RS and a codebook according to a specific shape of the at least one panel; and reporting the CSI to the base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: Sogang University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Jonghyun Park, Jiyeong Yang, Wonjin Sung, Haewook Park
  • Publication number: 20210242919
    Abstract: A method for reporting channel state information (CSI) by user equipment (UE) for beamforming based on an antenna array in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: receiving a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS); generating channel state information using the CSI-RS and a codebook generated in advance; and reporting the channel state information. The channel state information includes information related to a codevector determined in the codebook, the antenna array has a three-dimensional shape having omnidirectional symmetry, the codebook is generated based on a position of the UE having a center of the three-dimensional shape as an origin, and the position of the UE is represented based on a polar coordinate system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicants: LG ELECTRONICS INC., SOGANG UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jonghyun PARK, Wonjae RYOO, Wonjin SUNG, Hyukjun LEE, Haewook PARK
  • Patent number: 10965356
    Abstract: A method for reporting channel state information of a terminal comprises: a step of measuring CSI-RS transmitted from a base station; and a step of reporting CSI generated on the basis of the CSI-RS measurement to the base station, wherein the CSI comprises: a PMI for indicating a precoding matrix from a codebook and an RI for indicating a rank, wherein the PMI comprises a first PMI for a beam group selected by the terminal and a second PMI which comprises a beam sub-group selection information for beams included in the beam group and phase-matching information for each antenna port polarization for the selected beam sub-group, and wherein as the rank increases, the phase-matching information may be indicated with different granularity from each other depending on whether the beam sub-groups selected from the beam group are the same or different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignees: LG Electronics Inc., Sogang University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Haewook Park, Changhyeon Kim, Sungin Shin, Wonjin Sung, Hyukjun Lee, Jonghyun Park
  • Patent number: 10567057
    Abstract: A method for performing, by a UE, channel estimation in a wireless communication system includes: receiving, from an eNB, a control message including reference signal transmission pattern information representing a transmission pattern of a channel estimation reference signal (RS) transmitted through antenna ports; receiving the reference signal from the eNB on the basis of the received reference signal transmission pattern information; measuring a channel per antenna port of the eNB on the basis of the received reference signal; and feeding back channel state information related to the measured channel to the eNB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignees: LG ELECTRONICS INC., SOGANG UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jonghyun Park, Wonjin Sung, Yoonsoo Kim, Kijun Kim
  • Publication number: 20200007205
    Abstract: A method for reporting channel state information of a terminal comprises: a step of measuring CSI-RS transmitted from a base station; and a step of reporting CSI generated on the basis of the CSI-RS measurement to the base station, wherein the CSI comprises: a PMI for indicating a precoding matrix from a codebook and an RI for indicating a rank, wherein the PMI comprises a first PMI for a beam group selected by the terminal and a second PMI which comprises a beam sub-group selection information for beams included in the beam group and phase-matching information for each antenna port polarization for the selected beam sub-group, and wherein as the rank increases, the phase-matching information may be indicated with different granularity from each other depending on whether the beam sub-groups selected from the beam group are the same or different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Haewook PARK, Changhyeon KIM, Sungin SHIN, Wonjin SUNG, Hyukjun LEE, Jonghyun PARK
  • Patent number: 10498407
    Abstract: A method for transmitting and receiving signals based on a codebook in a multi-antenna wireless communication system, the method comprising: transmitting a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS); and reporting channel state information to the base station; Wherein the channel state information includes a Precoding Matrix Indicator (PMI) for indicating a specific code vector among a plurality of code vectors included in the codebook, the codebook being included in each code vector And a phase difference between adjacent elements may be set to be different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignees: LG Electronics Inc., Sogang University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Jonghyun Park, Junyeub Suh, Junsik Shin, Wonjin Sung, Kijun Kim
  • Patent number: 10491275
    Abstract: A method for transmitting/receiving signals by a UE based on a codebook in a multi-antenna wireless communication system according to an aspect of the present invention includes: receiving a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) from a base station through multiple antenna ports; and reporting channel state information to the base station, wherein the channel state information includes a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) for indicating a specific code vector among a plurality of code vectors included in the codebook, wherein elements included in each code vector included in the codebook are selected from elements of a predetermined circular vector using an azimuth angle of the UE with respect to the base station and an oversampling factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jonghyun Park, Huiwon Kim, Wonjin Sung, Kijun Kim
  • Patent number: 10291441
    Abstract: A method for constructing a codebook in a multiple-antenna wireless communication system and an apparatus therefor are disclosed. Specifically, constructing a codebook in a multiple-antenna wireless communication system comprises the steps of: receiving parameters for constructing a codebook from a base station; and constructing a codebook using the parameters for constructing the codebook, wherein the parameters for constructing the codebook may include a phase value (?) of a first code vector forming the codebook, a phase difference (?) between code vectors that are adjacent to one another within the codebook, and the number of bits (?) that is required when feeding back a code vector selected thin the codebook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignees: LG ELECTRONICS INC., SOGANG UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jonghyun Park, Junyeub Suh, Wonjin Sung, Kijun Kim
  • Publication number: 20190044589
    Abstract: A method for transmitting/receiving signals by a UE based on a codebook in a multi-antenna wireless communication system according to an aspect of the present invention includes: receiving a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) from a base station through multiple antenna ports; and reporting channel state information to the base station, wherein the channel state information includes a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) for indicating a specific code vector among a plurality of code vectors included in the codebook, wherein elements included in each code vector included in the codebook are selected from elements of a predetermined circular vector using an azimuth angle of the UE with respect to the base station and an oversampling factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jonghyun PARK, Huiwon KIM, Wonjin SUNG, Kijun KIM
  • Publication number: 20190036573
    Abstract: A method for transmitting and receiving signals based on a codebook in a multi-antenna wireless communication system, the method comprising: transmitting a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS); and reporting channel state information to the base station; Wherein the channel state information includes a Precoding Matrix Indicator (PMI) for indicating a specific code vector among a plurality of code vectors included in the codebook, the codebook being included in each code vector And a phase difference between adjacent elements may be set to be different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Jonghyun PARK, Junyeub SUH, Junsik SHIN, Wonjin SUNG, Kijun KIM
  • Patent number: 10142004
    Abstract: A method for performing, by a UE, precoding using a codebook in a wireless communication system includes: receiving a reference signal for channel estimation from an eNB; estimating a channel through the received reference signal; determining a precoding matrix related to the estimated channel in a codebook; and feeding back, to the eNB, a precoding matrix index (PMI) corresponding to the determined precoding matrix, wherein the codebook is generated in consideration of at least one of a region to which the UE belongs and the position of the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignees: LG Electronics Inc., Sogang University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Jonghyun Park, Hosik Kang, Junyeub Suh, Wonjin Sung, Kijun Kim
  • Patent number: 10116371
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for reporting channel state information in a wireless communication system and an apparatus therefor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jonghyun Park, Yoonsoo Kim, Wonjin Sung, Hosik Kang, Jihoon Sung
  • Publication number: 20180248720
    Abstract: A method for constructing a codebook in a multiple-antenna wireless communication system and an apparatus therefor are disclosed. Specifically, constructing a codebook in a multiple-antenna wireless communication system comprises the steps of: receiving parameters for constructing a codebook from a base station; and constructing a codebook using the parameters for constructing the codebook, wherein the parameters for constructing the codebook may include a phase value (?) of a first code vector forming the codebook, a phase difference (?) between code vectors that are adjacent to one another within the codebook, and the number of bits (?) that is required when feeding back a code vector selected thin the codebook.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicants: LG ELECTRONICS INC., SOGANG UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jonghyun PARK, Junyeub SUH, Wonjin SUNG, Kijun KIM
  • Patent number: 10027395
    Abstract: A method and device for reporting channel state information in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method for reporting channel state information (CSI) by means of a terminal in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: measuring a first reference signal transmitted from a first subset of antenna ports from among a plurality of antenna ports in a base station; measuring a second reference signal transmitted from a second subset of antenna ports from among the plurality of antenna ports; and reporting the CSI to the base station based on at least one of the measurement of the first reference signal and the measurement of the second reference signal, wherein at least one of the plurality of antenna ports is included in both the first subset and the second subset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignees: LG Electronics Inc., SOGANG UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jonghyun Park, Yoonsoo Kim, Wonjin Sung, Jihoon Sung, Hosik Kang
  • Publication number: 20170373743
    Abstract: A method for performing, by a UE, channel estimation in a wireless communication system includes: receiving, from an eNB, a control message including reference signal transmission pattern information representing a transmission pattern of a channel estimation reference signal (RS) transmitted through antenna ports; receiving the reference signal from the eNB on the basis of the received reference signal transmission pattern information; measuring a channel per antenna port of the eNB on the basis of the received reference signal; and feeding back channel state information related to the measured channel to the eNB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicants: LG ELECTRONICS INC., SOGANG UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jonghyun PARK, Wonjin SUNG, Yoonsoo KIM, Kijun KIM