Patents by Inventor Won-Sop Kim

Won-Sop Kim 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: 8446861
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multi-antenna radio channel measurement system and method for a two-way radio channel measurement, including: Control & Console Software to select a radio measurement mode, generate a probing signal for measurement, receive input parameters to be measured, and deliver the parameters to a baseband unit; a baseband unit (BBU) to set a transmission/reception frequency band and bandwidth and set a timing using the selected radio measurement mode and the received input parameters; a timing unit to synchronize a time with another radio channel measurement system to generate a transmission/reception synchronization signal, and provide the transmission/reception synchronization signal to the BBU; a transceiver unit (TRXU) to up-convert the probing signal for measurement and down-convert the reception channel signal; and a radio frequency (RF) front-end unit (RFFU) to switch to a suitable antenna according to a timing control signal of the BBU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Myung Don Kim, Jae Joon Park, Won Sop Kim, Heon Kook Kwon, Hyun Kyu Chung
  • Patent number: 8369395
    Abstract: A portable apparatus including: a Radio Frequency (RF) unit to control a frequency of a signal to be measured, to broadcast the signal to be measured through multiple transmission antennas, to control a frequency of a received signal, and to send the received signal to the baseband unit, the received signal being received through multiple receiving antennas; and a baseband unit to generate and transmit, to the RF unit, the signal to be measured, to measure wireless channels for each of the multiple transmission antennas and wireless channels for each of the multiple receiving antennas based on the received signal output from the RF unit, to calculate a correlation for each of the multiple transmission antennas, and to calculate a correlation for each of the multiple receiving antennas based on the wireless channels for each of the multiple transmission and receiving antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Myung Don Kim, Jae Joon Park, Won Sop Kim, Young-Hoon Kim, Hyun Kyu Chung
  • Patent number: 8358601
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multi-antenna radio channel measurement system and method which generates a Time Division Duplex (TDD) timing signal and measures a two-way radio channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Myung Don Kim, Jae Joon Park, Won Sop Kim, Hyun Kyu Chung
  • Publication number: 20120020432
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and apparatus for estimating a Multiple Input Multiple. Output (MIMO) channel. A signal transmission method for estimating the MIMO channel via 2N transmission antennas (N is greater than or equal to “1”) includes generating a code having a predetermined Interference Free Window (IFW), and transmitting the code via two transmission antennas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Won Sop Kim, Jae Joon Park, Myung Don Kim, Hyun Kyu Chung
  • Publication number: 20100271953
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multi-antenna radio channel measurement system and method for a two-way radio channel measurement, including: Control & Console Software to select a radio measurement mode, generate a probing signal for measurement, receive input parameters to be measured, and deliver the parameters to a baseband unit; a baseband unit (BBU) to set a transmission/reception frequency band and bandwidth and set a timing using the selected radio measurement mode and the received input parameters; a timing unit to synchronize a time with another radio channel measurement system to generate a transmission/reception synchronization signal, and provide the transmission/reception synchronization signal to the BBU; a transceiver unit (TRXU) to up-convert the probing signal for measurement and down-convert the reception channel signal; and a radio frequency (RF) front-end unit (RFFU) to switch to a suitable antenna according to a timing control signal of the BBU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Myung Don Kim, Jae Joon Park, Won Sop Kim, Heon Kook Kwon, Hyun Kyu Chung
  • Publication number: 20100260078
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multi-antenna radio channel measurement system and method which generates a Time Division Duplex (TDD) timing signal and measures a two-way radio channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIOS INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Myung Don Kim, Jae Joon Park, Won Sop Kim, Hyun Kyu Chung
  • Publication number: 20100217763
    Abstract: An automatic clustering method using an Average-linkage algorithm and a KPower Means algorithm, and a method and apparatus for multi-path clustering required for a spatial channel modeling (SCM) in a wireless communication environment are provided. The automatic clustering method, including: a first step of obtaining an initial cluster centroid using a hierarchical clustering algorithm; a second step of moving the initial cluster centroid using a two dimensional clustering algorithm; a third step of clustering a data set according to the moved initial cluster centroid; and a fourth step of calculating a validation index with respect to the clustered data set and determining an optimal number of clusters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicants: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jae Joon Park, Won Sop Kim, Myung Don Kim, Hyun Kyu Chung, Seong-Cheol Kim, Ja-ho Koo, Namkoo Kang
  • Publication number: 20100159854
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for adaptively controlling a received power of a multi-antenna radio channel measurement equipment, the apparatus including: a plurality of antennas to receive a measurement signal; a switch unit comprising a plurality of switches to input the measurement signal; a switch control unit to control the plurality of switches of the switch unit to sequentially input the measurement signal; a reception (Rx) attenuator to adjust a Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI) of the measurement signal; an Rx AGC control unit to control the Rx attenuator to adaptively adjust the RSSI of the measurement signal; a timing control unit to generate a reference timing signal for the switch control unit and the automatic RSSI control unit; and a digital baseband control unit to collect and store information associated with the measurement signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Myung Don KIM, Jae Joon PARK, Heon Kook KWON, Won Sop KIM, Jun Hwan LEE, Young-Hoon KIM, Hyun Kyu CHUNG
  • Publication number: 20100158088
    Abstract: A portable apparatus of measuring a wireless channel and a multiple antenna correlation, the apparatus including: a Radio Frequency (RF) unit to control a frequency of a signal to be measured, to broadcast the signal to be measured through multiple transmission antennas, to control a frequency of a received signal, and to send the received signal to the baseband unit, the received signal being received through multiple receiving antennas; and a baseband unit to generate and transmit, to the RF unit, the signal to be measured, to measure wireless channels for each of the multiple transmission antennas and wireless channels for each of the multiple receiving antennas based on the received signal output from the RF unit, to calculate a correlation for each of the multiple transmission antennas, and to calculate a correlation for each of the multiple receiving antennas based on the wireless channels for each of the multiple transmission and receiving antennas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Myung Don Kim, Jae Joon Park, Won Sop Kim, Young-Hoon Kim, Hyun Kyu Chung
  • Patent number: D664269
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Hae Kwang Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Won-Sop Kim