Patents by Inventor Yeong-Moon Son

Yeong-Moon Son 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).

  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING MULTICAST COMMUNICATION IN BROADBAND WIRELESS ACCESS SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20110007683
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for supporting multicast communication in a broadband wireless access system are provided. A method of a Mobile Station (MS) for supporting multicast communication in a wireless access system includes acquiring decoding parameters by receiving an Advanced Air Interface Enhanced-Multicast and Broadcast Service configuration (AAI-E-MBS_CFG) message from a Base Station (BS), establishing an E-MBS service flow by sending and receiving AAI Dynamic Service Addition-request/response (AAI_DSA-REQ/RSP) messages to and from the BS, and decoding E-MBS MAP received from the BS through the established E-MBS service flow using the acquired decoding parameters. The E-MBS MAP includes information for decoding multicast bursts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung-Kyu KIM, Rakesh TAORI, Jae-Jeong SHIM, Yeong-Moon SON, Hyun-Jeong KANG
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING PAGING CONTROL INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20100329201
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for transmitting paging control information in a wireless communication system are provided. A method of operating a Base Station (BS) for paging in a superframe-based wireless communication system includes determining a paging listening interval, determining an interval of at least one or more subframes before the paging listening interval, as a paging control listening interval, and, during the paging control listening interval, broadcasting a paging control message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun-Jeong KANG, Rakesh TAORI, Yeong-Moon SON, Hyun-Kyu YU
  • Apparatus and method for transmitting/receiving signal in a communication system
    Patent number: 7856592
    Abstract: A signal transmission/reception apparatus of a communication system. The signal transmission apparatus receives an information vector, encodes the information vector into a structured Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) codeword using a structured LDPC coding scheme, and transmits the generated structured LDPC code to the signal reception apparatus. Then the signal reception apparatus receives a signal, and detects an information vector by decoding the received signal using a decoding scheme corresponding to the structured LDPC coding scheme used in the signal transmission apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Song-Nam Hong, Pan-Yuh Joo, Jung-Je Son, Jae-Weon Cho, Hyoung-Kyu Lim, Yeong-Moon Son, Sung-Jin Lee, Joong-Ho Park, Mi-Hyun Lee, Hyun-Jeong Kang, Young-Ho Kim
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING SIMULTANEOUS TRANSMISSION OF PLURAL BROADCAST MANAGEMENT MESSAGES IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20100316007
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for supporting simultaneous transmission of a plurality of broadcast management messages in a wireless communication system are provided. A method in a Base Station (BS) for supporting transmission of a broadcast management message in a wireless communication system includes generating one or more broadcast management messages whose transmission is required, and constructing an Advanced-MAP Information Element (A-MAP IE) of a number, which is predefined on the basis of a predefined position within a subframe, as a Broadcast A-MAP IE. Here, the Broadcast A-MAP IE comprises allocation information of a broadcast burst for transmission of the generated one or more broadcast management messages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Yeong-Moon SON, Rakesh TAORI, Jung-Je SON, Hyun-Jeong KANG
  • Method and system for selecting a relay station in a communication system using a multihop relay scheme
    Patent number: 7853203
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for selecting a Relay Station (RS) for a Mobile Station (MS) of a communication system are provided. The communication system is provided with the MS, a serving Base Station (BS) for providing the MS with a service and RSs for relaying signals of the MS and the BS. The MS receives RS information for increasing system capacity from the serving BS, measures reference signal strength of an RS indicated in the RS information, and selects an associated RS as a target RS for relaying a signal when the measured reference signal strength satisfies a condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hyun-Jeong Kang, Pan-Yuh Joo, Jung-Je Son, Jae-Weon Cho, Hyoung-Kyu Lim, Yeong-Moon Son, Song-Nam Hong, Sung-Jin Lee, Mi-Hyun Lee, Young-Ho Kim
  • Apparatus and method for providing relay link zone information in a multi-hop relay Broadband Wireless Access communication system
    Patent number: 7852797
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing relay link zone information in a multi-hop relay BWA communication system, where a BS performs a network entry procedure with an RS during an initial access of the RS to the BS, generates a message including relay link zone information regarding a relay link zone in which the BS communicates with the RS, processes the message in a physical layer, and transmits the processed message to the RS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun-Jeong Kang, Mi-Hyun Lee, Jae-Weon Cho, Sung-Jin Lee, Young-Bin Chang, Joon-Young Choi, Hyoung-Kyu Lim, Yeong-Moon Son, Chang-Yoon Oh
  • System and method for managing a band AMC subchannel in an orthogonal frequency division multiple access communication system
    Patent number: 7848295
    Abstract: A method for allocating a band Adaptive Modulation and Coding (AMC) channel in a wireless communication system that divides a full frequency band into a plurality of subcarrier bands and includes subchannels, each of which is a set of a predetermined number of neighbor subcarrier bands. Upon recognizing a need for a band AMC channel, a subscriber station (SS) sends a request for allocation of the band AMC channel to a base station (BS). Upon receiving the band AMC channel allocation request, the BS determines if it can allocate the band AMC channel requested by the SS, considering a resource situation of the BS, and transmits information on the determination to the SS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun-Jeong Kang, Seung-Eun Hong, Hyon-Goo Kang, Hong-Sung Chang, Jung-Shin Park, Chang-Hoi Koo, Geun-Hwi Lim, Sung-Jin Lee, So-Hyun Kim, Yeong-Moon Son, Hyoung-Kyu Lim, Jae-Jeong Shim, Jung-Je Son
  • System and method for transmitting and receiving a traffic indication message in a broadband wireless access communication system
    Patent number: 7848273
    Abstract: A system and method for transmitting a traffic indication message in a Broadband Wireless Access communication system. A base station (BS) transmits the traffic indication message to mobile subscriber stations (MSSs). The traffic indication message includes information on a number of MSS groups and information on a number of traffic indication indexes, each of the MSS groups includes a predetermined number of MSSs, and each of the traffic indication indexes is assigned to each of the MSS groups, and includes a bitmap including a predetermined number of bits. The predetermined number of bits is identical to the number of the MSSs included in each of the MSS groups, each of the predetermined number of the bits is assigned to each of the MSSs included in each of the MSS groups, and represents operation instruction information for each of the MSSs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yeong-Moon Son, Chang-Hoi Koo, Jung-Je Son, Sung-Jin Lee, So-Hyun Kim, Hyun-Jeong Kang
  • Scanning apparatus and method in a multi-hop relay broadband wireless access communication system
    Patent number: 7822382
    Abstract: A scanning apparatus and method in a multi-hop relay Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) communication system are provided. In the scanning method, a Mobile Subscriber Station (MSS) sends a scan request message requesting scanning to a Base Station (BS) via a Relay Station (RS). The BS sends a scan response message containing information for the scanning of the MSS to the MSS via the RS. The BS then sends a scan notify message indicating the scanning of the MSS to the RS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hyun-Jeong Kang, Pan-Yuh Joo, Jung-Je Son, Jae-Wong Cho, Hyoung-Kyu Lim, Yeong-Moon Son, Sung-Jin Lee, Mi-Hyun Lee, Song-Nam Hong, Young-Ho Kim
  • System and method to perform a handover in a broadband wireless access communication system
    Patent number: 7813734
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for recognizing by a Mobile Subscriber Station (MSS) whether a serving Base Station (BS) retains connection information in a mobile communication system including the serving BS for providing a service to the MSS and a target BS adjacent to the serving BS. The method includes the steps of receiving a handover request message from the serving BS, the handover request message including a resource remain type field representing whether the connection information having been set with the serving BS is retained, and a resource retain time field representing a connection information-retaining time by the serving BS, and recognizing that the serving BS retains the connection information during a time determined by a value of the resource retain time field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hyun-Jeong Kang, Chang-Hoi Koo, Jung-Je Son, Hyoung-Kyu Lim, Yeong-Moon Son, So-Hyun Kim, Sung-Jin Lee
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SLEEP CYCLE SYNCHRONIZATION OF SLEEP MODE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20100254293
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling sleep cycle synchronization of a sleep mode in a wireless communication system are provided. A method of operating a Mobile Station (MS) in a sleep mode state includes, if a traffic indication message and unicast data are not received during a listening window, transmitting one of a request message and a header to a Base Station (BS) to request a location of a next-scheduled listening window, and if a response for the one of the request message and the header is received, performing synchronization for a next sleep cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Yeong-Moon SON, Taori RAKESH, Jae-Jeong SHIM, Jung-Je SON, Hyun-Jeong KANG
  • System and method for transmitting and receiving a traffic indication message in a broadband wireless access communication system
    Patent number: 7801072
    Abstract: A method for transmitting a traffic indication message for directing a mobile subscriber station (MSS) in a sleep mode to transition to an awake mode in a Broadband Wireless Access communication system supporting the sleep mode and the awake mode. This method includes the steps of individually allocating, to MSSs belonging to a corresponding base station, corresponding areas indicating traffic instructions for the MSSs in a traffic indication field in the traffic indication message, and indicating state transition instructions in the areas allocated to the MSSs, before transmitting the traffic indication message to the MSSs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yeong-Moon Son, Chang-Hoi Koo, Jung-Je Son, Sung-Jin Lee, So-Hyun Kim, Hyun-Jeong Kang
  • Apparatus and method for encoding/decoding block low density parity check codes having variable coding rate
    Patent number: 7802164
    Abstract: A method for encoding a rate-compatible block Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) code. The method includes designing specific LDPC codes for a predetermined number of coding rates, and generating a pruning pattern by comparing information node degrees of the predetermined number of LDPC codes; matching check node degrees of the predetermined number of LDPC codes; generating a predetermined number of puncturing patterns according to the check node degree when the matched check node degree is calculated; determining whether a first condition given for the generated puncturing patterns is satisfied; and determining the generated puncturing patterns as rate-compatible puncturing patterns when the puncturing patterns satisfy the first condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Song-Nam Hong, Hyun-Jeong Kang, Jung-Je Son, Jae-Weon Cho, Hyoung-Kyu Lim, Sung-Jin Lee, Mi-Hyun Lee, Yeong-Moon Son, Young-Ho Kim, Pan-Yuh Joo
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING SLEEP MODE OPERATION IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20100232331
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling a sleep mode operation of a Mobile Station (MS) in a communication system, in which the sleep mode operates according to a sleep cycle including a listening window corresponding to an awake mode and a sleep window corresponding to a sleep state. The method includes starting a preset timer if there is a transmission of data between the MS and a Base Station (BS) during the listening window, restarting the timer upon receiving at least one of UpLink (UL) data, DownLink (DL) data and MAP Information Element (IE) indicating resource allocation from the BS during the listening window, maintaining the listening window until the timer expires, and transitioning to the sleep window if the timer expires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yeong-Moon SON, Jung-Je SON, Hyun-Jeong KANG
  • Apparatus and method for supporting multiple links in a network using frequency bands
    Patent number: 7796546
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for supporting multiple links in a multi-hop relay cellular network using at least two frequency bands are provided. A subframe for a link on which a Mobile Station (MS) or a Relay Station (RS) communicates with a Base Station (BS) is configured in a first frequency band, and a subframe for a link on which the BS or the RS communicates with the MS is configured in a second frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mi-Hyun Lee, Pan-Yuh Joo, Jung-Je Son, Jae-Weon Cho, Hyoung-Kyu Lim, Yeong-Moon Son, Sung-Jin Lee, Hyun-Jeong Kang, Song-Nam Hong, Young-Ho Kim
  • METHOD FOR OPERATING CONTROL SLEEP MODE IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20100220641
    Abstract: A method for controlling a sleep mode operation by a Mobile Station (MS) in a communication system. The MS includes transitioning to an awake state in a listening interval of the sleep mode; performing any one of a first operation, a second operation and a third operation in the awake state; and after any one operation is performed, transitioning to a sleep state upon detecting that there is no data to transmit to the BS and there is no data to be received from the BS. The first operation is a process of receiving data from the BS, the second operation is a process of transmitting data to the BS, and the third operation is a process of receiving data from the BS and receiving data from the BS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yeong-Moon Son, Kang-Gyu Lee, Jung-Je Son, Geun-Hwi Lim, Jae-Hyuk Jang, Jin-Hyun Youn
  • Apparatus and method for managing connection identifiers in multi-hop relay broadband wireless access system
    Patent number: 7769399
    Abstract: A communication apparatus and method for an upper node in a communication system. The communication method includes assigning a Connection IDentifier (CID) set to a Relay Station (RS), generating a CID assignment message including information on the assigned CID set, and transmitting the CID assignment message to the RS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Sung-Jin Lee, Pan-Yuh Joo, Jung-Je Son, Jae-Weon Cho, Hyoung-Kyu Lim, Yeong-Moon Son, Mi-Hyun Lee, Hyun-Jeong Kang, Song-Nam Hong, Jae-Gwa Lee
  • SCANNING APPARATUS AND METHOD IN A MULTI-HOP RELAY BROADBAND WIRELESS ACCESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20100159825
    Abstract: A scanning apparatus and method in a multi-hop relay Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) communication system are provided. In the scanning method, a Mobile Subscriber Station (MSS) sends a scan request message requesting scanning to a Base Station (BS) via a Relay Station (RS). The BS sends a scan response message containing information for the scanning of the MSS to the MSS via the RS. The BS then sends a scan notify message indicating the scanning of the MSS to the RS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2010
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun-Jeong KANG, Pan-Yuh Joo, Jung-Je Son, Jae-Wong Cho, Hyoung-Kyu Lim, Yeong-Moon Son, Sung-Jin Lee, Mi-Hyun Lee, Song-Nam Hong, Young-Ho Kim
  • System and method for controlling idle mode in a broadband wireless access communication system
    Patent number: 7738869
    Abstract: A method for controlling an idle mode in a broadband wireless access (BWA) communication system. A mobile station (MS) transmits to a base station (BS) a de-registration request (DREG-REQ) indicating a state transition request to the idle mode. The BS transmits to the MS a de-registration command (DREG-CMD) for commanding state transition to the idle mode. The MS transmits to the BS a de-registration acknowledgement (DREG-ACK) in response to the DREG-CMD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yeong-Moon Son, Chang-Hoi Koo, Hong-Sung Chang, Jung-Je Son, Sung-Jin Lee, Hyun-Jeong Kang, Hyoung-Kyu Lim
  • System and method for flexibly configuring length of neighbor base station information in broadband wireless access communication system
    Patent number: RE41844
    Abstract: A broadband wireless access communication system including a serving BS which broadcasts a MOB_NBR-ADV message to an MS is provided. A method for configuring the MOB_NBR-ADV message is also provided, and includes adding a specific field, which represents whether at least one information field constituting the MOB_NBR-ADV message exists, to the MOB_NBR-ADV message, determining if at least one information field is included in the MOB_NBR-ADV message, and determining a bit value of the specific field according to whether at least one information field is included in the MOB_NBR-ADV message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Sung-Jin Lee, Chang-Hoi Koo, Jung-Je Son, Hyoung-Kyu Lim, Hyun-Jeong Kang, Yeong-Moon Son