公开(公告)号：US20230216557A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-06

申请号：US18120072

申请日：2023-03-10

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Junyoung WOO ,  Junsuk KIM ,  Minho YANG ,  Hyoungjoo LEE ,  Euichang JUNG ,  Chaeman LIM

IPC: H04B7/06 ,  H04B17/18 ,  H04B1/00 ,  H04B1/38

CPC classification number: H04B7/0604 ,  H04B17/18 ,  H04B1/0064 ,  H04B1/38

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device for activating a radio frequency (RF) module which is to be used efficiently in an electronic device that operates a plurality of RF modules (or antenna modules) in a wireless communication system, and to a method for controlling same. To this end, the electronic device checks the temperatures of the plurality of antenna modules using a first frequency band, and identifies candidate antenna modules in consideration of the temperatures of the plurality of antenna modules. The electronic device selects a serving antenna module from among the candidate antenna modules so that an available temperature state, in which the temperatures of the candidate antenna modules are lower than a threshold temperature, is maintained, and transmits and receives a signal using the first frequency band in the serving antenna module. The candidate antenna modules may include antenna modules which support communication performance of a threshold level or higher.

公开(公告)号：US20230179283A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-08

申请号：US17969380

申请日：2022-10-19

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Minho YANG ,  Taeyoon KIM ,  Hyoungjoo LEE ,  Yonggue HAN ,  Chaiman LIM ,  Euichang JUNG

IPC: H04B7/08 ,  H04W72/04

CPC classification number: H04B7/0888 ,  H04B7/0857 ,  H04W72/042

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a plurality of antenna modules, and a communication processor. The communication processor may be configured to identify information set for reception of different signals transmitted from a plurality of transmission and reception points (TRPs), identify information related to a strength of a reference signal corresponding to a first TRP among the plurality of TRPs and information related to a strength of a reference signal corresponding to a second TRP among the plurality of TRPs, for a plurality of reception beams set in the plurality of antenna modules, respectively, identify that a first reception beam of a first antenna module among the plurality of antenna modules is selected to receive a signal transmitted from the first TRP and a second reception beam of the first antenna module is selected to receive a signal transmitted from the second TRP, and receive a signal corresponding to the first TRP and a signal corresponding to the second TRP based on a third reception beam of the first antenna module.

公开(公告)号：US20230100555A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-30

申请号：US16969870

申请日：2020-07-17

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Mingyu KANG ,  Seunghan SEO ,  Woochul JEONG ,  Euichang JUNG

IPC: H04B7/06 ,  H04B17/12 ,  H04B7/0456

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes an antenna module, a memory, and at least one processor configured to, in response to modulating a signal for transmitting by a first carrier frequency, identify a first beam book corresponding to the first carrier frequency stored in the memory, the first beam book including information related to a first phase value corresponding to each of antenna elements included in the antenna module, perform beamforming based on the identified first beam book via the antenna module, in response to modulating the signal for transmitting by a second carrier frequency different from the first carrier frequency, identify a second beam book corresponding to the second carrier frequency, the second beam book including information related to a second phase value corresponding to each of the antenna elements, the second phase value is a value compensated from the first phase value based on the second carrier frequency, and perform beamforming based on the identified second beam book via the antenna module.

公开(公告)号：US20220330299A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-13

申请号：US17711363

申请日：2022-04-01

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Youngrok JANG ,  Euichang JUNG ,  Ameha Tsegaye ABEBE ,  Seongmok LIM ,  Hyoungju JI

IPC: H04W72/12 ,  H04W72/02 ,  H04W72/04

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication technique that converges a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data rate after a 4G system with IoT technology, and a system thereof. The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services (e.g., smart home, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, healthcare, digital education, retail business, security and safety-related services, etc.) based on 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. The disclosure discloses a coverage enhancement method for a PDCCH in a wireless communication system.

公开(公告)号：US20220312337A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-29

申请号：US17698834

申请日：2022-03-18

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Seongmok LIM ,  Youngrok JANG ,  Euichang JUNG ,  Ameha Tsegaye ABEBE ,  Hyoungju JI

IPC: H04W52/14 ,  H04W52/10 ,  H04W52/54

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. The disclosure provides a method and a device for controlling transmission power of an uplink signal in consideration of multiple transmission points/panels/beams by a terminal for cooperative communication between the multiple transmission points/panels/beams.

公开(公告)号：US20220132356A1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-28

申请号：US17572012

申请日：2022-01-10

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Euichang JUNG ,  Jaeyun KO ,  Suyoung PARK ,  Suha YOON ,  Sunghyuk SHIN

IPC: H04W24/10 ,  H04B7/06 ,  H04W36/00 ,  H04W56/00 ,  H04L5/00

Abstract: Disclosed are a communication technique for merging, with IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G communication system, and a system therefor. The disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (e.g., smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, healthcare, digital education, retail, security and safety-related services, and the like) based on 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. An operating method of a base station, includes configuring a terminal to perform a serving cell channel measurement for a serving cell and a neighbor cell channel measurement for a neighbor cell, and transmit to the base station a first report of the serving cell channel measurement and a second report of the neighbor cell channel measurement, the configuring including configuring a measurement gap for the neighbor cell, based at least in part on a determination that a first frequency corresponding to the serving cell and a second frequency corresponding to the neighbor cell are different from each other; receiving, from the terminal, the first report based at least in part on the serving cell measurement being performed by the terminal; and receiving, from the terminal, the second report based at least in part on the neighbor cell channel measurement being performed by the terminal.

公开(公告)号：US20220124511A1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-21

申请号：US17502822

申请日：2021-10-15

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Dooyoung KIM ,  Euichang JUNG ,  Sunmin HWANG

IPC: H04W16/14 ,  H04W88/06

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a communication processor, at least one Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit (RFIC) connected thereto, and an antenna connected through the at least one RFIC and configured to transmit and receive a signal corresponding to at least one communication network. The communication processor is configured to control the electronic device to receive a signal corresponding to a first communication network from a first base station corresponding to the first communication network supporting a first frequency band through the antenna, identify information related to a second communication network supporting a second frequency band including at least a portion of the first frequency band, identify a time interval allocated for transmission of data corresponding to the second communication network on the basis of the information related to the second communication network, and operate in a sleep state in the identified time interval.

公开(公告)号：US20210351835A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-11

申请号：US17283998

申请日：2019-09-18

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Junyoung WOO ,  Hyoungjoo LEE ,  Taeyoon KIM ,  Chaeman LIM ,  Euichang JUNG

IPC: H04B7/08 ,  H04B7/06 ,  H04B7/0408

Abstract: The present invention is for beam selection for communication, and an electronic device may include a housing, at least one antenna array including antenna elements disposed in the housing, or formed in part of the housing, at least one processor electrically or operatively connected with the antenna array, and configured to form a plurality of reception beams (rx beams) having different directions, using the antenna array, and a memory operatively connected with the processor. The memory may stores instructions for causing the processor to measure, by using the plurality of the rx beams, signal strength values of a plurality of tx beams transmitted from at least one base station and having different directions, generate measurement results of (the number of the rx beams)×(the number of the tx beams), and select one of a plurality of methods for selecting one beam pair from among the (the number of the rx beams)×(the number of the tx beams)-ary beam pairs, based at least in part on the measurement results.

公开(公告)号：US20210212098A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-08

申请号：US17056447

申请日：2019-03-14

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Suha YOON ,  Seho MYUNG ,  Sungchul PARK ,  Suyoung PARK ,  Euichang JUNG

IPC: H04W72/12 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W16/28

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for fusing, with an IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate than a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services, such as smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail, and security and safety related services, on the basis of 5G communication technologies and IoT-related technologies. The present disclosure discloses a communication method and apparatus between a terminal and a base station in a communication system to which beamforming is applied.

公开(公告)号：US20210083752A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-18

申请号：US17107111

申请日：2020-11-30

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Hyoungjoo LEE ,  Taeyoon KIM ,  Byungwook YOO ,  Chaeman LIM ,  Euichang JUNG

IPC: H04B7/08 ,  H04B7/06 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04M1/02

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for forming a beam pair link, by a processor of an electronic device, including measuring a first strength of a first beam generated by a first external electronic device by using a first directional beam formed in a first direction through at least one antenna module of an electronic device, measuring, based on the number of measurements, a second strength of a second beam generated by at least one of the first external electronic device and a second external electronic device by using a second directional beam formed in a second direction different from the first direction, and replacing at least one threshold with another threshold to be used for changing the current beam pair link for the communication with the external electronic device, the replacing being based at least in part on a determination that at least one strength of the first strength of the first beam or the second strength of the second beam satisfies a specified condition, wherein the number of measurements is defined for measuring, by using a directional beam, a strength of a plurality of beams having different directions and generated by at least one external electronic device, and wherein the at least one threshold is defined for changing a current beam pair link for communication with the external electronic device.