Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Chaeman Lim

Taeyoon Kim

Hyoungjoo Lee

Jinwoo Kim

Euichang Jung

Youngpo Lee

Dukhyun Chang

Junyoung Woo

Byungwook Yoo

Mingoo Kim

Jonghan Lim

Sungrae Cho

Mingyu Kang

Hyeonggeon Lee

Seonik Seong

Songyean Cho

Seungmin Yoo

Minho Yang

Junsuk Kim

Ilgyu Choi

Bumsoo Lee

Daeho Kang

Kookyeon Lee

Hyejoong Kang

Yeunwoong Kyung

Lei Wang

Suyoung Park

Dongil Yang

Jungwoo Lee

He Wang

Liying Zhou

Yonggue Han

Dooyoung Kim

Songhui Shen

Yongsang Cho

Hyo-Seok Na

Yiyan Zhang

Han-Yeop Lee

Kyuhwan Yi

Changwon Nam

Moonsik Min

Jaieun Jung

Seokhwan Park

Lee Hyoungjoo

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a wireless communication circuit including a plurality of radio frequency (RF) modules, a memory configured to store a plurality of reference values for classifying a plurality of areas within a cell to which the electronic device belongs, and a processor, and the processor may be configured to determine, based on at least one of a first broadcasting signal received from a base station in the cell and the plurality of reference values stored in the memory, at least one RF module among the plurality of RF modules to monitor a second broadcasting signal transmitted from the base station and a period of the monitoring, and perform the monitoring by using the determined at least one RF module according to the determined period.

Electronic device and method for determining RF module for beamforming thereof

The disclosure relates to a communication technique for a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate after a 4G system, and a system therefor. The disclosure may be applied to an intelligent service (for example, a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car or connected car, healthcare, digital education, retail business, and a service relating to security and safety), based on a 5G communication technology and an IoT-related technology. The disclosure relates to a method and device for performing beam searching in a mobile communication system using beamforming.

Method and device for performing beam searching in mobile communication system

Disclosed is a pre-5G or 5G communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond 4G communication system such as LTE. An electronic device including a plurality of antenna modules in a wireless communication system is provided. The electronic device includes a transceiver and a processor configured to identify a first RSRP value and a second RSRP value by using a first antenna module of the plurality of antenna modules; determine to monitor a second antenna module of the plurality of antenna modules based on the first RSRP value or the second RSRP value; and, in response to determining to monitor the second antenna module, monitor the second antenna module. The first RSRP value is measured from a first reference signal of a serving cell, and the second RSRP value is measured from a second reference signal of a neighboring cell.

Apparatus and method for monitoring an antenna module in a wireless communication system

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a magnetic sensor, an acceleration sensor, and a processor operatively connected to the magnetic sensor and the acceleration sensor, wherein the processor is configured to acquire multiple pieces of first magnetic data by using the magnetic sensor in a first area where the electronic device is located, generate a virtual marker corresponding to the first area by using the multiple pieces of first magnetic data, determine the movement of the electronic device on the basis of multiple pieces of first acceleration data in a first direction, the data being acquired by using the acceleration sensor, determine the posture of the electronic device on the basis of multiple pieces of second acceleration data in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction, the data being acquired by using the acceleration sensor, and determine, on the basis of at least one of the movement of the electronic device and the posture of the electronic device, multiple pieces of third magnetic data to be used for comparison with the virtual marker, among multiple pieces of second magnetic data acquired within a designated radius with reference to the first area by using the magnetic sensor.

Method for processing data used for location determination and electronic device supporting same

An electronic device may include a magnetic sensor and at least one processor. The at least one processor may be configured to: collect path data based on first magnetic data related to movement of the electronic device, by using the magnetic sensor; identify a plurality of pieces of second magnetic data, which have at least a predetermined level of mutual similarity, from among the path data; determine, to be an intersection area related to the movement of the electronic device, an area range in which the plurality of pieces of second magnetic data are collected; determine, on the basis of the intersection area, a first space and a second space related to the movement of the electronic device; and determine, on the basis of third magnetic data, the space in which the electronic device is located from among the first space and the second space.

Location determination method and electronic device for supporting same

A method which may be performed by a base station, may include obtaining a predicted transmission configuration indicator (TCI) subset for a user equipment (UE); and determining the TCI subset corresponding to the UE based on the predicted TCI subset. The step of obtaining the predicted TCI subset in the solution may be implemented by using a trained artificial intelligence model. Since the beams in the predicted TCI subset may fit the movement trend of the UE, then the target serving beam for the UE when performing serving beam switching may belong to the predicted TCI subset with a greater possibility, thus reducing the occurrence of high delay scenarios when the UE performs the serving beam switching, and thus reducing the beam switching delay.

Method performed by a base station, base station and computer-readable storage medium

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display, a camera, and a processor operatively connected to the display and the camera. The processor may display an augmented reality on the display on the basis of an image captured by the camera, may display a point on the display so as to move on the augmented reality while interworking with the movement of the electronic device, may recognize a selected spot on the augmented reality, may display a guide area on the augmented reality, the guide area including the selected spot such that the point moves within a specific area, may store sensor information including a geomagnetic value measured while the point moves within the guide area, may store radio signal intensity information measured while the point moves within the guide area, and may correct a geomagnetic value included in the sensor information.

Electronic device for providing indoor positioning and method therefor

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.

Method for selecting beam for communication, and electronic device therefor

Disclosed in various embodiments of the present invention are a method and a device, the device comprising: an antenna module configured to form a plurality of beams having different directions; and a processor operatively connected to the antenna module, wherein the processor is configured to select a partial reception beam from among a plurality of reception beams, measure the reception power of the selected reception beam, determine a transmission condition through an artificial neural network on the basis of the measured reception power, and determine a reception beam for a communication connection by using the artificial neural network corresponding to the transmission condition. Various embodiments are possible.

Method and device for selecting reception beam on basis of artificial neural network

An electronic device provides low latency communication for an extended reality service. Based on a first value of quality of service (QoS) requested by an extended reality (XR) application stored in the electronic device, a first communication connection corresponding to the first value for receiving data regarding an XR service from an XR server is established. Based on a change of a value of the QoS from the first value to a second value, the first communication connection is maintained, and a second communication connection corresponding to the second value is established. Data regarding the XR service from the XR server is received via the second communication connection. The second communication connection can be a radio access technology (RAT) different from the first communication connection and/or a bearer different from the first communication connection.

Method for providing low latency communication for extended reality service and electronic device therefor

An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention may include a communication circuit, and a processor operatively connected with the communication circuit, and the processor may be configured to detect that a reception beam for a first base station is changed, and change a reception beam for a second base station based on first change information of the reception beam for the first base station. Other embodiments are also possible.

Method for controlling beam and electronic device therefor

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.

Method and electronic device for forming beam in wireless communication system

Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for selecting a beam in an electronic device. An electronic device includes: a plurality of antennas configured to form beams in different directions; and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: control the plurality of antennas to form a wide beam, determine a transmission beam pattern of a transmitting side through the wide beam, control the plurality of antennas to form a reception beam, and determine a reception beam pattern to be used for receiving a signal from the transmitting side.

Method of selecting beam and electronic device thereof

A user equipment (UE) is provided. The UE supports D2D wireless communication and includes a communication module configured to communicate with at least one different UE, a non-transitory computer readable memory storage configured to store instructions, and at least one processor electrically connected to the communication module and the memory storage. The instructions, when executed by the UE, cause the processor to check whether an available first synchronization signal is detected, determine whether to operate as a first synchronization reference UE based on whether the first synchronization signal is detected, and transmit first system information comprising an intensity of transmission power and a second synchronization signal comprising a first synchronization identifier if the UE is determined to operate as the first synchronization reference UE.

Terminal for providing device-to-device wireless communication and method of controlling power thereof

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first wireless communication circuit supporting near-field communication with APs, a second wireless communication circuit supporting cellular communication with base stations, a processor, and a memory. The processor receives a first identifier of a first AP by using the first wireless communication circuit, generates a first determination by confirming whether or not the list includes the first identifier and location information associated with the first identifier, transmits the first identifier to an external server by using the first wireless communication circuit or the second wireless communication circuit at least partially on the basis of the first determination, receives first information regarding a location associated with the first identifier from the external server through the first wireless communication circuit or the second wireless communication circuit, and determines the location of the electronic device at least on the basis of the first information.

Electronic device, server device, and method for determining location of electronic device

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Chaeman Lim