Youngwook Son

Profile

• Ph.D., Postdoctoral Researcher

Ubiquitous Network Laboratory (NETLAB)

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), Seoul National University

• Office: Room 510-1, BLDG 302, Seoul National University, Gwanak-ro 1, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, South Korea (08826)

• E-mail: ywson@netlab.snu.ac.kr  /  ywson@mwnl.snu.ac.kr

Employment

• Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

  • Staff Engineer, Connectivity Development of System LSI Business, Oct. 2020 to Jan. 2024.

Research Interests

• Wireless Networking

  • IEEE 802.11 WLANs (Wi-Fi) & IoT connectivity (BT/BLE/UWB/Zigbee/etc.)

  • Next-generation (6G and beyond) wireless networks

• Communications system design

  • Digital front-end & baseband processing, modem algorithm design

  • Cross-layer framework, multi-RAT, software-defined radios

• Future wireless technologies and applications

  • Intelligent (AI/ML-based) communications system & network architecture

  • Integrated sensing and communications (ISAC)

  • Mobile computing applications (VR/AR/MR/etc.), indoor mmWave, cross-tech. communications, IoT convergence

Education

• Combined M.S./Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Seoul National University in Aug. 2020

• B.S., Major in Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Minor in Economics, Seoul National University in Aug. 2013

Awards

• Paper Excellence Award from SNU-Samsung DS SSSP scholarship, Aug. 2020.

• Gold Prize (1st prize in Communications & Network division) from Samsung HumanTech Paper Award, Feb. 2016.

Miscellaneous

• Korea Education For Advanced Studies (KFAS) scholarship, Apr. 2014 to Feb. 2019.

Publication

    International Journal Papers  (* indicates corresponding authors)

1. Kanghyun Lee, Juhun Shin, Jongyeon Park, Youngwook Son*, and Saewoong Bahk*, "Recovering CSI and Data in Dense Network Environments using IEEE 802.11ax Midamble," IEEE Access, vol. 11, pp. 65858-65871, June. 2023. [PDF][Open Access]

2. Youngwook Son, Seongwon Kim*, Seongho Byeon, and Sunghyun Choi*,  “Symbol Timing Synchronization for Uplink Multi-User Transmission in IEEE 802.11ax WLAN,” IEEE Access, vol. 6, pp. 72962-72977, Nov. 2018. [PDF][Open Access]

3. Seongwon Kim, Seungmin Yoo, Jaehong Yi, Youngwook Son, and Sunghyun Choi*,  “FACT: Fine-Grained Adaptation of Carrier Sense Threshold in IEEE 802.11 WLANs,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 66, no. 2, pp. 1886-1891, Feb. 2017. [PDF]

4. Seungmin Yoo, Seongwon Kim, Jaehong Yi, Youngwook Son, and Sunghyun Choi*, “ProCCA: Protective Clear Channel Assessment in IEEE 802.11 WLANs,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 20, no. 5, pp. 958-961, May 2016. [PDF]

   International Conference Papers  (* indicates corresponding authors)

1. Kanghyun Lee, Youngwook Son*, Jongyeon Park, and Saewoong Bahk*, "Enriching Multi-User OFDMA in Wi-Fi Networks with Frequency-Selective Channel Awareness," to appear in IEEE INFOCOM 2025, London, United Kingdom, May 19-22, 2025. (Acceptance ratio: 18.7% = 272/1458) [PDF]

2. Youngwook Son and Saewoong Bahk*, "Revisiting Wi-Fi Performance under the Impact of Corrupted Channel State Information," in Proc. ACM MSWiM 2020, Online (due to COVID-19 pandemic), Nov. 16-20, 2020. (Acceptance ratio: 25% = 24/96, Best paper runner-up) [PDF]

3. Youngwook Son, Kanghyun Lee, Seongwon Kim, Jinmyeong Lee, Sunghyun Choi, and Saewoong Bahk*, "REFRAIN: Promoting Valid Transmissions in High-Density Modern Wi-Fi Networks," in Proc. ACM MobiHoc 2020, Online (due to COVID-19 pandemic), Oct. 11-13, 2020. (Acceptance ratio: 15.3% = 30/196) [PDF]

4. Hwijae Kwon, Seongwon Kim, Youngwook Son, Changmok Yang, Seongho Byeon, and Sunghyun Choi, "AWARE: Adaptive Wi-Fi Power Save Operation Coexisting with LTE-U," in Proc. IEEE MASS 2019, Monterey, CA, USA, Nov. 4-7, 2019. [PDF]

5. Seongwon Kim, Youngwook Son, Kanghyun Lee, Jaehong Yi, and Sunghyun Choi, "Quiet CTS: CTS Power Control for Better Spatial Reuse in Wi-Fi," in Proc. ACM MobiHoc 2019, Catania, Italy, July 2-5, 2019. (Acceptance ratio: 23.71% = 37/156) [PDF]

6. Seongho Byeon, Hwijae Kwon, Youngwook Son, Changmok Yang, and Sunghyun Choi, "RECONN: Receiver-Driven Operating Channel Width Adaptation in IEEE 802.11ac WLANs," in Proc. IEEE INFOCOM 2018, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, Apr. 15-19, 2018. (Acceptance Ratio: 19.2% = 309/1606) [PDF]

7. Seongwon Kim, Jaehong Yi, Youngwook Son, Seungmin Yoo, and Sunghyun Choi, “Quiet ACK: ACK Transmit Power Control in IEEE 802.11 WLANs,” in Proc. IEEE INFOCOM 2017, Atlanta, GA, USA, May 1-4, 2017. (Acceptance ratio: 20.93% = 292/1395) [PDF][Slides]

8. Seungmin Yoo, Seongwon Kim, Youngwook Son, Jaehong Yi, and Sunghyun Choi, “Practical Antenna Selection for WLAN AP,” in Proc. IEEE INFOCOM 2016, San Francisco, CA, USA, Apr. 10-15, 2016. (Acceptance ratio: 18.25% = 300/1644) [PDF]

Patents

1. Youngwook Son, Seongwon Kim, Kanghyun Lee, Jonghoon Han, and Sunghyun Choi, “Wireless Communication Device Using Spatial Reuse and Data Communication Method Using the Same,” U.S. Patent 11381366, July. 5, 2022.

2. Seongwon Kim, Seungmin Yoo, Youngwook Son, Jaehong Yi, Sunghyun Choi, SangHyun Chang, Byounghoon Jung, and Sooyoung Jang, “Method and Apparatus for Determining Carrier Sense Threshold in Wireless Communication System,” U.S. Patent 10602544, Mar. 24, 2020.

3. Youngwook Son, Seungmin Yoo, Seongwon Kim, Jaehong Yi, Sunghyun Choi, SangHyun Chang, Byounghoon Jung, and Sooyoung Jang, “Method and Apparatus for Transmitting and Receiving Buffer Status Information in Wireless Communication System,” U.S. Patent 10070341B2, Sep. 4, 2018.

4. Seungmin Yoo, Seongwon Kim, Youngwook Son, Jaehong Yi, Sunghyun Choi, Youngjip Kim, Taejun Kim, Okhwan Lee, and Woonkyun Lee, “Technique and Apparatus for Selecting Multiple Antennas,” U.S. Patent 10348377, July 9, 2019.

Projects

• Institute for Information and Communications Technology Promotion (IITP), “Development of wireless LAN platform with smart cloud based multi radio structure,” July 2018 to Aug. 2020.

• Samsung Electronics, “Extensions of optimal spatial reuse algorithm based on next-generation IEEE 802.11ax standard considering practical use environments,” July 2018 to June 2019.

• Samsung Electronics, “Implementation of optimal spatial reuse algorithm based on next-generation IEEE 802.11ax standard,” July 2017 to June 2018.

• Samsung Electronics, “IoT heterogeneous connectivity and operation system,” Sep. 2014 to Aug. 2015.

• Samsung Electronics, “Multiple antenna selection in office environments,” Oct. 2013 to May 2014.

Tutorials

• Tutorial on “Generating Header and Application Modules in NS-3” at 2018 KICS Lectures on NS-3, Feb. 2018.

• Tutorial on “Generating Header and Application Modules in NS-3” at 2017 KICS Lectures on NS-3, Feb. 2017.

• Tutorial on “Structure Overview and Application of Wi-Fi Modules in NS-3” at 2016 KICS Lectures on NS-3, Aug. 2016.

• Tutorial on “Generating Header and Application Modules in NS-3” at 2016 KICS Lectures on NS-3, Feb. 2016.

• Tutorial on “Tracing System and Wired LAN in NS-3” at 2015 KICS Lectures on NS-3, Feb. 2015.