Patents by Inventor Kazuyuki Shimezawa
Kazuyuki Shimezawa 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).
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Publication number: 20240154678Abstract: A communications device for use in a wireless communications network providing a wireless access interface within a system bandwidth, the system bandwidth comprising a plurality of bandwidth parts, the communications device comprising a transmitter configured to transmit signals using a plurality of activated bandwidth parts, a receiver configured to receive signals using the plurality of activated bandwidth parts, the received signals being signals transmitted using a plurality of activated beams, and a controller configured to control the transmitter and the receiver so that the communications device is operable: to determine that an activated beam associated with a first bandwidth part satisfies beam failure criteria; to select from the plurality of activated bandwidth parts a second bandwidth part; and to transmit using communications resources associated with the selected second bandwidth part a beam failure indication indicating that the activated beam associated with the first bandwidth part satisfiesType: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2024Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Yassin Aden AWAD, Shin Horng WONG, Kazuyuki SHIMEZAWA, Vivek SHARMA, Martin Warwick BEALE
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Patent number: 11979774Abstract: An infrastructure equipment of a wireless communications network is configured to act as a first relay node by determining an allocation of a first set of communications resources by the infrastructure equipment acting as a first relay node for another infrastructure equipment acting as a second relay node, the communications resources for transmitting uplink data from a first communications device to an infrastructure equipment connected to a core network part of the wireless communications network acting as a donor node, the allocation of the first set of communications resources for the other infrastructure equipment acting as the second relay node being based upon a donor set of communications resources allocated by the donor node for communicating the uplink data from the first communications device to the donor node via the infrastructure equipment acting as the first relay node.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Yuxin Wei, Vivek Sharma, Kazuyuki Shimezawa, Samuel Asangbeng Atungsiri
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Patent number: 11979948Abstract: A method of controlling communications within a wireless communications network is provided. The method comprises receiving, at a first infrastructure equipment acting as a donor node connected to a core network part of a wireless communications network, signals representing data from one or more others of infrastructure equipment, the data having been received at the one or more others of the infrastructure equipment from one or more communications devices or from other infrastructure equipment, and transmitting, by the first infrastructure equipment, the data from the one or more others of the infrastructure equipment to the core network part of the wireless communications network. At least one of the infrastructure equipment uses at least one spectral efficiency enhancing technique to receive the signals, the at least one spectral efficiency enhancing technique allowing the at least one infrastructure equipment to receive the signals in the backhaul communications link.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Samuel Asangbeng Atungsiri, Kazuyuki Shimezawa
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Publication number: 20240147503Abstract: A terminal device (200) performs sidelink communication with another terminal device. The terminal device (200) includes a control unit (240). The control unit (240) acquires resource pool information regarding a resource pool allocated by a base station device (100) for sidelink communication with another terminal device. The control unit (240) transmits control information to another terminal device by using at least one of a plurality of sidelink control channels allocated to a slot included in the resource pool in a time axis direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: KAZUYUKI SHIMEZAWA, HIROMASA UCHIYAMA, NAOKI KUSASHIMA
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Patent number: 11974268Abstract: A mobile device including circuitry configured to: receive one or more synchronization signal blocks periodically transmitted from a base station, each synchronization signal block containing Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS), Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS) and Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH), wherein the PBCH carries a Master Information Block (MIB) which contains information of subcarrier interval for System Information Block type 1 (SIB1); identify an index of a first synchronization signal block among the one or more synchronization signal blocks; and receive Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) being located in a common search space and including an added Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) which is scrambled by System Information Radio Network Temporary Identifier (SI-RNTI), and Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) carrying the SIB1, the PDSCH being scheduled by the PDCCH.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Naoki Kusashima, Kazuyuki Shimezawa, Hiroki Matsuda
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Patent number: 11950256Abstract: A wireless communication device including an acquisition unit that acquires an information set related to a transmission parameter when transmitting a resource arbitrarily selected from a predetermined resource pool to a transmission target (for example, performing grant-free transmission), and a setting unit that sets the transmission parameter using the information set.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroki Matsuda, Kazuyuki Shimezawa, Naoki Kusashima
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Patent number: 11943779Abstract: A terminal device that performs communication with a base station, including: a wireless transmitter that transmits an uplink channel using a first signal waveform or a second signal waveform, the first signal waveform is a signal generated without performing a predetermined conversion process, and the second signal waveform is a signal uenerated by performing the predetermined conversion process, in a case where the uplink channel is a predetermined control channel, the second signal waveform is used for transmitting the uplink channel, and in a case where the uplink channel is a predetermined shared channel, either the first signal waveform or the second signal waveform is used for transmitting the uplink channel based on control information uniquely notified from the base station to the terminal device.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuyuki Shimezawa, Naoki Kusashima, Hiromasa Uchiyama, Hiroki Matsuda
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Patent number: 11943774Abstract: A base station for a mobile telecommunications system has circuitry configured to communicate with at least one user equipment, wherein the circuitry is further configured to: indicate use of a first set of uplink channel transmission parameters and a second set of uplink channel transmission parameter for use the at least one user equipment for a data transmission.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2019Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Shin Horng Wong, Martin Warwick Beale, Kazuyuki Shimezawa, Yassin Aden Awad
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Patent number: 11929954Abstract: There is provided a communication system in which a base station apparatus communicates with a terminal apparatus and a communication apparatus flexibly designed to address diverse use cases so as to significantly enhance the transmission efficiency of the system as a whole. The communication apparatus includes an acquisition section that acquires information from an apparatus in wireless communication, and a control section that selects either orthogonal multiple access communication or non-orthogonal multiple access communication for communication with the apparatus on the basis of the information acquired by the acquisition section.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroki Matsuda, Kazuyuki Shimezawa, Naoki Kusashima
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Patent number: 11930391Abstract: A method of transmitting data by a communications device, the method comprising receiving a plurality of service data units including a first service data unit and a second service data unit at a Service Data Adaptation Protocol (SDAP), service access point (SAP) according to one or more quality of service (QoS) flows, each of the QoS flows defining a quality of service for the data received from the service data units, mapping the service data units received according to the one or more QoS flows on to one or more radio bearers, each of the one or more radio bearers being defined by a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) entity within a PDCP layer, forming the service data units into protocol data units for transmission via the radio bearer to which the corresponding QoS flow has been mapped, and transmitting the protocol data units via the corresponding radio bearer.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Vivek Sharma, Samuel Asangbeng Atungsiri, Shin Horng Wong, Kazuyuki Shimezawa, Hideji Wakabayashi
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Publication number: 20240073778Abstract: A wireless communication device (200) performs sidelink communication by a plurality of the wireless communication devices (200). The wireless communication device (200) includes a control unit (240). The control unit (240) acquires determination information for determining a plurality of master devices (200M) that communicate with a base station (100) in sidelink communication. The control unit (240) determines whether or not an own device is one of the plurality of master devices (200M) based on the determination information.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2021Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: KAZUYUKI SHIMEZAWA, HIROMASA UCHIYAMA, NAOKI KUSASHIMA, REN SUGAI
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Patent number: 11902196Abstract: A method of operating a communications device for transmitting data to or receiving data from an infrastructure equipment forming part of a wireless communications network.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Shin Horng Wong, Martin Warwick Beale, Kazuyuki Shimezawa
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Publication number: 20240048303Abstract: A method of receiving data at a communications device from a wireless communications network is provided. The method comprises receiving, by a receiver of the communications device, downlink data during an initial access phase of a communications session of the communications device from a wireless access interface provided by the wireless communications network, and receiving, by the receiver of the communications device, other downlink data during a connected phase of the communications session the communications device transmitted to the communications device via the wireless access interface, the wireless access interface providing communications resources comprising a predetermined number of OFDM symbols in each of a plurality of time slots, the OFDM symbols in the initial access phase having a greater number of sub-carriers available to carry the downlink data within greater frequency domain physical resources than the OFDM symbols in the connected phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2021Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Martin Warwick BEALE, Kazuyuki SHIMEZAWA, Shin Horng WONG
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Patent number: 11877277Abstract: Provided is a terminal device including a measuring unit that performs downlink measurement on the basis of a downlink reference signal, and a transmitting unit that transmits a first uplink reference signal on the basis of first setting related to measurement for radio resource management. The transmitting unit transmits the first uplink reference signal in a case in which a first condition is satisfied, and the measuring unit performs the downlink measurement in a case in which a second condition is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2017Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Naoki Kusashima, Kazuyuki Shimezawa, Hiromasa Uchiyama, Ryota Kimura, Hiroki Matsuda
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Publication number: 20240015709Abstract: A terminal device includes: a higher layer processing unit configured to set at least one first RAT and at least one second RAT by signaling of a higher layer from the base station device; and a receiving unit configured to receive a transmission signal in the first RAT and a transmission signal in the second RAT. The transmission signal in the first RAT is mapped to a resource element configured on a basis of one physical parameter for each sub frame. The transmission signal in the second RAT is mapped to a resource element configured on a basis of one or more physical parameters for each sub frame and is mapped to a resource element configured on a basis of one physical parameter in a predetermined resource included in each of the sub frames.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventor: Kazuyuki SHIMEZAWA
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Patent number: 11870531Abstract: A communications device for use in a wireless communications network providing a wireless access interface within a system bandwidth, the system bandwidth comprising a plurality of bandwidth parts, the communications device comprising a transmitter configured to transmit signals using a plurality of activated bandwidth parts, a receiver configured to receive signals using the plurality of activated bandwidth parts, the received signals being signals transmitted using a plurality of activated beams, and a controller configured to control the transmitter and the receiver so that the communications device is operable: to determine that an activated beam associated with a first bandwidth part satisfies beam failure criteria; to select from the plurality of activated bandwidth parts a second bandwidth part; and to transmit using communications resources associated with the selected second bandwidth part a beam failure indication indicating that the activated beam associated with the first bandwidth part satisfiesType: GrantFiled: August 24, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Yassin Aden Awad, Shin Horng Wong, Kazuyuki Shimezawa, Vivek Sharma, Martin Warwick Beale
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Publication number: 20230413341Abstract: Provided is a communication apparatus that includes a control unit that performs control such that a plurality of reference signals associated with pieces of antenna information different from each other is transmitted to a terminal apparatus, and an acquisition unit that acquires control information corresponding to at least any one of the plurality of reference signals from the terminal apparatus after a random access response in a random access procedure is transmitted to the terminal apparatus. The control unit controls following communication with the terminal apparatus on the basis of the antenna information corresponding to the acquired control information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: NAOKI KUSASHIMA, KAZUYUKI SHIMEZAWA, HIROKI MATSUDA
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Patent number: 11818693Abstract: A terminal device includes: a higher layer processing unit configured to set at least one first RAT and at least one second RAT by signaling of a higher layer from the base station device; and a receiving unit configured to receive a transmission signal in the first RAT and a transmission signal in the second RAT. The transmission signal in the first RAT is mapped to a resource element configured on a basis of one physical parameter for each sub frame. The transmission signal in the second RAT is mapped to a resource element configured on a basis of one or more physical parameters for each sub frame and is mapped to a resource element configured on a basis of one physical parameter in a predetermined resource included in each of the sub frames.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventor: Kazuyuki Shimezawa
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Patent number: 11818067Abstract: An object of the present invention is to enable flexible design depending on use cases and to further improve the transmission efficiency of the entire system. A communication device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire first control information and second control information relating to a plurality of resources specified by a frequency and time available for data transmission; and a control unit configured to perform control in such a manner that data is transmitted to a transmission target after a resource is arbitrarily selected from the plurality of resources on the basis of the first control information, in which the control unit controls selection of the resource from among the plurality of resources on a basis of the second control information.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2018Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroki Matsuda, Kazuyuki Shimezawa, Naoki Kusashima
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Publication number: 20230361866Abstract: A method of operating a first infrastructure equipment of a wireless communications network comprising a core network part, the first infrastructure equipment, a second infrastructure equipment acting as a backhaul relay node between the first infrastructure equipment and the core network part, and a downstream wireless communications device. The method comprising receiving from the second infrastructure equipment an indication of a first set of communications resources, allocating resource elements of the first set of communications resources for receiving first data for transmission to the core network part from the downstream wireless communications device, and receiving second data transmitted by the second infrastructure equipment on one or more resource elements within a second set of communications resources, the second set of communications resources different from the first set of communications resources.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2023Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Kazuyuki SHIMEZAWA, Samuel Asangbeng ATUNGSIRI, Yuxin WEI