Patents by Inventor Kugo Morita

Kugo Morita 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).

  • Patent number: 10667252
    Abstract: A radio terminal according to an embodiment is used in a mobile telecommunication system which provides a plurality of communication services. The radio terminal includes a controller which uses any of a plurality of resource pools provided for each communication service on the basis of resource map information. The plurality of resource pools is provided in one radio frame and in one system bandwidth. The resource map information indicates the layout pattern of the plurality of resource pools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Fujishiro, Chiharu Yamazaki, Atsuhisa Inakoshi, Fangwei Tong, Kugo Morita
  • Patent number: 10667156
    Abstract: A base station (200) according to an embodiment performs radio communication with a radio terminal (100). The base station transmits a reference signal to the radio terminal with a specific polarized wave, receives, from the radio terminal, polarized wave adjustment information generated by using the reference signal, adjusts a polarized wave based on the specific polarized wave by using the polarized wave adjustment information, and transmits an information signal to the radio terminal with the adjusted polarized wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Fangwei Tong, Atsuhisa Inakoshi, Hiroyuki Urabayashi, Chiharu Yamazaki, Kugo Morita
  • Publication number: 20200145858
    Abstract: A user terminal, method used in a user terminal, and an apparatus for a user terminal include receiving from a base station measurement configuration information configuring measurement of a frequency channel in an unlicensed band, measuring signal strength of radio signals transmitted in the frequency channel, determining occupancy situation of the frequency channel based on the measured signal strength and a threshold, and transmitting to the base station a measurement report including information indicating the occupancy situation of the frequency channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Naohisa MATSUMOTO, Kugo MORITA, Hiroyuki ADACHI, Hiroyuki URABAYASHI, Chiharu YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 10645606
    Abstract: A radio communication system comprises: a first area entity operated in a first operation scheme in which use of a specific frequency band is permitted; and a second area entity operated in a second operation scheme in which use of the specific frequency band is permitted. A user terminal existing in an area of the first area entity notifies the first area entity of a frequency band change request for requesting a change of a frequency band used by the first area entity when a frequency of the specific frequency band used by the first area entity is congested due to use by the second area entity. The first area entity changes a frequency band used by the first area entity in response to the frequency band change request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Fujishiro, Chiharu Yamazaki, Hiroyuki Urabayashi, Kugo Morita, Noriyoshi Fukuta
  • Patent number: 10631243
    Abstract: A base station according to a first feature is used in a mobile communication system in which a plurality of functions related to radio communication are specified. The base station includes a receiver that receives processor information related to a load state or an attribute of an processor included in a radio terminal from the radio terminal, a controller that selects at least one function to be executed by the radio terminal on the basis of the processor information, and a transmitter that transmits information indicating the selected function to the radio terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Fujishiro, Henry Chang, Kugo Morita, Susumu Kashiwase, Fangwei Tong, Chiharu Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 10624102
    Abstract: A base station allocates radio resources used for device-to-device D2D communication based on location information indicating a geographical location of a user terminal located in a cell of a base station. The base station notifies the allocated radio resources to the user terminal by a unicast manner, and the user terminal uses the allocated radio resources to transmit a signal for the D2D communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Saiwai, Kugo Morita, Masato Fujishiro
  • Patent number: 10616870
    Abstract: A user terminal according to an embodiment transmits uplink data to a base station using an unlicensed band. The user terminal includes a controller configured to, if uplink data transmission is started from a middle of a subframe according to a monitoring result of the unlicensed band, perform processing of transmitting a specific signal being different from the uplink data, at a beginning of the uplink data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Naohisa Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Urabayashi, Kugo Morita, Chiharu Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 10602566
    Abstract: A user terminal has a function of device-to-device (D2D) communication, and determines whether it is in a radio resource control (RRC) idle mode, receives a system information block (SIB) broadcasted by the base station in the RRC idle mode, where the SIB includes resource information indicating usable radio resource and power information for controlling transmission power used in transmitting data to other user equipment by the D2D communication, and determines radio resources and power used to transmit the data based on the resource and power information. In another aspect, a base station is configured to broadcast the SIB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Noriyoshi Fukuta, Kugo Morita, Masato Fujishiro
  • Patent number: 10588024
    Abstract: A base station (eNB 200-1) operated in a specific frequency band shared by a plurality of operators or a plurality of communication systems transmits, to another base station (eNB 200-2) operated in the specific frequency band, transmission request information requesting transmission of a predetermined signal for stopping transmission of an interference signal by an interference source (UE 100-2) causing interference to a radio terminal (UE 100-1) connected to the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Naohisa Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Urabayashi, Kugo Morita, Hiroyuki Adachi
  • Patent number: 10582525
    Abstract: A communication control method according to the present invention comprises: notifying, by the base station, the at least one or more communication devices of reference signal configuration information designating a parameter of the uplink reference signal; transmitting, by the user terminal, the uplink reference signal to the base station; and receiving, on the basis of the reference signal configuration information, by the at least one or more communication devices, the uplink reference signal transmitted from the user terminal; and measuring, on the basis of the received uplink reference signal, by the at least one or more communication devices, a channel state between the at least one or more communication devices and the user terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Saiwai, Masato Fujishiro, Atsuhisa Inakoshi, Kugo Morita
  • Publication number: 20200059852
    Abstract: A mobile communication system according to one embodiment comprises: a base station configured to transmit discovery reference signal in an unlicensed spectrum, and a radio terminal configured to receive the discovery reference signal in the unlicensed spectrum. The base station notifies the radio terminal of timing information indicating a timing at which the discovery reference signal is to be transmitted in the unlicensed spectrum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki URABAYASHI, Kugo MORITA
  • Patent number: 10555193
    Abstract: A user terminal according to a first feature is used in a mobile communication system. The use terminal includes: a receiver configured to receive a measurement instruction to instruct measurement in an unlicensed band, from a base station; a controller configured to, in response to reception of the measurement instruction, search for a radio signal transmitted in a frequency channel included in the unlicensed band, and measure reception power of the radio signal detected by the search, even when a cell identifier of a measurement target cell is not designated in the measurement instruction; and a transmitter configured to transmit a measurement report including an identifier of a transmission source of the detected radio signal and a measurement result of the reception power, to the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Naohisa Matsumoto, Kugo Morita, Hiroyuki Adachi, Hiroyuki Urabayashi, Chiharu Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 10555334
    Abstract: A UE configured to transmit, to an eNB 200, scheduling requests for requesting a PUSCH resource, by using a PUCCH resource, transmits, among the scheduling requests, a second scheduling request different from a first scheduling request. As the PUCCH resource for the transmission of the second scheduling request, a periodic PUCCH resource is configured. As the PUCCH resource for the transmission of the second scheduling request, an aperiodic PUCCH resource is configured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Chiharu Yamazaki, Masato Fujishiro, Kugo Morita
  • Publication number: 20200037136
    Abstract: In a first user equipment, apparatus and method, a first user equipment performs sidelink communication with a second user equipment, receives a first message from the second user equipment, where the first message is periodically transmitted from the second user equipment based on a first timer, starts or restarts a second timer upon receiving the first message, where a value of the second timer is determined based on a value of the first timer, and transmits a second message to a network apparatus upon expiration of the second timer, where the second message indicates that the second user equipment is disconnected from the first user equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki ADACHI, Kugo MORITA
  • Publication number: 20200037398
    Abstract: In a communication control method according to one embodiment, a first radio terminal executes, control to establish a predetermined connection through a second radio terminal that is a relay terminal. The predetermined connection is used for transmitting control information related to the first radio terminal between the first radio terminal and a base station. The first radio terminal starts control to establish the predetermined connection, in response to receiving authorization information indicating that establishing the predetermined connection is possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki ADACHI, Masato FUJISHIRO, Chiharu YAMAZAKI, Kugo MORITA
  • Patent number: 10536985
    Abstract: A communication system, first communication terminal, processor and base station that supports direct communication between terminals comprises a terminal that autonomously selects radio resources to be used in the direct communication, from among the candidate radio resources based on information received from the base station, performs the direct communication by use of the selected radio resources, and detects interference power after receiving the information indicating the candidate radio resources. The terminal transmits information on interference in the candidate radio resources to the base station in response to value of the detected interference power being higher than a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Chiharu Yamazaki, Kugo Morita
  • Patent number: 10531386
    Abstract: A base station according to one embodiment comprises a transmitter configured to transmit a downlink control channel for a radio terminal to receive, in an idle mode, a paging message; and a controller configured to retransmit a paging message addressed to the radio terminal, if an extended DRX using a second DRX cycle longer than a first DRX cycle is configured to the radio terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Yushi Nagasaka, Shingo Katagiri, Masato Fujishiro, Kugo Morita, Fangwei Tong
  • Patent number: 10531374
    Abstract: A base station according to an embodiment is a base station in Evolved-Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN). The base station includes a processor. The processor is configured to configure in a radio terminal a mobility set for LTE-WLAN aggregation (LWA), the mobility set configured of a set of access points in wireless local area network (WLAN), modify the mobility set, and transmit information indicating the modified mobility set to the radio terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Yushi Nagasaka, Kugo Morita, Henry Chang
  • Publication number: 20190394819
    Abstract: A user equipment, apparatus, and base station include a processor and a memory. The processor user equipment and apparatus is configured to receive, from a base station, a radio network temporary identifier for direct communication. The processor is further configured to receive, from the base station, resource information transmitted by use of the radio network temporary identifier. The received resource information indicates a radio resource to be used for the user equipment to perform the direct communication. The processor of the base station is configured to transmit, to a user equipment, a radio network temporary identifier for direct communication. The base station processor is further configured to transmit, to the user equipment, resource information transmitted by use of the radio network temporary identifier. The transmitted resource information indicates a radio resource to be used for the user equipment to perform the direct communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Kugo MORITA
  • Patent number: 10512083
    Abstract: A control method comprises: transmitting, by a first management apparatus included in a first network allocated with a first frequency band, to a second network allocated with a second frequency band, an allocation request signal for requesting allocation of a part of the second frequency band to the first network, the signal being generated on the basis of a usage state of the first frequency band, determining, by a second management apparatus included in the second network, on the basis of a usage state of the second frequency band, a bandwidth to be allocated to the first network out of the second frequency band and an allocated frequency band corresponding to the bandwidth; managing the allocated frequency band as unavailable; transmitting, an allocation request response signal including information indicating the allocated frequency band, to the first network; and managing the allocated frequency band as available in the first network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Mitsui, Kugo Morita, Fangwei Tong