Patents by Inventor Tomoya OHARA

Tomoya OHARA 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).

  • Publication number: 20240179707
    Abstract: A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a receiving section that receives, without receiving at least one of a broadcast channel (PBCH), a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), and a physical downlink shared channel carrying system information (RMSI PDSCH), another channel or signal in an initial access procedure; and a control section that performs control in the initial access procedure on a basis of the other channel or signal. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, the payload size for configuration of the initial access can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kurita, Hiroki Harada, Mayuko Okano, Satoshi Nagata, Tomoya Ohara, Masaya Okamura
  • Publication number: 20240179712
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a receiving section that receives a signal for judgment of a plurality of terminals sharing uplink data; and a control section that controls one of reception of the uplink data from another terminal of the plurality of terminals and transmission of the uplink data to the other terminal, based on the signal. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, coverage can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kurita, Shinya Kumagai, Hiroki Harada, Satoshi Nagata, Tomoya Ohara, Takuma Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20240172252
    Abstract: A terminal includes a communication unit configured to perform transmission of a signal to and reception of a signal from a base station; and a control unit configured to transmit, to another terminal, information that is received from the base station based on the transmission and the reception, or information that is obtained from the signal transmitted to or received from the base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Takuma Nakamura, Tomoya Ohara, Shinya Kumagai, Daisuke Kurita
  • Patent number: 11991619
    Abstract: A terminal is disclosed including a receiver that receives configuration information regarding a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) to configure a common search space; and a processor that monitors downlink control information in the common search space based on the configuration information, wherein the configuration information includes information regarding a search space that is able to be specified by bits in an index of a master information block (MIB) and information regarding a search space index associated with a given search space. In other aspects, a radio communication method, a base station, and a system are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Daiki Takeda, Tomoya Ohara, Hideaki Takahashi, Kazuki Takeda
  • Publication number: 20240155519
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a receiving section that receives a first synchronization signal in a first band; and a control section that simultaneously uses, when a notification indicating presence of a second synchronization signal in a second band is received, the first synchronization signal and the second synchronization signal for at least one of synchronization, reception quality measurement, and radio link quality monitoring. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to appropriately use resources according to capability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shinya Kumagai, Takuma Nakamura, Tomoya Ohara, Daisuke Kurita, Satoshi Nagata
  • Patent number: 11979913
    Abstract: There is provided a user equipment, the user equipment including: a reception unit that receives configuration information in which a reference signal and a synchronous signal block are associated with each other from a base station; a control unit that selects a specific reference signal from a plurality of reference signals to be monitored in a random access procedure; and a transmission unit that transmits a random access signal to the base station using a resource corresponding to the specific reference signal, wherein the reception unit assumes based on the configuration information that there is a quasi co-location relation between the synchronous signal block corresponding to the specific reference signal and a signal to be monitored in a predetermined search space, and monitors the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventor: Tomoya Ohara
  • Publication number: 20240147442
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a receiving section that receives, in a first band, information related to a second band; and a control section that simultaneously uses a first signal in the first band and a second signal in the second band for at least one of synchronization, measurement, channel estimation, position estimation, and reference signal transmission. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to appropriately use resources according to capability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shinya Kumagai, Takuma Nakamura, Tomoya Ohara, Daisuke Kurita, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240090012
    Abstract: A terminal comprises: a reception unit that receives a reference signal used for a purpose other than a measurement related to a radio resource management; and a control unit that performs the measurement related to the radio resource management using the reference signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Daisuke Kurita, Mayuko Okano, Satoshi Nagata, Masaya Okamura, Tomoya Ohara
  • Publication number: 20240089775
    Abstract: A terminal including: a reception unit that receives a reference signal periodically transmitted from a network; a transmission unit that transmits a measurement result of the reference signal; and a control unit that determines whether or not to assume a reception of at least a part of the reference signal based on whether or not a specific condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Daisuke Kurita, Mayuko Okano, Satoshi Nagata, Masaya Okamura, Tomoya Ohara
  • Publication number: 20240089762
    Abstract: A terminal comprises: a reception unit that receives a reference signal used for a purpose other than a measurement related to a radio link management; and a control unit that performs the measurement related to the radio link management using the reference signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Daisuke Kurita, Mayuko Okano, Satoshi Nagata, Masaya Okamura, Tomoya Ohara
  • Publication number: 20240089764
    Abstract: A terminal comprises: a transmission unit that transmits a reference signal used for a purpose other than a measurement related to a reception quality in a physical layer; and a control unit that assumes the measurement related to the reception quality in the physical layer is performed using the reference signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Daisuke Kurita, Mayuko Okano, Satoshi Nagata, Masaya Okamura, Tomoya Ohara
  • Publication number: 20240064754
    Abstract: A terminal has: a receiving unit configured to receive information related to a PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control CHannel) monitoring reduction function; and a control unit configured to start and end the PDCCH monitoring reduction function based on the information related to the PDCCH monitoring reduction function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventor: Tomoya Ohara
  • Publication number: 20240057031
    Abstract: A terminal is disclosed including a reception unit configured to receive, from a base station, configuration information on a reference signal of uplink for positioning in a non-connected state; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the reference signal based on the configuration information in the non-connected state. In other aspects, another terminal, a base station, and a transmission method are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Masaya Okamura, Tomoya Ohara, Hiroki Harada
  • Patent number: 11902987
    Abstract: A radio node includes: a reception section that receives information used for initial access to another radio node in a first cell; and a control section that controls the initial access based on the information. The control section controls reception of the information based on a period equal to or longer than a period defined for a user terminal in a second cell with respect to transmission of the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Tomoya Ohara
  • Patent number: 11849431
    Abstract: A user apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive information indicating resources used for downlink or uplink from a base station apparatus and a transmission unit configured to transmit TDD configuration information used for determining an arrangement of resources used for sidelink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Tomoya Ohara, Ryosuke Osawa
  • Patent number: 11825430
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed including an input unit that receives an input; and a communication module coupled to a processor that measures power of synchronization signal blocks received from a base station, wherein the processor selects a synchronization signal block with measured power above a threshold, wherein the communication module transmits a preamble using a resource corresponding to the selected synchronization signal block, and wherein the communication module performs retransmission for preamble transmission that uses the resource, the retransmission being performed using another resource corresponding to the selected synchronizations signal block or another synchronization signal block with measured power above the threshold. In other aspects, another apparatus is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Tomoya Ohara, Hiroki Harada
  • Patent number: 11818771
    Abstract: A user equipment includes a transmitting unit configured to transmit first data in a first step of a 2-step RACH; and a receiving unit configured to receive second data in a second step of the 2-step RACH. The user equipment performs fallback to a 4-step RACH at the time of retransmission of the first data. In addition, provided is a user equipment including: a transmitting unit configured to transmit first data in a first step of a 2-step RACH; and a receiving unit configured to receive second data in a second step of the 2-step RACH. The user equipment performs fallback to a 4-step RACH according to the received second data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventor: Tomoya Ohara
  • Publication number: 20230336386
    Abstract: In a case of using a different frequency band that is different from a frequency band including one or a plurality of frequency ranges, a terminal applies common initial access configurations to all of a plurality of subcarrier spacings. The terminal transmits an initial access signal via an initial access channel set based on the initial access configurations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kurita, Hiroki Harada, Satoshi Nagata, Tomoya Ohara
  • Publication number: 20230337138
    Abstract: Provided is a terminal having: a receiving unit configured to receive control information including an indication of switching a search space set group, from a base station; and a controlling unit configured to switch the search space set group, based on the indication, wherein the controlling unit does not restart DRX (discontinuous reception) inactivity timer in response to receiving the control information from the base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventor: Tomoya Ohara
  • Publication number: 20230328721
    Abstract: Disclosed is a terminal including: a control unit acquiring a gap length between a first hop and a second hop in PUSCH transmission to which frequency hopping in a random access procedure is applied; and a transmitting unit performing the PUSCH transmission by the first hop and then the PUSCH transmission by the second hop after the gap length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventor: Tomoya Ohara