Patents by Inventor Xiaolin Hou

Xiaolin Hou 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: 11889564
    Abstract: A terminal is disclosed including a receiving section that receives information indicating a first number of preamble transmission, the information being a condition for switching from a 2-step random access procedure to a 4-step random access procedure, and information indicating a second number which is a maximum number of preamble transmission; and a control section that when a number of preamble transmission is the first number, controls to switch from a 2-step random access procedure to a 4-step random access procedure, and when the number of preamble transmission is the second number, determines a failure of the 4-step random access procedure. In other aspects a radio communication method and a system are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Shohei Yoshioka, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang, Shaozhen Guo, Xiaolin Hou
  • Publication number: 20240030988
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a terminal and a base station. The terminal includes: a control unit, configured to determine at least one group of transform domain vectors, the at least one group of transform domain vectors being used for determining a precoding matrix for a subcarrier level, and a sending unit, configured to send precoding matrix indication information to a base station, the precoding matrix indication information including first information, the first information being used for indicating at least one group of transform domain vectors. The base station includes a receiving unit, configured to receive precoding matrix indication information from a terminal, the precoding matrix indication information at least including first information, the first information being used for indicating at least one group of transform domain vectors, and a control unit, configured to determine a precoding matrix according to the precoding matrix indication information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Wenjia Liu, Xiaolin Hou, Xin Wang, Yuki Matsumura, Nadisanka Rupasinghe
  • Patent number: 11856562
    Abstract: A terminal is disclosed including a receiver that receives configuration information; and a processor that controls receiving processes for Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH), wherein the processor controls the receiving processes for the PDSCH under an assumption that the PDSCH is not allocated in a first reserved resource corresponding to the first configuration information, when the receiver receives first configuration information about a Bandwidth part (BWP)-specific reserved resource as the configuration information, and controls the receiving processes for the PDSCH under an assumption that the PDSCH is not allocated in a second reserved resource corresponding to the second configuration information, when the receiver receives second configuration information about a cell-specific reserved resource as the configuration information. In other aspects, an apparatus and a system are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Patent number: 11848891
    Abstract: A user terminal according to the present invention includes: a transmission section that transmits Uplink Control Information (UCI) by using an uplink control channel; and a control section that, when one or more resource sets each including one or more resources for the uplink control channel are configured, determines a resource used for transmission of the UCI based on a given field value in Downlink Control Information (DCI) and implicit indication information from a resource set selected based on a number of bits of the UCI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Kazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Patent number: 11818754
    Abstract: A terminal is disclosed including a receiver that receives a synchronization signal block (SSB); a processor that determines, based on the SSB, a time resource for a preamble used for a 2-step random access procedure, and determines, based on the SSB, a time resource for an uplink shared channel (PUSCH) used for the random access procedure; and a transmitter that transmits the preamble and the PUSCH. In other aspects a radio communication method, a base station, and a system are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Shohei Yoshioka, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang, Shaozhen Guo, Xiaolin Hou
  • Patent number: 11812433
    Abstract: A terminal is disclosed including a processor that maps an encoded bit sequence of an uplink control information firstly in a layer direction of a resource of an uplink shared channel, secondly in a frequency direction of the resource, and thirdly in a time direction of the resource; and a transmitter that transmits the uplink control information in the resource. In other aspects, a radio communication method for a terminal and a base station are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Patent number: 11811508
    Abstract: A method and device for transmitting reference signals are provided in the present disclosure, where the method for transmitting reference signals is performed by a user terminal and time-frequency resources for the user terminal are divided into multiple groups of time-frequency resources. The method includes: selecting a reference signal port for each group of time-frequency resources from candidate reference signal ports; and transmitting reference signals by using the reference signal port corresponding to each group of time-frequency resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Wenjia Liu, Runxin Wang, Xiaolin Hou, Xin Wang
  • Publication number: 20230345555
    Abstract: A radio communication node receives resource information indicating a type of resources allocated to a radio link with a lower node from a network and establishes the radio link based on the resource information. The type of resources includes a specific type that can designate availability of a frequency resource in a frequency direction. When the frequency resource is the specific type, the radio communication node can receive the resource information indicating the availability of the frequency resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kurita, Hiroki Harada, Weiqi Sun, Jing Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Publication number: 20230336394
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a spectrum shaping method for non-orthogonal waveforms and an electronic device. The electronic device includes: a processing unit configured to perform discrete Fourier transform spreading on data to be transmitted to obtain a spread signal, perform subcarrier mapping on the spread signal, perform spectrum shaping on subcarriers by using a spectrum shaping factor to obtain a shaped signal, and obtain a non-orthogonal Faster-Than-Nyquist signal according to the shaped signal; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the non-orthogonal Faster-Than-Nyquist signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Juan Liu, Wenjia Liu, Xiaolin Hou
  • Patent number: 11791879
    Abstract: A user terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a transmitting section that transmits channel state information by use of a semi-persistently specified resource, and a control section that controls, in a case of transmitting data during a time duration in which the semi-persistently specified resource is included, transmission of the channel state information and the data. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, SP-CSI reporting can be appropriately controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang, Huiling Li, Xiaolin Hou, Chongning Na
  • Patent number: 11792055
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a terminal and a base station in a wireless communication system. The terminal may include a control unit configured to input a downlink channel to a neural network of the terminal; and the control unit further configured to control the neural network of the terminal to process the input and output feedback information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Xin Wang, Jing Wang, Xiaolin Hou, Lan Chen, Anxin Li, Takahiro Asai
  • Patent number: 11785583
    Abstract: To appropriately perform data transmission using a certain symbol, one aspect of a user terminal of the present disclosure includes: a transmitting section that transmits an uplink shared channel by using a certain number of symbols; and a control section that performs control such that transmission of the uplink shared channel using one symbol is performed when an allocation type allowing a change of a start position of the uplink shared channel is employed in a case that a plurality of allocation types for a time direction of the uplink shared channel are supported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Patent number: 11777588
    Abstract: A terminal is disclosed that includes a receiver that receives Channel State Information (CSI) reporting configuration information which is a Radio Resource Control (RRC) information element. The terminal also includes a processor that ignores a second RRC parameter regarding report quantity when the terminal is configured with a first RRC parameter regarding report quantity by the CSI reporting configuration information. The processor also performs a control to report Layer 1 Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (L1-SINR) when quantity for reporting L1-SINR is indicated by the first RRC parameter. In other aspects, a radio communication method and a system are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Jing Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Patent number: 11778614
    Abstract: A terminal is disclosed that includes a receiver that receives first downlink control information (DCI) for scheduling initial transmission and second DCI for scheduling retransmission and a processor that controls transmission of a first uplink (UL) shared channel that is scheduled by the first DCI and transmission of a second UL shared channel that is scheduled by the second DCI. The processor controls the transmission of the first UL shared channel and the transmission of the second UL shared channel based on a reference value that is configured for timing for transmitting a UL shared channel based on information provided through higher layer signaling. The processor also controls transmission of the second UL shared channel in response to information included in each of the first DCI and the second DCI that indicates whether the UL shared channel includes initially transmitted data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata, Shaozhen Guo, Lihui Wang, Liu Liu, Xiaolin Hou, Huiling Jiang
  • Publication number: 20230309154
    Abstract: A radio communication node (100B) receives, from a network, resource information indicating the type of a resource to be allocated to a radio link with a lower node, and establishes the radio link based on the resource information. The radio communication node (100B) receives resource information indicating the type of a time resource in a time direction and the type of a frequency resource in a frequency direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kurita, Hiroki Harada, Weiqi Sun, Jing Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Patent number: 11770831
    Abstract: In order to suppress deterioration of the communication quality also in the case of transmitting uplink data and uplink control information using an uplink shared channel in the future radio communication system, one aspect of a user terminal of the present invention has a transmitting section that transmits uplink data and uplink control information, and a control section that controls so as to select one of puncturing processing and rate matching processing to apply to the uplink data, based on an indication from a base station and/or a predetermined condition, in the case of multiplexing the uplink data and the uplink control information into an uplink shared channel to transmit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Publication number: 20230300887
    Abstract: A terminal (UE 200) receives a temporary identifier and offset information in an initial access channel when using a second frequency band different from a first frequency band allocated for mobile communication. Also, the terminal (UE 200) converts the received temporary identifier into an identifier for communication in the second frequency band based on the offset information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kurita, Shinya Kumagai, Hiroki Harada, Jing Wang, Xiaolin Hou, Liu Liu, Junli Li, Yong Li
  • Publication number: 20230292259
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a transmission section that transmits a first medium access control-control element (MAC CE) including power-management maximum power reduction (PMPR) and a first value indicating an application timing of the PMPR; and a control section that controls transmission of an uplink (UL) signal based on the PMPR. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to clarify applied PMPR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Weiqi Sun, Jing Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Publication number: 20230291621
    Abstract: A terminal includes a transmitting and receiving unit and a control unit. The transmitting and receiving unit transmits and receives a slot including a plurality of symbols. The control unit determines number of symbols included in a sub-frame on the basis of a time length of the symbol. The control unit determines the number of symbols included in the sub-frame according to a degree of modulation at which the time length of the symbol varies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Satoshi Nagata, Shaozhen Guo, Jing Wang, Xin Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Patent number: 11758538
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, a user terminal has a transmission section that performs UL grant-free transmission, in which UL data is transmitted without a UL transmission indication from a radio base station, and a control section that controls the UL grant-free transmission based on a configuration of the UL grant-free transmission, identified based on a physical layer signaling, and the transmission section transmits a delivery acknowledgment in response to receipt of the physical layer signaling. According to one aspect of the present invention, even when UL grant-free transmission is employed, the decline in communication throughput and the like can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang, Xiaolin Hou