Patents Assigned to NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20260270736
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes: a reception unit configured to receive, from a management apparatus, a notification that indicates test content; and a control unit configured, on the basis of the notification, to transition to a test mode and control a test relating to communication via a radio apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Publication date: September 10, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Seiichiro Okamoto, Kunihiko Teshima, Kunihiro Kawai, Kotaro Takamiya
  • Publication number: 20260271004
    Abstract: A terminal includes: a reception unit configured to receive, from a base station, a configuration related to a CSI (Channel state information) report; a control unit configured to perform measurement of a CSI-RS (Reference signal) transmitted from the base station, based on a report configuration included in the configuration; and a transmission unit configured to transmit a CSI report to the base station via PUSCH (Physical Uplink Shared Channel), based on a result of the measurement. The control unit activates an SP (Semi-persistent)-CSI corresponding to a sub-configuration, based on an identifier used for identifying the sub-configuration included in the report configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Publication date: September 10, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Satoshi Nagata, Yu Jiang, Anxin Li
  • Publication number: 20260270914
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives configuration information related to a sounding reference signal (SRS), and a control section that, when UL transmission is performed using an SRS resource configured by the configuration information, determines timing advance to be applied to the UL transmission, based on a timing advance group associated with an SRS resource set corresponding to the SRS resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: September 10, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Weiqi Sun, Jing Wang, Lan Chen
  • Publication number: 20260271084
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a receiving section that receives a configuration of multiple repetitions of a random access channel; and a control section that determines a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) to be used for scheduling of responses to the multiple repetitions, based on multiple random access occasions to be used for the multiple respective repetitions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Publication date: September 10, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Naoya SHIBAIKE, Yuki MATSUMURA, Satoshi NAGATA, Qiping PI, Jing WANG, Lan CHEN
  • Publication number: 20260270699
    Abstract: A network node apparatus includes: a transmission unit configured to assign, to another network node apparatus that handles authentication control or service provisioning control, an identifier linked with a terminal context within the other network node apparatus, and to transmit to the other network node apparatus a message including the identifier; and a control unit configured to perform processing for mobility control or connection control using the identifier without using a permanent identifier of a terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Publication date: September 10, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Atsushi Minokuchi, Masahiro Sawada
  • Publication number: 20260270753
    Abstract: According to one aspect disclosed herein, there is provided a terminal including: a control unit that generates support reporting information for reporting that a plurality of functions related to coverage expansion are supported or request information for requesting the functions; and a transmission unit that transmits the support reporting information or the request information on a single channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: September 10, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Haruhi Echigo, Naoya Shibaike, Mayuko Okano, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20260270924
    Abstract: A terminal includes: a control unit configured to determine that frequency hopping with partially overlapping frequencies is to be applied to a signal related to positioning; a reception unit configured to measure the signal related to positioning to which the frequency hopping has been applied; and a transmission unit configured to transmit, to a network, a measurement result of the signal related to positioning or a positioning result that is calculated based on the measurement result of the signal related to positioning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: September 10, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kousuke Shima, Masaya Okamura, Tomoya Ohara, Hiroki Harada, Haruhi Echigo
  • Publication number: 20260271041
    Abstract: A base station includes: a transmission unit that transmits broadcasting information to a terminal, and a control unit that indicates a possibility of scheduling for a terminal having a smaller number of receiving antennas than another terminal in the broadcasting information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: September 10, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventor: Tianyang MIN
  • Publication number: 20260269962
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure is a terminal corresponding to a first operator and includes: a receiving section that receives configuration information regarding a signal for measuring interference, and receives, based on the configuration information, the signal for measuring interference from at least one of a terminal and a base station corresponding to a second operator; and a control section that determines, based on the signal for measuring interference, interference by a signal from at least one of the terminal and the base station corresponding to the second operator that has transmitted the signal for measuring interference. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, flexible communication operation for operators is possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Publication date: September 10, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Mayuko Okano, Hiroki Harada, Shinya Kumagai, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20260270788
    Abstract: A network node includes a reception unit configured to receive, from a session management node, a message requesting accumulation of control signals transmitted from a mobility management node to the session management node; a transmission unit configured to transmit, to the mobility management node, a message requesting transmission of the control signals to the network node; and a control unit configured to accumulate the control signals received from the mobility management node, wherein the transmission unit transmits the control signals to the session management node in response to a request from the session management node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: September 10, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Atsushi Minokuchi, Syunsuke Dojiri, Masahiro Sawada
  • Publication number: 20260269899
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives, for artificial intelligence (AI)-based channel state information (CSI) feedback, configuration information for performance monitoring, and a control section that controls the performance monitoring. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, preferable overhead reduction/channel estimation/resource use can be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: September 10, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Haruhi Echigo, Hiroki Harada, Liu Liu
  • Publication number: 20260270127
    Abstract: A terminal includes: a control unit configured to determine subcarrier spacing candidates applied to a certain frequency range including a plurality of frequency bands and to select a subcarrier spacing included in the candidates; and a communication unit configured to perform communication for which the selected subcarrier spacing is applied in the certain frequency range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Publication date: September 10, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shohei Yoshioka, Mayuko Okano, Hiroki Harada, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20260270998
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives downlink control information (DCI) for scheduling an uplink shared channel (Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH)) to be repeatedly transmitted, a transmitting section that transmits a plurality of transport blocks to a plurality of transmission/reception points (TRPs) by using the PUSCH, and a control section that determines a size of at least one of the plurality of transport blocks, based on a codepoint of a transmission configuration indication (TCI) field included in a field of the DCI. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to appropriately perform PUSCH transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: September 10, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Jing Wang, Lan Chen
  • Publication number: 20260270713
    Abstract: A terminal includes: a communication unit configured to perform transmission and reception in a first RAT (Radio Access Technology); and a control unit configured to control communications in the first RAT. The control unit does not support a function related to dynamic resource sharing between the first RAT and a second RAT, and controls an operation related to using resource pools for which a function related to resource sharing between the first RAT and the second RAT is configured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: September 10, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shohei Yoshioka, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20260270706
    Abstract: A terminal includes: a reception unit configured to receive, from a network, a session establishment accept message; and a control unit configured, based on an identifier, included in the session establishment accept message, that identifies a user small-data transmission scheme, to determine a communication partner of user small data that is concealed and integrity-protected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Publication date: September 10, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Atsushi Minokuchi, Masahiro Sawada
  • Publication number: 20260270820
    Abstract: A terminal includes a reception unit that receives a reconfiguration message from a base station in a radio resource control layer, and a control unit that transitions to a selected cell in a lower layer than the radio resource control layer, in which, the control unit, if the selected cell is a candidate cell in a transition of the lower layer and reconfiguration information relating to the transition of the lower layer is included in the reconfiguration message, applies a configuration relating to the candidate cell and transitions to the candidate cell without a request to the base station on transition to the candidate cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Publication date: September 10, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Koki YAMASHITA, Tianyang MIN, Mio NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20260271128
    Abstract: A terminal includes: a control unit configured to expect that a base station performs a discontinuous reception function for enabling or disabling a receiver unit; a communication unit configured to perform transmission to the base station, based on the expected discontinuous reception function; and a reception unit configured to receive control information related to the discontinuous reception function from the base station. In a case where there is an overlap in time domain between at least two uplink channels that are overlapped in the time domain and an inactive period of the discontinuous reception function, the control unit determines an execution order between: a process of multiplexing and prioritization with respect to the two uplink channels in the terminal; and a process of dropping transmission during the inactive period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2024
    Publication date: September 10, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Satoshi Nagata
  • Patent number: 12732331
    Abstract: A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a receiving section configured to receive a downlink control information (DCI) format indicating a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state; and a control section configured to apply the TCI state to a plurality of types of at least one of a channel and a signal at a timing after at least a specific time from uplink transmission based on the DCI format, in which the uplink transmission is a positive acknowledgement based on the DCI format in a first case, and the uplink transmission is the positive acknowledgement or a negative acknowledgement based on the DCI format in a second case different from the first case. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a timing at which a TCI state is applied can be appropriately determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2026
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata
  • Patent number: 12732323
    Abstract: In one aspect, a terminal receives, from a base station, an indication of activation or deactivation of a secondary cell and a trigger indication of a TRS (Tracking Reference Signal) via a single MAC-CE (Medium Access Control-Control Element). The terminal is configured to activate the secondary cell by using a TRS corresponding to a TRS configuration ID included in the trigger indication in a case where the indication is an indication of activation of a secondary cell. The terminal receives, from the base station, a trigger offset, information related to QCL (Quasi co-located), and a number of transmissions that are associated with the TRS configuration ID via RRC (Radio Resource Control) signaling, and applies the trigger offset, the information related to QCL, and the number of transmissions to reception of the TRS. In other aspects, a method, a base station, and a system are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2026
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventor: Tomoya Ohara
  • Patent number: 12732972
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a control section that determines, for each of a plurality of different transport blocks (TBs), the number of layers corresponding to the TB and controls association between each of the plurality of TBs and a layer; and a transmitting section that transmits, by using one or more layers, each of the plurality of different TBs in a same time resource and frequency resource. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, power control per layer/port can be appropriately performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2026
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Naoya Shibaike, Yuki Matsumura, Haruhi Echigo, Satoshi Nagata