Patents Assigned to NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20240129933
    Abstract: One aspect of a terminal according to the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives a plurality of downlink control channels supporting application of different control resource set pool indices, and a control section that, when an offset between at least one of the plurality of downlink control channels and a physical shared channel scheduled by the plurality of downlink control channels is smaller than a given value, controls reception of the physical shared channel, based on a default TCI state configured for each of control resource set pool indices or the default TCI state configured irrespective of control resource set pool indices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Weiqi Sun, Jing Wang, Lan Chen
  • Publication number: 20240129777
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive, from another communication apparatus, a signal requesting a CSI (Channel State Information) report and a CSI reference signal, in a resource autonomously selected by the another communication apparatus; a control unit configured to perform measurement by using the CSI reference signal; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit, to the another communication apparatus, a CSI report based on a result of the measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shohei Yoshioka, Shinya Kumagai, Yuki Takahashi, Mayuko Okano, Masaya Okamura, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240129065
    Abstract: A communication device has: a control unit configured to determine a coding-related parameter to apply to a data signal; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the determined coding-related parameter, and the data signal to which the coding-related parameter is applied, in autonomously selected resources, to another communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Shinya Kumagai, Shohei Yoshioka, Masaya Okamura, Mayuko Okano, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240129818
    Abstract: A radio base station receives a handover message from a network related to a handover of a terminal and determines the number of handover failures based on a number of the handover failures based on the handover message. The radio base station releases the terminal when the number of failures reaches a predetermined number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Tianyang Min, Yuya Hoshizaki, Tadashi Uchiyama, Shinsuke Sawamukai, Anil Umesh
  • Publication number: 20240129858
    Abstract: A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a receiving section that receives information related to an association between a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state applied to a plurality of types of uplink signals and one or more power control parameters applied to one type of uplink signal among the plurality of types of uplink signals; and a control section that controls transmission of the one type of uplink signal based on the information. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, the power control parameter can be appropriately controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240129838
    Abstract: A communication device includes: a transmission unit configured to transmit a connection request to a first communication device; a reception unit configured to receive a connection permission from the first communication device; and a control unit configured to establish a first connection to the first communication device. The control unit controls a communication of a second communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shinya Kumagai, Shohei Yoshioka, Haruhi Echigo, Yuki Hokazono, Yuki Takahashi, Daisuke Kurita, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240129836
    Abstract: A communication device includes: a transmission unit configured to transmit a connection request to a first communication device; a reception unit configured to receive connection permission from the first communication device; and a control unit configured to establish a first connection to the first communication device. The control unit controls a communication of a second communication device, and the reception unit receives recommendation information related to installation of the device itself from the first communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shohei Yoshioka, Shinya Kumagai, Daisuke Kurita, Yuki Takahashi, Haruhi Echigo, Yuki Hokazono, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240129961
    Abstract: A communication device includes: a transmission unit configured to transmit a connection request to a first communication device; a reception unit configured to receive connection permission from the first communication device; and a control unit configured to establish a first connection to the first communication device. The control unit controls a communication of a second communication device, and the transmission unit transmits information related to control of the second communication device to the first communication device in a case where the connection to the first communication device is established.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shinya Kumagai, Shohei Yoshioka, Haruhi Echigo, Yuki Hokazono, Yuki Takahashi, Daisuke Kurita, Satoshi Nagata
  • Patent number: 11963135
    Abstract: There is provided user equipment of a radio communication system that supports TTIs having a plurality of lengths and that includes a base station and the user equipment, the user equipment including an acquisition unit configured to acquire, from the base station, information indicating a plurality of UL resources which are allocated to a plurality of symbols included in a TTI having a predetermined length and with which a scheduling request can be transmitted; and a transmission unit configured to select a UL resource from the plurality of UL resources and transmit the scheduling request to the base station with the selected UL resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shinpei Yasukawa, Kazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata
  • Patent number: 11963251
    Abstract: A network node that is a second network node connected to a user device and a first network node includes: a control unit that acquires information regarding a layer which is terminated at the user device and the second network node; and a transmission unit that transmits the information regarding the layer to the first network node. The layer is not terminated at the user device and the first network node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Tooru Uchino, Teruaki Toeda, Anil Umesh
  • Patent number: 11960685
    Abstract: A virtual trackpad and method for using the same are disclosed. In some embodiments, the method comprises: projecting a virtual trackpad on one hand of a user using hand tracking position data from an extend reality (XR) device; detecting, via hand tracking, movements of one or more fingers as the one or more fingers are being moved across the virtual trackpad projected on the one hand; and controlling a user interface (UI) being displayed on a display by the XR device based on the movements of the one or more fingers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Young-Cheol Yu, Yuya Tanaka, Yoji Osako
  • Publication number: 20240121850
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a control section that uses, when a reference signal (RS) for path loss reference for a specific uplink signal is not configured, a quasi-co-location (QCL) parameter based on a specific downlink signal for a spatial relation for the specific uplink signal, and a transmitting section that transmits the specific uplink signal by using the spatial relation. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to determine a QCL parameter appropriately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240121736
    Abstract: A terminal acquires a time difference between a transmission timing of a first signal and a reception timing of a second signal. When the time difference exceeds a defined threshold value, the terminal transmits time difference information indicating the time difference to a radio base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventor: Tianyang Min
  • Publication number: 20240121795
    Abstract: Appropriate PDCCH monitoring is performed even when carrier aggregation is applied. A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a transmitting section that transmits capability information related to the number of downlink cells where Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) candidates can be monitored; and a control section that determines, based on the capability information, the number of cells where PDCCH monitoring can be performed for New Radio (NR) of a second release, the number of the cells being different from the number of cells where PDCCH monitoring can be performed for NR of a first release.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang
  • Publication number: 20240121818
    Abstract: A communication device includes: a control unit configured to autonomously determine a resource to be used for transmission; a reception unit configured to execute an LBT (Listen before talk) before transmitting a signal by using the resource; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the signal to another communication device by using the resource in a case where the reception unit succeeds in the LBT, wherein the transmission unit determines transmission beamforming to be applied upon transmitting the signal, based on reception beamforming applied to the LBT by the reception unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shinya Kumagai, Mayuko Okano, Yuki Takahashi, Masaya Okamura, Shohei Yoshioka, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240121641
    Abstract: A beam failure is appropriately detected. A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a control section that, when a set of a reference signal (RS) index corresponding to a resource for beam failure detection (BFD) is not configured using higher layer signaling and a specific parameter is configured, selects up to a given number of control resource sets (CORESETs) for determining the RS index to be included in the set in accordance with a specific rule, and a receiving section that evaluates radio link quality, based on an RS corresponding to the RS index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240121833
    Abstract: A communication device includes: a transmission unit configured to transmit a connection request to a first communication device; a reception unit configured to receive a connection permission from the first communication device; and a control unit configured to establish a first connection to the first communication device. The control unit controls a communication of a second communication device and performs a communication with the second communication device, and the second communication device performs a communication with a third communication device that includes: a transmission unit that transmits a connection request to the first communication device; a reception unit that receives a connection permission from the first communication device; and a control unit that establishes a first connection with the first communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shohei Yoshioka, Shinya Kumagai, Daisuke Kurita, Yuki Takahashi, Haruhi Echigo, Yuki Hokazono, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240121815
    Abstract: A communication device includes: a control unit configured to determine a priority to apply to a data signal; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit information that indicates the determined priority, and the data signal to which the determined priority is applied, in autonomously selected resources, to another communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Shinya Kumagai, Shohei Yoshioka, Masaya Okamura, Mayuko Okano, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240121037
    Abstract: A radio communication node is disclosed including an upper node connecting unit that is used for connecting with an upper node; a lower node connecting unit that is used for connecting with a lower node; and a control unit that notifies the upper node or a network whether or not the upper node connecting unit and the lower node connecting unit are compatible with at least one of a space division multiplexing and a frequency division multiplexing. In another aspect, a radio communication method is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kurita, Hiroki Harada, Jing Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Publication number: 20240121623
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a control section that, when spatial relation information is not configured for an SRS resource in a sounding reference signal (SRS) resource set having antenna switching usage, uses a quasi-co-location (QCL) parameter based on a specific slot for a spatial relation for the SRS resource, and a transmitting section that transmits an SRS by using the SRS resource and the spatial relation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata