Patents Assigned to NTT Docomo
  • Publication number: 20250023617
    Abstract: A terminal is disclosed including a receiver that receives a first downlink control information (DCI) for scheduling a first Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) and receives a second DCI for scheduling a second PUSCH; and a processor that controls, based on the first DCI and the second DCI, simultaneous transmission of the first PUSCH and the second PUSCH by using a first panel and a second panel, wherein when group-based beam reporting is configured, each of the first panel and the second panel corresponds to each respective group of the group-based beam reporting. In other aspects, a radio communication method, a base station, and a system are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Weiqi Sun, Shaozhen Guo, Jing Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Publication number: 20250024509
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a transmitting section that transmits a plurality of repetitions of a physical random access channel, and a control section that controls reception of a response to the physical random access channel. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to improve coverage in a random access procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2021
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Jing Wang, Lan Chen
  • Publication number: 20250024455
    Abstract: A terminal includes: a transmission unit configured to transmit a plurality of types of uplink information to a base station; and a control unit configured to control the uplink information to be transmitted via an uplink shared channel that is periodically scheduled as a resource that can be used for any one of the plurality of types of uplink information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shohei Yoshioka, Shinya Kumagai, Yuki Takahashi, Satoshi Nagata
  • Patent number: 12200785
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a user equipment and a base station that can be used in a wireless communication system, or a method executed by a user equipment and a base station. The user equipment in the embodiments of the present invention includes: a control unit, configured to acquire a multiple access signature, wherein the multiple access signature is determined, from a multiple access signature pool, according to activation information of the user equipment, and the activation information of the user equipment is related to the activation of the user equipment; and a sending unit, configured to use the multiple access signature to send data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Neng Ye, Xiangming Li, Wenjia Liu, Xiaolin Hou
  • Patent number: 12200411
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a recognizer, based on captured image information generated by capturing a region on which a first image including an individual image is projected from a projector, to recognize an obstacle between the region and the projector, an identifier, when the obstacle is recognized, to identify, based on first image information indicating the first image and a recognition result by the recognizer, the individual image of which projection is blocked by the obstacle as a specific image, a decider to decide changing a first position in the region on which the specific image is projected to a second position in the region toward which projection of the specific image is not blocked by the obstacle, and a generator to generate second image information indicating a second image including an auxiliary image teaching association between the specific image located at the second position and the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kensuke Ueda, Nobutaka Matsushima
  • Patent number: 12200704
    Abstract: A terminal is disclosed including a receiver that receives a first information regarding a first number of slots for use in transmission of an uplink control channel, and a second information regarding a second number of slots for use in transmission of an uplink shared channel; and a processor that controls so as not to perform the transmission of the uplink shared channel in at least one slot in which overlapping occurs, when both the first number of slots for use in transmission of the uplink control channel and the second number of slots for use in transmission of the uplink shared channel are two or more, and if the transmission of the uplink shared channel and the transmission of the uplink control channel overlap in the at least one slot. In other aspects, a radio communication method and a base station are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Patent number: 12199901
    Abstract: A terminal can use a high frequency band having a higher frequency than a certain frequency band including one or more frequency ranges. When using the high frequency band, the terminal extends a range of SSB than that when using the certain frequency band and receives the SSB of which the SSB has been extended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Shohei Yoshioka, Satoshi Nagata
  • Patent number: 12199723
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) in communication with a base station (BS) is disclosed that includes a receiver that receives Channel State Information (CSI)-Reference Signals (RSs) from the BS, a processor that generates CSI based on the CSI-RS and performs CSI omission, and a transmitter that transmits, to the BS, CSI reports including the CSI where one or more linear combination (LC) coefficients are omitted based on the CSI omission. Further, in the CSI omission, the processor prioritizes LC coefficients based on a predetermined priority rule and the processor also determines the omitted one or more LC coefficients based on the prioritized LC coefficients. In other aspects, a method for a UE and a wireless communication system are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Nadisanka Rupasinghe, Shohei Yoshioka, Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata
  • Patent number: 12200721
    Abstract: A user terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives information indicating or activating one of a plurality of sets, each of the plurality of sets containing a plurality of time offsets between a time unit receiving downlink control information and a time unit receiving a downlink shared channel scheduled by way of the downlink control information or transmitting an uplink shared channel scheduled by way of the downlink control information, and a control section that controls falling into a sleep state based on the set indicated or activated by the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Patent number: 12200530
    Abstract: A terminal includes a receiving unit that receives a block and a reference signal that is for measuring a channel state, wherein the block includes a synchronization signal and system information; and a control unit that measures L1-SINR (Layer1 Signal to interference plus noise power ratio) based on the block including the synchronization signal and the system information, the reference signal for measuring the channel state, and measurement using a resource for measuring interference, wherein the control unit determines a period of measurement of the L1-SINR based on a configuration of the resource for measuring the interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuichi Kakishima, Takuma Takada
  • Publication number: 20250016868
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that, when a separate Transmission Configuration Indication (TCI) state is applied to each of a downlink (DL) and an uplink (UL), receives a specific configuration for enabling or disabling initiation of activation of the TCI state of at least one of the UL and the DL by a UE, and a control section that initiates activation of the TCI state. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, an appropriate TCI state can be activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Jing Wang, Lan Chen
  • Publication number: 20250016704
    Abstract: A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a transmitting section that transmits a positioning preamble; a receiving section that receives information related to timing advance for uplink transmission with a base station determined based on the positioning preamble; and a control section that controls, based on the information, uplink transmission to the base station. An aspect of the present disclosure allows positioning at a preferable timing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Tomoya Ohara, Hiroki Harada, Daisuke Kurita, Mayuko Okano, Masaya Okamura
  • Publication number: 20250016793
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a receiving section configured to receive a configuration of a sounding reference signal (SRS) resource set on a second cell, and to receive, in a first cell, downlink control information indicating triggering of the SRS resource set; and a control section configured to determine, based on the SRS resource set and the downlink control information, a timing of transmission of a sounding reference signal (SRS) based on the SRS resource set. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, SRS triggering can be flexibly controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Naoya Shibalke, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20250016771
    Abstract: A terminal includes: a reception unit configured to receive information indicating a communication direction for each time resource and frequency resource from a base station; and a control unit configured to control a communication to be performed in the communication direction indicated by the information in a case where the information indicating the communication direction is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Shinya Kumagai, Shohei Yoshioka, Masaya Okamura, Mayuko Okano, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20250016678
    Abstract: The present application provides a network energy consumption management system, including: a training unit, which is configured to acquire training data from at least one network node, and use the training data to train an energy consumption management model, so as to obtain a trained energy consumption management model; a prediction unit, which is configured to acquire input data from the at least one network node, and provide the input data for the trained energy consumption management model, so as to obtain output decision data; and an execution unit, which is configured to control the at least one network node to execute an energy conservation operation on the basis of the decision data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Liu Liu, Xufei Zheng, Jing Wang, Yu Jiang, Lan Chen
  • Publication number: 20250015952
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a control section that performs, for transmission of a reference signal for measurement (Sounding Reference Signal (SRS)) of an SRS resource of at least one of a plurality of SRS resources, control of whether to perform transmission or transmission in a different SRS resource, when a time difference between the plurality of SRS resources is smaller than a given value; and a transmitting section that transmits the SRS, based on a result of the control. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to appropriately perform SRS transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Naoya Shibaike, Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20250015963
    Abstract: Even when inter-cell mobility is performed using a plurality of transmission/reception points, communication is appropriately performed. A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives information related to activation of a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state, and a control section that controls monitoring of a downlink control channel related to paging, based on whether or not the TCI state corresponding to a serving cell is included in the TCI state to be activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata
  • Patent number: 12192781
    Abstract: A user terminal includes a receiving section that receives information to be used to determine a set of resource blocks in a given interval in a given band in a carrier, and a control section that determines, as a frequency-domain resource to be assigned to an uplink shared channel or a downlink shared channel, the set determined based on the information. Accordingly, it is possible to appropriately control assignment of frequency-domain resources to an uplink shared channel or downlink shared channel transmitted by interlace transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke Murayama, Hiroki Harada
  • Patent number: 12193032
    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: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang
  • Patent number: 12193034
    Abstract: A terminal includes a reception unit that receives a synchronization signal block in an unlicensed band of a high frequency band higher than or equal to a frequency band of a frequency range 2 (FR2), the FR2 being in a range including a frequency range 1 (FR1) that is a low frequency band and the FR2 that is a high frequency band in a new radio (NR) system; and a control unit that identifies an index of a candidate position for transmitting the synchronization signal block based on a sequence of a demodulation reference signal of a broadcast channel included in the synchronization signal block and a payload of the broadcast channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Daisuke Kurita, Satoshi Nagata, Jing Wang