Patents Assigned to Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
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Publication number: 20230269784Abstract: A method of transmitting data in a telecommunications system comprising a terminal transmitting a first random access request message to the base station in accordance with the first random access procedure for transmitting the data to the base station, the first random access request message comprising at least part of the data and a first preamble; and upon determination that the use of the first random access procedure has been unsuccessful, the terminal transmitting a second random access request message to the base station in accordance with the second random access procedure for transmitting the data to the base station, the second random access request message comprising a second preamble.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2023Publication date: August 24, 2023Applicants: Sony Group Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.Inventors: Brian Alexander MARTIN, Yuxin WEI, Anders BERGGREN, Vivek SHARMA, Hideji WAKABAYASHI
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Publication number: 20230254782Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a user equipment for a mobile telecommunications system includes circuitry including a receiver and a transmitter and which is configured to communicate with a new radio base station and a LTE base station. The circuitry is further configured to indicate a coexistence indication to the new radio base station or to the LTE base station; and receive a power control instruction for controlling power output of the transmitter.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Applicants: Sony Group Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.Inventors: Yuxin WEI, Vivek SHARMA, Anders BERGGREN, Hideji WAKABAYASHI, Shinichiro TSUDA
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Publication number: 20230254195Abstract: To appropriately select a beam used in communication in an environment in which massive-MIMO beamforming is performed, there is provided a base station including: a communication unit configured to form multiple beams and perform communication with a terminal apparatus; and a control unit configured to transmit, to the terminal apparatus, first identification information of a group that is used in communication with the terminal apparatus among the first identification information allocated to groups each of which includes multiple beams to be formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Applicant: Sony Mobile Communications Inc.Inventor: Takashi NAKAYAMA
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Publication number: 20230247505Abstract: A wireless telecommunications system including a terminal device; first infrastructure equipment operable to communicate with the terminal device using a first radio access technology (RAT) and second infrastructure equipment operable to communicate with the terminal device using a second RAT. During a handover procedure for handover from the first infrastructure equipment as a source master infrastructure equipment to a third infrastructure equipment as a target master infrastructure equipment, the second infrastructure equipment is operable to communicate with the third infrastructure equipment using an interface associated with the second RAT so as to allow information necessary for completing the handover to be exchanged between the first infrastructure equipment and the third infrastructure equipment via the second infrastructure equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2023Publication date: August 3, 2023Applicants: Sony Group Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.Inventors: Yuxin WEI, Brian Alexander MARTIN, Anders BERGGREN, Lars NORD
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Publication number: 20230225011Abstract: A base station for transmitting system related information in a mobile telecommunications network. The base station is configured to transmit system information for the cell provided by the base station and to broadcast a version synchronisation signal, wherein the version synchronisation signal provides version information regarding the current version of the system information for the cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2023Publication date: July 13, 2023Applicants: Sony Group Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.Inventors: Shin Horng WONG, Martin Warwick BEALE, Brian Alexander MARTIN, Basuki PRIYANTO, Nafiseh MAZLOUM
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Publication number: 20230217501Abstract: A communications device transmits data in preconfigured resources of an uplink of a wireless communications network by performing a procedure to determine whether the communications device can transmit signals in the preconfigured resources of the uplink, and if the communications device determines that it can transmit signals in the preconfigured resources, transmitting signals representing the data in the preconfigured resources. The procedure to determine whether the communications device can transmit signals in the preconfigured resources of the uplink includes a transmission parameter confirmation procedure which confirms that a value of one or more transmission parameters to be used for transmitting the signals representing the data can be used for the signals representing the data to be detected by an infrastructure equipment of the wireless communications network.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2023Publication date: July 6, 2023Applicants: Sony Group Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.Inventors: Martin Warwick BEALE, Shin Horng WONG, Basuki PRIYANTO
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Publication number: 20230195192Abstract: The present disclosure provides novel and improved information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program with which it is easy for a user to predict a future remaining battery amount. According to the present disclosure, there is provided an information processing apparatus including a control unit that performs control to calculate a future prediction value of remaining battery amount on the basis of a use history of an information processing apparatus by a user and to present prediction value related information related to the prediction value to the user. According to the present disclosure, the user can easily predict the future remaining battery amount. Note that the effects described above are not necessarily limitative. With or in the place of the above effects, there may be achieved any one of the effects described in this specification or other effects that may be grasped from this specification.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2023Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicants: Sony Mobile Communications Inc., Sony Group CorporationInventors: Tomoo MIZUKAMI, Noriaki SAKAMOTO, Tomonobu TSUJIKAWA, Shota KAWARAZAKI, Ryo NAKAGAWA, Yoshiyuki KOBAYASHI
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Patent number: 11678404Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a user equipment for a mobile telecommunications system, which has a circuitry configured to communicate with a new radio base station and a LTE base station. The circuitry is further configured to: perform simultaneous uplink communication with the LTE base station and the new radio base station; detect an overheating situation; and transmit capability information in response to detecting the overheating situation.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2018Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.Inventors: Vivek Sharma, Yuxin Wei, Anders Berggren, Hideji Wakabayashi, Shinichiro Tsuda
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Patent number: 11671302Abstract: To appropriately select a beam used in communication in an environment in which massive-MIMO beamforming is performed, there is provided a base station including: a communication unit configured to form multiple beams and perform communication with a terminal apparatus; and a control unit configured to transmit, to the terminal apparatus, first identification information of a group that is used in communication with the terminal apparatus among the first identification information allocated to groups each of which includes multiple beams to be formed.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.Inventor: Takashi Nakayama
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Patent number: 11653314Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a user equipment for a mobile telecommunications system includes circuitry including a receiver and a transmitter and which is configured to communicate with a new radio base station and a LTE base station. The circuitry is further configured to indicate a co-existence indication to the new radio base station or to the LTE base station; and receive a power control instruction for controlling power output of the transmitter.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignees: SONY GROUP CORPORATION, SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.Inventors: Yuxin Wei, Vivek Sharma, Anders Berggren, Hideji Wakabayashi, Shinichiro Tsuda
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Patent number: 11653390Abstract: A method of transmitting data in a telecommunications system comprising a terminal transmitting a first random access request message to the base station in accordance with the first random access procedure for transmitting the data to the base station, the first random access request message comprising at least part of the data and a first preamble; and upon determination that the use of the first random access procedure has been unsuccessful, the terminal transmitting a second random access request message to the base station in accordance with the second random access procedure for transmitting the data to the base station, the second random access request message comprising a second preamble.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignees: SONY GROUP CORPORATION, SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.Inventors: Brian Alexander Martin, Yuxin Wei, Anders Berggren, Vivek Sharma, Hideji Wakabayashi
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Patent number: 11632825Abstract: A base station for transmitting system related information in a mobile telecommunications network. The base station is configured to transmit system information for the cell provided by the base station and to broadcast a version synchronisation signal, wherein the version synchronisation signal provides version information regarding the current version of the system information for the cell.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.Inventors: Shin Horng Wong, Martin Warwick Beale, Brian Alexander Martin, Basuki Priyanto, Nafiseh Mazloum
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Patent number: 11632806Abstract: A communications device transmits data in preconfigured resources of an uplink of a wireless communications network by performing a procedure to determine whether the communications device can transmit signals in the preconfigured resources of the uplink, and if the communications device determines that it can transmit signals in the preconfigured resources, transmitting signals representing the data in the preconfigured resources. The procedure to determine whether the communications device can transmit signals in the preconfigured resources of the uplink includes a transmission parameter confirmation procedure which confirms that a value of one or more transmission parameters to be used for transmitting the signals representing the data can be used for the signals representing the data to be detected by an infrastructure equipment of the wireless communications network.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2019Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, INCInventors: Martin Warwick Beale, Shin Horng Wong, Basuki Priyanto
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Patent number: 11627509Abstract: A wireless telecommunications system including a terminal device; first infrastructure equipment operable to communicate with the terminal device using a first radio access technology (RAT) and second infrastructure equipment operable to communicate with the terminal device using a second RAT. During a handover procedure for handover from the first infrastructure equipment as a source master infrastructure equipment to a third infrastructure equipment as a target master infrastructure equipment, the second infrastructure equipment is operable to communicate with the third infrastructure equipment using an interface associated with the second RAT so as to allow information necessary for completing the handover to be exchanged between the first infrastructure equipment and the third infrastructure equipment via the second infrastructure equipment.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.Inventors: Yuxin Wei, Brian Alexander Martin, Anders Berggren, Lars Nord
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Publication number: 20230098489Abstract: A method of operating a terminal device to communicate with a network infrastructure equipment in a wireless telecommunications system using radio resources comprising a narrowband carrier supported within a wider system frequency bandwidth of the wireless telecommunications system, wherein the method comprises: establishing initial frequencies for radio resources comprising the narrowband carrier; receiving configuration signalling from the network infrastructure equipment providing an indication of a frequency shift to apply to the initial frequencies for the radio resources comprising the narrowband carrier; establishing shifted frequencies for the radio resources comprising the narrowband carrier by applying the indicated frequency shift to the initial frequencies; and communicating with the network infrastructure equipment using the radio resources for the narrowband carrier with the shifted frequenciesType: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicants: Sony Group Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.Inventors: Shin Horng WONG, Martin Warwick BEALE, Basuki PRIYANTO
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Publication number: 20230086209Abstract: A method of operating a terminal device to establish a radio resource control connection with network infrastructure equipment in a wireless telecommunications network, wherein the terminal device is associated with a previously-allocated temporary identifier that identifies the terminal device within the wireless telecommunications network; the method comprising: transmitting a first message to the network infrastructure equipment comprising an indication of a first portion of the temporary identifier; and transmitting a second message, which is separate from the first message, to the network infrastructure equipment comprising an indication of a second portion of the temporary identifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Applicants: Sony Group Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.Inventors: Vivek SHARMA, Svante ALNÅS, Lars NORD, Hideji WAKABAYASHI, Anders BERGGREN, Yuxin WEI
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Patent number: 11609621Abstract: The present disclosure provides novel and improved information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program with which it is easy for a user to predict a future remaining battery amount. According to the present disclosure, there is provided an information processing apparatus including a control unit that performs control to calculate a future prediction value of remaining battery amount on the basis of a use history of an information processing apparatus by a user and to present prediction value related information related to the prediction value to the user. According to the present disclosure, the user can easily predict the future remaining battery amount. Note that the effects described above are not necessarily limitative. With or in the place of the above effects, there may be achieved any one of the effects described in this specification or other effects that may be grasped from this specification.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2021Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignees: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC., SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoo Mizukami, Noriaki Sakamoto, Tomonobu Tsujikawa, Shota Kawarazaki, Ryo Nakagawa, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi
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Patent number: 11581920Abstract: A method of configuring a multichannel uplink transmission (199) comprising multiple channels (151, 152, 159, 451, 452) between a wireless communication device (102) and multiple receive panels (1013-1, 1013-2) of at least one network node (101) is provided. The multiple receive panels (1013-1, 1013-2) and the at least one network node (101) are connected via backhaul links (1018-1, 1018-2). The method is carried out by the wireless communication device (102). The method comprises receiving, from the at least one network node (101), a downlink message encoding control data (4001) for the multichannel uplink transmission (199), the control data (4001) being associated with the backhaul links. The method further comprises configuring the multichannel uplink transmission (199) based on the control data (4001).Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2019Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Sony Mobile Communications Inc.Inventors: Fredrik Rusek, Erik Bengtsson, Olof Zander
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Publication number: 20230044137Abstract: Embodiments of the present technique can provide a mobile device and a method of establishing a connection via a core network by a mobile terminal. The method comprises receiving by the mobile terminal in a first cell an identifier assigned by a node in a first core network of a first type, the identifier comprising an identifier of the node or a group of nodes in the first core network, selecting a second cell in which service via a core network of a second type is available, and determining whether service via a core network of the first type is available from the second cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicants: Sony Group Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.Inventors: Vivek SHARMA, Svante ALNÅS, Lars NORD, Hideji WAKABAYASHI, Anders BERGGREN, Yuxin WEI
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Patent number: 11523392Abstract: A method of operating a terminal device to communicate with a network infrastructure equipment in a wireless telecommunications system using radio resources comprising a narrowband carrier supported within a wider system frequency bandwidth of the wireless telecommunications system, wherein the method comprises: establishing initial frequencies for radio resources comprising the narrowband carrier; receiving configuration signalling from the network infrastructure equipment providing an indication of a frequency shift to apply to the initial frequencies for the radio resources comprising the narrowband carrier; establishing shifted frequencies for the radio resources comprising the narrowband carrier by applying the indicated frequency shift to the initial frequencies; and communicating with the network infrastructure equipment using the radio resources for the narrowband carrier with the shifted frequencies.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2019Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.Inventors: Shin Horng Wong, Martin Warwick Beale, Basuki Priyanto