Patents by Inventor Akinori Hirukawa

Akinori Hirukawa 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: 8989108
    Abstract: In retransmission processing due to a failure of transmission of data packets, a plurality of data packets are simultaneously transmitted between two STAs by utilizing multiple wireless channels and MIMO, and the number of idle channels and the number of retransmission packets are compared. Then, when both of the numbers are different or only when the number of idle channels is larger than the number of retransmission packets, the retransmission packets are reconstructed according to the number of idle channels, and the reconstructed retransmission packets are simultaneously transmitted by using the idle channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Kengo Nagata, Tomoaki Kumagai, Shinya Otsuki, Kazuyoshi Saito, Satoru Aikawa, Atsushi Ohta, Akinori Hirukawa
  • Patent number: 8989219
    Abstract: When a transmission rate of each of lines that transmit data simultaneously between two STAs by using a plurality of radio channels and/or MIMO can be set independently, one data frame is fragmented in accordance with the transmission rates of the respective lines so as to generate a plurality of data packets having the same packet time length and data sizes equal to or smaller than a maximum data size. Those data packets are transmitted simultaneously by using a plurality of radio channels, or one radio channel and MIMO, or a plurality of radio channels and MIMO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Kengo Nagata, Tomoaki Kumagai, Shinya Otsuki, Kazuyoshi Saito, Satoru Aikawa, Akinori Hirukawa, Atsushi Ohta
  • Publication number: 20110216728
    Abstract: In retransmission processing due to a failure of transmission of data packets, a plurality of data packets are simultaneously transmitted between two STAs by utilizing multiple wireless channels and MIMO, and the number of idle channels and the number of retransmission packets are compared. Then, when both of the numbers are different or only when the number of idle channels is larger than the number of retransmission packets, the retransmission packets are reconstructed according to the number of idle channels, and the reconstructed retransmission packets are simultaneously transmitted by using the idle channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kengo Nagata, Tomoaki Kumagai, Shinya Otsuki, Kazuyoshi Saito, Satoru Aikawa, Atsushi Ohta, Akinori Hirukawa
  • Publication number: 20110194517
    Abstract: When a transmission rate of each of lines that transmit data simultaneously between two STAs by using a plurality of radio channels and/or MIMO can be set independently, one data frame is fragmented in accordance with the transmission rates of the respective lines so as to generate a plurality of data packets having the same packet time length and data sizes equal to or smaller than a maximum data size. Those data packets are transmitted simultaneously by using a plurality of radio channels, or one radio channel and MIMO, or a plurality of radio channels and MIMO.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kengo Nagata, Tomoaki Kumagai, Shinya Otsuki, Kazuyoshi Saito, Satoru Aikawa, Akinori Hirukawa, Atsushi Ohta
  • Patent number: 7974243
    Abstract: In retransmission processing due to a failure of transmission of data packets, a plurality of data packets are simultaneously transmitted between two STAs by utilizing multiple wireless channels and MIMO, and the number of idle channels and the number of retransmission packets are compared. Then, when both of the numbers are different or only when the number of idle channels is larger than the number of retransmission packets, the retransmission packets are reconstructed according to the number of idle channels, and the reconstructed retransmission packets are simultaneously transmitted by using the idle channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Kengo Nagata, Tomoaki Kumagai, Shinya Otsuki, Kazuyoshi Saito, Satoru Aikawa, Atsushi Ohta, Akinori Hirukawa
  • Patent number: 7953115
    Abstract: When a transmission rate of each of lines that transmit data simultaneously between two STAs by using a plurality of radio channels and/or MIMO can be set independently, one data frame is fragmented in accordance with the transmission rates of the respective lines so as to generate a plurality of data packets having the same packet time length and data sizes equal to or smaller than a maximum data size. Those data packets are transmitted simultaneously by using a plurality of radio channels, or one radio channel and MIMO, or a plurality of radio channels and MIMO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Kengo Nataga, Tomoaki Kumagai, Shinya Otsuki, Kazuyoshi Saito, Satoru Aikawa, Akinori Hirukawa, Atsushi Ohta
  • Patent number: 7813317
    Abstract: Data packets are transmitted between two STAs capable of using plural radio channels and MIMO together, by using idle channels and MIMO. When at least one idle channel has been detected, plural data packets are generated in the same number as the sum of MIMO numbers of the respective idle channels, in which the data packets are generated from one or plural data frames, and plural data packets having the same packet time length are transmitted simultaneously between the two STAs by using the idle channels and MIMO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Kengo Nagata, Tomoaki Kumagai, Shinya Otsuki, Kazuyoshi Saito, Satoru Aikawa, Atsushi Ohta, Akinori Hirukawa, Yasuhiko Inoue
  • Patent number: 7400616
    Abstract: A plurality of data packets that contain sequence numbers, respectively, are transmitted simultaneously between two STAs by using a wireless channel and MIMO. An STA receiving the plurality of data packets transmitted simultaneously by using MIMO generates a single ACK packet containing information that corresponds to a sequence number of each data packet successfully received, and transmits the single ACK packet to a transmit-side STA without using MIMO. Thus, a ratio of successful ACK packet receptions to total receptions can be increased. An effect of improving throughput achieved by simultaneous transmission can also be ensured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Saito, Tomoaki Kumagai, Shinya Otsuki, Kengo Nagata, Satoru Aikawa, Atsushi Ohta, Akinori Hirukawa
  • Publication number: 20060171353
    Abstract: In retransmission processing due to a failure of transmission of data packets, a plurality of data packets are simultaneously transmitted between two STAs by utilizing multiple wireless channels and MIMO, and the number of idle channels and the number of retransmission packets are compared. Then, when both of the numbers are different or only when the number of idle channels is larger than the number of retransmission packets, the retransmission packets are reconstructed according to the number of idle channels, and the reconstructed retransmission packets are simultaneously transmitted by using the idle channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Applicant: NIppon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Kengo Nagata, Tomoaki Kumagai, Shinya Otsuki, Kazuyoshi Saito, Satoru Aikawa, Atsushi Ohta, Akinori Hirukawa
  • Publication number: 20060139201
    Abstract: When a transmission rate of each of lines that transmit data simultaneously between two STAs by using a plurality of radio channels and/or MIMO can be set independently, one data frame is fragmented in accordance with the transmission rates of the respective lines so as to generate a plurality of data packets having the same packet time length and data sizes equal to or smaller than a maximum data size. Those data packets are transmitted simultaneously by using a plurality of radio channels, or one radio channel and MIMO, or a plurality of radio channels and MIMO.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kengo Nagata, Tomoaki Kumagai, Shinya Otsuki, Kazuyoshi Saito, Satoru Aikawa, Akinori Hirukawa, Atsushi Ohta
  • Publication number: 20060087998
    Abstract: A plurality of data packets that contain sequence numbers, respectively, are transmitted simultaneously between two STAs by using a wireless channel and MIMO. An STA receiving the plurality of data packets transmitted simultaneously by using MIMO generates a single ACK packet containing information that corresponds to a sequence number of each data packet successfully received, and transmits the single ACK packet to a transmit-side STA without using MIMO. Thus, a ratio of successful ACK packet receptions to total receptions can be increased. An effect of improving throughput achieved by simultaneous transmission can also be ensured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Publication date: April 27, 2006
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORP.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Saito, Tomoaki Kumagai, Shinya Otsuki, Kengo Nagata, Satoru Aikawa, Atsushi Ohta, Akinori Hirukawa