Patents by Inventor Ayako Horiuchi

Ayako Horiuchi 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: 12052642
    Abstract: In a base station, control circuitry determines, based on an offset for defining a frequency position of a narrowband allocated to an MPDCCH and a resource block group size of a system band, allocations of a first EPDCCH set and a second EPDCCH set that constitute the MPDCCH. The MPDCCH is a PDCCH for MTC. The second EPDCCH set has a different number of PRBs from the first EPDCCH set. A transmitter transmits a control signal according to the allocations of the first EPDCCH set and the second EPDCCH set. Further, the control circuitry controls a number of RBGs in which both the first EPDCCH set and the second EPDCCH set are allocated to be zeto or one.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Ayako Horiuchi, Hidetoshi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20240243856
    Abstract: Provided is a base station that performs feedback with regard to data transmission. The base station includes a downlink feedback information (DFI) generation unit and a transmitter. On the basis of a resource allocation configuration that was configured by a terminal, the DFI generation unit determines a transmission method for feedback information that includes a response signal regarding uplink data. The transmitter transmits the feedback information on the basis of the transmission method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Tomoya NUNOME, Takashi IWAI, Hidetoshi SUZUKI, Ayako HORIUCHI, Yoshihiko OGAWA
  • Patent number: 12035292
    Abstract: In an operation in a license-exempt band (unlicensed band), the present invention contributes to the provision of a mobile station, a base station, a transmission method and a receiving method which suitably transmit and receive a signal. The mobile station 200 includes: a transmission unit 205 which transmits an uplink signal; and a control unit 201 which, when a first number indicating a first resource amount that can be used in the transmission of the uplink signal includes a third number, which is different from a specific second number, as a prime factor, controls the transmission of a signal of a fourth number that does not include the third number as the prime factor by using a second resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Shotaro Maki, Ayako Horiuchi, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Yoshihiko Ogawa, Yihui Li, Madhav Gupta
  • Patent number: 12028279
    Abstract: Disclosed is a base station apparatus in which a configuration section (102) configures, within a data assignable region for a terminal apparatus (200), a first search space and a second search space each being a candidate to which control information is assigned, each of the first search space and the second search space including a plurality of control channel elements, and a signal assignment section (105) assigns control information to each of the first search space and the second search space. In addition, the configuration section (102) allocates numbers to a plurality of first control channel elements included in the first search space in an ascending order, and allocates numbers larger than or identical with the numbers allocated to the first control channel elements to a plurality of second control channel elements included in the second search space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Sun Patent Trust
    Inventors: Ayako Horiuchi, Kazuki Takeda
  • Patent number: 12028283
    Abstract: A base station capable of appropriately transmitting a reference signal in an unlicensed band and a reception quality report measured using said reference signal. A control unit (102) of a base station (100) changes: the reference signal transmission timing which was set before carrier sensing on the basis of a time resource set according to carrier sensing results; and/or the report timing of the quality information measured in a terminal 200 using the reference signal. A transmission unit (108) and a receiving unit (109) communicate the reference signal or quality information on the basis of the changed timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Naoya Shibaike, Hidetoshi Suzuki, Ayako Horiuchi, Ankit Bhamri
  • Patent number: 12021764
    Abstract: Disclosed is a transmission apparatus capable of properly performing cross carrier scheduling in ePDCCHs. In this apparatus, when communication is performed using a plurality of component carriers (CCs), configuration section 102 configures a first search space as a candidate to which control information for a first CC is assigned and a second search space as a candidate to which control information for a second CC other than the first CC among the plurality of CCs is assigned, within a same allocation unit group among a plurality of allocation unit groups included in a data-assignable region within the first CC, and transmission section 106 transmits control information mapped to the first search space and control information mapped to the second search space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Sun Patent Trust
    Inventors: Ayako Horiuchi, Akihiko Nishio
  • Patent number: 12021793
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes circuitry that determines a number of resource blocks forming a resource block group, which is a unit used to allocate a resource to the communication apparatus, in a first band or in a second band that is an expanded band to which the first band is expanded, and a subcarrier spacing for the second band is same or different from a subcarrier spacing for the first band; and a transceiver that is coupled to the circuitry and that communicates with a base station using the resource. One of the number of resource blocks set for the first band and the number of resource blocks set for the second band is an integer multiple of the other, and the number of resource blocks set for the first band and the number of resource blocks set for the second band are values that are a power of two.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Tetsuya Yamamoto, Alexander Golitschek Edler Von Elbwart, Lilei Wang, Ayako Horiuchi, Hidetoshi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20240205270
    Abstract: A UE includes an EUTRA-CMR reception unit that receives a codec mode request (EUTRA-CMR) including a codec mode that is determined by an eNB in accordance with a radio condition of the UE, a mode switching notification unit that notifies an encoder of switching to the codec mode included in the received codec mode request; and a mode switching acknowledgement unit that transmits a response message to the eNB when confirming that the encoder switches the codec mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: TAKAKO HORI, PRATEEK BASU MALLICK, HIDETOSHI SUZUKI, AYAKO HORIUCHI, JOACHIM LOEHR
  • Publication number: 20240204962
    Abstract: UEs each monitor a search space in multiple CORSETs and appropriately detect a DCI. In a base station (100), a DCI generator (102) selects one of multiple cases each indicating a combination of CORSETs to be monitored by a terminal (200) among multiple control channel regions (CORSETs). A transmitter (106) indicates, by higher-layer signaling, configuration information indicating the multiple cases, and indicates the selected case by dynamic signaling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2024
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Ayako HORIUCHI, Hidetoshi SUZUKI, Lilei WANG
  • Patent number: 12015512
    Abstract: A repetition unit (212) performs a repetition for mapping a data signal and a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) repeatedly at a symbol level over a plurality of subframes. A signal allocation unit (213) maps, in the a plurality of subframes, the repeated DMRS to symbols other than symbols corresponding to an SRS resource candidate, which is a candidate for a resource to which a sounding reference signal (SRS) to be used to measure an uplink received signal quality is to be mapped. A transmission unit (216) transmits an uplink signal (PUSCH) including the DMRS and the data signal over the a plurality of subframes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Tetsuya Yamamoto, Ayako Horiuchi
  • Publication number: 20240196410
    Abstract: A terminal includes a receiver, which, in operation, receives time unit information related to an amount of an uplink time resource per a time unit, and receives a number of repetitions over a plurality of the time units, wherein the time unit includes a downlink time resource for a downlink signal and the uplink time resource for a response signal. The amount of the uplink time resource is expressed as a fixed number of consecutive symbols that remains the same number over the plurality of the time units over which the response signal is repeatedly transmitted. The terminal includes a transmitter, which, in operation, repeatedly transmits the response signal over the plurality of the time units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2024
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Tetsuya YAMAMOTO, Ayako HORIUCHI, Takashi IWAI
  • Patent number: 12010051
    Abstract: A first process (Step 4) of equalizing the sizes of control information between a first format for a first search space and a second format for a second search space and a second process (Procedure B) of equalizing the sizes of control information between a third format and the first format or the second format are carried out in a stepwise manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Ayako Horiuchi, Ankit Bhamri, Hidetoshi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20240187075
    Abstract: Provided are a UE, a scheduling node, and methods for a UE and for a scheduling node. The UE comprises circuitry which, in operation, monitors a first time or frequency resource for a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) on a first beam, and a transceiver which, in operation, receives a signal initiating switching from the first beam to a second beam, wherein the circuitry, in operation, at a timing of switching to the second beam, switches to a second time or frequency resource to be monitored for a second PDCCH on the second beam based on the signal and an indication of the second time or frequency resource, and wherein the first and the second PDCCHs are specific to the UE or to respective groups of UEs comprising the UE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Quan KUANG, Ayako HORIUCHI, Hidetoshi SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20240188102
    Abstract: A communication device according to the present invention comprises a control circuit and a transmission circuit. The control circuit sets a transmission-enabled period in which information for adjusting resource usage between communication devices in sidelink communication can be transmitted, the transmission-enabled period being set on the basis of a processing time until another communication device stops or starts, in response to reception of the information, transmission of a sidelink data channel for which use by a sidelink control channel has been reserved. The transmission circuit transmits the information to the other communication device during the transmission-enabled period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Ayako HORIUCHI, Hidetoshi SUZUKI, Yang KANG
  • Publication number: 20240187136
    Abstract: This base station is provided with: a control circuit which determines information to be set in a signal for notifying a number of data allocations in a retransmission process, on the basis of a setting relating to feedback for the retransmission process; and a transmission circuit for transmitting the information in the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Akihiko NISHIO, Ayako HORIUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240188101
    Abstract: This communication device comprises a control circuit and a transmission circuit. The control circuit determines which of a plurality of communications to be prioritized, that include transmission and/or reception of information to adjust the use of resources between communication devices in side link communication. A communication circuit performs communication in accordance with the determination of the control circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Ayako HORIUCHI, Hidetoshi SUZUKI, Yang KANG
  • Publication number: 20240188061
    Abstract: A terminal is provided with a control circuit for setting a reception frequency resource of a second control signal received after receiving a first control signal in a first frequency resource to a second frequency resource including a frequency resource different from the first frequency resource, and a receiving circuit for receiving a second control signal in the second frequency resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Shotaro MAKI, Ayako HORIUCHI
  • Patent number: 11985639
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to receiving and transmitting data in a frame with subframes of a wireless communication system, each subframe being either an uplink subframe accommodating uplink signal, a downlink subframe accommodating downlink signal or a special subframe including a downlink signal portion as well as an uplink signal portion. A control signal includes a special subframe configuration specifying the length of the uplink and/or downlink portion of the special subframe. The mapping and demapping of user data and/or control data including feedback information in a transmission time interval, TTI, onto or from one subframe is then performed, wherein the length of a second TTI for mapping onto the uplink portion of a special subframe is shorter than a first TTI for mapping onto an uplink subframe, or a first number of TTIs mapped onto the uplink subframe is larger than a second number of TTIs for mapping onto the uplink portion of a special subframe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Alexander Golitschek Edler von Elbwart, Lilei Wang, Ayako Horiuchi
  • Publication number: 20240155632
    Abstract: A communication apparatus has a receiver and a decoder. The receiver receives a control signal including first downlink control information and second downlink control information, and receives decoding area information that indicates whether the extended Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) should be decoded for each of a plurality of terminal apparatuses. The decoder decodes each of a plurality of first mapping candidates in the PDCCH area or decodes each of the plurality of first mapping candidates in the PDCCH area and each of the plurality of second mapping candidates in the extended PDCCH. A number of the second mapping candidates included in the user-specific search space equals to or is more than a number of the first mapping candidates included in the common search space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Yoshiko SAITO, Ayako HORIUCHI, Seigo NAKAO, Akihiko NISHIO, Daichi IMAMURA, Alexander GOLITSCHEK EDLER VON ELBWART, Sujuan FENG
  • Patent number: 11973603
    Abstract: Provided is a base station that performs feedback with regard to data transmission. The base station includes a downlink feedback information (DFI) generation unit and a transmitter. On the basis of a resource allocation configuration that was configured by a terminal, the DFI generation unit determines a transmission method for feedback information that includes a response signal regarding uplink data. The transmitter transmits the feedback information on the basis of the transmission method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Tomoya Nunome, Takashi Iwai, Hidetoshi Suzuki, Ayako Horiuchi, Yoshihiko Ogawa