Patents by Inventor Fangwei Tong

Fangwei Tong 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).

  • Publication number: 20180014347
    Abstract: A communication method according to an embodiment comprises: notifying, by a base station, a radio terminal of a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle; notifying, by a Mobility Management Entity (MME), the radio terminal of an extended DRX cycle longer than the DRX cycle; determining, by the radio terminal, whether or not the base station supports an extend DRX; using, by the radio terminal, the extended DRX cycle to execute an extended DRX operation in an idle mode, in response to determining that the base station supports the extend DRX; and using, by the radio terminal, the DRX cycle to execute a DRX operation without using the extended DRX cycle, in response to determining that the base station does not support the extend DRX.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yushi NAGASAKA, Masato FUJISHIRO, Kugo MORITA, Hiroyuki ADACHI, Fangwei TONG, Shingo KATAGIRI, Chiharu YAMAZAKI, Hiroyuki URABAYASHI, Naohisa MATSUMOTO, Katsuhiro MITSUI
  • Patent number: 9867107
    Abstract: A master evolved Node-B (MeNB) connects to a user terminal together with a secondary evolved Node-B (SeNB) in a dual connectivity scheme. The MeNB includes: transmitter configured to transmit a message to the SeNB via an X2 interface. The message is an SeNB addition request message or an SeNB modification request message. The message includes identification information of a serving gateway connected with the MeNB via an S1 interface. The identification information includes an S1 tunnel endpoint ID (S1-TEID) of the serving gateway or an internet protocol (IP) address of the serving gateway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Fujishiro, Fangwei Tong, Henry Chang
  • Publication number: 20180007624
    Abstract: In a communication control method, user terminal and processor thereof, a user terminal receives a plurality of identifiers of wireless LAN access points and information on a security key to be used in a wireless LAN communication. The user terminal notifies a base station of first information indicating a successful connection, in response to a successful connection to a predetermined wireless LAN access point indicated by an identifier included in the plurality of identifiers. The user terminal also notifies the base station of second information indicating an unsuccessful connection, in response to an unsuccessful connection to all of the wireless LAN access point indicated by the plurality of identifiers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fangwei TONG, Kugo MORITA
  • Publication number: 20170367047
    Abstract: A base station according to a first feature is used in a mobile communication system in which a plurality of functions related to radio communication are specified. The base station includes a receiver that receives processor information related to a load state or an attribute of an processor included in a radio terminal from the radio terminal, a controller that selects at least one function to be executed by the radio terminal on the basis of the processor information, and a transmitter that transmits information indicating the selected function to the radio terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato FUJISHIRO, Henry CHANG, Kugo MORITA, Susumu KASHIWASE, Fangwei TONG, Chiharu YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20170367050
    Abstract: A base station according to one embodiment comprises a transmitter configured to transmit a downlink control channel for a radio terminal to receive, in an idle mode, a paging message; and a controller configured to retransmit a paging message addressed to the radio terminal, if an extended DRX using a second DRX cycle longer than a first DRX cycle is configured to the radio terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yushi NAGASAKA, Shingo KATAGIRI, Masato FUJISHIRO, Kugo MORITA, Fangwei TONG
  • Publication number: 20170353344
    Abstract: A base station 100 in a radio transmission system that performs multicast/broadcast transmission comprises a multiplexing unit 110 configured to multiplex a plurality of types of transmission data transmitted in schemes different in error tolerance; and a transmitter 120 configured to transmit multiplexed data obtained by the multiplexing unit 110, by multicast/broadcast. The plurality of types of transmission data includes basic transmission data transmitted, by the transmitter, in a scheme having a first error tolerance and additional transmission data transmitted, by the transmitter, in a scheme having a second error tolerance lower than the first error tolerance. The additional transmission data is utilized in a terminal 200 by being combined with the basic transmission data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fangwei TONG, Chiharu YAMAZAKI, Kugo MORITA, Masato FUJISHIRO
  • Patent number: 9832803
    Abstract: A user terminal comprises: a receiver configured to: receive first information for a Device to Device (D2D) discovery procedure for discovering a proximity terminal, from a serving cell; and receive second information for the D2D discovery procedure from another cell of another frequency different from a frequency of the serving cell in order to receive a discovery signal by the D2D discovery procedure in the another frequency from another user terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Fujishiro, Chiharu Yamazaki, Kugo Morita, Yushi Nagasaka, Fangwei Tong, Henry Chang
  • Patent number: 9832712
    Abstract: A user terminal according to the present invention is a user terminal in a mobile communication system that supports D2D communication that is direct device-to-device communication. The user terminal comprises: a receiver configured to receive, from a network device, D2D terminal information on another user terminal located around the user terminal, the network apparatus managing a location of the another user terminal that distributes information by the D2D communication; and a controller configured to perform control for discovering the another user terminal, on the basis of the D2D terminal information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Noriyoshi Fukuta, Fangwei Tong, Chiharu Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 9820287
    Abstract: A mobile communication system supports cellular communication in which a data path passes through a core network and D2D communication that is direct device-to-device communication in which the data path does not pass through the core network. The system comprises a communication apparatus that assigns a radio resource to a D2D terminal that performs the D2D communication, wherein the communication apparatus performs assignment determination as to whether a dedicated radio resource not shared with the cellular communication is assigned to the D2D terminal or a shared radio resource shared with the cellular communication is assigned to the D2D terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Fujishiro, Hiroyuki Adachi, Fangwei Tong, Kugo Morita
  • Publication number: 20170318514
    Abstract: A user terminal, user terminal chipset, and method including receiving, from a cellular base station included in a cellular radio access network (RAN), parameters for an offload from the cellular RAN to a wireless local area network (LAN), and performs an access network selection between the cellular RAN and the wireless LAN based on the parameters. Parameters include a first threshold to be compared with a cellular signal strength of the cellular RAN, a second threshold to be compared with a wireless LAN signal strength of the wireless LAN, and a third threshold to be compared with a load of the wireless LAN. Performing the access network selection includes selecting the wireless LAN to perform the offload, in response to the cellular signal strength being lower than the first threshold, the wireless LAN signal strength being higher than the second threshold, and the load being lower than the third threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Henry CHANG, Yushi NAGASAKA, Kugo MORITA, Fangwei TONG, Masato FUJISHIRO, Chiharu YAMAZAKI, Hiroyuki ADACHI, Noriyoshi FUKUTA
  • Publication number: 20170311309
    Abstract: A communication control method comprises: receiving, by a user terminal, from a base station, first information indicating a Device to Device (D2D) frequency available in a D2D discovery procedure for discovering a proximal terminal; and using, by the user terminal, not only the frequency indicated by the first information, but also a frequency not indicated by the first information. The frequency not indicated by the first information is different from the frequency indicated by the first information and is indicated by second information received from another cell different from a cell in which the user terminal exists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato FUJISHIRO, Chiharu YAMAZAKI, Kugo MORITA, Yushi NAGASAKA, Fangwei TONG, Henry CHANG
  • Publication number: 20170311146
    Abstract: A communication control method comprises transmitting, by a user terminal to a base station, a message including information, where the information indicates a frequency used for receiving a discovery signal from another user terminal in a discovery procedure for discovering a proximal terminal. The communication control method further comprises notifying, by the user terminal, the base station of a resource used in the discovery procedure and included in system information of a cell different from a serving cell of the user terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato FUJISHIRO, Chiharu YAMAZAKI, Kugo MORITA, Yushi NAGASAKA, Fangwei TONG, Henry CHANG
  • Publication number: 20170311347
    Abstract: A communication method comprises a communication apparatus managing a serving cell of a user terminal and broadcasting to the user terminal system information for Device to Device (D2D) proximity service using a frequency of the serving cell. The user terminal performing a discovery procedure to discover another user terminal on a basis of the system information, which includes first information that indicates an available frequency for the discovery procedure different from the frequency of the serving cell and related to a center frequency of a frequency band of the available frequency, second information that indicates at least one parameter for calculating transmission power for the discovery procedure, third information that indicates a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) identifier for the available frequency, and fourth information that indicates number of times of re-transmissions of a discovery signal to be re-transmitted by one user terminal in the discovery procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato FUJISHIRO, Chiharu YAMAZAKI, Kugo MORITA, Yushi NAGASAKA, Fangwei TONG, Henry CHANG
  • Patent number: 9794897
    Abstract: A first base station is configured to be connected with a second base station via an X2 interface. The first base station includes: a controller containing at least one processor and at least one memory, and configured to execute processes of transmitting a message, which includes a first identifier, coverage state information, and a second identifier, to the second base station before modifying a coverage of the first cell, the first identifier identifying the first cell, the coverage state information indicating that a state of the coverage after modification of the coverage, the second identifier identifying a second cell for compensating at least part of the coverage of the first cell; and modifying the coverage of the first cell after transmitting the message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Mitsui, Masato Fujishiro, Kugo Morita, Fangwei Tong, Chiharu Yamazaki, Yushi Nagasaka
  • Patent number: 9781666
    Abstract: A communication control method for linking a cellular communication system with a wireless LAN system comprises: in a cellular base station, a step of storing location information of a wireless LAN access point; a step of acquiring location information of a user terminal connected to the cellular base station; a step of determining, on the basis of the respective location information of the wireless LAN access point and the user terminal, whether or not the user terminal is connected to the wireless LAN access point; and a step of transmitting a scan instruction for the wireless LAN access point to the user terminal when it is determined that the user terminal is connected to the wireless LAN access point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Fangwei Tong, Kugo Morita
  • Publication number: 20170273121
    Abstract: A mobile communication system, which supports D2D communication that is direct device to device communication, comprises: a user terminal that transmits a discovery signal that is used for discovering a communication partner terminal in the D2D communication, wherein the user terminal transmits the discovery signal when the user terminal accepts start of communication and the user terminal has difficulty to establish a connection with a base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Fangwei TONG, Chiharu YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 9749922
    Abstract: A communication control method is a method for performing an offload from a cellular RAN to a wireless LAN. The communication control method includes the steps of: transmitting a list which contains identifiers of wireless LAN access points included in the wireless LAN, by a cellular base station included in the cellular RAN; receiving the list, by a user terminal which has a cellular communication unit and a wireless LAN communication unit; and performing an operation related to the offload after detecting that the user terminal approaches a wireless LAN access point on the basis of the list, by the user terminal which exists in a cell of the cellular base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Henry Chang, Yushi Nagasaka, Kugo Morita, Fangwei Tong, Masato Fujishiro, Chiharu Yamazaki, Hiroyuki Adachi, Noriyoshi Fukuta
  • Patent number: 9743427
    Abstract: A communication method comprises: broadcasting, from a communication apparatus to a user terminal, system information for Device to Device (D2D) proximity service, by use of a frequency of a serving cell of the user terminal, the communication apparatus managing the serving cell. The system information includes first information and second information. The first information indicates an available frequency for a discovery procedure in which the user terminal discovers another user terminal. The second information indicates at least one parameter for calculating transmission power for the discovery procedure. The available frequency for the discovery procedure is a frequency different from the frequency of the serving cell. The first information is related to a center frequency of a frequency band of the available frequency for the discovery procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Fujishiro, Chiharu Yamazaki, Kugo Morita, Yushi Nagasaka, Fangwei Tong, Henry Chang
  • Patent number: 9735848
    Abstract: A mobile communication system performs downlink multi-antenna transmission by applying a precoder matrix that defines transmission directionality of downlink and a rank that defines number of signal sequences of the downlink. The mobile communication system comprises a user terminal that feeds back feedback information of a target frequency band, to a base station. The feedback information includes combinations of precoder matrix information indicating the precoder matrix and rank information indicating the rank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Saiwai, Chiharu Yamazaki, Kugo Morita, Fangwei Tong, Atsuhisa Inakoshi, Masato Fujishiro
  • Patent number: 9716994
    Abstract: A communication control method comprises: transmitting, by a user terminal to a base station, a message including information notifying the base station of the user terminal having an interest in receiving a discovery signal in a discovery procedure for discovering a proximal terminal, and information of a frequency in the discovery procedure, when the user terminal has an interest in the discovery procedure. The user terminal notifies the base station of a request for a gap for receiving the discovery signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Fujishiro, Chiharu Yamazaki, Kugo Morita, Yushi Nagasaka, Fangwei Tong, Henry Chang