Patents by Inventor Haruhi Echigo

Haruhi Echigo 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: 20240292383
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a control section that determines, for each of a plurality of different transport blocks (TBs), the number of layers corresponding to the TB and controls association between each of the plurality of TBs and a layer; and a transmitting section that transmits, by using one or more layers, each of the plurality of different TBs in a same time resource and frequency resource. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, power control per layer/port can be appropriately performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Naoya Shibaike, Yuki Matsumura, Haruhi Echigo, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240284193
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a receiving section that receives a synchronization signal block including a first signal and a second signal; and a control section that controls the reception of the synchronization signal block by assuming that a first beam used for the first signal is different from a second beam used for the second signal. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, coverage can be improved by taking account of overhead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Naoya Shibaike, Hiroki Harada, Haruhi Echigo, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240283559
    Abstract: This terminal includes: a reception unit that receives a response message in a random access channel procedure; and a control unit that, on the basis of information contained in uplink permission contained in the response message, determines the number of uplink signal repetitions scheduled in the uplink permission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Haruhi Echigo, Hiroki Harada, Daisuke Kurita
  • Publication number: 20240283570
    Abstract: A terminal is disclosed including a control section that determines a starting position of bit selection in a first bit sequence based on a redundancy version and determines a starting position of bit selection in an n-th bit sequence based on a last bit of an n?1-th bit sequence, the first bit sequence being transmitted in a first slot within N slots allocated for a transmission method of transmitting a transmission block over a plurality of slots, the n-th bit sequence being transmitted in an n-th slot except for the first slot within the N slots, the n?1-th bit sequence being transmitted in an n?1-th slot within the N slots, n being an integer of two or more and N or less; and a transmission section that transmits the first bit sequence in the first slot and transmits the n-th bit sequence in the n-th slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Haruhi Echigo, Daisuke Kurita, Hiroki Harada
  • Publication number: 20240259880
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a control section that performs control to apply different modulation and coding schemes (MCSs) to a plurality of layers; and a transmitting section that applies the different MCSs to transmit uplink shared channels of the plurality of layers. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to appropriately perform power/MCS control per layer/port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2021
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Haruhi Echigo, Yuki Matsumura, Naoya Shibaike, Hiroki Harada, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240244667
    Abstract: A terminal repeatedly transmits a message in a random access channel procedure, and configures a random access resource according to whether the repeated transmission is present, based on configuration of a radio resource control layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Haruhi Echigo, Daisuke Kurita, Hiroki Harada
  • Publication number: 20240244592
    Abstract: A terminal allocates a physical uplink shared channel across multiple slots and transmits the data series via the physical uplink shared channel. The terminal performs rate matching for each data series transmitted in a specific time region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Haruhi Echigo, Daisuke Kurita, Hiroki Harada
  • Publication number: 20240243803
    Abstract: The radio relay device receives control information from a radio base station. The radio relay device controls based on the control information, the relay state of at least a beam in relaying radio waves from a radio base station or a terminal without signal interpretation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Haruhi Echigo, Shohei Yoshioka, Shinya Kumagai, Daisuke Kurita, Yuki Takahashi, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240187186
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), and a control section that performs, by using a machine learning model trained based on first configuration of the CSI-RS, control of performing prediction based on second configuration of the CSI-RS. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, high-accuracy channel estimation, high-efficiency use of resources, and the like can be implemented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Haruhi Echigo, Hiroki Harada, Daisuke Kurita, Yuki Matsumura, Naoya Shibaike, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240179770
    Abstract: A radio communication node includes a connection unit capable of connecting with multiple radio communication nodes having a same or different function or role, and controls connection performed by the connection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kurita, Haruhi Echigo, Shohei Yoshioka, Shinya Kumagai, Yuki Takahashi, Yuki Hokazono, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240179688
    Abstract: A terminal receives control information indicating allocation of a physical uplink shared channel in a time domain and allocates the physical uplink shared channel across multiple slots. Based on the control information, the terminal determines a transport block to be transmitted over the physical uplink shared channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Haruhi Echigo, Hiroki Harada, Daisuke Kurita
  • Publication number: 20240171257
    Abstract: The radio relay device controls a relay state when a radio wave from a radio base station or a terminal is relayed without signal interpretation. The radio relay device transmits or receives a signal related to detection or identification to/from the radio base station or the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shohei Yoshioka, Haruhi Echigo, Shinya Kumagai, Yuki Takahashi, Daisuke Kurita, Yuki Hokazono, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240129838
    Abstract: A communication device includes: a transmission unit configured to transmit a connection request to a first communication device; a reception unit configured to receive a connection permission from the first communication device; and a control unit configured to establish a first connection to the first communication device. The control unit controls a communication of a second communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shinya Kumagai, Shohei Yoshioka, Haruhi Echigo, Yuki Hokazono, Yuki Takahashi, Daisuke Kurita, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240129836
    Abstract: A communication device includes: a transmission unit configured to transmit a connection request to a first communication device; a reception unit configured to receive connection permission from the first communication device; and a control unit configured to establish a first connection to the first communication device. The control unit controls a communication of a second communication device, and the reception unit receives recommendation information related to installation of the device itself from the first communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shohei Yoshioka, Shinya Kumagai, Daisuke Kurita, Yuki Takahashi, Haruhi Echigo, Yuki Hokazono, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240129961
    Abstract: A communication device includes: a transmission unit configured to transmit a connection request to a first communication device; a reception unit configured to receive connection permission from the first communication device; and a control unit configured to establish a first connection to the first communication device. The control unit controls a communication of a second communication device, and the transmission unit transmits information related to control of the second communication device to the first communication device in a case where the connection to the first communication device is established.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shinya Kumagai, Shohei Yoshioka, Haruhi Echigo, Yuki Hokazono, Yuki Takahashi, Daisuke Kurita, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240121833
    Abstract: A communication device includes: a transmission unit configured to transmit a connection request to a first communication device; a reception unit configured to receive a connection permission from the first communication device; and a control unit configured to establish a first connection to the first communication device. The control unit controls a communication of a second communication device and performs a communication with the second communication device, and the second communication device performs a communication with a third communication device that includes: a transmission unit that transmits a connection request to the first communication device; a reception unit that receives a connection permission from the first communication device; and a control unit that establishes a first connection with the first communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shohei Yoshioka, Shinya Kumagai, Daisuke Kurita, Yuki Takahashi, Haruhi Echigo, Yuki Hokazono, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240098799
    Abstract: A terminal includes a receiver configured to receive system information including information pertaining to random access procedures from the base station; a controller configured to select the resources to be used for random access based on the information pertaining to the random access procedure and a device type of the terminal acting as a reference terminal; and a transmitter configured to transmit a random access preamble to the base station using the selected resource, wherein the device type of the reference terminal is a reduced-function terminal type or an enhanced-coverage terminal type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shinya Kumagai, Haruhi Echigo, Daisuke Kurita, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240089955
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives information related to a transmission path for at least a part of UL data; and a control section that determines at least one of a transmission method of the UL data and a second terminal other than the terminal, the second terminal being notified of at least the part of the UL data, based on at least one of the information related to the transmission path and downlink control information used for scheduling of the UL data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Haruhi Echigo, Naoya Shibaike
  • Publication number: 20240064732
    Abstract: A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a transmitting section that transmits a sounding reference signal; a receiving section that receives information related to schedule; and a control section that performs control to perform UL transmission in cooperation with another terminal, based on the information related to the schedule. An antenna port to be used for transmission of the sounding reference signal and an antenna port to be used for transmission of the UL transmission are associated with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Naoya Shibaike, Haruhi Echigo
  • Publication number: 20240063972
    Abstract: A radio base station receives the uplink channel and performs channel estimation of the uplink channel allocated across the plurality of slots by using the demodulation reference signal allocated to the plurality of consecutive slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Haruhi Echigo, Daisuke Kurita, Hiroki Harada