Patents by Inventor Hiroki Harada

Hiroki Harada 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: 12726998
    Abstract: A terminal includes a receiving unit that receives data in data delivery to a plurality of terminals via a downlink channel, and a control unit that performs specific processing related to the data delivery based on downlink control information for multicast newly defined for the data delivery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Shohei Yoshioka, Hiroki Harada, Satoshi Nagata
  • Patent number: 12726250
    Abstract: A terminal includes: a control unit configured to assume a beam switching gap between a plurality of signals or channels for transmission or reception to be a sufficient time corresponding to a larger subcarrier spacing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Naoya Shibaike, Hiroki Harada, Satoshi Nagata, Qiping Pi, Jing Wang, Lan Chen
  • Patent number: 12726933
    Abstract: A terminal comprises: a reception unit that receives a reference signal used for a purpose other than a measurement related to a position of terminal; and a control unit that performs the measurement related to the position of terminal using the reference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Daisuke Kurita, Mayuko Okano, Satoshi Nagata, Masaya Okamura, Tomoya Ohara
  • Publication number: 20260254496
    Abstract: A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a control section that controls, based on a specific condition, switching between a first method in which a reference signal to be reported is included in a reference signal to be measured, and a second method in which the reference signal to be reported is not included in the reference signal to be measured, and a transmitting section that performs a channel state information report, based on the first method or the second method. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, preferable overhead reduction/channel estimation/resource use can be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: August 27, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Haruhi Echigo, Hiroki Harada, Yuki Matsumura, Naoya Shibaike, Liu Liu
  • Patent number: 12720355
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a control section that determines, in a radio resource control (RRC) connected state, relaxation of at least one of measurement and reporting of channel state information (CSI) on the basis of a given condition, and a transmitting/receiving section that performs at least one of the measurement and reporting to which the relaxation is applied. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to appropriately perform relaxation of measurement/reporting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Mayuko Okano, Hiroki Harada, Daisuke Kurita, Tomoya Ohara, Masaya Okamura
  • Patent number: 12720517
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a receiving section that receives a Radio Resource Control (RRC) information element related to a bandwidth part (BWP) configuration in a duplex method of performing frequency division multiplexing on an uplink (UL) resource and a downlink (DL) resource in one component carrier in a time division duplex (TDD) band; and a control section that controls at least one of configuration, application, activation, and switching of a UL BWP, based on the RRC information element. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to increase resource usage efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Shinya Kumagai, Satoshi Nagata, Jing Wang
  • Patent number: 12720604
    Abstract: A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a control section that determines, based on at least one of terminal identification information, a terminal type, terminal capability information, and information notified from a base station, at least one of a transmission occasion and an index that are available for transmission of a random access preamble; and a transmitting section that transmits the random access preamble.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Tomoya Ohara, Masaya Okamura, Hiroki Harada, Daisuke Kurita, Mayuko Okano
  • Publication number: 20260247136
    Abstract: A terminal includes: a transmitting unit that transmits related information of repeated transmission of a physical uplink control channel in response to a conflict resolution message in a random access procedure; and a control unit that selects at least one piece of information of request information on the repeated transmission, capability information related to the repeated transmission, and information related to reception quality, as the related information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Publication date: August 20, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shohei YOSHIOKA, Hiroki HARADA, Satoshi NAGATA, Jing WANG, Luhua YOU
  • Publication number: 20260247451
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives configuration information related to random access associated with a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) ID included in a specific system information block (SIB), and a control section that controls 2-step random access associated with the PLMN ID, based on the configuration information. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, flexible communication operation can be performed among operators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Publication date: August 20, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Mayuko Okano, Shinya Kumagal
  • Patent number: 12713412
    Abstract: A terminal comprises: a control unit that performs, when a base station configures a broader carrier bandwidth wider than a maximum carrier bandwidth supported by the terminal, a communication capable of using a second number of frequency resource larger than a first number of frequency resource, the first number of frequency resource is available by the base station on an assumption that the terminal uses the broader carrier bandwidth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2026
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Shinya Kumagai, Naoya Shibaike, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20260239444
    Abstract: A terminal includes: a transmission unit configured to perform an uplink transmission in an RRC (Radio Resource Control) inactive state; a control unit configured to expect to receive system information, at least one of: during execution of a data transmission procedure for performing the uplink transmission; before execution of the data transmission procedure; or after execution of the data transmission procedure; and a reception unit configured to receive the system information based on the expectation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: August 13, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Mayuko Okano, Shinya Kumagai, Hiroki Harada
  • Publication number: 20260239246
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives an indication of one or a plurality of candidate cell indices or timing advance group (TAG) IDs for physical random access channel (PRACH) transmission on a physical link downlink control channel (PDCCH), and a control section that controls the PRACH transmission to candidate cell(s) corresponding to the candidate cell index(ices) or the TAG ID(s), based on the indication. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, UL transmission can be appropriately controlled even when the UL transmission can be performed for a plurality of candidate cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Publication date: August 13, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Mamoru Okumura, Yuki Matsumura, Hiroki Harada, Jing Wang
  • Publication number: 20260239443
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives a first downlink control channel (PDCCH) order, a transmitting section that transmits a random access channel (PRACH), based on the first PDCCH order, and a control section that controls, when a random access procedure without monitoring of a response signal (RAR) of the PRACH is configured, at least one of determination of a success or a failure of the PRACH and retransmission of the PRACH, based on whether or not a second PDCCH order or transmission confirmation information is received in certain duration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Publication date: August 13, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Mamoru Okumura, Yuki Matsumura, Hiroki Harada, Jing Wang
  • Publication number: 20260238454
    Abstract: A terminal includes: a control unit configured to determine channel bandwidths that are supported in a specific frequency band; and a communication unit configured to perform communications in the specific frequency band by applying the determined channel bandwidths. The control unit determines the channel bandwidths from a certain frequency width range, determines the channel bandwidths that are less than a certain frequency width, or determines the channel bandwidths that exceed a certain frequency width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Publication date: August 13, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Naoya Shibaike, Hiroki Harada, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20260239367
    Abstract: This communication device comprises: a control unit that, on the basis of a resource set in a first link between a base station and the communication device, controls a transfer operation in a second link used for transfer between the base station and a terminal with the communication device therebetween; and a communication unit that transfers a signal in the second link according to the control by the control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: August 13, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke KURITA, Hiroki HARADA, Weiqi SUN, Jing WANG, Lan CHEN
  • Publication number: 20260239323
    Abstract: A terminal includes: a control unit configured to control a process of reception of frequency-division multiplexed first shared channel and second shared channel; and a reception unit configured to receive the first shared channel and the second shared channel, based on the process of reception. The terminal has a capability of processing a predetermined bandwidth or less per unit time. The control unit controls the process of reception, based on the predetermined bandwidth, a first bandwidth that is allocated to the first shared channel, and a second bandwidth that is allocated to the second shared channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Publication date: August 13, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Mayuko Okano, Shinya Kumagai, Shohei Yoshioka, Hiroki Harada
  • Publication number: 20260239326
    Abstract: A relay device according to one aspect of the present disclosure comprises: a reception unit which receives, from a base station, control information regarding a beam used by the relay device on a communication link for relaying, between the base station and the relay device, communication between the base station and a terminal; and a control unit which determines, on the basis of the control information, the beam used by the relay device. The control information includes one or both of first beam information regarding a first beam used for signal reception from the base station on the communication link and second beam information regarding a second beam used for signal transmission to the base station on the communication link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Publication date: August 13, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke KURITA, Hiroki HARADA, Weiqi SUN, Jing WANG, Lan CHEN
  • Publication number: 20260231096
    Abstract: A terminal includes: a control unit configured to measure a plurality of indicator values each indicating a line-of-sight state; and a transmission unit configured to select, on the basis of quality related to the indicator values, one or more of the plurality of indicator values measured by the control unit, and to report the selected one or more indicator values to a network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 6, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kousuke Shima, Dakiki Takeda, Masaya Okamura, Hiroki Harada, Daisuke Kurita, Mayuko Okano
  • Publication number: 20260230803
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives information related to an identifier (ID) of a model, and a control section that determines the model corresponding to the ID of the model, based on the information. The information includes the ID of the model and an ID related to an area or a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN). According to one aspect of the present disclosure, preferable overhead reduction/channel estimation/resource use can be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Publication date: August 6, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Haruhi Echigo, Hiroki Harada, Liu Liu, Qiping Pi, Luhua You
  • Publication number: 20260222131
    Abstract: A terminal includes: a reception unit configured to receive a downlink shared channel that carries a random access response from a base station; a control unit configured to determine a resource of an uplink shared channel that carries an Msg3, based on a resource allocation included in the random access response; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the uplink shared channel by using the determined resource of the uplink shared channel to the base station. The control unit expects that a minimum time between a last symbol of the downlink shared channel and a first symbol of the uplink shared channel is to be longer than the minimum time that is expected by a terminal that is not a capability reduced terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: July 30, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Mayuko Okano, Shinya Kumaga, Hiroki Harada