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: 12684363
    Abstract: A channel access procedure is executed in a second frequency band different from the first frequency band. A radio base station executes a channel access procedure using a single directional reception beam, and transmits a single synchronization signal block in a channel occupancy time after the channel access procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Shinya Kumagai, Naoya Shibaike, Mayuko Okano
  • Patent number: 12684618
    Abstract: A terminal including: a reception unit configured to receive, from a base station apparatus, configuration information of a plurality of search spaces each of which is associated with a control resource set, wherein, between a plurality of control resource sets associated with the plurality of search spaces, values of parameters of a part of a plurality of parameters that each control resource set has are common, and the reception unit monitors a downlink physical control channel using a frequency domain resource designated by all of or a part of the plurality of control resource sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Daisuke Kurita, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang
  • Patent number: 12683735
    Abstract: A terminal comprises: a transmission unit that transmits a reference signal used for a purpose other than a measurement related to a radio resource management; and a control unit that assumes the measurement related to the radio resource management is performed using the reference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Daisuke Kurita, Mayuko Okano, Satoshi Nagata, Masaya Okamura, Tomoya Ohara
  • Patent number: 12677225
    Abstract: A wireless communication node sets a downlink target value of a received power of a downlink from an upper node based on a received power of an uplink from a lower node, and transmits, to the upper node, power control information based on the downlink target value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kurita, Hiroki Harada
  • Publication number: 20260189335
    Abstract: A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a receiving section that receives a pilot signal with sequences generated based on an identification number of a cell; and a control section that controls synchronization processing, demodulation processing, and positioning processing, based on at least part of the sequences of the pilot signal or at least part of resources corresponding to the pilot signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: July 2, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Daiki Takeda, Hiroki Harada, Daisuke Kurita, Naoya Shibaike, Mayuko Okano
  • Publication number: 20260189929
    Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure provides a terminal comprising: a reception unit that receives a beam-based cross-link interference measurement setting; and a transmission unit that transmits a measurement result per beam acquired in accordance with the cross-link interference measurement setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Publication date: July 2, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kurita, Hiroki Harada, Qiping Pi, Jing Wang, Lan Chen
  • Publication number: 20260190096
    Abstract: A terminal includes a transmission unit configured to transmit an uplink signal in a switching system capable of switching bands of a plurality of transmission chains, a reception unit configured to receive a downlink signal designating a band for transmitting the uplink signal, and a control unit configured to perform control to switch a band of a transmission chain among the plurality of transmission chains to the designated band and switch or maintain a band of a remaining transmission chain in a predefined manner if the band designated by the downlink signal is not connected with the plurality of transmission chains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Publication date: July 2, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Takuma Nakamura, Tomoya Ohara, Hiroki Harada
  • Publication number: 20260181624
    Abstract: A terminal includes: a reception unit configured to receive, from a base station, a first signaling including at least information indicating a first cell used for performing multi-carrier scheduling by single control information; and a control unit configured to determine the first cell based on an information element for configuring a serving cell included in the first signaling. The reception unit receives the single control information in the first cell from the base station, and the control unit determines a plurality of scheduled second cells based on the single control information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: June 25, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Mayuko Okano, Shohei Yoshioka, Masaya Okamura
  • Publication number: 20260181643
    Abstract: A terminal includes: a control unit configured to assume that there are a scheduling cell and a scheduled cell in multi-carrier scheduling by single control information; and a reception unit configured to receive the single control information from the scheduling cell. The reception unit receives a plurality of scheduled cells based on the single control information, and, in a case where the plurality of the scheduled cells include an unlicensed frequency cell, the control unit determines an applicable multi-channel access method or determines an applicable operation related to Type 2 HARQ (Hybrid automatic repeat request) codebook.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 25, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Mayuko Okano
  • Patent number: 12659114
    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: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Haruhi Echigo, Hiroki Harada, Daisuke Kurita, Yuki Matsumura, Naoya Shibaike, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20260164413
    Abstract: A radio communication node determines a transmission timing of at least one of a downlink and an uplink, and transmits a control element of a medium access control layer including information on a slot to which the transmission timing determined is applied to the lower node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: June 11, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kurita, Hiroki Harada, Weiqi Sun, Jing Wang, Lan Chen
  • Patent number: 12652148
    Abstract: Provided is a terminal having: a controlling unit configured to determine a subcarrier spacing to be applied to a physical uplink control channel satisfying a bandwidth and map the physical uplink control channel to a physical resource; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the physical resource to a base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2026
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Mayuko Okano, Hiroki Harada, Naoya Shibaike, Shohei Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 12652675
    Abstract: A terminal is disclosed including a receiver that receives downlink control information from a network; and a controller that applies a slot format indicated by the downlink control information to a plurality of component carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2026
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shinya Kumagai, Hiroki Harada, Shohei Yoshioka, Yuki Takahashi, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20260150102
    Abstract: A terminal is disclosed that includes a receiver configured to receive control information from a base station apparatus and a processor configured to obtain a feedback timing indicator value from the control information, and to determine a feedback timing by using the feedback timing indicator value. In other aspects, a base station and feedback method are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2026
    Publication date: May 28, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Masaya Okamura, Hiroki Harada, Tomoya Ohara
  • Patent number: 12641653
    Abstract: In a case of using a different frequency band that is different from a frequency band including one or a plurality of frequency ranges, a terminal sets an initial access channel configured with a smaller number of resource blocks than in a case of using the frequency band. The terminal transmits an initial access signal via the set initial access channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kurita, Hiroki Harada, Tomoya Ohara, Satoshi Nagata
  • Patent number: 12641601
    Abstract: A terminal, as disclosed, includes: a processor that controls a beam used for transmission of a sounding reference signal (SRS) in accordance with presence or absence of a configuration of a spatial domain parameter for the SRS; and a transmitter that transmits the SRS using the beam. The processor respectively uses different beams for a plurality of resources for the SRS when the spatial domain parameter is not configured. Or the processor uses a fixed beam for a plurality of resources for the SRS when the spatial domain parameter is not configured. In other aspects, a communication method and a system are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Satoshi Nagata
  • Patent number: 12634901
    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: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Haruhi Echigo, Hiroki Harada, Daisuke Kurita
  • Patent number: 12634714
    Abstract: A radio communication node is disclosed including a reception section that receives, via a medium access control-control element (MAC CE), a beam indication including a plurality of first fields, a plurality of second fields, and a plurality of third fields, each of the first fields being related to a first beam that is restricted for use in a distributed unit (DU), each of the second fields being related to a mobile termination (MT) serving cell and a DU cell that are associated with the first beam, each of the third fields being related to a second beam that is associated with the first beam and used in the MT; and a control section that controls communication using the beam indication. In other aspects, a communication method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kurita, Hiroki Harada, Weiqi Sun, Jing Wang, Lan Chen
  • Patent number: 12633995
    Abstract: A terminal includes: a reception unit configured to receive information indicating an expected angle of UL-AoA (Uplink Angle of Arrival) from a base station; a control unit configured to determine a beam to be applied to UL-PRS (Positioning Reference Signal), based on the information indicating the expected angle of UL-AoA; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the UL-PRS by applying the determined beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Masaya Okamura, Tomoya Ohara, Hiroki Harada
  • Patent number: 12634861
    Abstract: A wireless node is disclosed including: a control unit for determining whether a mobile termination (MT) is connected to a non-terrestrial network (NTN), and, if the MT is connected to the NTN, deriving a transmission timing for a distributed unit (DU) by a method different from when the MT is not connected to the NTN; and a transmission unit for transmitting a signal to a child node and/or a terminal at the transmission timing for the DU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kurita, Hiroki Harada, Weiqi Sun, Jing Wang, Wenjia Liu, Lan Chen