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).

  • Publication number: 20240305354
    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: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Masaya Okamura, Tomoya Ohara, Hiroki Harada
  • Publication number: 20240305424
    Abstract: A terminal comprises: a reception unit that receives a reference signal used for a purpose other than a measurement related to a reception quality in a physical layer; and a control unit that performs the measurement related to the reception quality in the physical layer using the reference signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Daisuke Kurita, Mayuko Okano, Satoshi Nagata, Masaya Okamura, Tomoya Ohara
  • Publication number: 20240305436
    Abstract: A terminal includes: a reception unit configured to receive: a block including a synchronization signal and a broadcast channel; a control channel carrying control information; and a shared channel carrying system information, based on the control information; and a control unit configured to perform an initial access, based on the system information. The block is arranged in all of consecutive slots in a period in a case where a subcarrier spacing is applied in a frequency band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Naoya Shibaike, Hiroki Harada, Satoshi Nagata, Qiping Pi
  • Publication number: 20240305352
    Abstract: A terminal comprises: a reception unit that receives a reference signal used for a purpose other than a beam failure detection; and a control unit that performs a measurement related to the beam failure detection using the reference signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Daisuke Kurita, Mayuko Okano, Satoshi Nagata, Masaya Okamura, Tomoya Ohara
  • Publication number: 20240306153
    Abstract: A terminal receives a message of a radio resource control layer and assumes the number of repetitions per resource or format of a physical uplink control channel based on the received message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kurita, Hiroki Harada
  • Patent number: 12089172
    Abstract: A user terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS), and a control section that determines whether to control transmission and reception of data at timing to measure the CSI-RS based on whether the control section is able to assume a synchronous environment. According to the aspect of the present disclosure, even when a measurement other than SSB measurement is performed, it is possible to appropriately control transmission and reception of data simultaneously with the measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventor: Hiroki Harada
  • Patent number: 12088515
    Abstract: A user equipment executes carrier aggregation using a plurality of component carriers allocated in a predetermined band in a predetermined frequency range (FR2). In a case where only a plurality of secondary component carriers is allocated in the predetermined band, the user equipment selects a secondary component carrier that is a reception quality measurement target among the plurality of secondary component carriers. In addition, the user equipment transmits a reception quality measurement result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Takuma Takada, Hiroki Harada, Naoki Fujimura
  • Publication number: 20240298358
    Abstract: A terminal includes a receiving unit that receives configuration information for transmitting a random access preamble; and a control unit that configures, when a two-step random access procedure is applied, a time domain resource specified by an index for the two-step random access procedure included in the configuration information, as a time domain resource for transmitting the random access preamble.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Tomoya Ohara, Hideaki Takahashi, Akihito Hanaki, Hiroki Harada
  • Patent number: 12081330
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a receiving section that receives configuration information of a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) resource set including three or more SRS resources having different numbers of SRS ports; and a control section that determines one SRS resource from the three or more SRS resources based on an SRS Resource Index (SRI) field included in downlink control information and having a same size as a size of an SRI field of 3GPP Release 15 New Radio. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to appropriately control full power transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Masaya Okamura, Yuki Matsumura, Hiroki Harada, Satoshi Nagata
  • Patent number: 12081339
    Abstract: One aspect of a terminal according to the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives downlink shared channel scheduled by downlink control information, and a control section that determines a feedback timing of transmission confirmation information responding to the downlink shared channel on the basis of information related to a feedback timing notified by at least one of the downlink control information and higher layer signaling, and a reference point configured in a slot where the downlink shared channel is transmitted or subsequent slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shohei Yoshioka, Yuki Matsumura, Hiroki Harada, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang
  • Publication number: 20240292259
    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 for radio resource management (RRM) 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: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Mayuko Okano, Hiroki Harada, Daisuke Kurita, Tomoya Ohara, Masaya Okamura
  • Publication number: 20240292258
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a control section that determines, in a radio resource control (RRC) idle state or an RRC inactive state, relaxation of mobility measurement on the basis of a given condition, and a transmitting/receiving section that performs the measurement 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: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Mayuko Okano, Hiroki Harada, Daisuke Kurita, Tomoya Ohara, Masaya Okamura
  • Patent number: 12074048
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a substrate processing unit, a substrate transfer unit, a first detection unit, a second detection unit, and a third detection unit. The substrate processing unit holds and processes a substrate. The substrate transfer unit has a rotational axis and carries the substrate in the substrate processing unit. The first detection unit detects a position of the substrate transfer unit relative to the substrate processing unit in a direction of travel thereof when the substrate is carried in the substrate processing unit in the direction of travel. The second detection unit detects a position of the substrate transfer unit relative to the substrate processing unit in a direction that is perpendicular to the direction of travel. The third detection unit detects an inclination of the rotational axis of the substrate transfer unit relative to the substrate processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Tatsuhiko Tsujihashi, Tokutarou Hayashi, Tsuyoshi Otsuka, Yuji Kawaguchi
  • 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: 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: 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
  • Patent number: 12069665
    Abstract: The present invention is designed so that uplink control information such as delivery acknowledgment signals can be transmitted properly, even when UL/DL configurations are changed, in a communication system that is configured to use listening. According to one aspect of the present invention, a user terminal has a receiving section that receives downlink control information and downlink data, a transmission section that transmits a delivery acknowledgment signal in response to the downlink data, and a control section that controls transmission of the delivery acknowledgment signal based on a result of UL listening which is executed before transmission of the delivery acknowledgment signal, and based on information that is contained in the downlink control information and/or timing that is configured in advance on a per DL burst basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Satoshi Nagata, Jing Wang, Liu Liu, Huiling Jiang
  • Patent number: 12063688
    Abstract: To properly receive a preamble and/or a message in a random access procedure in communication using beam forming, and perform random access with efficiency, a user terminal of the present invention is a user terminal for communicating with a radio base station using a plurality of types of beam forming, and is characterized by having a receiving section that receives a DL signal transmitted from the radio base station, a transmitting section that transmits a random access preamble (PRACH), and a control section that controls to transmit the PRACH including beam information on a beam of the radio base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Takeda, Kazuki Takeda, Hiroki Harada, Satoshi Nagata
  • Patent number: 12063130
    Abstract: A terminal includes a transmitting and receiving unit and a control unit. The transmitting and receiving unit transmits and receives a slot including a plurality of symbols. The control unit determines number of symbols included in a sub-frame on the basis of a time length of the symbol. The control unit determines the number of symbols included in the sub-frame according to a degree of modulation at which the time length of the symbol varies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Satoshi Nagata, Shaozhen Guo, Jing Wang, Xin Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Publication number: 20240267916
    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: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Satoshi Nagata