Patents by Inventor Hiroki Matsuda

Hiroki Matsuda 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).

  • Base station device, terminal device, and method
    Patent number: 11357016
    Abstract: To provide a mechanism in which a plurality of base station devices operated by different operators, respectively, can share a radio resource while cooperating with each other. A base station device includes: a control unit that transmits, to another base station device operated by an operator different from an operator operating the base station device, first configuration information of a first guaranteed resource that is preferentially usable by the base station device among radio resources that are sharable between the operator operating the base station device and the operator operating the other base station device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Kusashima, Hiromasa Uchiyama, Hiroki Matsuda, Yifu Tang
  • COMMUNICATION CONTROL APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD
    Publication number: 20220173944
    Abstract: A communication control apparatus includes: an action prediction range acquisition unit that acquires movement prediction range information indicating a range where a use terminal that performs secondary use of a predetermined frequency band is predicted to move; a position acquisition unit that acquires position information of the use terminal; a determination unit that determines whether or not the secondary use of the use terminal is possible based on the movement prediction range information and the position information, which have been acquired; and a notification unit that notifies the use terminal of determination of whether or not the secondary use is possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: HIROTO KURIKI, RYOTA KIMURA, HIROKI MATSUDA
  • COMMUNICATION DEVICE, BASE STATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20220124829
    Abstract: A communication device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires information regarding signal processing of predetermined data transmission; and a switching unit that switches a transmission means of a reference signal related to the predetermined data transmission on the basis of the information regarding the signal processing of the predetermined data transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: HIROKI MATSUDA, NAOKI KUSASHIMA
  • Transmission device, method, and recording medium
    Patent number: 11310091
    Abstract: A transmission device includes a transmitter having circuitry that converts a first-type bit sequence and a second-type bit sequence into a complex signal point sequence. Each of a plurality of complex signal points included in the complex signal point sequence represents an element of one of a plurality of complex signal point sets. In the complex signal point sequence, the applicable patterns of the plurality of complex signal point sets correspond to the first-type bit sequence in a plurality of predetermined combinations of candidates for the first-type bit sequence and the applicable patterns. Each complex signal point included in the complex signal point sequence corresponds to the second-type bit sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryota Kimura, Hiroki Matsuda, Yukitoshi Sanada
  • COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20220110110
    Abstract: A communication device includes a control unit that switches whether or not to transmit a first reference signal using a scheduled resource scheduled to be used to transmit a reference signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: HIROKI MATSUDA, RYOTA KIMURA
  • Apparatus and method for performing radio communication
    Patent number: 11296909
    Abstract: An apparatus including: a communication unit configured to perform radio communication; and a control unit configured to perform control such that control information regarding a filter length of a filter for limiting a width of a guard band in a frequency band to be used in the radio communication is transmitted to an external apparatus through the radio communication. The filter length is determined in accordance with at least one of a frequency resource and a time resource for the radio communication. The apparatus enables a filter improving frequency use efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Matsuda, Ryota Kimura, Kazuyuki Shimezawa
  • Transmission apparatus, reception apparatus, transmission method, reception method, and recording medium
    Patent number: 11297630
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a grant-free transmission mechanism that ensures improved transmission efficiency of a system as a whole. [Solving Means] A transmission apparatus includes a setting section and a communication processing section. The setting section performs settings regarding a resource capable of grant-free transmission and a plurality of transmission patterns corresponding to predetermined pieces of information different from each other. The communication processing section sends data in a grant-free manner in the resource capable of grant-free transmission by using a transmission pattern selected from among the plurality of transmission patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Shimezawa, Naoki Kusashima, Hiroki Matsuda
  • COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD
    Publication number: 20220104282
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a wireless link usable in a more stable manner in a situation where beam management is performed. A communication apparatus includes: a control unit that performs control such that a plurality of reference signals associated with pieces of antenna information different from each other is transmitted to a terminal apparatus; and an acquisition unit that acquires control information corresponding to at least any one of the plurality of reference signals from the terminal apparatus after a random access response in a random access procedure is transmitted to the terminal apparatus. The control unit controls following communication with the terminal apparatus on the basis of the antenna information corresponding to the acquired control information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: NAOKI KUSASHIMA, KAZUYUKI SHIMEZAWA, HIROKI MATSUDA
  • COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD
    Publication number: 20220103329
    Abstract: There is provided a communication system in which a base station apparatus communicates with a terminal apparatus and a communication apparatus flexibly designed to address diverse use cases so as to significantly enhance the transmission efficiency of the system as a whole. The communication apparatus includes an acquisition section that acquires information from an apparatus in wireless communication, and a control section that selects either orthogonal multiple access communication or non-orthogonal multiple access communication for communication with the apparatus on the basis of the information acquired by the acquisition section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: HIROKI MATSUDA, KAZUYUKI SHIMEZAWA, NAOKI KUSASHIMA
  • Communication apparatus, communication control method, and computer program for beam measurement
    Patent number: 11277760
    Abstract: [Overview] [Problem to be Solved] To provide a communication apparatus that allows a transmitting station to accurately determine whether or not a receiving station actually has interference. [Solution] There is provided a communication apparatus including a communication control unit that controls a communication process in a cellular system. The communication control unit sets a plurality of reception beams on the basis of information of a direction, measures received power for each of the reception beams, and reports a result of the measurement to a base station. The information of the direction is set from the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Kusashima, Kazuyuki Shimezawa, Hiroki Matsuda
  • COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20220078751
    Abstract: Provided is a communication control device including: an acquisition unit that acquires information regarding slot setting and rewritable slots in the setting, and information regarding a radio wave environment around an own station from another communication control device; a setting unit that selects a slot to be rewritten from the rewritable slots, on the basis of the information regarding the radio wave environment, and rewrites the slot; and a communication control unit that executes communication on the basis of the slot rewritten by the setting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: HIROMASA UCHIYAMA, NAOKI KUSASHIMA, HIROKI MATSUDA
  • COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20220078858
    Abstract: A communication device is a device in which a radio connection state with another communication device changes from an unconnected state to a predetermined connected state by performing a predetermined connection procedure. The communication device acquires predetermined information for transmitting data to the another communication device in the unconnected state. The communication device then transmits the data to the another communication device in the unconnected state based on the predetermined information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki MATSUDA, Naoki KUSASHIMA
  • Communication systems for allocating resources for feedback between devices
    Patent number: 11272573
    Abstract: A communication device performs direct communication between terminals. The system transmits and receives wireless signals and controls transmission of data using a predetermined resource pool and reception of feedback from a transmission destination terminal of the data. The system performs control to secure a resource for transmission of the data and a resource for the feedback for the transmission destination terminal of the data within the predetermined resource pool, and notifies the transmission destination terminal of information regarding the resource for the feedback by using SCI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromasa Uchiyama, Kazuyuki Shimezawa, Naoki Kusashima, Hiroki Matsuda
  • COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20220070706
    Abstract: A communication device includes: a communication unit that performs wireless communication; a notification unit that notifies another communication device of first information regarding setting related to measurement of a communication environment with the other communication device transmitting a reference signal, on the basis of predetermined conditions; and an acquisition unit that acquires second information regarding the setting from the other communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki KUSASHIMA, Hiromasa UCHIYAMA, Hiroki MATSUDA
  • Communication apparatus and communication method
    Patent number: 11240851
    Abstract: Provided is a communication apparatus that includes a control unit that performs control such that a plurality of reference signals associated with pieces of antenna information different from each other is transmitted to a terminal apparatus, and an acquisition unit that acquires control information corresponding to at least any one of the plurality of reference signals from the terminal apparatus after a random access response in a random access procedure is transmitted to the terminal apparatus. The control unit controls following communication with the terminal apparatus on the basis of the antenna information corresponding to the acquired control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Kusashima, Kazuyuki Shimezawa, Hiroki Matsuda
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20220006598
    Abstract: An apparatus including: a communication unit configured to perform radio communication; and a control unit configured to perform control such that control information regarding a resource to which a filter for limiting a width of a guard band in a frequency band to be used in the radio communication is applied is transmitted to an external apparatus through the radio communication. The filter improves frequency use efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki MATSUDA, Ryota KIMURA, Kazuyuki SHIMEZAWA
  • Communication apparatus and communication method
    Patent number: 11212055
    Abstract: There is provided a communication system in which a base station apparatus communicates with a terminal apparatus and a communication apparatus flexibly designed to address diverse use cases so as to significantly enhance the transmission efficiency of the system as a whole. The communication apparatus includes an acquisition section that acquires information from an apparatus in wireless communication, and a control section that selects either orthogonal multiple access communication or non-orthogonal multiple access communication for communication with the apparatus on the basis of the information acquired by the acquisition section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Matsuda, Kazuyuki Shimezawa, Naoki Kusashima
  • Transmitting apparatus, receiving apparatus, method, and recording medium
    Patent number: 11212025
    Abstract: [Object] Provided is a mechanism for enhancing resistance against an interference that possibly occur due to non-orthogonality of a resource in a communication system holding communication with a mixture of a plurality of communication parameter sets. [Solving Means] A transmitting apparatus holding communication using a plurality of communication parameter sets in a unit resource, and including a processing section that transmits a data signal and a reference signal generated using the parameter sets different between the data signal and the reference signal to a receiving apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryota Kimura, Hiroki Matsuda, Naoki Kusashima, Yifu Tang, Yukitoshi Sanada
  • COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD
    Publication number: 20210385877
    Abstract: Provided are a communication device and a communication method capable of further improving the quality between radio links in a communication system in which a base station device and the communication device communicate with each other. A communication device (50) according to the present disclosure includes a receiver (511a) and a transmitter (512d). The receiver (511a) receives a synchronization signal transmitted from a base station device (20, 30). The transmitter (512d) transmits a physical random access channel (PRACH) including a feature capable of uniquely identifying the synchronization signal received by a receiver (511a) and/or a PRACH resource to the base station device (20, 30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki MATSUDA, Naoki KUSASHIMA
  • COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD
    Publication number: 20210385025
    Abstract: [Subject] To make flexible design according to a use case possible and further improve the transmission efficiency of the entire system. [Solving Means] A communication apparatus includes a communication section configured to perform wireless communication, and a control section configured to control such that information corresponding to a plurality of one-encoding units to be made a target of re-transmission is notified to another apparatus, the target of re-transmission being, from among one or a plurality of one-encoding units defined so as to include at least part of a plurality of one-encoding units included in a predetermined transmission unit, any of the plurality of one-encoding units whose reception results in failure and all of the plurality of one-encoding units included in the predetermined transmission unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki MATSUDA, Kazuyuki SHIMEZAWA, Naoki KUSASHIMA