Patents by Inventor Kazuhito Niwano

Kazuhito Niwano 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: 11012217
    Abstract: A mobile station includes a radio link control unit for outputting or inputting data that are transmitted or received via a radio channel to or from a higher-level protocol layer, a media access control unit for outputting or inputting the data via a logical channel to or from the radio link control unit, a physical layer control unit for outputting or inputting the data via a transport channel to or from the media access control unit, and for controlling radio communications, and a radio resource control unit for outputting or inputting control data to or from the radio link control unit, media access control unit, and physical layer control unit. The mobile station multiplexes report information therefrom into a channel for packet data transmission so as to transmit it to a base station. The base station carries out assignment of radio resources using the report information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhito Niwano
  • Publication number: 20190312709
    Abstract: A mobile station includes a radio link control unit for outputting or inputting data that are transmitted or received via a radio channel to or from a higher-level protocol layer, a media access control unit for outputting or inputting the data via a logical channel to or from the radio link control unit, a physical layer control unit for outputting or inputting the data via a transport channel to or from the media access control unit, and for controlling radio communications, and a radio resource control unit for outputting or inputting control data to or from the radio link control unit, media access control unit, and physical layer control unit. The mobile station multiplexes report information therefrom into a channel for packet data transmission so as to transmit it to a base station. The base station carries out assignment of radio resources using the report information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhito NIWANO
  • Patent number: 10404436
    Abstract: A mobile station includes a radio link control unit for outputting or inputting data that are transmitted or received via a radio channel to or from a higher-level protocol layer, a media access control unit for outputting or inputting the data via a logical channel to or from the radio link control unit, a physical layer control unit for outputting or inputting the data via a transport channel to or from the media access control unit, and for controlling radio communications, and a radio resource control unit for outputting or inputting control data to or from the radio link control unit, media access control unit, and physical layer control unit. The mobile station multiplexes report information therefrom into a channel for packet data transmission so as to transmit it to a base station. The base station carries out assignment of radio resources using the report information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhito Niwano
  • Patent number: 9131456
    Abstract: A transmission control method includes a step of selecting transmission control information according to a combination of user data transmitted, via a transport channel, from an upper layer, and a step of transmitting the transmission control information, as well as a physical channel into which two or more transport channels are multiplexed, to a fixed station, the transmission control information including at least transmit power information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventor: Kazuhito Niwano
  • Patent number: 9113445
    Abstract: A mobile station includes an amount-of-data information determining means for monitoring data which are stored on a communication-service-by-communication-service basis or on a transmit-channel-by-transmit-channel so as to determine communication-service-by-communication-service or transmit-channel-by-transmit-channel amount-of-data information. The mobile station transmits the communication-service-by-communication-service or transmit-channel-by-transmit-channel amount-of-data information determined by the amount-of-data information determining means to a base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuhito Niwano
  • Patent number: 8897119
    Abstract: A scrambler performs IQ multiplexing of output signals from a spreader and a distributor in order to generate a complex signal (I signal and Q signal), amplitude coefficients ?cc(I) and ?cc(Q) are determined in accordance with signal powers on I axis and Q axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazuhito Niwano
  • Publication number: 20140133414
    Abstract: A mobile station includes an amount-of-data information determining means for monitoring data which are stored on a communication-service-by-communication-service basis or on a transmit-channel-by-transmit-channel so as to determine communication-service-by-communication-service or transmit-channel-by-transmit-channel amount-of-data information. The mobile station transmits the communication-service-by-communication-service or transmit-channel-by-transmit-channel amount-of-data information determined by the amount-of-data information determining means to a base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuhito NIWANO
  • Publication number: 20140133468
    Abstract: A mobile station includes a radio link control unit for outputting or inputting data that are transmitted or received via a radio channel to or from a higher-level protocol layer, a media access control unit for outputting or inputting the data via a logical channel to or from the radio link control unit, a physical layer control unit for outputting or inputting the data via a transport channel to or from the media access control unit, and for controlling radio communications, and a radio resource control unit for outputting or inputting control data to or from the radio link control unit, media access control unit, and physical layer control unit. The mobile station multiplexes report information therefrom into a channel for packet data transmission so as to transmit it to a base station. The base station carries out assignment of radio resources using the report information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuhito NIWANO
  • Patent number: 8699331
    Abstract: According to a communications method according to the present invention, data is transmitted from a base station to two or more terminals via a common channel, and transmission power, with which the data is transmitted from the base station to the two or more terminals, is controlled according to a reception state of at least one of the two or more terminals. Furthermore, the terminal transmits reception capability information at a time of selection combining, and at least one of the two or more base stations receives the reception capability information at the time of selective combining and notifies the reception capability information to a radio network controller (RNC) which controls the two or more base stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Kazuhito Niwano, Hideji Wakabayashi, Koutarou Sugisawa
  • Patent number: 8675546
    Abstract: A mobile station includes a radio link control unit for outputting or inputting data that are transmitted or received via a radio channel to or from a higher-level protocol layer, a media access control unit for outputting or inputting the data via a logical channel to or from the radio link control unit, a physical layer control unit for outputting or inputting the data via a transport channel to or from the media access control unit, and for controlling radio communications, and a radio resource control unit for outputting or inputting control data to or from the radio link control unit, media access control unit, and physical layer control unit. The mobile station multiplexes report information therefrom into a channel for packet data transmission so as to transmit it to a base station. The base station carries out assignment of radio resources using the report information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhito Niwano
  • Patent number: 8583156
    Abstract: A mobile station includes an amount-of-data information determining means for monitoring data which are stored on a communication-service-by-communication-service basis or on a transmit-channel-by-transmit-channel so as to determine communication-service-by-communication-service or transmit-channel-by-transmit-channel amount-of-data information. The mobile station transmits the communication-service-by-communication-service or transmit-channel-by-transmit-channel amount-of-data information determined by the amount-of-data information determining means to a base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhito Niwano
  • Publication number: 20130022028
    Abstract: Conventionally, there is a problem that a state transition of E-TFC changes according to QoS for descriptions of data to be transmitted, and therefore a mobile station's operation is not decided uniquely. To solve this problem, a transmission control method in accordance with the present invention includes a step of selecting transmission control information according to a combination of user data transmitted, via a transport channel, from an upper layer, and a step of transmitting the transmission control information, as well as a physical channel into which two or more transport channels are multiplexed, to a fixed station, the transmission control information including at least transmit power information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventor: Kazuhito Niwano
  • Patent number: 8320307
    Abstract: Conventionally, there is a problem that a state transition of E-TFC changes according to QoS for descriptions of data to be transmitted, and therefore a mobile station's operation is not decided uniquely. To solve this problem, a transmission control method includes a step of selecting transmission control information according to a combination of user data transmitted, via a transport channel, from an upper layer, and a step of transmitting the transmission control information, as well as a physical channel into which two or more transport channels are multiplexed, to a fixed station, the transmission control information including at least transmit power information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventor: Kazuhito Niwano
  • Publication number: 20120140721
    Abstract: A mobile station includes a radio link control unit for outputting or inputting data that are transmitted or received via a radio channel to or from a higher-level protocol layer, a media access control unit for outputting or inputting the data via a logical channel to or from the radio link control unit, a physical layer control unit for outputting or inputting the data via a transport channel to or from the media access control unit, and for controlling radio communications, and a radio resource control unit for outputting or inputting control data to or from the radio link control unit, media access control unit, and physical layer control unit. The mobile station multiplexes report information therefrom into a channel for packet data transmission so as to transmit it to a base station. The base station carries out assignment of radio resources using the report information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuhito NIWANO
  • Patent number: 8149765
    Abstract: A mobile station includes a radio link control unit for outputting or inputting data that are transmitted or received via a radio channel to or from a higher-level protocol layer, a media access control unit for outputting or inputting data via a logical channel to or from the radio link control unit, a physical layer control unit for outputting or inputting the data via a transport channel to or from the media access control it and for controlling radio communications, and a radio resource control unit for outputting or inputting control data to or from the radio link control unit, media access control unit, and physical layer control unit. The mobile station multiplexes report information therefrom into a channel for packet data transmission so as to transmit it to a base station. The base station carries out assignment of radio resources using the report information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhito Niwano
  • Publication number: 20120033593
    Abstract: A scrambler performs IQ multiplexing of output signals from a spreader and a distributor in order to generate a complex signal (I signal and Q signal), amplitude coefficients ?cc(I) and ?cc(Q) are determined in accordance with signal powers on I axis and Q axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuhito NIWANO
  • Patent number: 8064326
    Abstract: A scrambler performs IQ multiplexing of output signals from a spreader and a distributor in order to generate a complex signal (I signal and Q signal), amplitude coefficients ?cc(I) and ?cc(Q) are determined in accordance with signal powers on I axis and Q axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazuhito Niwano
  • Patent number: 8027698
    Abstract: For lack of a unique, specific and detailed specification for information on status of a mobile station to be notified by a mobile station to a fixed station, an operation may be varied from one mobile station to another in a communication system, thereby posing a problem for an efficient uplink scheduling. A communication method includes a transmission process multiplexing a transport channel for transmitting data from a high-order layer on a physical data channel and transmitting the multiplexed result to the fixed station, a status notification process notifying status information containing information on a transmission power headroom used for scheduling, and a transmission control process receiving the scheduling result and controlling the transmission process. The status information notification process includes notifying an index attached to each predetermined transmission power headroom level classified between upper and lower limit values of the transmission power headroom as the status information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhito Niwano, Hideji Wakabayashi, Miho Maeda
  • Patent number: 7953124
    Abstract: A scrambler performs IQ multiplexing of output signals from a spreader and a distributor in order to generate a complex signal (I signal and Q signal), amplitude coefficients ?cc(I) and ?cc(Q) are determined in accordance with signal powers on I axis and Q axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazuhito Niwano
  • Patent number: RE44247
    Abstract: For lack of a unique, specific and detailed specification for information on status of a mobile station to be notified by a mobile station to a fixed station, an operation may be varied from one mobile station to another in a communication system, thereby posing a problem for an efficient uplink scheduling. A communication method includes a transmission process multiplexing a transport channel for transmitting data from a high-order layer on a physical data channel and transmitting the multiplexed result to the fixed station, a status notification process notifying status information containing information on a transmission power headroom used for scheduling, and a transmission control process receiving the scheduling result and controlling the transmission process. The status information notification process includes notifying an index attached to each predetermined transmission power headroom level classified between upper and lower limit values of the transmission power headroom as the status information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Kazuhito Niwano, Hideji Wakabayashi, Miho Maeda