Patents by Inventor Kazunari Yokomakura

Kazunari Yokomakura 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: 20230379096
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes a processor configured to determine that joint reporting of uplink control information (UCI) with different priorities is configured and a multiplexing timeline is satisfied. The processor is also configured to multiplex a hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) and a scheduling request (SR), the HARQ-ACK comprising a low priority HARQ-ACK with a PUCCH format 0 or a PUCCH format 1, and the SR comprising a high priority SR with a PUCCH format 1. The UE also includes transmitting circuitry configured to transmit the multiplexed HARQ-ACK and SR by transmitting the low priority HARQ-ACK on a PUCCH resource for a positive high priority SR using PUCCH format 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: ZHANPING YIN, KAZUNARI YOKOMAKURA, KAI YING
  • Publication number: 20230379917
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes a processor configured to determine that joint reporting of uplink control information (UCI) with different priorities is configured and a multiplexing timeline is satisfied. The processor is also configured to multiplex more than two bits of a hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) and a scheduling request (SR) using a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) format 2, PUCCH format 3 or PUCCH format 4. The HARQ-ACK and the SR have different priorities. The UE also includes transmitting circuitry configured to transmit the multiplexed HARQ-ACK and SR on a PUCCH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: ZHANPING YIN, KAZUNARI YOKOMAKURA, KAI YING
  • Publication number: 20230379090
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes receiving circuitry configured to receive downlink control information (DCI) for uplink transmission with downlink support of a non-terrestrial network (NTN). The DCI includes a time domain resource assignment field The UE also includes a processor. The processor is configured to determine a resource allocation based on the DCI with the time domain resource assignment field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: KAI YING, ZHANPING YIN, JOHN MICHAEL KOWALSKI, KAZUNARI YOKOMAKURA
  • Publication number: 20230379094
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes a processor configured to determine a joint coding for up to two bits of low priority hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) and high priority HARQ-ACK on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH). The processor is also configured to multiplex the low priority HARQ-ACK and the high priority HARQ-ACK based on the determined joint coding. The UE also includes transmitting circuitry configured to transmit the multiplexed HARQ-ACK on the PUCCH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: ZHANPING YIN, KAI YING, KAZUNARI YOKOMAKURA
  • Publication number: 20230319911
    Abstract: A method by a User Equipment (UE) for sidelink (SL) communication with another UE is disclosed. The method comprises establishing a first SL connection from the UE to the another UE using a first resource set, the first resource set including an identifier (ID) of the first resource set, parameters for configuring a first Vehicle to Everything (V2X) Resource Pool, and Beam Management (BM) parameters associated with the first V2X Resource Pool for enabling a first set of directional transmission beams; receiving, from the another UE, a Quality of Service (QoS) value associated with a first beam of the first set of directional transmission beams used for establishing the first SL connection; and reporting, to a New Radio (NR) V2X Control Function, the ID of the first resource set, a first beam index identifying the first beam, and the QoS value associated with the first beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Kenneth James Park, KAZUNARI YOKOMAKURA, ZHANPING YIN, JOHN MICHAEL KOWALSKI
  • Publication number: 20230318748
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes a processor configured to determine a maximum code rate for a low priority hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) that is multiplexed with a high priority HARQ-ACK on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH). The low priority HARQ-ACK has a separate code rate than the high priority HARQ-ACK. The processor is also configured to multiplex the low priority HARQ-ACK and the high priority HARQ-ACK based on the determined maximum code rate for the low priority HARQ-ACK. The UE also includes transmitting circuitry configured to transmit the multiplexed HARQ-ACK on the PUCCH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: ZHANPING YIN, KAZUNARI YOKOMAKURA, KAI YING
  • Publication number: 20230308152
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE may include memory configured to store a first quantity value for a channel state information (CSI) quantity type. The UE may also include receiving circuitry configured to calculate a second quantity value for the CSI quantity type based on a CSI measurement event. The UE may also include transmitting circuitry configured to transmit a CSI report including the second quantity value in a physical uplink channel. The transmitting circuitry may also be configured to determine whether to drop the second quantity value from the CSI report by comparing a threshold and a delta value. The transmitting circuitry may also be configured to calculate the delta value by comparing the first quantity value and the second quantity value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Kazunari Yokomakura, Zhanping Yin, Tomoki Yoshimura, Kai Ying
  • Publication number: 20230308151
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE may include memory configured to store a first quantity value for a channel state information (CSI) quantity type. The UE may include receiving circuitry configured to calculate a second quantity value for the CSI quantity type based on a CSI measurement event. The UE may also include transmitting circuitry configured to transmit a CSI report including the second quantity value in a physical uplink channel. The transmitting circuitry may be configured to determine a priority index by comparing a threshold and a delta value. The transmitting circuitry may also be configured to calculate the delta value by comparing the first quantity value and the second quantity value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Kazunari Yokomakura, Zhanping Yin, Tomoki Yoshimura, Kai Ying
  • Publication number: 20230309156
    Abstract: A method by a User Equipment (UE) for sidelink (SL) communication with another UE is disclosed. The method comprises establishing a first SL connection from the UE to the another UE using a first resource set of a plurality of resource sets stored in the UE, the first resource set including an identifier of the first resource set, parameters for configuring a first Vehicle to Everything (V2X) Resource Pool, and Beam Management parameters associated with the first V2X Resource Pool for enabling a first set of directional transmission beams; receiving, by the UE from the another UE, a Quality of Service value associated with a first beam used for establishing the first SL connection; and determining whether to select a second resource set of the plurality of resource sets to establish a second SL connection from the UE to the another UE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Kenneth James Park, KAZUNARI YOKOMAKURA, ZHANPING YIN, JOHN MICHAEL KOWALSKI
  • Publication number: 20230300830
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes reception circuitry configured to receive first information and second information. The UE also includes transmission circuitry configured to transmit a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH). The first information indicates a number of repetitions of the PUSCH. The second information indicates more than one spatial relation information configurations. Each of the more than one spatial relation information configurations is applied to each repetition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: KAZUNARI YOKOMAKURA, ZHANPING YIN, KAI YING
  • Publication number: 20230300827
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE receives an RRC message comprising first information used for indicating a reduced UE processing capability from a set of multiple reduced UE processing capabilities. The UE receives an RRC message comprising second information used for indicating a numerology for a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) transmission. The UE receives an RRC message comprising third information used for indicating a scaling factor for reduced UE PUSCH preparation time. The UE receives an RRC message comprising fourth information used for indicating an offset for reduced UE PUSCH preparation time. The UE transmits, to the base station apparatus, a transport block if the first uplink symbol in the PUSCH allocation for a transport block including a Demodulation Reference Signal (DM-RS) is no earlier than at symbol X.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: KAI YING, ZHANPING YIN, JOHN MICHAEL KOWALSKI, KAZUNARI YOKOMAKURA
  • Publication number: 20230292145
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE may include receiving circuitry configured to receive a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising first information used for indicating a first list of Transmission Configuration Indicator (TCI) state(s). The receiving circuitry may also be configured to receive an RRC message comprising second information used for indicating a second list of Transmission Configuration Indicator (TCI) state(s). The receiving circuitry may also be configured to receive a first media access control (MAC) Control Element (CE) message comprising third information used for indicating one or more TCI state(s) for physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) from the first list and/or the second list. The receiving circuitry may also be configured to receive the physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) according to the third information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Kai Ying, Kazunari Yokomakura, Zhanping Yin
  • Publication number: 20230292144
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE may include receiving circuitry configured to receive a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising first information used for indicating a first list of Transmission Configuration Indicator (TCI) state(s). The receiving circuitry may also be configured to receive an RRC message comprising second information used for indicating a second list of Transmission Configuration Indicator (TCI) state(s) for beam(s). The receiving circuitry may also be configured to receive a first media access control (MAC) Control Element (CE) message comprising third information used for activating a first set of TCI state(s) from the first list. The receiving circuitry may also be configured to receive a second media access control (MAC) Control Element (CE) message comprising fourth information used for activating a second set of TCI state(s) from the second list. The receiving circuitry may also be configured to receive a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Kai Ying, Kazunari Yokomakura, Zhanping Yin
  • Publication number: 20230284225
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes a processor configured to determine a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource for multiplexing hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) with different priorities on PUCCH. The processor is also configured to multiplex the HARQ-ACK with different priorities based on the determined PUCCH resource. The UE also includes transmitting circuitry configured to transmit the multiplexed HARQ-ACK on the PUCCH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: ZHANPING YIN, KAZUNARI YOKOMAKURA, KAI YING
  • Publication number: 20230275725
    Abstract: Examples of user equipments (UEs) are described. A UE includes receiving circuitry configured to receive first information to configure one or more channel state information-reference signals (CSI-RS) for tracking and second information to configure time domain correlation related information. The UE also includes transmitting circuitry configured to transmit a channel state information (CSI) report including the time domain correlation related information. A first parameter trs-Info is included in the first information. A second parameter indicates one of a periodic CSI report, semi-persistent CSI report, and aperiodic CSI report. The time domain correlation related information is measured by the one or more CSI-RS for tracking. The CSI report including the time domain correlation related information is transmitted based on the second parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Kazunari Yokomakura, Zhanping Yin, Kai Ying
  • Publication number: 20230262449
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE receives an RRC message comprising first information used for indicating a reduced UE processing capability from a set of multiple reduced UE processing capabilities; receives an RRC message comprising second information used for indicating a numerology for a PDSCH transmission; receives an RRC message comprising third information used for indicating a scaling factor for reduced UE PDSCH decoding time; and receives an RRC message comprising fourth information used for indicating an offset for reduced UE PDSCH decoding time. The UE also transmits, to the base station, a valid HARQ-ACK message if the first uplink symbol of a PUCCH which carries the HARQ-ACK information starts no earlier than at symbol X, the symbol X being defined as the next uplink symbol with its CP starting after Tproc,1, relaxed after the end of the last symbol of the PDSCH carrying a TB being acknowledged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: KAI YING, ZHANPING YIN, JOHN MICHAEL KOWALSKI, KAZUNARI YOKOMAKURA
  • Publication number: 20230247661
    Abstract: Examples of user equipments (UEs) are described. A UE includes receiving circuitry configured to receive first information to configure one or more channel state information-reference signals (CSI-RS) for tracking and second information to configure time domain correlation related information. The UE also includes transmitting circuitry configured to transmit a channel state information (CSI) report including the time domain correlation related information. A first parameter trs-Info is included in the first information. A second parameter reportQuantity is not set to ‘none’. The time domain correlation related information is measured by the one or more CSI-RS for tracking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Kazunari Yokomakura, Zhanping Yin, Kai Ying
  • Patent number: 11706007
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes a transmitter configured to transmit, in a case that the aperiodic channel state information reporting and the periodic channel state information reporting occur in a same time period for a certain cell group, only an aperiodic channel state information report in the same time period, transmit, in a case that the semi-persistent channel state information reporting and the aperiodic channel state information reporting occur in a same time period for a certain cell group, only the aperiodic channel state information report in the same time period, and transmit, in a case that the periodic channel state information reporting and the semi-persistent channel state information reporting occur in a same time period for a certain cell group, only a semi-persistent channel state information report in the same time duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazunari Yokomakura, Shohei Yamada, Hidekazu Tsuboi, Hiroki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20230224950
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes circuitry configured to determine that a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) with low priority (LP) overlaps with a high priority (HP) PUCCH carrying a HP hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) and a HP PUCCH with a positive HP scheduling request (SR). The HP PUCCH with HP HARQ-ACK does not overlap with the HP PUCCH with the positive HP SR. The circuitry is further configured to multiplex a LP HARQ-ACK only with the HP HARQ-ACK.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Zhanping Yin, Kai Ying, Kazunari Yokomakura
  • Publication number: 20230224949
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes circuitry configured to determine that a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) with low priority (LP) carrying a LP hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) overlaps with more than one high priority (HP) PUCCHs carrying HP HARQ-ACKs. The circuitry is also configured to, when only radio resource control (RRC) configuration is used for enabling and disabling uplink control information (UCI) with different priorities, allow the LP HARQ-ACK to multiplex with the HP HARQ-ACK of the first overlapping HP PUCCH only.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Zhanping Yin, Kai Ying, Kazunari Yokomakura