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: 20200389273
    Abstract: There are provided a terminal device, a base station device, and an integrated circuit that enable a base station device and a terminal device to determine parameters related to uplink signals or uplink reference signals and to perform efficient communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsushi AIBA, Shoichi SUZUKI, Kimihiko IMAMURA, Wataru OUCHI, Kazunari YOKOMAKURA
  • Patent number: 10862658
    Abstract: A wireless communication system to which carrier aggregation is applied performs effective traffic adaptation. In a terminal device which communicates with a base station device using two serving cells including one primary cell and one secondary cell, in a case that a UL-DL configuration for the primary cell is different from a first downlink reference UL-DL configuration for the secondary cell and the serving cell is the secondary cell, a second downlink reference UL-DL configuration for the serving cell is set on the basis of a pair which is formed by the UL-DL configuration for the primary cell and the first downlink reference UL-DL configuration for the serving cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shoichi Suzuki, Tatsushi Aiba, Kazunari Yokomakura
  • Patent number: 10849119
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes receiving circuitry configured to receive a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising a first parameter(s) used for configuring a first allocation table and a second allocation table. Each of the first allocation table and the second allocation table are used for defining a time domain allocation for a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission. The receiving circuitry is also configured to detect in a UE specific search space, a downlink control information (DCI) format comprising first information used for indicating a row index to the first allocation table or the second allocation table. The DCI format is used for scheduling of the PUSCH. The UE also includes transmitting circuitry configured to perform, based on a detection of the DCI format, the PUSCH transmission based on either of the first allocation table or the second allocation table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignees: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc., FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Kai Ying, Tatsushi Aiba, John Michael Kowalski, Kazunari Yokomakura
  • Patent number: 10841881
    Abstract: In order to perform efficient communications. A terminal apparatus includes a higher layer processing unit configured to configure a subcarrier spacing of a physical channel, based on a first parameter, and a transmission unit configured to perform an uplink transmission by using the physical channel. In a case that transmissions on a first physical channel configured with a first subcarrier spacing and a second physical channel configured with a second subcarrier spacing occur in one serving cell, and that the second subcarrier spacing is wider than the first subcarrier spacing, the transmission unit allocates a transmit power on a priority basis to the second physical channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Wataru Ouchi, Tatsushi Aiba, Shoichi Suzuki, Takashi Hayashi, Kazunari Yokomakura
  • Publication number: 20200358540
    Abstract: The present invention includes: a receiver configured to receive a physical downlink control channel for conveying downlink control information including a first information field; and a transmitter configured to report channel state information (CSI), wherein the first information field indicates first information, the first information indicates one of multiple states, each of the multiple states is configured for a serving cell, and is associated with: one or more CSI report configurations; one or more reference signal configurations for CSI measurement; and a bandwidth part (BWP) index for the serving cell, and in a case that CSI reports of BWPs in a plurality of the serving cells are triggered, a CSI report of the CSI reports for only a BWP indicated by the BWP index that is activated is transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: KAZUNARI YOKOMAKURA, SHOHEI YAMADA, HIDEKAZU TSUBOI, HIROKI TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20200351127
    Abstract: The present invention includes a receiver configured to receive a physical downlink control channel, and a transmitter configured to transmit a physical uplink control channel, wherein the receiver receives downlink control information carried on the physical downlink control channel, a downlink control information format of the downlink control information is used for scheduling of a physical downlink shared channel, the downlink control information format includes information indicating a resource of a sounding reference signal, and the physical uplink control channel is transmitted, based on the information indicating the resource of the sounding reference signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Kazunari YOKOMAKURA, Shohei YAMADA, Hidekazu TSUBOI, Hiroki TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 10797844
    Abstract: There are provided a terminal device, a base station device, and an integrated circuit that enable a base station device and a terminal device to determine parameters related to uplink signals or uplink reference signals and to perform efficient communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsushi Aiba, Shoichi Suzuki, Kimihiko Imamura, Wataru Ouchi, Kazunari Yokomakura
  • Publication number: 20200296673
    Abstract: In order to perform efficient communications. A terminal apparatus includes a higher layer processing unit configured to configure a subcarrier spacing of a physical channel, based on a first parameter, and a transmission unit configured to perform an uplink transmission by using the physical channel. In a case that transmissions on a first physical channel configured with a first subcarrier spacing and a second physical channel configured with a second subcarrier spacing occur in one serving cell, and that the second subcarrier spacing is wider than the first subcarrier spacing, the transmission unit allocates a transmit power on a priority basis to the second physical channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Wataru OUCHI, Tatsushi AIBA, Shoichi SUZUKI, Takashi HAYASHI, Kazunari YOKOMAKURA
  • Publication number: 20200296736
    Abstract: The present invention includes a receiver configured to receive first information, the first information including information for configuring whether transform precoding for a physical uplink shared channel is enabled, and a transmitter configured to transmit information indicating a first power headroom level for the physical uplink shared channel with the transform precoding enabled and information indicating a second power headroom level for the physical uplink shared channel with the transform precoding not enabled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Kazunari YOKOMAKURA, Shohei YAMADA, Hidekazu TSUBOI, Hiroki TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 10779190
    Abstract: A first UL-DL configuration configured by using a common RRC message is set; an antenna port for one enhanced physical downlink control channel in a subframe is set based on whether or not the subframe is a predetermined special subframe in the first UL-DL configuration; and in a case where a second UL-DL configuration indicated by downlink control information which is transmitted on a physical downlink control channel is set, an antenna port for one enhanced physical downlink control channel in the subframe is set based on whether or not the subframe is the predetermined special subframe in the second UL-DL configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshizo Nogami, Tatsushi Aiba, Shoichi Suzuki, Kazunari Yokomakura
  • Patent number: 10779267
    Abstract: The present invention allows for an efficient communication between a terminal apparatus and a base station apparatus. The terminal apparatus generates and transmits a reference signal associated with a transmission of a Narrow Band Physical Uplink Shared Channel (NPUSCH) in a subframe. A plurality of first subcarriers include a plurality of second subcarriers and a plurality of third subcarriers, and a plurality of fourth subcarriers include a plurality of fifth subcarriers and a plurality of sixth subcarriers. In a case that the NPUSCH is mapped to the plurality of second subcarriers or the plurality of third subcarriers, the reference signal is mapped to the plurality of first subcarriers, and in a case that the NPUSCH is mapped to the plurality of fifth subcarriers or the plurality of sixth subcarriers, the reference signal is mapped to the plurality of fourth subcarriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki Takahashi, Shoichi Suzuki, Shohei Yamada, Kazunari Yokomakura
  • Patent number: 10763946
    Abstract: A terminal device is provided such that in a case that closed-loop UE transmit antenna selection is configured, a bit sequence is given by scrambling CRC parity bits with an RNTI and an antenna selection mask, in a case that the number of the CRC parity bits is a first value, a first transmit antenna port is given by a first antenna selection mask, and in a case that the number of the CRC parity bits is a second value, the first transmit antenna port is given by a second antenna selection mask that is different from the first antenna selection mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsushi Aiba, Shoichi Suzuki, Kazunari Yokomakura, Hiroki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20200275514
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive, from a base station apparatus, a signal including first information for indicating a plurality of Quasi Co-Location (QCL) parameters associated with a plurality of reference signals, and receive, from the base station apparatus, a signal including second information for configuring one of the plurality of QCL parameters, and a monitor unit configured to receive a downlink control channel of a QCL parameter of the plurality of QCL parameters based on the first information and the second information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroki TAKAHASHI, Shohei YAMADA, Hidekazu TSUBOI, Kazunari YOKOMAKURA
  • Patent number: 10756854
    Abstract: Provided is a terminal device that receives RRC layer information indicating an asynchronous HARQ for a secondary cell, and a first random access response, which is a random access response including fields for indicating an uplink grant and a Temporary C-RNTI and is related to a non-contention based random access procedure on the secondary cell, that manages multiple HARQ processes, and that delivers the uplink grant to an HARQ process that instructs the transmission unit to transmit the MAC layer data in accordance with the uplink grant. In a case that the RRC layer information indicating the asynchronous HARQ is configured, a HARQ process in which the uplink grant included in the first random access response is delivered is determined based on the value of a field for indicating the Temporary C-RNTI included in the first random access response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shoichi Suzuki, Tatsushi Aiba, Kazunari Yokomakura, Hiroki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20200267660
    Abstract: To efficiently transmit a power headroom. An apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive first information and receive a physical downlink control channel, the first information including a resource configuration of one or more sounding reference signals, and a transmitter configured to transmit information indicating a first power headroom level for a physical uplink shared channel associated with a sounding reference signal resource index included in downlink control information carried on the downlink control channel, and transmit information indicating a second power headroom level for a physical uplink shared channel associated with a sounding reference signal resource index not included in the downlink control information carried on the downlink control channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Kazunari YOKOMAKURA, Shohei YAMADA, Hidekazu TSUBOI, Hiroki TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 10750528
    Abstract: A terminal device and a base station device can efficiently communicate with each other by using a downlink channel. The terminal device monitors, in an EPDCCH-PRB-set p in a subframe k, a first set ESk(L) of first EPDCCH candidates and a second set ESk(L) of second EPDCCH candidates. A first number Mp,c(L) of the first EPDCCH candidates is determined according to a first ?p,c and Mp(L), and a second number Mp,c(L) of the second EPDCCH candidates is determined according to a second ?p,c and Mp(L). First ECCE(s) corresponding to an mth first EPDCCH candidate included in the first set ESk(L) and second ECCE(s) corresponding to an mth second EPDCCH candidate included in the second set are determined according to a first value. The first value is given by a following expression, where NECCE,p,k is a total number of ECCEs included in the EPDCCH-PRB-set p in the subframe k.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shoichi Suzuki, Tatsushi Aiba, Kazunari Yokomakura, Hiroki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10750486
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to a terminal device including a reception unit configured to receive a first set of information used for permitting simultaneous transmission of a CSI and a HARQ-ACK using PUCCH format (3), and receive a second set of information used for permitting simultaneous transmission of a CSI and a HARQ-ACK using PUCCH format (4). The terminal device may also include a transmission unit for transmitting a HARQ-ACK and/or a CSI. Based at least on whether the first set of information, the second set of information, and the HARQ-ACK correspond to a PDSCH transmission on a secondary cell with a cell index less than or equal to a first predetermined value or whether the HARQ-ACK corresponds to a PDSCH transmission on a secondary cell with a cell index greater than the first predetermined value, processing operations related to HARQ-ACK and/or CSI transmission may be executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tatsushi Aiba, Shoichi Suzuki, Kazunari Yokomakura, Hiroki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10743335
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to a terminal device including a transmission unit configured to transmit a HARQ-ACK using a first PUCCH resource and a PUCCH format (3) with respect to PDSCH transmission on a secondary cell having a cell index less than or equal to a first predetermined value, and transmit a HARQ-ACK by using a second PUCCH resource and a PUCCH format (4) with respect to PDSCH transmission on a secondary cell having a cell index greater than the first predetermined value. The first predetermined value may be the value of a fourth cell index when arranging the values of the cell indices set by a base station device in ascending order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsushi Aiba, Shoichi Suzuki, Kazunari Yokomakura, Hiroki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10742465
    Abstract: A method by a user equipment (UE) is described. The method includes receiving a first physical signal, determining a first physical structure based on information in the first physical signal, and determining resource elements based on the first physical structure. A first set of subcarriers with first subcarrier spacing which is integer multiple or integer sub-multiple of second subcarrier spacing are mapped such that in addition to a slot boundary one or more of starting positions or ending positions of first subcarriers with the first subcarrier spacing in a first set of OFDM symbols are aligned with one or more of starting positions or ending positions of second subcarriers with the second subcarrier spacing in a second set of OFDM symbols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shohei Yamada, Kazunari Yokomakura, Shoichi Suzuki, Hidekazu Tsuboi, Kimihiko Imamura
  • Patent number: 10742387
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes a receiver receiving first system information broadcasted using a first subcarrier spacing, acquiring information of a second subcarrier spacing included in the first system information, receiving second system information broadcasted using the second subcarrier spacing, acquiring a parameter included in the second system information and needed for random access processing, and acquiring information of an uplink subcarrier spacing included in the second system information, and a transmitter transmitting a random access preamble based on the parameter needed for the random access processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Hidekazu Tsuboi, Shohei Yamada, Kazunari Yokomakura, Hiroki Takahashi