Patents by Inventor Kimihiko Imamura

Kimihiko Imamura 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: 20190174524
    Abstract: An apparatus includes: a transmitter configured to transmit a transport block and HARQ-ACK on PUSCH; and a physical layer processing unit configured to calculate a number of coded bits for the HARQ-ACK, at least based on a number of SC-FDMA symbols NPUSCH-initialsymb for PUSCH initial transmission for the transport block, and modulation order for the transport block, wherein the number of the SC-FDMA symbols NPUSCH-initialsymb is given at least based on NLBT and a number of SC-FDMA symbols NULsymb included in an uplink slot, and a value of NLBT is 1 in a case that a time continuous signal of a first SC-FDMA symbol included in the PUSCH is generated based on a content of a resource element corresponding to a second SC-FDMA symbol following the first SC-FDMA symbol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Tomoki YOSHIMURA, Wataru OUCHI, Shoichi SUZUKI, Liqing LIU, Kimihiko IMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20190174540
    Abstract: An apparatus includes: a transmitter configured to transmit a transport block on PUSCH; and a physical layer processing unit configured to calculate transmit power of the PUSCH, at least based on a number of SC-FDMA symbols NPUSCH-initialsymb for PUSCH initial transmission for the transport block, wherein the number of the SC-FDMA symbols NPUSCH-initialsymb is given at least based on NLBT and a number of SC-FDMA symbols NULsymb included in an uplink slot, and a value of NLBT is 1 in a case that a time continuous signal of a first SC-FDMA symbol included in the PUSCH is generated based on a content of a resource element corresponding to a second SC-FDMA symbol following the first SC-FDMA symbol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Tomoki YOSHIMURA, Wataru OUCHI, Shoichi SUZUKI, Liqing LIU, Kimihiko IMAMURA
  • Patent number: 10314078
    Abstract: There is provided a terminal device that communicates with a base station apparatus. The terminal device includes a transmission unit that configures a transmit power for transmission of a physical uplink shared channel in a serving cell belonging to a first cell group based on whether or not a physical random access channel is transmitted in the first cell group and a second cell group in a case where the first cell group and the second cell group are configured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Wataru Ouchi, Toshizo Nogami, Kazuyuki Shimezawa, Naoki Kusashima, Takashi Hayashi, Alvaro Ruiz Delgado, Kimihiko Imamura
  • Patent number: 10312989
    Abstract: A wireless communication device may autonomously transition from a multiple antenna port mode to a single antenna port mode. The wireless communication device may implicitly notify a base station about the autonomous transition from the multiple antenna port mode to the single antenna port mode. The base station may reallocate resources that were previously allocated to the wireless communication device but that are no longer being used by the wireless communication device. In some cases, the base station may configure the wireless communication device's antenna port mode via radio resource control signaling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kimihiko Imamura, John Michael Kowalski, Sayantan Choudhury
  • Publication number: 20190166591
    Abstract: A terminal device includes means of determining resource elements to which a physical downlink shared channel is mapped for transmission on the physical downlink shared channel in a non-MBSFN subframe that is scheduled by using a downlink control information format 1A based on positions of cell-specific reference signals that are provided by using a physical layer cell identity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Tatsushi AIBA, Kazuyuki SHIMEZAWA, Shoichi SUZUKI, Kimihiko IMAMURA
  • Patent number: 10306571
    Abstract: A first parameter that is used for configuration of a cyclic prefix for transmission of first information is configured, a second parameter that is used for configuration of a cyclic prefix for transmission of second information is configured, and one third parameter that is used for configuration of cyclic prefixes for transmission of a first synchronization signal, transmission of third information, transmission of a second synchronization signal, and transmission the fourth information, and that is common to the transmission of the first synchronization signal, the transmission of the third information, the transmission of the second synchronization signal, and the transmission of the fourth information is configured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazunari Yokomakura, Tatsushi Aiba, Shoichi Suzuki, Hiroki Takahashi, Kimihiko Imamura
  • Publication number: 20190158327
    Abstract: Uplink control information can be efficiently transmitted. A terminal apparatus (1) receives an uplink grant used for scheduling of a PUSCH in a serving cell and an uplink grant used for scheduling of a sPUSCH in the serving cell, transmits a periodic channel state information report by using the PUCCH in the serving cell, and in a case that transmission of the sPUSCH occurs in a subframe in which transmission of the periodic channel state information report by using the PUCCH has already started, stops the transmission of the PUCCH already started. According to the present invention, the terminal apparatus (1) can efficiently transmit the uplink control information. The base station apparatus (3) can efficiently receive the uplink control information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shoichi SUZUKI, Tatsushi AIBA, Kimihiko IMAMURA, Wataru OHUCHI, Takashi HAYASHI, Tomoki YOSHIMURA, Liqing LIU
  • Patent number: 10298306
    Abstract: There is provided a terminal device that communicates with a base station apparatus. The device includes: a higher layer processing unit that configures a discovery signal which includes cell-specific reference signals present in DwPTSs of all downlink subframes and all special subframes, a first synchronization signal present in a prescribed subframe, a second synchronization signal present in a first subframe, and one or more non-zero power CSI reference signals during a period of continuous subframes in a predetermined cell; and a reception unit that receives the discovery signal. A subframe offset between the second synchronization signal and the non-zero power CSI reference signal is independently configured for each of the non-zero power CSI reference signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Shimezawa, Toshizo Nogami, Naoki Kusashima, Kimihiko Imamura
  • Publication number: 20190141736
    Abstract: The terminal apparatus 1 receives an uplink grant to be used for scheduling a PUSCH in the serving cell and an uplink grant to be used for scheduling a sPUSCH in the serving cell, transmits a periodic channel state information report using a PUCCH in the serving cell, transmits the periodic channel state information report using the PUSCH in a subframe in which the PUSCH is scheduled, and does not transmit the periodic channel state information report using the sPUSCH in a subframe in which the sPUSCH is scheduled. According to the present invention, the terminal apparatus 1 can efficiently transmit the uplink control information. Also, the base station apparatus 3 can efficiently receive the uplink control information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Shoichi SUZUKI, Tatsushi AIBA, Kimihiko IMAMURA, Wataru OUCHI, Takashi HAYASHI, Tomoki YOSHIMURA, Liqing LIU
  • Publication number: 20190141684
    Abstract: A base station device and a terminal device efficiently communicate with each other by using a PDSCH. The base station device and the terminal device determine a starting position of an OFDM symbol for a PDSCH in a serving cell based on a transmission mode relating to transmission of the PDSCH, a DCI format that is used for allocation of the PDSCH, an antenna port that is used for the transmission of the PDSCH, and a higher-layer parameter that is determined from a parameter set for a serving cell in which the PDSCH is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Shoichi SUZUKI, Tatsushi AIBA, Kazunari YOKOMAKURA, Toshizo NOGAMI, Kimihiko IMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20190140876
    Abstract: A method for enabling a PUCCH with a TTI equal to or less than 1 ms. A terminal apparatus includes a transmitter configured to transmit an uplink signal on a PUCCH corresponding to a single SC-FDMA symbol, and a controller configured to determine transmit power for transmission on the PUCCH, wherein the uplink signal is generated based on a first sequence and a second sequence, the first sequence is given by applying a first cyclic shift to a third sequence, the second sequence is given by applying a second cyclic shift to the third sequence, and transmit power for transmission on the PUCCH is given based on a value of the first cyclic shift and a value of the second cyclic shift.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: TOMOKI YOSHIMURA, TAKASHI HAYASHI, SHOICHI SUZUKI, TATSUSHI AIBA, WATARU OUCHI, LIQING LIU, KIMIHIKO IMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20190140717
    Abstract: A terminal device transmits an RI determined by the terminal device, the RI corresponding to PDSCH transmission and corresponding to the number of layers, transmits capability information including first information, second information, third information, and/or fourth information, and receives fifth information, wherein the first information indicates a UE category corresponding to a first maximum number of the layers, the second information indicates a first bandwidth class, the third information indicates a second maximum number of the layers, the fourth information indicates a third maximum number of the layers, the fifth information indicates a fourth maximum number of the layers, and a fifth maximum number of the layers assumed for determining a bit width for the RI is given by referring to any one of the first maximum number of the layers, the second maximum number of the layers, and the fourth maximum number of the layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Shoichi SUZUKI, Tatsushi AIBA, Kimihiko IMAMURA, Kazuyuki SHIMEZAWA
  • Patent number: 10271290
    Abstract: With respect to uplink carrier aggregation, transmit power in a serving cell (c) is determined on the basis of maximum output power (PCMAX, C) for the serving cell c and total maximum output power (PCMAX). The maximum output power (PCMAX, C) for the serving cell (c) is based on maximum output power (PPowerClass) defined by a power class corresponding to a band to which the serving cell (c) belongs, and the total maximum output power (PCMAX) is based on maximum output power (PPowerClass) defined by a power class corresponding to a combination of aggregated bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shoichi Suzuki, Tatsushi Aiba, Kimihiko Imamura, Kazunari Yokomakura, Hiroki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20190098587
    Abstract: There are provided a base station, a terminal, and a communication system in a wireless communication system in which a base station and a terminal communicate with each other, in which the base station and the terminal can efficiently perform communication. The communication system includes a higher layer processing unit 605 configured to configure, at the base station, for each terminal, a first reference signal configuration for configuring a measurement target for channel state reporting, configured to configure, at the base station, for each terminal, a second reference signal configuration specifying a resource element to be excluded from the target of data demodulation in a case where the terminal demodulates data, and configured to configure, at the base station, for each terminal, a third reference signal configuration for configuring a measurement target for which a reference signal received power is to be measured by the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kimihiko IMAMURA, Wataru OUCHI, Yosuke AKIMOTO, Toshizo NOGAMI, Daiichiro NAKASHIMA, Kazuyuki SHIMEZAWA, Shoichi SUZUKI, Yasuyuki KATO, Katsunari UEMURA
  • Patent number: 10231272
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus transmits information related to communication/discovery between terminal apparatuses to a base station apparatus of EUTRAN. The base station apparatus of the EUTRAN transmits the information related to the communication/discovery between the terminal apparatuses to the terminal apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shoichi Suzuki, Tatsushi Aiba, Kazunari Yokomakura, Hiroki Takahashi, Wataru Ouchi, Kimihiko Imamura
  • Patent number: 10225831
    Abstract: A terminal device includes means of determining resource elements to which a physical downlink shared channel is mapped for transmission on the physical downlink shared channel in a non-MBSFN subframe that is scheduled by using a downlink control information format 1A based on positions of cell-specific reference signals that are provided by using a physical layer cell identity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsushi Aiba, Kazuyuki Shimezawa, Shoichi Suzuki, Kimihiko Imamura
  • Patent number: 10225058
    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: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsushi Aiba, Shoichi Suzuki, Kimihiko Imamura, Wataru Ouchi, Kazunari Yokomakura
  • Patent number: 10206202
    Abstract: The present invention enables efficient transmission/reception of a signal including control information between a base station apparatus and a mobile station apparatus. To realize this, second elements are formed using resources that are obtained by dividing one physical resource block pair, each of first elements is constituted by one or more of the second elements, a control channel is constituted by an aggregation of one or more of the first elements, and there is provided a controller that associates any one of the first elements with one or a plurality of the second elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kimihiko Imamura, Daiichiro Nakashima, Toshizo Nogami, Kazuyuki Shimezawa
  • Patent number: 10206209
    Abstract: A base station device and a terminal device efficiently communicate with each other by using a PDSCH. The base station device and the terminal device determine a starting position of an OFDM symbol for a PDSCH in a serving cell based on a transmission mode relating to transmission of the PDSCH, a DCI format that is used for allocation of the PDSCH, an antenna port that is used for the transmission of the PDSCH, and a higher-layer parameter that is determined from a parameter set for a serving cell in which the PDSCH is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shoichi Suzuki, Tatsushi Aiba, Kazunari Yokomakura, Toshizo Nogami, Kimihiko Imamura
  • Patent number: 10206130
    Abstract: A terminal device communicating with a base station device includes a reception unit which performs first measurement based on a first RS and performs second measurement based on a second RS; and a higher layer processing unit which reports a first measurement result obtained by the first measurement and a second measurement result obtained by the second measurement to the base station device. The first measurement is performed in a first state. The first measurement or the second measurement is performed in a second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoki Kusashima, Kazuyuki Shimezawa, Wataru Ouchi, Toshizo Nogami, Alvaro Ruiz Delgado, Kimihiko Imamura