Patents by Inventor Kousuke Shima
Kousuke Shima 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).
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Publication number: 20260231096Abstract: A terminal includes: a control unit configured to measure a plurality of indicator values each indicating a line-of-sight state; and a transmission unit configured to select, on the basis of quality related to the indicator values, one or more of the plurality of indicator values measured by the control unit, and to report the selected one or more indicator values to a network.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2023Publication date: August 6, 2026Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Kousuke Shima, Dakiki Takeda, Masaya Okamura, Hiroki Harada, Daisuke Kurita, Mayuko Okano
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Publication number: 20260223048Abstract: A terminal includes: a control unit configured to expect mapping of resources corresponding to reference signals used for positioning to which frequency hopping is applied; and a reception unit configured to receive the reference signals, based on the expected mapping of resources. A first resource and a second resource corresponding to the reference signals are partially overlapped with each other in a frequency domain. The control unit expects a resource to be mapped to the second resource, based on an overlap size between the first resource and the second resource or based on a reference resource and an offset from the reference resource.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2023Publication date: July 30, 2026Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Kousuke Shima, Daiki Takeda, Masaya Okamura, Hiroki Harada, Haruhi Echigo
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Publication number: 20260223046Abstract: A terminal includes: a reception unit configured to receive, from a base station, information indicating a plurality of resources in which DL-PRSs (Downlink Positioning Reference Signals) used for a same positioning calculation are allocated; and a control unit configured to measure the DL-PRSs in the plurality of resources to perform positioning. The control unit performs bandwidth aggregation for positioning in a case where the resources are included in different PFLs (Positioning Frequency Layers).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2023Publication date: July 30, 2026Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Masaya Okamura, Daiki Takeda, Kousuke Shima, Hiroki Harada, Haruhi Echigo
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Publication number: 20250317937Abstract: A terminal includes: a reception unit configured to receive a control signal in downlink; and a control unit configured to expect that the control signal is to be received based on a separate configuration for a reduced function terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2022Publication date: October 9, 2025Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Mayuko Okano, Hiroki Harada, Shinya Kumagai, Daisuke Kurita, Yuki Takahashi, Tomoya Ohara, Masaya Okamura, Kousuke Shima
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Publication number: 20250310042Abstract: A terminal includes a control unit configured to assume frequency hopping outside a Bandwidth Part (BWP) or frequency hopping inside the BWP to be applied to a signal related to positioning; a reception unit configured to receive the signal related to positioning from the base station by applying the frequency hopping outside the BWP or the frequency hopping inside the BWP; and a transmission unit configured to transmit, to the base station, information including a result of measuring the signal related to the positioning.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2022Publication date: October 2, 2025Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Kousuke Shima, Tomoya Ohara, Masaya Okamura, Syouichi Higuchi, Takuma Nakamura, Hiroki Harada, Daisuke Kurita, Mayuko Okano
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Publication number: 20250310905Abstract: A terminal includes a receiving unit configured to receive a synchronization signal or a broadcast signal, and a controller configured to assume that receiving the synchronization signal or the broadcast signal is based on individual configurations for a terminal with reduced functions.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2022Publication date: October 2, 2025Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Mayuko Okano, Hiroki Harada, Shinya Kumagai, Daisuke Kurita, Tomoya Ohara, Masaya Okamura, Kousuke Shima
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Publication number: 20250274327Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives information related to a reference carrier, and a control section that performs, based on the information, first Doppler compensation in the reference carrier and that performs, based on the information and the first Doppler compensation, second Doppler compensation in a carrier other than the reference carrier. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to appropriately perform Doppler compensation.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2022Publication date: August 28, 2025Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Syouichi Higuchi, Tomoya Ohara, Masaya Okamura, Takuma Nakamura, Kousuke Shima
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Publication number: 20250267518Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a transmitting section that transmits support information indicating a support for a specific reception function for interference mitigation in reception, and a control section that controls the reception by using the specific reception function. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a function of receiver of the terminal can be appropriately used.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2022Publication date: August 21, 2025Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Syouichi Higuchi, Tomoya Ohara, Masaya Okamura, Takuma Nakamura, Kousuke Shima
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Publication number: 20250240756Abstract: This terminal comprises: a control unit that determines an outside-Bandwidth-Part (BWP) frequency hopping or an inside-BWP frequency hopping that is to be applied to a signal related to a position measurement; a transmission unit that transmits the signal related to the position measurement to a base station; and a reception unit that receives, from the base station, position information calculated at least on the basis of the signal related to the position measurement.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2022Publication date: July 24, 2025Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Kousuke Shima, Tomoya Ohara, Masaya Okamura, Syouichi Higuchi, Takuma Nakamura, Hiroki Harada, Daisuke Kurita, Mayuko Okano
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Publication number: 20250220602Abstract: A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure is a terminal supporting full-duplex communication, the terminal including a receiving section that receives information related to any one of a criterion for timing of an uplink transmission and a criterion for timing of a downlink reception, and a control section that matches the criterion for the timing of the uplink transmission with the criterion for the timing of the downlink reception, based on the information, to control the uplink transmission and the downlink reception. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, resource usage efficiency can be increased.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2022Publication date: July 3, 2025Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Daisuke Kurita, Hiroki Harada, Mayuko Okano, Tomoya Ohara, Masaya Okamura, Kousuke Shima
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Publication number: 20250211971Abstract: A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure supports full-duplex communication, and includes a receiving section that receives information related to measurement of interference by a signal transmitted from another terminal, and a control section that controls the measurement of the interference by the signal based on the information. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, the interference can be suppressed, and resource use efficiency can be increased.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2022Publication date: June 26, 2025Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Daisuke Kurita, Hiroki Harada, Mayuko Okano, Tomoya Ohara, Masaya Okamura, Kousuke Shima
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Publication number: 20250106665Abstract: A wireless relay device includes: a relay unit configured to relay a first wireless signal from a base station to a terminal; and a control unit configured to control relaying of the first wireless signal from the base station to the terminal. The control unit performs measurement of the first wireless signal and determines power amplification and a spatial domain filter to be applied to the relaying of the first wireless signal from the base station to the terminal based on a result of the measurement.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2022Publication date: March 27, 2025Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Daisuke Kurita, Mayuko Okano, Kousuke Shima, Masaya Okamura, Tomoya Ohara, Jing Wang, Weiqi Sun
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Publication number: 20250105964Abstract: A terminal includes: a reception unit configured to receive, in downlink, a reference signal for positioning without using a measurement gap during a reference signal processing period; and a control unit configured to assume that the reference signal is to be transmitted by using a duplex method during the reference signal processing period.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2022Publication date: March 27, 2025Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Kousuke Shima, Hiroki Harada, Daisuke Kurita, Mayuki Okano, Masaya Okamura, Tomoya Ohara
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Publication number: 20250097917Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives first configuration information related to use of a frequency to which shared spectrum channel access is applied, and second configuration information for configuring a resource in which frequency division multiplexing of a downlink (DL) resource and an uplink (UL) resource is available, and a control section that controls, based on the first configuration information and the second configuration information, use of the resource in which the frequency division multiplexing is available in the frequency applied with the shared spectrum channel access. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to enhance efficiency of resource use.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2022Publication date: March 20, 2025Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Daisuke Kurita, Mayuko Okano, Kousuke Shima, Masaya Okamura, Tomoya Ohara
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Publication number: 20250088331Abstract: A terminal includes: a transmission unit configured to transmit, in uplink, a reference signal for positioning; and a control unit configured to assume that resources of the reference signal for positioning are to be non-contiguously allocated.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2022Publication date: March 13, 2025Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Masaya Okamura, Tomoya Ohara, Kousuke Shima, Hiroki Harada, Daisuke Kurita, Mayuko Okano
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Publication number: 20240406911Abstract: A terminal includes: a control unit that performs a position measurement based on a reference signal received from a network; and a transmitting unit that transmits a report including a result of the position measurement to the network, in which the transmitting unit transmits, to the network, capability information capability of reporting an indicator concerning a line of sight of the reference signal, and the control unit assumes the position measurement based on the capability information.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2021Publication date: December 5, 2024Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Kousuke Shima, Masaya Okamura, Tomoya Ohara, Hiroki Harada