Patents by Inventor Koutarou Sugisawa

Koutarou Sugisawa 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: 8717912
    Abstract: In order to carry out high-speed packet communications using a large-volume transmission channel like an E-DCH, uplink communication quality must be good. However, in a state in which a link imbalance occurs, a mobile station cannot estimate the uplink communication quality from downlink communication quality. Therefore, the mobile station calculates a path loss from the setting power of a common pilot channel which is notified from a base station, and the received power of the common pilot channel received thereby, and also estimates the received power in the base station on the basis of this path loss. The mobile station further judges the uplink communication quality by estimating the SIR in the base station by using the interference power notified from the base station and the estimated received power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hideji Wakabayashi, Koutarou Sugisawa
  • 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: 8355375
    Abstract: A radio network controller constructed to divide a plurality of base stations into a group of base stations included in an E-DCH active set and a group of base stations included in an active set for soft handovers according to a status of reception of data in each of the plurality of base stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Miho Maeda, Hideji Wakabayashi, Koutarou Sugisawa
  • Patent number: 8126008
    Abstract: Data communication sub-slots of a cycle in a time division mode are allocated to communication apparatuses; a maintenance communication sub-slot is allocated to the communication apparatus operating as a master communication apparatus; the communication apparatuses perform data communication with the use of the data communication sub-slots allocated thereto; and the communication apparatus uses the maintenance communication sub-slot to change or monitor information about the communication of the communication apparatuses in the time division mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Koutarou Sugisawa, Satoshi Mizogami, Takahiro Kamada
  • Patent number: 8050222
    Abstract: A radio network controller 3 is so constructed as to divide a plurality of base stations 2 into a group of base stations included in an E-DCH active set and a group of base stations included in an active set for soft handovers (i.e., a prior art active set) according to a status of reception of data in each of the plurality of base stations 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Miho Maeda, Hideji Wakabayashi, Koutarou Sugisawa
  • Publication number: 20110255515
    Abstract: A radio network controller constructed to divide a plurality of base stations into a group of base stations included in an E-DCH active set and a group of base stations included in an active set for soft handovers according to a status of reception of data in each of the plurality of base stations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Miho Maeda, Hideji Wakabayashi, Koutarou Sugisawa
  • Publication number: 20110021239
    Abstract: In order to carry out high-speed packet communications using a large-volume transmission channel like an E-DCH, uplink communication quality must be good. However, in a state in which a link imbalance occurs, a mobile station cannot estimate the uplink communication quality from downlink communication quality. Therefore, the mobile station calculates a path loss from the setting power of a common pilot channel which is notified from a base station, and the received power of the common pilot channel received thereby, and also estimates the received power in the base station on the basis of this path loss. The mobile station further judges the uplink communication quality by estimating the SIR in the base station by using the interference power notified from the base station and the estimated received power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideji WAKABAYASHI, Koutarou Sugisawa
  • Publication number: 20100226393
    Abstract: Data communication sub-slots of a cycle in a time division mode are allocated to communication apparatuses; a maintenance communication sub-slot is allocated to the communication apparatus operating as a master communication apparatus; the communication apparatuses perform data communication with the use of the data communication sub-slots allocated thereto; and the communication apparatus uses the maintenance communication sub-slot to change or monitor information about the communication of the communication apparatuses in the time division mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Koutarou Sugisawa, Satoshi Mizogami, Takahiro Kamada
  • Publication number: 20090275337
    Abstract: A radio network controller 3 is so constructed as to divide a plurality of base stations 2 into a group of base stations included in an E-DCH active set and a group of base stations included in an active set for soft handovers (i.e., a prior art active set) according to a status of reception of data in each of the plurality of base stations 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Miho Maeda, Hideji Wakabayashi, Koutarou Sugisawa
  • Patent number: 7519105
    Abstract: It is an object to propose a way to assign channelization that is applicable to a case in which the number of multiplexing of DPDCHs (Dedicated Physical Data Channels) is at least five for overshoot of HPSK (Hybrid Phase Shift Keying) modulation. Assignment of channelization codes is set as follows. For all possible combinations of channelization assigned to given data channels and control channels, a transition ?1 from the first chip to the second chip and a transition ?2 from the third chip to the fourth chip are obtained. For each transition, 0 degrees or 180 degrees is desirable, and 90 degrees is the worst, so that a combination is obtained in which squares of sine of respective transitions become the smallest. Consequently, by obtaining a combination that makes sin2 ?1+sin2 ?2 the smallest, the one that is close to the most desirable combination can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koutarou Sugisawa, Hideji Wakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20080318586
    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: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhito NIWANO, Hideji Wakabayashi, Koutarou Sugisawa
  • Publication number: 20080253300
    Abstract: In order to carry out high-speed packet communications using a large-volume transmission channel like an E-DCH, uplink communication quality must be good. However, in a state in which a link imbalance occurs, a mobile station cannot estimate the uplink communication quality from downlink communication quality. Therefore, the mobile station calculates a path loss from the setting power of a common pilot channel which is notified from a base station, and the received power of the common pilot channel received thereby, and also estimates the received power in the base station on the basis of this path loss. The mobile station further judges the uplink communication quality by estimating the SIR in the base station by using the interference power notified from the base station and the estimated received power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2005
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hideji Wakabayashi, Koutarou Sugisawa
  • Patent number: 7352698
    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 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhito Niwano, Hideji Wakabayashi, Koutarou Sugisawa
  • Publication number: 20070025422
    Abstract: It is an object to propose a way to assign channelization that is applicable to a case in which the number of multiplexing of DPDCHs (Dedicated Physical Data Channels) is at least five for overshoot of HPSK (Hybrid Phase Shift Keying) modulation. Assignment of channelization codes is set as follows. For all possible combinations of channelization assigned to given data channels and control channels, a transition ?1 from the first chip to the second chip and a transition ?2 from the third chip to the fourth chip are obtained. For each transition, 0 degrees or 180 degrees is desirable, and 90 degrees is the worst, so that a combination is obtained in which squares of sine of respective transitions become the smallest. Consequently, by obtaining a combination that makes sin2 ?1+sin2 ?2 the smallest, the one that is close to the most desirable combination can be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2005
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koutarou Sugisawa, Hideji Wakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20060083191
    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: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2004
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhito Niwano, Hideji Wakabayashi, Koutarou Sugisawa
  • Publication number: 20060035644
    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: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2005
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhito Niwano, Hideji Wakabayashi, Koutarou Sugisawa
  • Publication number: 20060035661
    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: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2005
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhito Niwano, Hideji Wakabayashi, Koutarou Sugisawa