Patents by Inventor Lan Chen

Lan Chen 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: 20260352281
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives a configuration of channel state information for a plurality of transmission points, and a control section that determines number of non-zero coefficients for each transmission point, based on at least one of a minimum number and a maximum number of the non-zero coefficients. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, an appropriate number of DMRS ports can be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Publication date: November 5, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Jing Wang, Lan Chen
  • Publication number: 20260352416
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives a configuration related to a unified Transmission Configuration Indication (TCI) state, and a control section that determines to perform at least one of reporting of a downlink beam and reporting of an uplink beam, based on the configuration and an event. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to appropriately perform beam reporting and application of a TCI state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: November 5, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Weiqi Sun, Jing Wang, Lan Chen
  • Publication number: 20260352532
    Abstract: This repeater comprises: a reception unit that receives control information via a first link used in exchanging the control information between a base station and the repeater; and a control unit that, on the basis of the control information, determines a time resource allocated to the repeater in a second link used in transferring signals between the base station and a terminal. The control unit sets a sub-carrier interval and/or a cyclic prefix of the time resource to the sub-carrier interval and/or cyclic prefix of the first link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 5, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke KURITA, Hiroki HARADA, Weiqi SUN, Jing WANG, Lan CHEN
  • Publication number: 20260353329
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives a configuration related to at least one of: a plurality of offsets related to timing advance (TA) and a plurality of timing advance groups (TAGs), and a control section that determines at least one of a specific offset and a specific TAG to be applied to uplink transmission related to a random access procedure out of the at least one of: the plurality of offsets and the plurality of TAGs, based on a specific method. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, UL transmission can be appropriately controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: November 5, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Weiqi Sun, Jing Wang, Lan Chen
  • Publication number: 20260352396
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a reception section that receives first downlink control information transmitted by using a first control resource set corresponding to a first control resource set pool index and second downlink control information transmitted by using a second control resource set corresponding to a second control resource set pool index; and a control section that performs control to transmit a first uplink shared channel scheduled by the first downlink control information and a second uplink shared channel scheduled by the second downlink control information and overlapping the first uplink shared channel in a time domain. The control section judges a maximum number of phase tracking reference signal (PTRS) ports corresponding to the first uplink shared channel and a maximum number of PTRS ports corresponding to the second uplink shared channel, based on information notified by higher layer signaling or a predefined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Publication date: November 5, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Weiqi Sun, Jing Wang, Lan Chen
  • Publication number: 20260343560
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a receiving section that receives at least one of downlink control information and a MAC CE (MAC Control Element) including cell switch indication information for switch from a serving cell to a candidate cell; and a control section that determines whether the switch from the serving cell to the candidate cell has been successful or has failed, based on at least one of transmission of an ACK (ACKnowledgement) for the cell switch indication information and reception of DL transmission from the candidate cell in a certain window or timer period after reception of the cell switch indication information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: October 29, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Mamoru Okumura, Satoshi Nagata, Jing Wang, Lan Chen
  • Publication number: 20260343420
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a receiving section that receives first information and second information for transmission power control of a plurality of physical uplink control channels (PUCCHs) using a plurality of transmission/reception points (TRPs); and a control section that controls a transmission power of a PUCCH corresponding to a first TRP of the plurality of TRPs, based on the first information, and controls a transmission power of a PUCCH corresponding to a second TRP of the plurality of TRPs, based on the second information, when a unified Transmission Configuration Indication (TCI) state is not indicated. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to appropriately perform transmission power control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Publication date: October 29, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Weiqi Sun, Jing Wang, Lan Chen
  • Publication number: 20260343296
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a receiving section that receives information related to a candidate cell for which cell switching is supported by L1/L2 signaling; and a control section that controls measurement of the candidate cell, wherein one or a plurality of specific parameters are configured for at least one of intra-frequency measurement and inter-frequency measurement, for each candidate cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Publication date: October 29, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Mamoru Okumura, Satoshi Nagata, Jing Wang, Lan Chen
  • Publication number: 20260342496
    Abstract: A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives a plurality of configuration information related to a sounding reference signal (SRS) resource, and a control section that controls UL transmissions transmitted from a plurality of respective panels by using a space division multiplexing scheme, based on a combination of a plurality of SRS resource indicators (SRIs) indicated by one or more fields included in downlink control information, wherein an association between a maximum rank supported for the UL transmissions and numbers of SRS resources configurable for the respective panels is configured or defined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Publication date: October 29, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Weiqi Sun, Jing Wang, Lan Chen
  • Publication number: 20260343247
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a receiving section that receives information regarding a scenario configuration in which collection of a data set is needed; and a control section that trains an artificial intelligence (AI) model, based on a data set collected in a specific scenario configuration. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, preferable overhead reduction/channel estimation/resource use can be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: October 29, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Haruhi Echigo, Hiroki Harada, Liu Liu, Lan Chen, Xin Wang
  • Publication number: 20260343534
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives downlink control information to be used for scheduling a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), and a control section that controls, based on information on a rank of the PUSCH and information on whether an uplink shared channel (UL-SCH) is transmitted or not included in the downlink control information, a transmission of the UL-SCH and channel state information in one or more codewords (CWs) corresponding to the PUSCH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Publication date: October 29, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Naoya Shibaike, Satoshi Nagata, Jing Wang, Lan Chen
  • Publication number: 20260333333
    Abstract: A wireless relay device includes: a communication unit configured to perform transmission and reception of signaling including control information related to a relay function to and from a base station; a control unit configured to control the relay function based on the control information; and a relay unit configured to perform the relay function of receiving an uplink signal from a terminal and transmitting the uplink signal to the base station, and of receiving a downlink signal from the base station and transmitting the downlink signal to the terminal. The control unit determines an uplink reception beam that is applied to reception of the uplink signal, an uplink transmission beam that is applied to transmission of the uplink signal, a downlink reception beam that is applied to reception of the downlink signal, and a downlink transmission beam that is applied to transmission of the downlink signal, based on the control information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Publication date: October 22, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kurita, Hiroki Harada, Weiqi Sun, Jing Wang, Lan Chen
  • Publication number: 20260332231
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a transmitting section that transmits a Medium Access Control (MAC) control element for beam reporting including at least a reference signal indicator (ID) field indicating at least one of a downlink beam or an uplink beam and a field indicating measurement results of the downlink beam and the uplink beam, and a control section that determines beam update, based on a response transmitted for the MAC control element. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to appropriately perform beam reporting and application of a TCI state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: October 22, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Weiqi Sun, Jing Wang, Lan Chen
  • Publication number: 20260333067
    Abstract: This wireless device is provided with: a control unit that determines a codeword on the basis of a geometric relationship between the wireless device and an area covered by the wireless device and generates a beam that covers the area by applying the codeword; and a communication unit that outputs a signal by using the beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Publication date: October 22, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Takanobu ONODA, Daisuke KURITA, Hiroki HARADA, Fan WANG, Xiaolin HOU, Xiang LI, Weiqi SUN, Jing WANG, Lan CHEN
  • Patent number: 12771487
    Abstract: This terminal includes: a control unit that multiplexes a first code book for a response signal of a signal that is included in a first slot and is dynamically scheduled, and a second code book for a response signal of a signal that is included in a second slot and that is semi-dynamically scheduled, the second slot being an uplink cell slot different from the first slot and overlapping with the first slot; and a transmission unit that transmits the first code book and the second code book that have been multiplexed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2026
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Satoshi Nagata, Qiping Pi, Jing Wang, Lan Chen
  • Patent number: 12772239
    Abstract: Appropriately performing STRP/MTRP PUSCH transmission. A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives downlink control information including a first sounding reference signal (SRS) resource indicator (SRI) field and a second SRI field, and a control section that performs control to perform codebook-based uplink transmission scheduled by the downlink control information by using a first panel determined on the basis of the first SRI field and a second panel determined on the basis of the second SRI field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2026
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Weiqi Sun, Jing Wang, Lan Chen
  • Publication number: 20260323408
    Abstract: A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a receiving section that receives first information related to one or more serving cells configured with L1 beam measurement and reporting, second information related to one or more candidate cells configured with L1 beam measurement and reporting, and third information indicating deactivation of at least one of the serving cells and the candidate cells; and a control section that controls, based on the first information, the second information, and the third information, L1 beam measurement and reporting for the serving cells and the candidate cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 15, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Jing Wang, Lan Chen
  • Publication number: 20260323686
    Abstract: A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives a configuration of inter-cell multi-transmission/reception points (TRPs), and receives first information related to a Contention Free Random Access (CFRA) resource corresponding to a first candidate cell and second information related to a CFRA resource corresponding to a second candidate cell, and a control section that controls a CFRA procedure in the first candidate cell, based on the first information, and controls a CFRA procedure in the second candidate cell, based on the second information. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, even when communication is performed by using a plurality of transmission points, the communication can be appropriately performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 15, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Weiqi Sun, Jing Wang, Lan Chen
  • Publication number: 20260313692
    Abstract: A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a transmitting section that transmits first capability information related to a capability for a repetition of a message 1, and second capability information related to a capability for a repetition of a message 3, and a control section that determines, based on the first capability information and the second capability information, whether to perform first random access procedure including the repetition of the message 1 and the repetition of the message 3 or second random access procedure not including at least one of the repetition of the message 1 and the repetition of the message 3. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to enhance coverage in random access procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Publication date: October 8, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Naoya SHIBAIKE, Yuki MATSUMURA, Satoshi NAGATA, Qiping PI, Jing WANG, Lan CHEN, Yiyi LU, Yong LI
  • Patent number: 12757155
    Abstract: A base station in a network system is provided. The base station includes a reception unit configured to receive a first reference signal from a terminal via a first non-terrestrial communication device; and a transmission unit configured to transmit, to a location management function (LMF), information related to a propagation delay of the first reference signal and information related to a reception timing of the first reference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2026
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shohei Yoshioka, Satoshi Nagata, Luhua You, Weiqi Sun, Jing Wang, Lan Chen, Jinming Zhao, Yong Li