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: 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
  • Patent number: 12756520
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives downlink control information including a resource assignment of a physical uplink shared channel and a value of an antenna port indication, and a control section that controls transmission of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS), based on an association between the value, the number of code division multiplexing (CDM) groups, and a DMRS port. The number of the CDM groups for DMRS configuration type 1 is larger than 2, and the number of the CDM groups for DMRS configuration type 2 is larger than 3. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, an appropriate number of DMRS ports can be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2026
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Jing Wang, Lan Chen
  • Publication number: 20260304191
    Abstract: A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a receiving section that receives information related to a plurality of channel measurement resources and information related to a report quantity; and a control section that performs, based on the information related to the report quantity, control to report an offset related to one or more parameters between the plurality of channel measurement resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: October 1, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Jing Wang, Lan Chen
  • Publication number: 20260304192
    Abstract: A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a receiving section that receives information related to a plurality of channel measurement resources and information related to a report quantity; and a control section that performs, based on the information related to the report quantity, control to report an offset related to one or more parameters between one or more reference channel measurement resources selected from the plurality of channel measurement resources and the rest of the channel measurement resources other than the reference channel measurement resources, wherein the control section judges, based on at least one of the information related to the report quantity and a band type for reporting to be performed, a mapping order for channel state information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: October 1, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Jing Wang, Lan Chen
  • Publication number: 20260304263
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives a Medium Access Control Control Element (MAC CE) related to a cell switch, and a control section that controls application of a configuration of at least one of radio link monitoring (RLM), beam failure detection (BFD), and an uplink control channel (PUCCH) for a specific cell, based on information included in the MAC CE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2024
    Publication date: October 1, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Mamoru Okumura, Satoshi Nagata, Jing Wang, Lan Chen
  • Publication number: 20260292629
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives information indicating switching of an active non-serving cell and information related to a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state to be activated for a non-serving cell after switching, and a control section that, when a non-serving cell before switching and the non-serving cell after the switching are associated with a same timing advance group, controls to perform UL transmission in the non-serving cell after the switching by using a timing advance different from a timing advance for the non-serving cell before the switching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2024
    Publication date: September 24, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Weidi Sun, Jing Wang, Lan Chen
  • Patent number: 12744578
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a control section that selects a beam to be reported, based on at least one of an uplink (UL) beam quality and a downlink (DL) beam quality, and a transmitting section that transmits a beam report including at least one of the UL beam quality and the DL beam quality of the selected beam. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a report (CSI report) related to a beam can be appropriately executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2026
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Jing Wang, Weiqi Sun, Lan Chen
  • Publication number: 20260280624
    Abstract: A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a receiving section that receives downlink control information including information related to a codebook subset indicating a precoder corresponding to a first sub-range including rank 1 to rank 4 and a precoder corresponding to a second sub-range including rank 5 to rank 8; and a control section that judges, based on the precoder indicated by the information, a precoder for eight ports for an uplink transmission, wherein the control section judges the precoder for eight ports by using a same codepoint for the first sub-range and the second sub-range. An aspect of the present disclosure enables UL transmission using more than four antenna ports to be appropriately controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Publication date: September 17, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Naoya Shibaike, Satoshi Nagata, Jing Wang, Lan Chen
  • Publication number: 20260282101
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives a downlink control channel supporting triggering of a random access preamble (PRACH) for a plurality of candidate cells, and a control section that judges, based on the downlink control channel, one or more candidate cells for which transmission of the PRACH is performed. The plurality of candidate cells include a first candidate cell with monitoring of a response signal (RAR) to the PRACH and a second candidate cell without monitoring of an PAR to the PRACH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: September 17, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Mamoru Okumura, Satoshi Nagata, Jing Wang, Lan Chen
  • Publication number: 20260270914
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives configuration information related to a sounding reference signal (SRS), and a control section that, when UL transmission is performed using an SRS resource configured by the configuration information, determines timing advance to be applied to the UL transmission, based on a timing advance group associated with an SRS resource set corresponding to the SRS resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: September 10, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Weiqi Sun, Jing Wang, Lan Chen
  • Publication number: 20260271084
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a receiving section that receives a configuration of multiple repetitions of a random access channel; and a control section that determines a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) to be used for scheduling of responses to the multiple repetitions, based on multiple random access occasions to be used for the multiple respective repetitions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Publication date: September 10, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Naoya SHIBAIKE, Yuki MATSUMURA, Satoshi NAGATA, Qiping PI, Jing WANG, Lan CHEN
  • Publication number: 20260270998
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives downlink control information (DCI) for scheduling an uplink shared channel (Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH)) to be repeatedly transmitted, a transmitting section that transmits a plurality of transport blocks to a plurality of transmission/reception points (TRPs) by using the PUSCH, and a control section that determines a size of at least one of the plurality of transport blocks, based on a codepoint of a transmission configuration indication (TCI) field included in a field of the DCI. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to appropriately perform PUSCH transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: September 10, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Jing Wang, Lan Chen
  • Publication number: 20260262088
    Abstract: This communication device comprises: a control unit that, when switching the state relating to a transfer operation executed between a base station and a terminal by the communication device to a first state, sets a specific period before a period of the first state, and switches said state to the first state; and a communication unit that transmits or receives a signal relating to the transfer in accordance with the first state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Publication date: September 3, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke KURITA, Hiroki HARADA, Weiqi SUN, Jing WANG, Lan CHEN
  • Patent number: 12726250
    Abstract: A terminal includes: a control unit configured to assume a beam switching gap between a plurality of signals or channels for transmission or reception to be a sufficient time corresponding to a larger subcarrier spacing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Naoya Shibaike, Hiroki Harada, Satoshi Nagata, Qiping Pi, Jing Wang, Lan Chen
  • Patent number: 12727000
    Abstract: To appropriately perform communication even when transmission with repetition is applied to DL channels transmitted from one or more TRPs. A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives multiple downlink control information transmitted using respective downlink control channels to which transmission with repetition is applied; and a control section that controls, when a downlink shared channel overlaps a resource in a control resource set including a downlink control channel to which the transmission with repetition is applied, not to use resources corresponding to a downlink control channel scheduling the downlink shared channel and a demodulation reference signal resource for an associated downlink control channel, for the downlink shared channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Weiqi Sun, Jing Wang, Lan Chen
  • Patent number: 12726977
    Abstract: A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a control section that, in a case where a first uplink channel and a plurality of second uplink channels having a lower priority than the first uplink channel and not overlapping in a time domain are overlapping, performs control to map at least one of uplink control information corresponding to each of the plurality of second uplink channels to the first uplink channel; and a transmitting section that uses the first uplink channel to transmit at least one of the uplink control information corresponding to each of the plurality of second uplink channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Satoshi Nagata, Jing Wang, Lan Chen, Jialin Wu, Yong Li
  • Publication number: 20260254579
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives information related to a transmission scheme for an uplink shared channel (PUSCH) to be transmitted using at least one of a plurality of beams, panels, and transmission/reception points and downlink control information including information indicating an association between an uplink phase tracking reference signal (PTRS) and a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for the PUSCH, and a control section that determines an association between ports of the PTRS and ports of the DMRS, based on the transmission scheme to be applied to the PUSCH, the downlink control information, and a number of the ports of the PTRS to be applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Publication date: August 27, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Weiqi Sun, Jing Wang, Lan Chen