Patents by Inventor Masafumi Aramoto

Masafumi Aramoto 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: 11178704
    Abstract: To provide a communication procedure for data transmission and/or reception suitable to a CIoT terminal. In a communication control method by a terminal apparatus according to the present invention, a first data transmission and/or reception method is a method for transmitting and/or receiving user data by use of a Signalling Radio Bearer (SRB), a second data transmission and/or reception method is a method for transmitting and/or receiving user data by use of a Data Radio Bearer (DRB), and the communication control method includes a step of changing the user data transmission and/or reception method from the first data transmission and/or reception method into the second data transmission and/or reception method, and a step of transmitting and/or receiving the user data to/from a core network by the second data transmission and/or reception method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yudai Kawasaki, Masafumi Aramoto
  • Patent number: 11178705
    Abstract: To provide a communication procedure such as an attach procedure suitable for a CIoT terminal. A method includes: a step of receiving an ATTACH ACCEPT message from a core network; a step of transmitting user data by using a radio bearer for transmitting and/or receiving a control message in a case that the ATTACH ACCEPT message does not include first identification information; and a step of establishing a Packet Data Network (PDN) connection and/or a radio bearer for user data transmission and/or reception and transmitting user data by using the Packet Data Network (PDN) connection and/or the radio bearer for user data transmission and/or reception, in a case that the ATTACH ACCEPT message includes the first identification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yudai Kawasaki, Masafumi Aramoto
  • Patent number: 11172528
    Abstract: Provided are, for example: a communication controller configured to establish a suitable session for a terminal apparatus and a network apparatus that are connected to a wide variety of multiple access networks; a user-data communication controller that is suitable for a terminal apparatus and a network apparatus establishing a session via multiple access networks. Hence, the NextGen has studied the optimization of session management for the mobile communication service between a terminal apparatus and a network apparatus. Provided is a communication controller suitable for a terminal apparatus and network apparatus supporting the connection to a wide variety of multiple access networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Shuichiro Chiba, Yudai Kawasaki, Masafumi Aramoto
  • Patent number: 11160136
    Abstract: To provide a communication control means for establishing a session between a terminal apparatus and a network in a network-initiated manner and/or a connection control means for supporting service continuity and/or a session establishment control means for supporting service continuity and/or a communication control means for service continuity, and the like. These provide a communication control method for establishing an optimal session for service continuity through which service is continued by switching between sessions for communication, an optimal communication control method for service continuity, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Yudai Kawasaki, Masafumi Aramoto
  • Publication number: 20210329725
    Abstract: Provided is, in 5GS, a communication unit for implementing a Vertical LAN. Provided are, in 5GS, a unit for registration of a UE, a session establishment procedure, and generation of a 5GLAN group for implementing the Vertical LAN and a 5GLAN service, a unit for starting communication using the Vertical LAN and the 5GLAN service, and the communication unit. In addition, provided are a unit for modifying a configuration of the UE registered with a network, a unit for managing an established session, a unit for deleting the 5GLAN group, a unit for deleting the UE from the 5GLAN group, and a unit for stopping communication using the Vertical LAN and the 5GLAN service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: YUDAI KAWASAKI, MASAFUMI ARAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11140599
    Abstract: Provided are a terminal apparatus capable of connecting to various core networks, a communication controller suitable for a device in a network connectable to the terminal apparatus, a communication controller for changing a core network to which the terminal apparatus is connected, a communication controller for switching a session established by the terminal apparatus to a session with another core network, and the like. This provides the terminal apparatus supporting a switch of connectivity between multiple core networks, and a communication controller suitable for the device in the network connectable with the terminal apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Shuichiro Chiba, Yudai Kawasaki, Masafumi Aramoto, Yoko Kuge
  • Publication number: 20210274571
    Abstract: Provided is, in 5GS, a communication unit for implementing a Vertical LAN. Provided are, in 5GS, a unit for registration of a UE, a session establishment procedure, and generation of a 5GLAN group for implementing the Vertical LAN and a 5GLAN service, a unit for starting communication using the Vertical LAN and the 5GLAN service, and the communication unit. In addition, provided are a unit for modifying a configuration of the UE registered with a network, a unit for managing an established session, a unit for deleting the 5GLAN group, a unit for deleting the UE from the 5GLAN group, and a unit for stopping communication using the Vertical LAN and the 5GLAN service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: YUDAI KAWASAKI, MASAFUMI ARAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11102826
    Abstract: An MME detects that a PDN connection is not effective and changes from a non-optimal gateway to a bearer established in a PDN connection using a more optimal gateway as an endpoint node. This configuration allows an already-established PDN connection to switch to a new PDN connection using the more optimal gateway, which achieves optimal communication control for continuing communication of UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki Enomoto, Masafumi Aramoto
  • Publication number: 20210251020
    Abstract: A User Equipment (UE) includes: a transmitter configured to transmit, in a case that a timer is running for a piece of Single Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (S-NSSAI) at a time when a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) is changed, a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session establishment request message for an identical piece of S-NSSAI in a changed PLMN without stopping the timer. This configuration allows for provision of a communication control method for the terminal to apply congestion managements expected by the network to the congestion managements applied by the network in 5G congestion management to which multiple congestion managements are applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: MASAFUMI ARAMOTO, TSUYOSHI TAKAKURA
  • Patent number: 11089542
    Abstract: Provided is a communication procedure for data transmission and/or reception suitable for a Network Slice and a DeCOR. One or a plurality of Network Slices are included in a core network managed by the network operator, the Network Slice is configured of one or a plurality of Network Functions, and based on registration information of a terminal apparatus or a request of the terminal apparatus, the terminal apparatus performs processing to connect to the one or the plurality of Network Slices corresponding to a service or an application. Furthermore, based on an authentication result from the network, the terminal apparatus performs processing to connect to a supplemental Network Slice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoko Kuge, Masafumi Aramoto
  • Patent number: 11083043
    Abstract: A User Equipment (UE) transmits a registration request message to an AMF in a registration procedure to a core network, the registration request message including information indicating a request for transmission of LADN information, receives the LADN information from the AMF, performs a PDU session establishment procedure initiated by the UE to establish a first PDU session with a DN different from the LADN, and performs the PDU session establishment procedure initiated by a network to establish a second PDU session with the LADN in a case that the UE moves to an area connectable to the LADN. This provides a control method that should be performed by each apparatus constituting a 5GS for the UE to establish the session to the LADN, and a control method for allowing only the UE connectable to the LADN to establish the session to the LADN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignees: FG Innovation Company Limited, Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuo Sugawara, Masafumi Aramoto
  • Patent number: 11082797
    Abstract: Provided are a communications control method, etc., for multi-access PDN connection establishment requests from terminal devices. Provided is communication control accompanied with establishment of a multi-access PDN connection or with rejection of establishment of a multi-access PDN connection, based on a response to a PDN connectivity establishment request from a terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yudai Kawasaki, Yoko Kuge, Masafumi Aramoto
  • Publication number: 20210227596
    Abstract: A User Equipment (UE) includes a transmitter configured to, in a case that, at a time when a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) is changed, a first timer is deactivated for a certain Data Network Name (DNN) and an old PLMN but a second timer is not running for the DNN or a new PLMN and is not deactivated, be capable of transmitting a PDU session establishment request message for the DNN or no DNN in the new PLMN without stopping the first timer. Thus, a communication control method is provided that is used in a case that, in 5G congestion control in which multiple types of congestion control are applied, the PLMN is changed during application of the congestion control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: MASAFUMI ARAMOTO, TSUYOSHI TAKAKURA
  • Publication number: 20210227455
    Abstract: A User Equipment (UE) includes a transmitter configured to, in a case that, at a time when a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) is changed, a first timer is running for a certain Data Network Name (DNN) and an old PLMN but that a second timer is not running for the DNN or a new PLMN and is not deactivated, be capable of transmitting a PDU session establishment request message for the DNN or no DNN in the new PLMN without stopping the first timer for the DNN and the old PLMN. Thus, a communication control method is provided that is used in a case that, in 5G congestion control in which multiple types of congestion control are applied, the PLMN is changed during application of the congestion control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: MASAFUMI ARAMOTO, TSUYOSHI TAKAKURA
  • Publication number: 20210227597
    Abstract: Provided is a communication unit for implementing functions for URLLC that requires communication of high reliability and/or low latency in the 5GS. Provided is a communication unit for enabling functions for URLLC even in the 5GS that supports a network-initiated configuration update procedure and multiple types of session and service continuity. Further, provided is a communication unit for, in a case that multiple types of functions for URLLC are possible, sharing which function out of the functions for URLLC is available and appropriately managing shared information between a user equipment and a network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: YUDAI KAWASAKI, MASAFUMI ARAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11064541
    Abstract: First identification information is information indicating a Mobility Type supported by a core network, and second identification information is information indicating a Mobility Type allowed by the core network. A communication control method for a terminal apparatus of the present invention includes a step of receiving an ACTIVATE DEFAULT EPS BEARER CONTEXT REQUEST message from the core network via a base station apparatus, the ACTIVATE DEFAULT EPS BEARER CONTEXT REQUEST message including at least the first identification information and/or the second identification information. Accordingly, there is provided a communication procedure that is suited to the determination of a Mobility Type of a terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yudai Kawasaki, Masafumi Aramoto
  • Publication number: 20210195471
    Abstract: A User Equipment (UE) includes a controller configured to include first identification information in a registration request message in changing at least Mobile Station Classmark 2 and/or a codec to be supported in a case that the UE supports Single Radio Voice Call Continuity (SRVCC) from a Next Generation Radio Access Network (NG-RAN) to a Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN), and a transmission and/or reception unit configured to transmit the registration request message including the first identification information to a core network, wherein the first identification information is capability information indicating support of the SRVCC from a Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN) or a High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) or an Evolved UTRAN (E-UTRAN) or the NG-RAN to a 2G radio access network or the UTRAN.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventor: MASAFUMI ARAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210176817
    Abstract: A User Equipment (UE) including a controller configured to perform, in a case of failure of a connection attempt for a first emergency call that uses a Packet Switched (PS) domain, a connection attempt for a second emergency call that uses the PS domain, a transmission and/or reception unit configured to receive a service reject message due to the failure of the connection attempt for the first emergency call, wherein the UE uses a first access network for the connection attempt for the first emergency call, and the UE uses a second access network for the connection attempt for the second emergency call. Accordingly, a user equipment, a core network apparatus, a control method to be performed by an IMS apparatus, and the like are provided for the user equipment to connect to a network suitable for an emergency call service in 5th generation (5G) mobile communication system, which is a next-generation mobile communication system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicants: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: TSUYOSHI TAKAKURA, MASAFUMI ARAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210168704
    Abstract: A communication unit for implementing an operation for CIoT in 5GS and a communication unit for mapping a connection associated with the function for CIoT to an appropriate connection in a handover between the 5GS and EPS are provided. Even in the 5GS supporting a network slice, a communication unit for allowing the operation for CIoT to be used is provided. Furthermore, a communication unit for mapping a PDN connection associated with the operation for CIoT and established in the EPS to an appropriate PDU session in a handover of user equipment from the EPS to the 5GS is provided. Furthermore, a communication unit for mapping a PDU session established in the 5GS to an appropriate PDN connection in the handover of the user equipment from the 5GS to the EPS is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: YUDAI KAWASAKI, MASAFUMI ARAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210168583
    Abstract: A transmission and/or reception unit is included and configured to transmit an ATTACH REQUEST message including identification information for requesting communication of a NAS message including user data to an MME in a core network, configured to receive an ATTACH ACCEPT message including identification information indicating acceptance of the communication of the NAS message from the MME, and configured to transmit the NAS message to the MME after receiving the ATTACH ACCEPT message. This provides establishment of a PDN connection for performing machine type communication in which a small data packet is transmitted at a low frequency, and a communication control method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoko KUGE, Masafumi ARAMOTO, Shohei YAMADA