Patents by Inventor Masafumi Masuda

Masafumi Masuda 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: 8737224
    Abstract: Disclosed is a communication method for switching between a first connection state, in which a data unit is transmitted in a first size, and a second connection state, in which a data unit is transmitted in a second size which is larger than the first size. The communication method comprises a step of maintaining the size of a data unit at the first size in a case where there is a transition from the first connection state to the second connection state after there had been a transition from the second connection state to the first connection state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Takahiro Hayashi, Masafumi Masuda, Hidehiro Ando, Takaaki Sato, Yoshiyuki Yasuda
  • Patent number: 8712417
    Abstract: A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes a step of a radio network controller of a first communication scheme transmitting an instruction signal to a mobile station UE in a case where a radio access capability of the mobile station UE is contained in the received connection setup request signal, the instruction signal instructing the mobile station UE to make an attempt to set up a connection in a cell of a second communication scheme, and a step of the mobile station UE setting up the connection in the cell of the second communication scheme in response to the received instruction signal, wherein in the mobile station UE transmits a connection setup request signal not containing the radio access capability of the mobile station UE, in a case where the mobile station UE detects the predetermined trigger but the attempt to setup the connection in the cell of the second communication scheme has been made a predetermined number of times or more within a predetermined period of ti
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Aoyagi, Masafumi Masuda
  • Publication number: 20140044001
    Abstract: A method of establishing communication in a base station includes measuring quality of a neighbor cell of a measurement-target communication system; and establishing communication in the measurement-target communication system when the measured quality is less than a predetermined threshold. The base station includes a measuring unit configured to measure quality of a neighbor cell of a measurement-target communication system; and a communication establishing unit configured to establish communication in the measurement-target communication system when the measured quality is less than a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuji Akai, Yoshiyuki Yasuda, Masafumi Masuda, Yasuhiro Kanetaka, Kunihiko Teshima
  • Patent number: 8620356
    Abstract: A paging signal transmission method which transmits the paging signal to a position registration area of a mobile station in response to incoming to the mobile station. When a wireless base station managing a cell belonging to the position registration area of the mobile station does not permit access to the mobile station, the method does not transmits the paging signal to the cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Aoyagi, Masafumi Masuda, Hiroyuki Hosono
  • Patent number: 8565751
    Abstract: A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes a step A of offering a particular service through a second radio data link established between a mobile station and a cell in the second area in a state in which a first radio data link is not established between the mobile station and a cell in the first area and a step B of suspending the offer of the particular service through the second radio data link when the state in which the first radio data link is not established continues for a predetermined time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Nakamura, Masafumi Masuda, Takaaki Sato, Takanori Utano
  • Patent number: 8542651
    Abstract: In a communication system of a subscriber extension line system, there is provided a communication controller whereby the load of an unnecessary process to be applied on a communication controller relating to a destination of a mobile telephone is eliminated and the processing efficiency for communication control is enhanced. In a D-RNC which controls the communication of the mobile telephone and which is commonly connected with an S-RNC, the mobile telephone moves while maintaining the communication with the S-RNC. When the mobile telephone enters a cell relating to the D-RNC, the control data is transmitted or received between the S-RNC and the node for managing the mobile telephone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Masafumi Masuda, Toyohiro Abe, Takaaki Sato, Katsuhiko Yamagata
  • Patent number: 8532655
    Abstract: A UE 10 includes a storage unit 12 configured to store a specific cell accessible by the mobile communication unit and a neighboring cell element for identifying a neighboring cell provided around the specific cell, while associating the specific cell and the neighboring cell element with each other, a search unit 14 configured to search for the specific cell accessible, and a registration unit 13 configured to register a element for identifying a transition source cell as the neighboring cell element, when the UE 10 is transitioned from the transition source cell to the specific cell stored in the storage unit 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Takayuki Tsuneda, Masafumi Masuda, Takaaki Sato
  • Patent number: 8520649
    Abstract: A mobile communication method includes: a step which establishes a second radio access link between a mobile station and a radio communication data combining device for “an area limit service” via a radio base station for “a public area service” when a first radio access link is established between the mobile station and the radio communication data combining device for “the area limit service” via the radio base station for “the area limit service”; and a step in which the radio communication data combining device for “the area limit service” combines the data for “the area limit service” transferred from the radio base station for “the area limit service” and the data for “the area limit service” transferred from the radio base station for “the public area service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Aoyagi, Masafumi Masuda, Yasuhiro Kawabe, Takaaki Sato
  • Patent number: 8509784
    Abstract: A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes a step A of causing a mobile station in a standby mode in a first cell to transmit a communication start request signal, a step B of judging whether or not to measure communication quality of a second cell on the basis of judgment as to whether or not the particular service is provided in each of the cells and judgment as to whether or not communication quality of the second cell is included in the communication start request signal, the second cell overlaid by the first cell in a different frequency band and a step C of starting communication of the mobile station in either one of the first cell and the second cell on the basis of the measured communication quality of the second cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Masafumi Masuda, Yasuhiro Kawabe, Takaaki Sato, Ryoji Yamamoto, Katsuhiko Yamagata
  • Patent number: 8472360
    Abstract: A mobile communication according to the present invention includes a step A of causing the mobile station to judge whether or not the mobile station is allowed to go into a standby mode in a cell corresponding to a predetermined pilot channel when the mobile station detects a predetermined operation made by a user and a step B of causing the mobile station to enter the standby in the cell when the mobile station judges that the mobile station is allowed to be in the standby mode in the cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Masafumi Masuda, Takaaki Sato
  • Patent number: 8452282
    Abstract: A mobile communication method includes a mobile station transmitting a location registration request on the basis of a pilot signal, a network device judging, in response to the received location registration request, whether or not access to a specific radio base station from the mobile station is permitted, the network device rejecting location registration processing when the access is judged not to be permitted, and the network device making a determination so that the transmission power of the pilot signal in the specific radio base station is reduced when the number of rejections of location registration processing exceeds a predetermined number of times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Masafumi Masuda, Kenichiro Aoyagi, Takaaki Sato, Ryoji Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20130065586
    Abstract: A UE 10 includes a storage unit 12 configured to store a specific cell accessible by the mobile communication unit and a neighboring cell element for identifying a neighboring cell provided around the specific cell, while associating the specific cell and the neighboring cell element with each other, a search unit 14 configured to search for the specific cell accessible, and a registration unit 13 configured to register a element for identifying a transition source cell as the neighboring cell element, when the UE 10 is transitioned from the transition source cell to the specific cell stored in the storage unit 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Takayuki Tsuneda, Masafumi Masuda, Takaaki Sato
  • Publication number: 20130045768
    Abstract: A mobile communication system 100 includes a selection unit 25 configured to select a transition target frequency from the plurality of frequencies when a condition under which a mobile communication terminal not utilize a transition source frequency being any of the plurality of frequencies is fulfilled, and an instruction unit 22 configured to instruct the mobile communication terminal to perform a transition to the transition target frequency selected by the selection unit. The selection unit 25 excludes the transition source frequency from a frequency candidate to be utilized by the mobile communication terminal until an elapsed time after the instruction of the transition to the transition target frequency exceeds a predetermined time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Takayuki Tsuneda, Hiroyuki Hosono, Takaaki Sato, Takeshi Terayama, Masafumi Masuda
  • Publication number: 20130045746
    Abstract: A specific network apparatus 20 includes a collection unit 22 configured to collect neighboring base station information configured such that a neighboring public cell radio base station provided in the neighborhood of the specific cell is identifiable, and a communication unit 21 configured to notify a public cell network apparatus 30 of the neighboring base station information based on a re-establishment request message received via the specific cell from a UE10 whose access to the specific cell is restricted. The network apparatus 30 selects a reselection target public cell to be utilized by the UE10 among a plurality of public cells owned by the neighboring public cell radio base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Takayuki Tsuneda, Hiroyuki Hosono, Takaaki Sato, Takeshi Terayama, Masafumi Masuda
  • Patent number: 8355723
    Abstract: A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes step of causing a mobile station 300 standing by in a cell under a control of a radio base station 202 to send identification information of the mobile station and special identification information; step of, upon receipt of the special identification information, determining whether or not the mobile station 300 has access permission to a radio base station 200 based on the received identification information of the mobile station 300 and identification information of a second radio base station; and step of, when it is determined that the mobile station 300 has access authorization to the radio base station 200, instructing the mobile station 300 to change a radio communication parameter used by the mobile station 300.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hosono, Akira Ishii, Masafumi Masuda, Kenichiro Aoyagi, Yasuhiro Kawabe
  • Publication number: 20120329504
    Abstract: A network apparatus 20 includes a specific cell information management unit 22 configured to manage information on a specific cell for each of the plurality of public cells, the specific cell having a service area overlapping with the service area of the public cell and using the same frequency as the public cell, a communication unit 21 configured to receive a communication request signal from a mobile communication terminal visiting any of the plurality of public cells, and a selection unit 24 configured to select a communication frequency to be used by the mobile communication terminal among the communication frequencies of the plurality of public cells based on the information managed by the specific cell information management unit in response to the communication request signal from the mobile communication terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hosono, Takayuki Tsuneda, Masafumi Masuda, Takeshi Terayama
  • Publication number: 20120309396
    Abstract: UE10 includes a detection unit 12 configured to detect a specific cell provided to the first communication system and a control unit 13 configured to start measurement of the second cell or cell reselection from the first cell to the second cell in response to detection of the specific cell. The specific cell has a service area having the same range as a service area of the second cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Aoyagi, Masafumi Masuda
  • Patent number: 8326280
    Abstract: A call admission control method according to the present invention includes the steps of: receiving, at a first radio controller apparatus (01), a call setting instruction for a first mobile station (01) located in a first cell (01), from a core network; and setting an access link between the first radio controller apparatus (01) and a first radio base station (01) serving the first cell (01), and setting a first radio link between the first radio base station (01) and the first mobile station (01) in the first cell (01), when a group ID of the first mobile station (01) included in the call setting instruction is determined to be managed by the first radio controller apparatus (01) as a group ID of a mobile station allowed to perform communications in the first cell (01).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiko Ogai, Yasuhiro Kawabe, Masafumi Masuda, Yasuyuki Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20120294175
    Abstract: A control device 100 of the present invention includes: a holding unit 500 configured to hold a communication-disconnected cell; a selection unit 700 configured to make priority of the communication-disconnected cell lower than priority of the other frequency cells and to select a frequency cell with which a target mobile station 900 is to communicate, when it is determined that the predetermined condition is satisfied; and a notification unit 300 configured to notify the target mobile station 900 of the frequency cell selected by the selection unit 700 and the holding unit 500 is configured to hold the frequency cell notified by the notification unit 300, as the communication-disconnected cell when a control signal from the target mobile station 900 is not received through the frequency cell within a predetermined time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hosono, Takayuki Tsuneda, Masafumi Masuda, Takeshi Terayama
  • Patent number: 8306535
    Abstract: A communication controller and a communication controlling method are provided, even when functionalities of the communication controller included in a communication system such as UTRAN or the like, so that the services of the functionalities are available broadly in the whole system. An RNC 102 for controlling a movable communication terminal device, in cooperation with the communication controller, receives a request for provision of a service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Masafumi Masuda, Yasuhiro Kawabe, Takaaki Sato, Katsuhiko Yamagata