Patents by Inventor Mayuko Okano

Mayuko Okano 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: 20260238042
    Abstract: A terminal includes: a reception unit configured to receive an indication related to resources for energy charge from a base station; a control unit configured to determine resources for receiving wireless energy charge, based on the indication related to the resources for energy charge; and an energy reception unit configured to receive wireless energy charge from an energy charging device by using the determined resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: August 13, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shohei Yoshioka, Mayuko Okano, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20260239444
    Abstract: A terminal includes: a transmission unit configured to perform an uplink transmission in an RRC (Radio Resource Control) inactive state; a control unit configured to expect to receive system information, at least one of: during execution of a data transmission procedure for performing the uplink transmission; before execution of the data transmission procedure; or after execution of the data transmission procedure; and a reception unit configured to receive the system information based on the expectation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: August 13, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Mayuko Okano, Shinya Kumagai, Hiroki Harada
  • Publication number: 20260238045
    Abstract: A terminal includes: a communication unit configured to receive, from a base station, an indication related to energy charge; an energy reception unit configured to receive wireless energy charge, based on the indication related to energy charge; and a control unit configured to determine whether or not to perform an operation related to energy charge, based on a connection state with a network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: August 13, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shohei Yoshioka, Mayuko Okano, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20260239068
    Abstract: A communication device performs a communication with a first communication network and a second communication network, and a radio communication with a terminal; and reports configuration information indicating a configuration of a specific communication network to be constructed using a communication unit, to the first communication network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Publication date: August 13, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shohei YOSHIOKA, Mayuko OKANO, Shinya KUMAGAI, Satoshi NAGATA, Tianyang MIN, Atsushi MINOKUCHI, Shunsuke DOJIRI
  • Publication number: 20260238044
    Abstract: A terminal includes: a transmission unit configured to transmit, to a base station, information indicating capability related to wireless energy charge; a reception unit configured to receive, from the base station, an indication related to energy charge; and an energy reception unit configured to receive wireless energy charge, based on the indication related to energy charge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: August 13, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shohei Yoshioka, Mayuko Okano, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20260238270
    Abstract: A terminal includes: a reception unit configured to receive an indication related to a beam from a base station; a control unit configured to determine a reception beam related to energy charge, based on the indication related to the beam; and an energy reception unit configured to receive wireless energy charge from an energy charging device by applying the reception beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: August 13, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shohei Yoshioka, Mayuko Okano, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20260239323
    Abstract: A terminal includes: a control unit configured to control a process of reception of frequency-division multiplexed first shared channel and second shared channel; and a reception unit configured to receive the first shared channel and the second shared channel, based on the process of reception. The terminal has a capability of processing a predetermined bandwidth or less per unit time. The control unit controls the process of reception, based on the predetermined bandwidth, a first bandwidth that is allocated to the first shared channel, and a second bandwidth that is allocated to the second shared channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Publication date: August 13, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Mayuko Okano, Shinya Kumagai, Shohei Yoshioka, Hiroki Harada
  • Publication number: 20260230852
    Abstract: A communication system includes: a first communication network; and a communication device connected to the first communication network, a second communication network and a terminal. The first communication network has a control plane function of the communication device related to a core network, and the communication device has a user plane function of the communication device related to the core network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Publication date: August 6, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shohei YOSHIOKA, Mayuko OKANO, Shinya KUMAGAI, Satoshi NAGATA, Tianyang MIN, Atsushi MINOKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20260231096
    Abstract: A terminal includes: a control unit configured to measure a plurality of indicator values each indicating a line-of-sight state; and a transmission unit configured to select, on the basis of quality related to the indicator values, one or more of the plurality of indicator values measured by the control unit, and to report the selected one or more indicator values to a network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 6, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kousuke Shima, Dakiki Takeda, Masaya Okamura, Hiroki Harada, Daisuke Kurita, Mayuko Okano
  • Publication number: 20260231260
    Abstract: A communication device performs a communication with a first communication network and a second communication network, and a radio communication with a terminal (UE 200). The communication device performs a specific operation as a radio base station that accommodates a terminal without performing a communication with the first communication network based on whether or not a specific condition concerning the first communication network is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: August 6, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO
    Inventors: Shohei Yoshioka, Mayuko Okano, Shinya Kumagai, Satoshi Nagata, Tianyang Min, Atsushi Minokuchi, Shunsuke Dojiri
  • Publication number: 20260222131
    Abstract: A terminal includes: a reception unit configured to receive a downlink shared channel that carries a random access response from a base station; a control unit configured to determine a resource of an uplink shared channel that carries an Msg3, based on a resource allocation included in the random access response; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the uplink shared channel by using the determined resource of the uplink shared channel to the base station. The control unit expects that a minimum time between a last symbol of the downlink shared channel and a first symbol of the uplink shared channel is to be longer than the minimum time that is expected by a terminal that is not a capability reduced terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: July 30, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Mayuko Okano, Shinya Kumaga, Hiroki Harada
  • Publication number: 20260222164
    Abstract: A terminal uses a second subcarrier spacing greater than the first subcarrier spacing. The terminal includes a transmitter that transmits predetermined terminal capability information relating to a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) monitoring. The terminal further includes a controller that performs the PDCCH monitoring with a number of PDCCH candidates equal to a maximum number of PDCCH candidates in the first subcarrier spacing. The terminal also includes a receiver that receives downlink control information transmitted on the monitored PDCCH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2026
    Publication date: July 30, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Mayuko Okano, Naoya Shibaike, Hiroki Harada, Yuki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 12684363
    Abstract: A channel access procedure is executed in a second frequency band different from the first frequency band. A radio base station executes a channel access procedure using a single directional reception beam, and transmits a single synchronization signal block in a channel occupancy time after the channel access procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Shinya Kumagai, Naoya Shibaike, Mayuko Okano
  • Patent number: 12684619
    Abstract: A transmission node includes: a reception unit configured to execute an LBT (Listen before talk) in a time interval immediately before transmitting a signal; a transmission unit configured to transmit a signal in a case where reception power is less than a threshold value in the time interval; and a control unit configured to, in a case where multiple signals are to be transmitted, change control related to the LBT for a signal to be transmitted for a first time and change control related to the LBT for a signal to be transmitted other than for the first time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shinya Kumagai, Masaya Okamura, Mayuko Okano, Yuki Takahashi, Shohei Yoshioka, Satoshi Nagata
  • Patent number: 12683735
    Abstract: A terminal comprises: a transmission unit that transmits a reference signal used for a purpose other than a measurement related to a radio resource management; and a control unit that assumes the measurement related to the radio resource management is performed using the reference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Daisuke Kurita, Mayuko Okano, Satoshi Nagata, Masaya Okamura, Tomoya Ohara
  • Patent number: 12676695
    Abstract: A communication device has: a receiving unit configured to receive information from another communication device; a control unit configured to determine an MCS (Modulation and Coding Scheme) based on the information; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit a signal, to which the MCS is applied, in autonomously selected resources, to the another communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Shinya Kumagai, Shohei Yoshioka, Masaya Okamura, Mayuko Okano, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20260189335
    Abstract: A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a receiving section that receives a pilot signal with sequences generated based on an identification number of a cell; and a control section that controls synchronization processing, demodulation processing, and positioning processing, based on at least part of the sequences of the pilot signal or at least part of resources corresponding to the pilot signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: July 2, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Daiki Takeda, Hiroki Harada, Daisuke Kurita, Naoya Shibaike, Mayuko Okano
  • Publication number: 20260189330
    Abstract: A terminal includes a communication unit configured to perform uplink or downlink communication in a frequency band aggregated by carrier aggregation, a reception unit configured to receive a preemption indication for a downlink signal in downlink, and a control unit configured to assume that, in a case where scheduling is performed in a unit including a plurality of component carriers in the aggregated frequency band, the preemption indication for the downlink signal is transmitted for each of the plurality of component carriers or for the unit including the plurality of component carriers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: July 2, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Shinya Kumagai, Shohei Yoshioka, Masaya Okamura, Mayuko Okano, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20260181624
    Abstract: A terminal includes: a reception unit configured to receive, from a base station, a first signaling including at least information indicating a first cell used for performing multi-carrier scheduling by single control information; and a control unit configured to determine the first cell based on an information element for configuring a serving cell included in the first signaling. The reception unit receives the single control information in the first cell from the base station, and the control unit determines a plurality of scheduled second cells based on the single control information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: June 25, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Mayuko Okano, Shohei Yoshioka, Masaya Okamura
  • Publication number: 20260181643
    Abstract: A terminal includes: a control unit configured to assume that there are a scheduling cell and a scheduled cell in multi-carrier scheduling by single control information; and a reception unit configured to receive the single control information from the scheduling cell. The reception unit receives a plurality of scheduled cells based on the single control information, and, in a case where the plurality of the scheduled cells include an unlicensed frequency cell, the control unit determines an applicable multi-channel access method or determines an applicable operation related to Type 2 HARQ (Hybrid automatic repeat request) codebook.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 25, 2026
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Mayuko Okano