Patents by Inventor Nobuyuki Tamaki
Nobuyuki Tamaki 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).
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Patent number: 11051228Abstract: A method and apparatus for supporting communication buffer status reports (BSRs) are disclosed. A wireless device may receive from an eNode-B a first indication indicating a logical channel group and at least one associated priority. The wireless device may produce a BSR associated with first data, which may include an indication associated with the logical channel group and an index indicating an amount of the first data. The wireless device may transmit the BSR to an eNode-B. Then, the wireless device may receive allocation information for transmission to a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) group. Further, the wireless device may transmit at least a portion of the first data to the WTRU group over a logical channel in the logical channel group. Also, the BSR may further include a plurality of indications associated with a respective plurality of logical channel groups.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2019Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Peter S. Wang, Janet A. Stern-Berkowitz, Nobuyuki Tamaki, Stephen E. Terry, Mihaela C. Beluri, Kai Liu
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Patent number: 11019623Abstract: Coverage enhancement of channels in a wireless communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE) and LTE-Advanced (LTE-A). One example method performed at a wireless transmit and receive unit (WTRU) includes determining a repetition number for an uplink signal and deriving an uplink transmission power for the uplink signal, where the uplink transmission power is based on the repetition number. The method further includes transmitting the uplink signal with repetitions, using the determined repetition number and the derived uplink transmission power.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2018Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Moon-il Lee, Janet A. Stern-Berkowitz, J. Patrick Tooher, Nobuyuki Tamaki, Pouriya Sadeghi, Marian Rudolf
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Publication number: 20210091918Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems for enabling interference avoidance, for example from self and neighboring interference are disclosed. In one representative method implemented in a Wireless Transmit/Receive Unit (WTRU) using time-frequency (TF) resources in first and second directions, the method includes comprising TF resource muting or symbol muting, by the WTRU, one or more TF resources for communication in the first direction based on information associated with a communication in the second direction or subframe shortening, by the WTRU, by one or more TF resources for communication in the first direction based on information associated with a communication in the second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2020Publication date: March 25, 2021Inventors: Moon-il Lee, Janet A. Stern-Berkowitz, J. Patrick Tooher, Nobuyuki Tamaki
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Publication number: 20200244421Abstract: A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) is configured to determine a frequency location of a reduced frequency bandwidth within a full system frequency bandwidth for an uplink transmission. The reduced frequency bandwidth is based on a received MTC physical downlink control channel. The WTRU is configured to determine a frequency location of an uplink resource in a first subframe based on at least one of a subframe number of the first subframe, a transmission repetition number associated with the first subframe, or a coverage enhancement level of the WTRU. The WTRU is configured to send a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission in the uplink resource in the first subframe in a same frequency location in both slots of the first subframe. A format of the PUCCH transmission is limited to a subset of PUCCH formats available for a WTRU operating in the full system frequency bandwidth.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Moon-il Lee, Nobuyuki Tamaki, Janet A. Stern-Berkowitz
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Publication number: 20200214011Abstract: Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed for downlink resource allocation associated with a shared frequency band. A WTRU may receive resource allocation information associated with a component carrier and at least one carrier segment. The component carrier and the least one carrier segment may each comprise a plurality of resource block groups (RBG). At least two bitmaps may be associated with the resource allocation information. A size of a resource block group (RBG) of the component carrier and the at least one carrier segment may be based on a combined number of resource blocks (RB) of the component carrier and the one or more carrier segments divided by a 3GPP Rel-8/Rel-10 RBG size of the component carrier. The WTRU may determine at least one RBG allocated to the WTRU using the resource allocation information and may receive and decode the at least one RBG allocated to the WTRU.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2020Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.Inventors: Sung-Hyuk Shin, Chang-Soo Koo, Ghyslain Pelletier, Janet A. Stern-Berkowitz, Marian Rudolf, Nobuyuki Tamaki, Allan Y. Tsai, Pouriya Sadeghi
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Publication number: 20200186320Abstract: A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may monitor a common physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) search space for a downlink control information (DCI) signal and a first radio network terminal identifier (RNTI). In an example, the DCI signal may include an uplink (UL)/downlink (DL) configuration indication. In a further example, the first RNTI may be associated with UL/DL configuration information. The WTRU may transmit UL data or receive DL data based on the received UL/DL configuration indication. In another example, the DCI may include a plurality of UL/DL configuration indications. In an additional example, a plurality of WTRUs may monitor the common PDCCH search space for the first RNTI. Also, the UL/DL configuration indication may indicate UL/DL configuration information on a symbol basis. Further, the WTRU may receive a second RNTI which is associated with the UL/DL configuration indication.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2019Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicant: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.Inventors: Janet A. Stern-Berkowitz, Pouriya Sadeghi, Nobuyuki Tamaki, Moon-il Lee, Ghyslain Pelletier, Li-Hsiang Sun, Marian Rudolf
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Patent number: 10624093Abstract: Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed for downlink resource allocation associated with a shared frequency band. A WTRU may receive resource allocation information associated with a component carrier and at least one carrier segment. The component carrier and the least one carrier segment may each comprise a plurality of resource block groups (RBG). At least two bitmaps may be associated with the resource allocation information. A size of a resource block group (RBG) of the component carrier and the at least one carrier segment may be based on a combined number of resource blocks (RB) of the component carrier and the one or more carrier segments divided by a 3GPP Rel-8/Rel-10 RBG size of the component carrier. The WTRU may determine at least one RBG allocated to the WTRU using the resource allocation information and may receive and decode the at least one RBG allocated to the WTRU.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2017Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Sung-Hyuk Shin, Chang-Soo Koo, Ghyslain Pelletier, Janet A. Stern-Berkowitz, Marian Rudolf, Nobuyuki Tamaki, Allan Y. Tsai, Pouriya Sadeghi
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Publication number: 20200084748Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatuses for operation in long-term evolution (LTE) systems are provided, including a method implemented in a base station that may include receiving, from a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) via a first interface, a first message including radio capability information associated with the WTRU; transmitting, to a mobility management entity (MME) via a second interface, a second message including the radio capability information; receiving, from the MME via the second interface, a paging message including the radio capability information; and determining whether to page the WTRU in idle mode based on the radio capability information. Also provided is another method implemented by a WTRU in a vicinity of a dormant cell. This method may include any of: receiving, from a dormant cell, a signal; receiving, from a serving cell, a trigger to initiate measurement of one or more dormant cells; and measuring the signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Inventors: Pouriya Sadeghi, Shahrokh Nayeb Nazar, Janet A. Stern-Berkowitz, Nobuyuki Tamaki, J. Patrick Tooher, Ghyslain Pelletier, Moon-il Lee, Li-Hsiang Sun
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Patent number: 10588036Abstract: A method and apparatus are described for controlling uplink (UL) transmission power. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive a configuration of UL subframe sets and maintain a plurality of transmit power control (TPC) command accumulator values that correspond to respective ones of the UL subframe sets. The WTRU may receive a TPC command in a subframe n of a downlink (DL) transmission, determine a subframe n+k of a UL transmission that the received TPC command corresponds to, determine which of the UL subframe sets the UL transmission subframe n+k belongs to, and adjust a TPC command accumulator value that corresponds to the determined UL subframe set to determine power of the UL transmission when transmitting in the UL transmission subframe, where n is an integer, and k is an integer greater than zero.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2014Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.Inventors: Pouriya Sadeghi, Janet A. Stern-Berkowitz, Shahrokh Nayeb Nazar, J. Patrick Tooher, Moon-il Lee, Nobuyuki Tamaki, Ananth Kini
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Patent number: 10554365Abstract: Embodiments described herein may include methods, systems, and apparatuses that support transmissions in wireless transmit and receive units (WTRUs) having reduced capabilities. Uplink transmissions and multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) may be supported in WTRUs operating on a reduced bandwidth within an overall system bandwidth by receiving an uplink (UL) resource allocation within the reduced bandwidth, and sending a transmission over the UL resource allocation. The reduced bandwidth may include a small number of physical resource blocks (PRBs) that do not overlap with PRBs located on the band edge of the overall system bandwidth containing a system PUCCH. The UL resource may be located in both band edges of the reduced bandwidth, may be a PRB-pair in the same frequency of the reduced bandwidth, or may be a PRB-pair in a first slot in a first subframe and second slot in a second subframe of the reduced bandwidth.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2015Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Moon-il Lee, Nobuyuki Tamaki, Janet A. Stern-Berkowitz
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Publication number: 20200015145Abstract: A method and apparatus for supporting communication buffer status reports (BSRs) are disclosed. A wireless device may receive from an eNode-B a first indication indicating a logical channel group and at least one associated priority. The wireless device may produce a BSR associated with first data, which may include an indication associated with the logical channel group and an index indicating an amount of the first data. The wireless device may transmit the BSR to an eNode-B. Then, the wireless device may receive receives allocation information for transmission to a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) group. Further, the wireless device may transmit at least a portion of the first data to the WTRU group over a logical channel in the logical channel group. Also, the BSR may further include a plurality of indications associated with a respective plurality of logical channel groups.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2019Publication date: January 9, 2020Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Peter S. Wang, Janet A. Stern-Berkowitz, Nobuyuki Tamaki, Stephen E. Terry, Mihaela C. Beluri, Kai Liu
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Patent number: 10498519Abstract: A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive a first Time Division Duplex (TDD) uplink (UL)/downlink (DL) configuration. The WTRU may use the first configuration for timing of UL scheduling and UL Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ). Further, on a condition that the WTRU receives a second configuration, the WTRU may use the second configuration for DL HARQ and monitor for a third configuration. However, on a condition that the WTRU does not receives a second configuration, the WTRU may use the first configuration for DL HARQ. In addition, on a condition that the third configuration is received by the WTRU, the WTRU may determine a UL or DL direction for a subframe based on the received third configuration. On a condition that the third configuration is not received by the WTRU, the WTRU may determine a UL or DL direction for the subframe based on the received first configuration.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2017Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Janet A. Stern-Berkowitz, Pouriya Sadeghi, Nobuyuki Tamaki, Moon-il Lee, Ghyslain Pelletier, Li-Hsiang Sun, Marian Rudolf
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Patent number: 10420066Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatuses for operation in long-term evolution (LTE) systems are provided, including a method implemented in a base station that may include receiving, from a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) via a first interface, a first message including radio capability information associated with the WTRU; transmitting, to a mobility management entity (MME) via a second interface, a second message including the radio capability information; receiving, from the MME via the second interface, a paging message including the radio capability information; and determining whether to page the WTRU in idle mode based on the radio capability information. Also provided is another method implemented by a WTRU in a vicinity of a dormant cell. This method may include any of: receiving, from a dormant cell, a signal; receiving, from a serving cell, a trigger to initiate measurement of one or more dormant cells; and measuring the signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Pouriya Sadeghi, J. Patrick Tooher, Janet A. Stern-Berkowitz, Moon-il Lee, Ghyslain Pelletier, Nobuyuki Tamaki, Shahrokh Nayeb Nazar, Li-Hsiang Sun
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Patent number: 10420010Abstract: A method and apparatus for supporting communication buffer status reports (BSRs) are disclosed. A wireless device may transmit data to a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) group, which may include a WTRU and further include its own respective at least one logical channel group. The wireless device may produce a BSR, which may include an indication associated with the logical channel group and an index indicating an amount of data for the logical channel group. The wireless device may transmit the BSR to an eNode-B. Then, the wireless device may receive receives allocation information for transmission to the WTRU group. Also, the BSR may further include a plurality of indications associated with a respective plurality of logical channel groups, and the plurality of logical channel groups may be grouped based on priority. The index may further include a total amount of data across all logical channels of the logical channel group.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Peter S. Wang, Janet A. Stern-Berkowitz, Nobuyuki Tamaki, Stephen E. Terry, Mihaela C. Beluri, Kai Liu
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Publication number: 20190158263Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems for enabling interference avoidance, for example from self and neighboring interference are disclosed. In one representative method implemented in a Wireless Transmit/Receive Unit (WTRU) using time-frequency (TF) resources in first and second directions, the method includes comprising TF resource muting or symbol muting, by the WTRU, one or more TF resources for communication in the first direction based on information associated with a communication in the second direction or subframe shortening, by the WTRU, by one or more TF resources for communication in the first direction based on information associated with a communication in the second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2019Publication date: May 23, 2019Inventors: Moon-il Lee, Janet A. Stern-Berkowitz, J. Patrick Tooher, Nobuyuki Tamaki
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Patent number: 10243720Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems for enabling interference avoidance, for example from self and neighboring interference are disclosed. In one representative method implemented in a Wireless Transmit/Receive Unit (WTRU) using time-frequency (TF) resources in first and second directions, the method includes comprising TF resource muting or symbol muting, by the WTRU, one or more TF resources for communication in the first direction based on information associated with a communication in the second direction or subframe shortening, by the WTRU, by one or more TF resources for communication in the first direction based on information associated with a communication in the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2014Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: IDAC Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Moon-Il Lee, Janet A. Stern-Berkowitz, J. Patrick Tooher, Nobuyuki Tamaki
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Publication number: 20190090219Abstract: A method and apparatus are described for a low cost machine-type-communication (LC-MTC) wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) to enhance coverage. An example method for physical broadcast channel (PBCH) enhancement includes receiving system information on an enhanced PBCH (ePBCH). The ePBCH is located in a set of radio frames which is a subset of available radio frames, where the subset includes fewer than all the available radio frames. The ePBCH is received in at least one radio frame of the set of radio frames. An example method for physical random access channel (PRACH) enhancement includes receiving configuration of legacy PRACH resources and enhanced PRACH (ePRACH) resources. The WTRU selects one of legacy PRACH resources or ePRACH resources based on a coverage capability. Another example method for PRACH enhancement includes receiving configuration of ePRACH resources. The ePRACH resources include multiple ePRACH resource types, each ePRACH resource type being associated with a coverage capability.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2018Publication date: March 21, 2019Applicant: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.Inventors: Moon-il Lee, Janet A. Stern-Berkowitz, Nobuyuki Tamaki, John W. Haim, Pouriya Sadeghi, Marian Rudolf, Shahrokh Nayeb Nazar
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Publication number: 20190037569Abstract: Coverage enhancement of channels in a wireless communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE) and LTE-Advanced (LTE-A). One example method performed at a wireless transmit and receive unit (WTRU) includes determining a repetition number for an uplink signal and deriving an uplink transmission power for the uplink signal, where the uplink transmission power is based on the repetition number. The method further includes transmitting the uplink signal with repetitions, using the determined repetition number and the derived uplink transmission power.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2018Publication date: January 31, 2019Inventors: Moon-il Lee, Janet A. Stern-Berkowitz, J. Patrick Tooher, Nobuyuki Tamaki, Pouriya Sadeghi, Marian Rudolf
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Patent number: 10142962Abstract: A method and apparatus are described for a low cost machine-type-communication (LC-MTC) wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) to enhance coverage. An example method for physical broadcast channel (PBCH) enhancement includes receiving system information on an enhanced PBCH (ePBCH). The ePBCH is located in a set of radio frames which is a subset of available radio frames, where the subset includes fewer than all the available radio frames. The ePBCH is received in at least one radio frame of the set of radio frames. An example method for physical random access channel (PRACH) enhancement includes receiving configuration of legacy PRACH resources and enhanced PRACH (ePRACH) resources. The WTRU selects one of legacy PRACH resources or ePRACH resources based on a coverage capability. Another example method for PRACH enhancement includes receiving configuration of ePRACH resources. The ePRACH resources include multiple ePRACH resource types, each ePRACH resource type being associated with a coverage capability.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2013Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Moon-il Lee, Janet A. Stern-Berkowitz, Nobuyuki Tamaki, John W. Haim, Pouriya Sadeghi, Marian Rudolf, Shahrokh Nayeb Nazar
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Publication number: 20180084463Abstract: Apparatus and methods of handing over a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) that belongs to a group of WTRUs from an originating base station to a target base station are described. A method includes the WTRU obtaining information regarding a group to which the WTRU has been assigned and the WTRU receiving at least one of handover reconfiguration information that is common to the group and handover reconfiguration information that is specific to the WTRU. On a condition that the WTRU receives the handover reconfiguration information that is specific to the WTRU, the WTRU initiates a synchronization procedure with the target base station based at least on the received handover reconfiguration information.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2017Publication date: March 22, 2018Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Nobuyuki Tamaki, Pouriya Sadeghi, Janet A. Stern-Berkowitz, Christopher R. Cave, Stephen E. Terry