Patents by Inventor Rie Nagato

Rie Nagato 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: 8996010
    Abstract: A radio controller 100 includes a transmission power acquisition unit 111 configured to acquire a neighboring cell transmission power value that is a transmission power value of a radio signal transmitted from a base station forming the neighboring cell, an offset determination unit 115 configured to determine a power offset of the neighboring cell to be added to the predetermined transmission power value, based on a difference between the predetermined transmission power value and the neighboring cell transmission power value acquired by the transmission power acquisition unit, and an offset notification unit 117 configured to notify the power offset determined by the offset determination unit to the mobile station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hosono, Rie Nagato, Takeshi Terayama, Takeshi Okamoto
  • Patent number: 8583124
    Abstract: A femto base station according to the present invention includes: a downlink perch channel signal transmission power controller unit configured to change a transmission power of a downlink perch channel signal when a first condition is satisfied; and an uplink reception sensitivity controller unit configured to change an uplink reception sensitivity when a second condition is satisfied after the first condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Rie Nagato, Yoshihiro Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20130143567
    Abstract: A radio controller 100 includes a transmission power acquisition unit 111 configured to acquire a neighboring cell transmission power value that is a transmission power value of a radio signal transmitted from a base station forming the neighboring cell, an offset determination unit 115 configured to determine a power offset of the neighboring cell to be added to the predetermined transmission power value, based on a difference between the predetermined transmission power value and the neighboring cell transmission power value acquired by the transmission power acquisition unit, and an offset notification unit 117 configured to notify the power offset determined by the offset determination unit to the mobile station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hosono, Rie Nagato, Takeshi Terayama, Takeshi Okamoto
  • Patent number: 8055202
    Abstract: A measuring apparatus for measuring service quality in an area in a communication system, in which a plurality of base stations use one frequency band for transmitting downlink signals, includes: a receiver configured to receive constant power signals that are the downlink signals transmitted by the base stations through constant power channels in which transmission powers are constant; a reception power measuring unit configured to measure reception powers of the constant power signals transmitted by the respective base stations; a reception power selector configured to select a reception power which is a base for measurement of the quality in the area, out of the reception powers measured by the reception power measuring unit; and an area quality measuring unit configured to measure the quality in the area on the basis of the reception power selected by the reception power selector, and a total of the reception powers not selected by the reception power selector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Rie Nagato, Yoshihiro Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20090318182
    Abstract: A femto base station according to the present invention includes: a downlink perch channel signal transmission power controller unit configured to change a transmission power of a downlink perch channel signal when a first condition is satisfied; and an uplink reception sensitivity controller unit configured to change an uplink reception sensitivity when a second condition is satisfied after the first condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2009
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: NTT DoCoMo, Inc
    Inventors: Rie NAGATO, Yoshihiro Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 7483704
    Abstract: A base station comprises: an interference quantity measurement unit configured to measure an interference quantity toward a frequency band used in a communication system in which the base station is provided; an allowable interference quantity calculation unit configured to calculate an allowable interference quantity toward the frequency band, which is allowed to maintain a determined number of terminal equipments connecting lines with the base station, based on the measured interference quantity and the determined number of the terminal equipments; a reception unit configured to receive a request of connecting the line transmitted by the terminal equipment; and an acceptance control unit configured to control an acceptance of the request for connecting the line by comparing the measured interference quantity with the allowable interference quantity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Naoto Shimada, Rie Nagato, Osamu Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7388832
    Abstract: A call-admission controller is disclosed that allocates, out of shared resources in a communications system, resources required for communication in multiple calls of different priorities. The controller includes an impact-judging unit configured to make a judgment of, when having detected a low-priority call, the impact of the low priority call on the communications system, and a low-priority call admission-determining unit configured to make, based on the impact of which the judgment is made, a determination of whether to admit the low-priority call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Rie Nagato, Yoshihiro Ishikawa, Kazunori Obata, Seizo Onoe
  • Publication number: 20070243829
    Abstract: A measuring apparatus for measuring service quality in an area in a communication system, in which a plurality of base stations use one frequency band for transmitting downlink signals, includes: a receiver configured to receive constant power signals that are the downlink signals transmitted by the base stations through constant power channels in which transmission powers are constant; a reception power measuring unit configured to measure reception powers of the constant power signals transmitted by the respective base stations; a reception power selector configured to select a reception power which is a base for measurement of the quality in the area, out of the reception powers measured by the reception power measuring unit; and an area quality measuring unit configured to measure the quality in the area on the basis of the reception power selected by the reception power selector, and a total of the reception powers not selected by the reception power selector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Applicant: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Rie NAGATO, Yoshihiro Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 7162248
    Abstract: A mobile communication system is provided that employs a data communication control method that includes a radio control apparatus that communicates with a mobile station that performs VOX control using a first frequency band area and a second frequency band area. Receiving a request for data transmission to the mobile station, the radio control apparatus determines whether radio wave transmission and reception are being performed with the mobile station in a communication operation using the first frequency band area. The radio control apparatus then determines a transmission time for data transmission in a communication operation using the second frequency band area, based on a communication pattern of the mobile station that is a data transmission destination designated by the request for data transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Rie Nagato, Naoto Shimada, Osamu Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7155233
    Abstract: A communication channel allocation method allocates a communication channel to communications between a mobile terminal device and a second radio base station using a second frequency band which is close to a first frequency band used by a first radio base station, by detecting a first distance between the second radio base station and the first radio base station, detecting a second distance between the second radio base station and the mobile terminal device when the first distance is less than a first threshold, and allocating a communication channel of a frequency far from the first frequency band in the second frequency band to the communications between the second radio base station and the mobile terminal device when the second distance is less than a second threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: NTT Docomo, Inc.
    Inventors: Rie Nagato, Shinji Uebayashi, Takayuki Ishiguro, Osamu Nakamura
  • Patent number: 6961577
    Abstract: A communication channel allocation method allocates a communication channel to communications between a mobile terminal device and a second radio base station using a second frequency band which is close to a first frequency band used by a first radio base station, by detecting a first distance between the second radio base station and the first radio base station, detecting a second distance between the second radio base station and the mobile terminal device when the first distance is less than a first threshold, and allocating a communication channel of a frequency far from the first frequency band in the second frequency band to the communications between the second radio base station and the mobile terminal device when the second distance is less than a second threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Rie Nagato, Shinji Uebayashi, Takayuki Ishiguro, Osamu Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20050148336
    Abstract: A communication channel allocation method allocates a communication channel to communications between a mobile terminal device and a second radio base station using a second frequency band which is close to a first frequency band used by a first radio base station, by detecting a first distance between the second radio base station and the first radio base station, detecting a second distance between the second radio base station and the mobile terminal device when the first distance is less than a first threshold, and allocating a communication channel of a frequency far from the first frequency band in the second frequency band to the communications between the second radio base station and the mobile terminal device when the second distance is less than a second threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2005
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Applicant: NTT DoCoMo, Inc
    Inventors: Rie Nagato, Shinji Uebayashi, Takayuki Ishiguro, Osamu Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20040213153
    Abstract: A call-admission controller is disclosed that allocates, out of shared resources in a communications system, resources required for communication in multiple calls of different priorities. The controller includes an impact-judging unit configured to make a judgment of, when having detected a low-priority call, the impact of the low priority call on the communications system, and a low-priority call admission-determining unit configured to make, based on the impact of which the judgment is made, a determination of whether to admit the low-priority call.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2004
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Applicant: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Rie Nagato, Yoshihiro Ishikawa, Kazunori Obata, Seizo Onoe
  • Publication number: 20040203774
    Abstract: There is provided a radio station and a radio network controller performing communication by CDMA, able to change transmission speed in response to the propagation environment, and carry on communications without communication quality degradation. The radio station comprises a signal quality reception unit for receiving information of quality of the signals having been transmitted by the radio station, received by a party thereof, and sent to the radio station by the party, in which the information is measured from the received signals by the party, and a code multiplicity determination unit configured to determine a code multiplicity of signals transmitted from the radio station to the party based on the received information of signal quality. The radio station transmits the signals to the party using the determined code multiplicity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2003
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Applicant: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Rie Nagato, Osamu Nakamura, Takanori Utano
  • Publication number: 20040203960
    Abstract: A mobile communication system is provided that employs a data communication control method that includes a radio control apparatus that communicates with a mobile station that performs VOX control using a first frequency band area and a second frequency band area. Receiving a request for data transmission to the mobile station, the radio control apparatus determines whether radio wave transmission and reception are being performed with the mobile station in a communication operation using the first frequency band area. The radio control apparatus then determines a transmission time for data transmission in a communication operation using the second frequency band area, based on a communication pattern of the mobile station that is a data transmission destination designated by the request for data transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2003
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Applicant: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Rie Nagato, Naoto Shimada, Osamu Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20030190892
    Abstract: A base station comprises: an interference quantity measurement unit configured to measure an interference quantity toward a frequency band used in a communication system in which the base station is provided; an allowable interference quantity calculation unit configured to calculate an allowable interference quantity toward the frequency band, which is allowed to maintain a determined number of terminal equipments connecting lines with the base station, based on the measured interference quantity and the determined number of the terminal equipments; a reception unit configured to receive a request of connecting the line transmitted by the terminal equipment; and an acceptance control unit configured to control an acceptance of the request for connecting the line by comparing the measured interference quantity with the allowable interference quantity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Applicant: NTT DoCoMo, Inc
    Inventors: Naoto Shimada, Rie Nagato, Osamu Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20020177444
    Abstract: A communication channel allocation method allocates a communication channel to communications between a mobile terminal device and a second radio base station using a second frequency band which is close to a first frequency band used by a first radio base station, by detecting a first distance between the second radio base station and the first radio base station, detecting a second distance between the second radio base station and the mobile terminal device when the first distance is less than a first threshold, and allocating a communication channel of a frequency far from the first frequency band in the second frequency band to the communications between the second radio base station and the mobile terminal device when the second distance is less than a second threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2002
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Applicant: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Rie Nagato, Shinji Uebayashi, Takayuki Ishiguro, Osamu Nakamura