Patents by Inventor Satoru Aikawa

Satoru Aikawa 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: 8989108
    Abstract: In retransmission processing due to a failure of transmission of data packets, a plurality of data packets are simultaneously transmitted between two STAs by utilizing multiple wireless channels and MIMO, and the number of idle channels and the number of retransmission packets are compared. Then, when both of the numbers are different or only when the number of idle channels is larger than the number of retransmission packets, the retransmission packets are reconstructed according to the number of idle channels, and the reconstructed retransmission packets are simultaneously transmitted by using the idle channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Kengo Nagata, Tomoaki Kumagai, Shinya Otsuki, Kazuyoshi Saito, Satoru Aikawa, Atsushi Ohta, Akinori Hirukawa
  • Patent number: 8989219
    Abstract: When a transmission rate of each of lines that transmit data simultaneously between two STAs by using a plurality of radio channels and/or MIMO can be set independently, one data frame is fragmented in accordance with the transmission rates of the respective lines so as to generate a plurality of data packets having the same packet time length and data sizes equal to or smaller than a maximum data size. Those data packets are transmitted simultaneously by using a plurality of radio channels, or one radio channel and MIMO, or a plurality of radio channels and MIMO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Kengo Nagata, Tomoaki Kumagai, Shinya Otsuki, Kazuyoshi Saito, Satoru Aikawa, Akinori Hirukawa, Atsushi Ohta
  • Publication number: 20110216728
    Abstract: In retransmission processing due to a failure of transmission of data packets, a plurality of data packets are simultaneously transmitted between two STAs by utilizing multiple wireless channels and MIMO, and the number of idle channels and the number of retransmission packets are compared. Then, when both of the numbers are different or only when the number of idle channels is larger than the number of retransmission packets, the retransmission packets are reconstructed according to the number of idle channels, and the reconstructed retransmission packets are simultaneously transmitted by using the idle channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kengo Nagata, Tomoaki Kumagai, Shinya Otsuki, Kazuyoshi Saito, Satoru Aikawa, Atsushi Ohta, Akinori Hirukawa
  • Publication number: 20110194517
    Abstract: When a transmission rate of each of lines that transmit data simultaneously between two STAs by using a plurality of radio channels and/or MIMO can be set independently, one data frame is fragmented in accordance with the transmission rates of the respective lines so as to generate a plurality of data packets having the same packet time length and data sizes equal to or smaller than a maximum data size. Those data packets are transmitted simultaneously by using a plurality of radio channels, or one radio channel and MIMO, or a plurality of radio channels and MIMO.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kengo Nagata, Tomoaki Kumagai, Shinya Otsuki, Kazuyoshi Saito, Satoru Aikawa, Akinori Hirukawa, Atsushi Ohta
  • Patent number: 7974243
    Abstract: In retransmission processing due to a failure of transmission of data packets, a plurality of data packets are simultaneously transmitted between two STAs by utilizing multiple wireless channels and MIMO, and the number of idle channels and the number of retransmission packets are compared. Then, when both of the numbers are different or only when the number of idle channels is larger than the number of retransmission packets, the retransmission packets are reconstructed according to the number of idle channels, and the reconstructed retransmission packets are simultaneously transmitted by using the idle channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Kengo Nagata, Tomoaki Kumagai, Shinya Otsuki, Kazuyoshi Saito, Satoru Aikawa, Atsushi Ohta, Akinori Hirukawa
  • Patent number: 7953115
    Abstract: When a transmission rate of each of lines that transmit data simultaneously between two STAs by using a plurality of radio channels and/or MIMO can be set independently, one data frame is fragmented in accordance with the transmission rates of the respective lines so as to generate a plurality of data packets having the same packet time length and data sizes equal to or smaller than a maximum data size. Those data packets are transmitted simultaneously by using a plurality of radio channels, or one radio channel and MIMO, or a plurality of radio channels and MIMO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Kengo Nataga, Tomoaki Kumagai, Shinya Otsuki, Kazuyoshi Saito, Satoru Aikawa, Akinori Hirukawa, Atsushi Ohta
  • Patent number: 7813317
    Abstract: Data packets are transmitted between two STAs capable of using plural radio channels and MIMO together, by using idle channels and MIMO. When at least one idle channel has been detected, plural data packets are generated in the same number as the sum of MIMO numbers of the respective idle channels, in which the data packets are generated from one or plural data frames, and plural data packets having the same packet time length are transmitted simultaneously between the two STAs by using the idle channels and MIMO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Kengo Nagata, Tomoaki Kumagai, Shinya Otsuki, Kazuyoshi Saito, Satoru Aikawa, Atsushi Ohta, Akinori Hirukawa, Yasuhiko Inoue
  • Patent number: 7760686
    Abstract: A plurality of types of available transmission rates to be used for transmission of data packets are individually managed for each receiver terminal. When there are a plurality of data packets to be transmitted onto a transmission buffer and when it is possible to transmit said plurality of data packets simultaneously, the packet sizes representative of the data amounts of the respective data packets are referred to as well as the transmission rates of the respective data packets associated with the receiver terminals. The packet time lengths (transmission times) defined by the packet sizes and transmission rates are checked for the respective data packets. A plurality of data packets whose packet time lengths are approximately equal to each other are selected regardless of their receiver terminals. The transmissions of the plurality of selected data packets are commenced simultaneously by use of a plurality of radio channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Saito, Tomoaki Kumagai, Shinya Otsuki, Kengo Nagata, Satoru Aikawa
  • Patent number: 7668143
    Abstract: For data packet transmission in special format generated by connecting or patching data frames, a request packet and reply packet receivable only by STAs supporting the special format are transmitted/received before the data packet transmission, to check and manage the STA supporting the special format. Based on management information in own station, the data packet is transmitted in the special or standard format according to a receive-side STA. For generating plural data packets in special format in which plural data frames are patched, the plural data frames having subheaders added are connected and divided to data blocks. A main header including information necessary to restore patched data frames are added to each data block, and a control information field and a frame check field of a data packet are added before and after the data block having the main header added thereto, respectively, to generate data packets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Kengo Nagata, Tomoaki Kumagai, Shinya Otsuki, Kazuyoshi Saito, Satoru Aikawa
  • Patent number: 7545781
    Abstract: A transmit-side STA transmits a wireless packet using a wireless channel which has been determined to be idle by both a physical carrier sense for determining based on received power whether the wireless channel is busy or idle and a virtual carrier sense for determining the wireless channel to be busy during set transmission inhibition time. At this time, the transmit-side STA sets transmission time used for the virtual carrier sense to a paired wireless channel which is affected by leakage from a transmitting wireless channel. This allows for setting transmission inhibition time to a paired wireless channel even when the paired wireless channel cannot successfully receive due to the effect caused by leakage from the transmitting wireless channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Shinya Otsuki, Tomoaki Kumagai, Kengo Nagata, Kazuyoshi Saito, Satoru Aikawa, Yasuhiko Inoue
  • Patent number: 7400616
    Abstract: A plurality of data packets that contain sequence numbers, respectively, are transmitted simultaneously between two STAs by using a wireless channel and MIMO. An STA receiving the plurality of data packets transmitted simultaneously by using MIMO generates a single ACK packet containing information that corresponds to a sequence number of each data packet successfully received, and transmits the single ACK packet to a transmit-side STA without using MIMO. Thus, a ratio of successful ACK packet receptions to total receptions can be increased. An effect of improving throughput achieved by simultaneous transmission can also be ensured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Saito, Tomoaki Kumagai, Shinya Otsuki, Kengo Nagata, Satoru Aikawa, Atsushi Ohta, Akinori Hirukawa
  • Patent number: 7280551
    Abstract: In a wireless packet communication method for transmitting a plurality of wireless packets simultaneously by using multiple wireless channels determined to be idle by carrier sense, a wireless channel determined to be idle and MIMO, or the multiple wireless channel and the MIMO, a mandatory channel that is always used for transmission is set. The wireless packets are transmitted by using the wireless channel(s) including the mandatory channel only when the mandatory channel is idle. That is, in case of transmitting a plurality of wireless packets simultaneously, transmission is performed by using the wireless channel(s) including the mandatory channel, and transmission is not performed when the mandatory channel is not idle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Kengo Nagata, Tomoaki Kumagai, Shinya Otsuki, Kazuyoshi Saito, Satoru Aikawa
  • Publication number: 20060280204
    Abstract: A first communication node, which transmits a packet including a data field and an FCS field, selectively transmits, to a second communication node, a first packet containing, in the FCS field, a first error detection code generated by performing a prescribed error detection code operation on a transmission packet or a second packet containing, in the FCS field, a second error detection code obtained by performing a prescribed operation on the first error detection code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2004
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Inventors: Kengo Nagata, Tomoaki Kumagai, Shinya Otsuki, Kazuyoshi Saito, Satoru Aikawa, Masafumi Yoshioka
  • Publication number: 20060251028
    Abstract: For data packet transmission in special format generated by connecting or patching data frames, a request packet and reply packet receivable only by STAs supporting the special format are transmitted/received before the data packet transmission, to check and manage the STA supporting the special format. Based on management information in own station, the data packet is transmitted in the special or standard format according to a receive-side STA. For generating plural data packets in special format in which plural data frames are patched, the plural data frames having subheaders added are connected and divided to data blocks. A main header including information necessary to restore patched data frames are added to each data block, and a control information field and a frame check field of a data packet are added before and after the data block having the main header added thereto, respectively, to generate data packets. thereto, respectively, to generate data packets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2004
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Inventors: Kengo Nagata, Tomoaki Kumagai, Shinya Otsuki, Kazuyoshi Saito, Satoru Aikawa
  • Publication number: 20060233146
    Abstract: In a wireless packet communication method for transmitting a plurality of wireless packets simultaneously by using multiple wireless channels determined to be idle by carrier sense, a wireless channel determined to be idle and MIMO, or the multiple wireless channel and the MIMO, a mandatory channel that is always used for transmission is set. The wireless packets are transmitted by using the wireless channel(s) including the mandatory channel only when the mandatory channel is idle. That is, in case of transmitting a plurality of wireless packets simultaneously, transmission is performed by using the wireless channel(s) including the mandatory channel, and transmission is not performed when the mandatory channel is not idle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2004
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Applicant: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Kengo Nagata, Tomoaki Kumagai, Shinya Otsuki, Kazuyoshi Saito, Satoru Aikawa
  • Publication number: 20060171353
    Abstract: In retransmission processing due to a failure of transmission of data packets, a plurality of data packets are simultaneously transmitted between two STAs by utilizing multiple wireless channels and MIMO, and the number of idle channels and the number of retransmission packets are compared. Then, when both of the numbers are different or only when the number of idle channels is larger than the number of retransmission packets, the retransmission packets are reconstructed according to the number of idle channels, and the reconstructed retransmission packets are simultaneously transmitted by using the idle channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Applicant: NIppon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Kengo Nagata, Tomoaki Kumagai, Shinya Otsuki, Kazuyoshi Saito, Satoru Aikawa, Atsushi Ohta, Akinori Hirukawa
  • Publication number: 20060139201
    Abstract: When a transmission rate of each of lines that transmit data simultaneously between two STAs by using a plurality of radio channels and/or MIMO can be set independently, one data frame is fragmented in accordance with the transmission rates of the respective lines so as to generate a plurality of data packets having the same packet time length and data sizes equal to or smaller than a maximum data size. Those data packets are transmitted simultaneously by using a plurality of radio channels, or one radio channel and MIMO, or a plurality of radio channels and MIMO.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kengo Nagata, Tomoaki Kumagai, Shinya Otsuki, Kazuyoshi Saito, Satoru Aikawa, Akinori Hirukawa, Atsushi Ohta
  • Publication number: 20060109813
    Abstract: A plurality of types of available transmission rates to be used for transmission of data packets are individually managed for each receiver terminal. When there are a plurality of data packets to be transmitted onto a transmission buffer and when it is possible to transmit said plurality of data packets simultaneously, the packet sizes representative of the data amounts of the respective data packets are referred to as well as the transmission rates of the respective data packets associated with the receiver terminals. The packet time lengths (transmission times) defined by the packet sizes and transmission rates are checked for the respective data packets. A plurality of data packets whose packet time lengths are approximately equal to each other are selected regardless of their receiver terminals. The transmissions of the plurality of selected data packets are commenced simultaneously by use of a plurality of radio channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2004
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Saito, Tomoaki Kumagai, Shinya Otsuki, Kengo Nagata, Satoru Aikawa
  • Publication number: 20060087998
    Abstract: A plurality of data packets that contain sequence numbers, respectively, are transmitted simultaneously between two STAs by using a wireless channel and MIMO. An STA receiving the plurality of data packets transmitted simultaneously by using MIMO generates a single ACK packet containing information that corresponds to a sequence number of each data packet successfully received, and transmits the single ACK packet to a transmit-side STA without using MIMO. Thus, a ratio of successful ACK packet receptions to total receptions can be increased. An effect of improving throughput achieved by simultaneous transmission can also be ensured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Publication date: April 27, 2006
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORP.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Saito, Tomoaki Kumagai, Shinya Otsuki, Kengo Nagata, Satoru Aikawa, Atsushi Ohta, Akinori Hirukawa
  • Patent number: 6881303
    Abstract: A plastic as a material to be treated and an additive such as unsaturated fatty acid oil are mixed, and the mixture is heated in a pyrolysis tank at a temperature of 300° C. to 450° C. by a heating member to thereby thermally decompose the mixture. A gas component produced during the heating process is then removed and a pyrolysate is thus produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: Tokyo Ertec Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoji Inoue, Satoru Aikawa, Norihiro Inagaki, Shigeru Tasaka