Patents by Inventor Satoshi Nagata

Satoshi Nagata 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: 20240015753
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a control section that determines two values of a power control parameter when physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) spatial relation information is not provided; and a transmitting section that transmits a PUCCH by using at least one of the two values of the power control parameter and one or more transmission occasions. The two values are associated with two respective indices. The two indices are either two index values of a control resource set (CORESET) pool index or two index values of a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state associated with one codepoint of a field in downlink control information. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a power control parameter can be appropriately determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Weiqi Sun, Jing Wang, Lan Chen
  • Patent number: 11871290
    Abstract: A user terminal includes a control section that, in a case where a maximum number of secondary cells to which a beam failure recovery is applied is 1 and where a specific secondary cell for an uplink control channel is configured, applies the beam failure recovery to the specific secondary cell, and a transmitting section that transmits, in the beam failure recovery, a beam failure recovery request to one of a plurality of cells. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a BFR procedure can be appropriately executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240008052
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives a medium access control-control element (MAC CE) to activate two transmission configuration indication (TCI) states for one codepoint of a field in downlink control information, and a control section that determines one or more reference signals in a case where a reference signal for beam failure detection (BFD) is not configured, the one or more reference signals being used for BFD. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to appropriately determine a BFD RS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Jing Wang, Lan Chen
  • Patent number: 11864191
    Abstract: A user terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a transmitting/receiving section that receives or transmits a shared channel based on fallback Downlink Control Information (DCI); and a control section that makes a given assumption on a density of a Phase Tracking Reference Signal (PTRS) of the shared channel scheduled by the fallback DCI. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to appropriately determine a PTRS density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Shohei Yoshioka, Kazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata
  • Patent number: 11856562
    Abstract: A terminal is disclosed including a receiver that receives configuration information; and a processor that controls receiving processes for Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH), wherein the processor controls the receiving processes for the PDSCH under an assumption that the PDSCH is not allocated in a first reserved resource corresponding to the first configuration information, when the receiver receives first configuration information about a Bandwidth part (BWP)-specific reserved resource as the configuration information, and controls the receiving processes for the PDSCH under an assumption that the PDSCH is not allocated in a second reserved resource corresponding to the second configuration information, when the receiver receives second configuration information about a cell-specific reserved resource as the configuration information. In other aspects, an apparatus and a system are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Patent number: 11855820
    Abstract: A terminal includes a reception unit configured to receive information for allocating uplink transmission from a base station; a control unit configured to determine a CP extension value in a case where a parameter for calculating the CP extension value is not configured by the base station upon receiving the information; and a transmission unit configured to execute the uplink transmission by applying the determined CP extension value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shinya Kumagai, Hiroki Harada, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20230413122
    Abstract: A terminal includes: a reception unit configured to receive one or more pieces of reservation information related to a same resource from corresponding one or more other terminals; a control unit configured to determine whether a specific condition is satisfied; and a transmission unit configured to transmit, to one of the other terminals, information related to the same resource in a case where the control unit determines that the specific condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shohei Yoshioka, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20230413080
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a transmitting section that transmits information related to beam failure detected for each of plurality of transmission/reception points by using a media access control control element (MAC CE), and a control section that, when a DL signal corresponding to the information related to the beam failure is received, controls at least one of an update on a condition applied to UL transmission and an update on a condition applied to DL reception for each transmission/reception point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Jing Wang, Lan Chen
  • Publication number: 20230413283
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives TCI state information indicating a plurality of transmission configuration indication (TCI) states applicable to multiple types of channels and that receives first downlink control information indicating one TCI state of the plurality of TCI states, and a control section that applies the one TCI state to a first signal after timing at which specific time passes from any one of the first downlink control information and a first uplink channel based on the first downlink control information. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to appropriately determine information related to QCL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata
  • Patent number: 11848891
    Abstract: A user terminal according to the present invention includes: a transmission section that transmits Uplink Control Information (UCI) by using an uplink control channel; and a control section that, when one or more resource sets each including one or more resources for the uplink control channel are configured, determines a resource used for transmission of the UCI based on a given field value in Downlink Control Information (DCI) and implicit indication information from a resource set selected based on a number of bits of the UCI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Kazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Patent number: 11848734
    Abstract: To appropriately control a plurality of CSI reports of different types, a user terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a transmitting section that transmits channel state information (CSI) reports of different types; and a control section that, when transmission durations of a plurality of the CSI reports overlap, drops a given CSI report according to priority or multiplexes a given CSI report on a given uplink channel, based on a type of each of the plurality of the CSI reports and a type of an uplink channel used for transmission of each of the plurality of the CSI reports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shohei Yoshioka, Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata
  • Patent number: 11844110
    Abstract: A terminal, as disclosed, includes a receiver that receives information about transmission conditions for an uplink (UL) channel or for a UL signal. The terminal further includes a processor that, when dual connectivity using a first radio access technology and a second radio access technology is configured and when a cell using frequency division duplexing (FDD) is configured for the first radio access technology, controls a transmission of the UL channel or of the UL signal in the cell using the FDD, based on the information about the transmission conditions and a UL or downlink (DL) configuration. A radio communication method and a base station are disclosed as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Takeda, Kazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata
  • Patent number: 11843554
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is disclosed including a receiver that receives at least a reference signal (RS) transmitted using a first beam from a transmission and reception point (TRP), using at least a second beam, and a processor that determines the first beam paired with the second beam based on reception quality of the RSs. The UE further includes a transmitter that transmits feedback information indicating the determined first beam. The second beam is an omni-directional beam. The receiver receives, from the TRP, reception (Rx) beam designation information indicating an Rx beam to receive the RSs, and the second beam is the Rx beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuichi Kakishima, Chongning Na, Satoshi Nagata, Kazuaki Takeda
  • Publication number: 20230397226
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives DCI based on a specific assumption regarding a size of a sounding reference signal resource indicator (SRI) field of the DCI scheduling a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) when a control resource set (CORESET) pool index is configured to at least one CORESET, and a control section that determines spatial relation information for the PUSCH based on at least one of the SRI field and a CORESET pool index of a CORESET in which the DCI is detected. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, UL transmission can be appropriately controlled even in a case where multi-TRPs are used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Weiqi Sun, Jing Wang
  • Publication number: 20230397243
    Abstract: A terminal comprising: a communication unit that performs a transmission of an uplink signal using two or more uplink channels with different priorities; and a control unit that performs a multiplexing control on a multiplexing of two or more uplink channels when a multiplexing timeline condition on the multiplexing of two or more uplink channels is satisfied, and performs a prioritization control on a prioritization of two or more uplink channels when a prioritization timeline condition on the prioritization of two or more uplink channels is satisfied; wherein the control unit determines whether or not the prioritization timeline condition is satisfied, after determining whether or not the multiplexing timeline condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Shinya Kumagai, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20230397214
    Abstract: A terminal comprises: a control unit that multiplexes two or more uplink control information having mutually different priorities on an uplink control channel; and a communication unit that transmits an uplink signal using the uplink control channel on which the two or more uplink control information are multiplexed; wherein the control unit determines a number of resource blocks related to the uplink control channel in a separate coding of the two or more uplink control information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Satoshi Nagata, Qiping Pi, Jing Wang, Lan Chen
  • Publication number: 20230397121
    Abstract: A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a receiving section that receives information of a plurality of power control parameters corresponding to one code point of a sounding reference signal resource indicator (SRI) field; and a control section that determines transmit power for an uplink shared channel (Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH)) by using one of the plurality of power control parameters selected based on a value of the SRI field of downlink control information (DCI) for scheduling the PUSCH. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, UL transmission can be appropriately controlled even in a case where multi-TRPs are used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Weiqi Sun, Jing Wang, Lan Chen
  • Patent number: 11838941
    Abstract: A terminal is disclosed that includes a receiver that receives a first downlink control information for scheduling a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission, and a second downlink control information for notifying a time region and a frequency region in which the PUSCH is not to be transmitted. The terminal further includes a processor that supports reception of the second downlink control information in a slot that is shorter than a slot for transmitting the PUSCH. In other aspects, a radio communication method and a base station are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata, Qun Zhao, Xiaohang Chen, Lihui Wang
  • Patent number: 11838933
    Abstract: The present invention is designed to appropriately select PUCCH resources used to transmit HARQ-ACK. According to one aspect of the present invention, a user terminal has a control section that monitors candidate resources of one or more downlink (DL) control channels (DL) transmitted in multiple different time and/or frequency resources, and detects one or more downlink control information (DCI), and a transmission section that transmits delivery acknowledgment information in response to a downlink (DL) data channel by using an uplink (UL) control channel, and the control section selects resources for the UL control channel based on the DCI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata, Qin Mu, Liu Liu, Chongning Na, Xin Wang, Jing Wang, Lihui Wang, Min Liu, Huiling Jiang
  • Publication number: 20230388820
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives one or more beam failure detection reference signals (BFD-RSs) corresponding to a plurality of transmission/reception points, and a control section that, when radio link quality of at least part of configured BFD-RSs is less than a threshold value, controls beam failure recovery procedure in units of one transmission/reception point or in units of a transmission/reception point set including a plurality of transmission/reception points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Jing Wang, Lan Chen