Patents by Inventor Shimpei Yasukawa

Shimpei Yasukawa 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: 20210127424
    Abstract: A user equipment communicating with a base station in a wireless communication system including the base station and the user equipment, the user equipment including: a storage unit configured to store correspondence information where an identifier of a beam formed by the base station and configuration information used for transmission of a random access signal are associated with each other; a selection unit configured to select a specific beam on the basis of reception quality of signals transmitted from the base station by using a plurality of different beams and select configuration information corresponding to the specific beam on the basis of the correspondence information; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the random access signal to the base station by using the configuration information selected by the selection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shimpei Yasukawa, Kazuki Takeda, Kazuaki Takeda, Hiroki Harada, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20210127361
    Abstract: A user equipment in a wireless communication system that supports D2D communication includes: a selection unit that selects a first control information resource for transmitting control information from a control information resource pool and selects a first data resource for transmitting data from a data transmission resource pool among radio resources in which the control information resource pool and the data transmission resource pool are continuously set without any limitation in a time direction; and a transmission unit that transmits control information including information that designates the first data resource by using the first control information resource and transmits data by using the first data resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shimpei Yasukawa, Satoshi Nagata, Qun Zhao, Huiling Jiang, Liu Liu, Anxin Li
  • Publication number: 20210127341
    Abstract: There is provided user equipment of a radio communication system that supports D2D communication, the user equipment including a receiver configured to receive a predetermined synchronization signal; a synchronization processor configured to perform a process for synchronizing with the predetermined synchronization signal; and a transmitter configured to transmit a synchronization signal in a subframe that is the same as that of a synchronization signal transmitted from any other user equipment when the synchronization signal transmitted from the other user equipment is received by the receiver and received power of the synchronization signal transmitted from the other user equipment is less than a predetermined threshold value, wherein the transmitter interrupts transmission of the synchronization signal for a predetermined time interval, and the receiver measures the received power of the synchronization signal transmitted from the other user equipment in the predetermined time interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shimpei Yasukawa, Satoshi Nagata, Qun Zhao, Liu Liu, Anxin Li, Huiling Jiang
  • Patent number: 10993129
    Abstract: The present invention is designed to measure and/or report CSI (Channel State Information) of a plurality of narrow bands, even when the band to use is limited to a partial narrow band in a system band. According to one aspect of the present invention, a user terminal, in which the band to use is limited to a partial narrow band in a system band, has a receiving section that receives information related to CSI (Channel State Information) measurement in a narrow band, a measurement section that measures CSIs in a plurality of narrow bands based on the information related to CSI measurement, and a transmission section that reports the measured CSIs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Takeda, Shimpei Yasukawa, Satoshi Nagata, Hideyuki Moroga, Liu Liu, Qin Mu
  • Patent number: 10966116
    Abstract: To provide a technology of quickly transmitting a buffer status for a reduction of uplink transmission latency. Provided is a user equipment including: a transmission and reception unit that transmits and receives radio signal to and from a base Station; and a buffer status report transmission unit that transmits, to the base station, a speculative buffer status report indicating a buffer status that is expected in a subsequent subframe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shimpei Yasukawa, Satoshi Nagata
  • Patent number: 10932230
    Abstract: A user apparatus for use in a mobile communication system that supports D2D communication, including: a signal transmission unit configured to transmit a plurality of D2D signals; and a resource selection unit configured to select, from a predetermined resource pool, a radio resource having a time resource and a frequency resource for transmitting the plurality of D2D signals, wherein the resource selection unit is configured to select the radio resource such that the plurality of D2D signals are not transmitted by a same time resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shimpei Yasukawa, Hiroki Harada, Satoshi Nagata, Qun Zhao
  • Publication number: 20210028896
    Abstract: A terminal is disclosed that includes a first transmitter configured to transmit control information for D2D by using a physical control channel for D2D multiplexed with a physical data channel for D2D in a frequency domain and a second transmitter configured to transmit data corresponding to the control information for D2D by using the physical data channel for D2D, where a plurality of the control information for D2Ds are mapped in a wireless resource unit. In other aspects, another terminal is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shimpei Yasukawa, Satoshi Nagata, Qun Zhao
  • Patent number: 10863535
    Abstract: A transmission control technique is provided that is for a scheduling request to reduce latency in uplink transmission. An aspect of the present invention relates to a user equipment including a transceiver that transmits and receives a radio signal to and from a base station; and a scheduling request controller that adjusts a transmission period of a scheduling request in accordance with one or more scheduling request configurations in response to downlink control signaling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shimpei Yasukawa, Satoshi Nagata
  • Patent number: 10841054
    Abstract: A user device in a wireless communication system supporting D2D communication, includes a first transmitter configured to transmit control information for D2D by using a physical control channel for D2D in a wireless frame configuration in which the physical control channel for D2D and a physical data channel for D2D are frequency-multiplexed; and a second transmitter configured to transmit data corresponding to the control information for D2D by using the physical data channel for D2D in the wireless frame configuration in which the physical control channel for D2D and the physical data channel for D2D are multiplexed in a frequency domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shimpei Yasukawa, Satoshi Nagata, Qun Zhao
  • Publication number: 20200351831
    Abstract: A user apparatus in a mobile communication system includes an allocation means that divides a message that includes control information and data into a plurality of partial messages, and allocates resources included in one or more resource pools to the plurality of partial messages; and a transmission means that transmits the plurality of partial messages using the resources allocated by the allocation means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shimpei Yasukawa, Satoshi Nagata, Qun Zhao, Yongbo Zeng, Yongsheng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20200322925
    Abstract: The present invention is designed to allow adequate communication in a next generation communication system in which a plurality of numerologies are introduced. A control section that controls communication using at least one of a plurality of numerologies with different subcarrier spacings, and a receiving section that receives information related to numerology for use in communication are provided, and the plurality of numerologies with different subcarrier spacings are configured that one of the length of a transmission time interval (TTI) and the number of symbols per TTI is different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Shimpei Yasukawa, Yoshihisa Kishiyama, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20200322977
    Abstract: User equipment of a radio communication system that supports a plurality of types of subframes that can be configured to be any of an uplink, a downlink, or a sidelink, the user equipment including an acquisition unit that acquires type information for notifying a type of a subframe; a transmitter that transmits a sidelink signal according to a transmission and reception operation corresponding to the subframe type notified via the type information when transmitting the sidelink signal; and a receiver that receives the sidelink signal according to a transmission and reception operation corresponding to the subframe type notified via the type information when receiving the sidelink signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicants: NTT DOCOMO, INC., NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shimpei Yasukawa, Satoshi Nagata, Riichi Kudou
  • Publication number: 20200322923
    Abstract: Provided is user equipment of a radio communication system that supports D2D communication, the user equipment including a selector that selects a plurality of control information resources for repeatedly transmitting control information from a control information resource pool and that selects a plurality of data resources for repeatedly transmitting data from a data transmission resource pool; and a transmitter that repeatedly transmits the control information including information that specifies the data resources using the control information resources and repeatedly transmits the data using the data resources, wherein the selector selects the control information resources and the data resources so that a control information resource for transmitting the control information for a first time among the control information resources and a data resource for transmitting the data for a first time among the data resources are in a same subframe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicants: NTT DOCOMO, INC., NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shimpei Yasukawa, Satoshi Nagata, Qun Zhao, Liu Liu, Anxin Li, Huiling Jiang
  • Patent number: 10791583
    Abstract: A user apparatus is provided. The user apparatus is used in a mobile communication system in which D2D communications are supported. The user apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain from a base station control rules including predetermined communication methods applied to corresponding user apparatus types; a determination unit configured to determine which of the predetermined communication methods is to be applied to the user apparatus by comparing a type of the user apparatus and the control rules; and a transmission unit configured to transmit a D2D signal based on the determined predetermined communication method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shimpei Yasukawa, Satoshi Nagata, Yongbo Zeng, Qun Zhao, Yongsheng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20200305177
    Abstract: A user equipment that is provided in a wireless communication system including a base station and the user equipment includes an acquisition unit that acquires information indicating a resource position where a downlink data channel is mapped or a resource position where an uplink data channel is mapped in a radio frame and a timing when an HARQ response to downlink data is transmitted from the user equipment or a timing when an HARQ response to uplink data is received from the base station and a communication unit that transmits an HARQ response to downlink data received by the downlink data channel at a timing when the HARQ response to the downlink data is transmitted and receives an HARQ response to data transmitted by the uplink data channel or retransmission data scheduling information at a timing when the HARQ response to the uplink data is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shimpei Yasukawa, Kazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20200305152
    Abstract: A user equipment that selects resources for transmitting signals based on a sensing result includes: a sensing control unit that performs control so that sensing is not performed in a predetermined time region in a sensing time window; a resource selection unit that selects resources for transmitting signals among resources in a time region in which sensing is performed in the time window; and a transmission unit that transmits signals using the resources selected by the resource selection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shimpei Yasukawa, Satoshi Nagata, Qun Zhao
  • Patent number: 10764865
    Abstract: A user apparatus in a mobile communication system includes an allocation means that divides a message that includes control information and data into a plurality of partial messages, and allocates resources included in one or more resource pools to the plurality of partial messages; and a transmission means that transmits the plurality of partial messages using the resources allocated by the allocation means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shimpei Yasukawa, Satoshi Nagata, Qun Zhao, Yongbo Zeng, Yongsheng Zhang
  • Patent number: 10750527
    Abstract: The present invention is designed to provide a user terminal and a radio communication method, whereby adequate communication can be performed when contention-based UL transmission is employed. A user terminal according to the present invention has a transmission section that transmits UL data and a reference signal without a UL transmission command from a radio base station, and control section that controls transmission of the UL data and the reference signal, and the control section applies a reference signal that can identify the user terminal, as the reference signal, and controls transmission of the UL data and the reference signal by using predetermined resources that are configured in advance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Shimpei Yasukawa, Satoshi Nagata, Xiaohang Chen, Qun Zhao
  • Patent number: 10743298
    Abstract: A user apparatus in a radio communication system that supports D2D includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire radio parameter information including a D2D radio parameter managed in a unit of a predetermined region including a plurality of cells from a base station; and a communication unit configured to transmit and receive a D2D signal using the D2D radio parameter in the predetermined region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shimpei Yasukawa, Satoshi Nagata, Hiroki Harada, Qun Zhao
  • Patent number: 10728881
    Abstract: There is provided user equipment of a radio communication system that supports D2D communication. The user equipment includes a storage that stores a Gap pattern indicating a Gap period repeatedly configured in a radio resource for UL; and a transmitter that transmits a signal of D2D communication in a Gap period indicated by the Gap pattern stored in the storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shimpei Yasukawa, Satoshi Nagata, Qun Zhao, Liu Liu, Anxin Li, Huiling Jiang