Patents by Inventor Shinichiro Tsuda
Shinichiro Tsuda 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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Publication number: 20230156549Abstract: A control unit acquires, from a first wireless communication device that performs data communication of a first application via a first PLMN, information related to first communication including position information of the first wireless communication device, information for identifying a process of the first application, and information for identifying the first PLMN, acquires, from a second wireless communication device that performs data communication of a second application via a second PLMN, information related to second communication including position information of the second wireless communication device, information for identifying a process of the second application, and information for identifying the second PLMN, and determines execution of switching processing of switching the PLMN of one of the wireless communication devices to the PLMN of the other of the wireless communication devices based on the information related to the first communication and the information related to the second communiType: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2021Publication date: May 18, 2023Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventor: Shinichiro TSUDA
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Patent number: 11653314Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a user equipment for a mobile telecommunications system includes circuitry including a receiver and a transmitter and which is configured to communicate with a new radio base station and a LTE base station. The circuitry is further configured to indicate a co-existence indication to the new radio base station or to the LTE base station; and receive a power control instruction for controlling power output of the transmitter.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignees: SONY GROUP CORPORATION, SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.Inventors: Yuxin Wei, Vivek Sharma, Anders Berggren, Hideji Wakabayashi, Shinichiro Tsuda
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Patent number: 11653410Abstract: A method is for use in a mobile telecommunications network that comprises a base station providing wireless connectivity within a base station cell, a mobile node providing wireless connectivity within a local cell and configured to communicate wirelessly with the base station, and a terminal configured to communicate wirelessly with the base station and configured to communicate wirelessly with the mobile node; and the method comprises: activating a limited local radio connection between the terminal and the mobile node; starting a first timer of fixed duration when or after the limited local radio connection is activated; and when the first timer has expired, activating a limited base station radio connection between the terminal and the base station and terminating the limited local radio connection between the terminal and the mobile node.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichiro Tsuda, Yuxin Wei, Hideji Wakabayashi
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Patent number: 11652543Abstract: A controller is configured to control a first of plural relay nodes to transmit signals representing data to one of communications terminals received from a base station or to receive signals representing data from a communications terminal for transmission to the base station, wherein, upon first predetermined conditions being met, to control a second of the plurality of relay nodes to transmit signals representing the data to the communications terminal received from the base station or to receive signals representing the data from the communications terminal for transmission to the base station, and to control the communications terminal to transmit a first signal representing at least a first part of the data to the first relay node for transmission to the base station, and to transmit a second signal representing at least a second part of the data to the second relay node for transmission to the base station.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Hideji Wakabayashi, Brian Alexander Martin, Shinichiro Tsuda
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Patent number: 11647514Abstract: A communications device comprising circuitry configured to receive an indication of an allocation of physical resources of a wireless access interface providing plurality of different physical channels of different types, each of the different types of physical channels being defined for transmitting messages in accordance with a different priority level using a contentious access technique. The circuitry configured to identify a relative priority for transmitting one or more messages, select one of the physical channels in accordance with the identified relative priority, and transmit the message via the select physical channel.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2017Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yuxin Wei, Hideji Wakabayashi, Shinichiro Tsuda
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Publication number: 20230123361Abstract: A communications device acting as a rely device is configured to transmit a buffer status report message indicating that the buffer is storing data received from the infrastructure equipment for transmission to a remote communications device, when predetermined conditions are satisfied or a trigger event occurs so that the transmission of the data to the remote communications device can make more efficient use of communications resources to transmit the data or the remote communications device receives the data when the remote communications device is in a state in which it should receive the data, for example when not in a reduced power state.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Yuxin WEI, Brian Alexander MARTIN, Hideji WAKABAYASHI, Shinichiro TSUDA, Chrysovalantis KOSTA
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Publication number: 20230084859Abstract: A mobile telecommunications system anchor base station for a mobile telecommunications system is described. The mobile telecommunications system has at least one anchor cell and at least one slave cell which is associated with the anchor cell. The anchor base station has a circuitry which is configured to transmit system information based on beam information.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Yuxin WEI, Hideji WAKABAYASHI, Shinichiro TSUDA, Brian Alexander MARTIN
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Patent number: 11595112Abstract: To provide a communication device capable of further improving the quality between wireless links in a communication system in which a base station device and a communication device communicate with each other. Provided is a communication device configured to be capable of floating in the air, the communication device including a control unit that receives information regarding interference with a first communication device from a second communication device, the first communication device being not a communication partner, the second communication device being the communication partner, and controls transmission on the basis of the information regarding the interference and of an altitude of the communication device.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2019Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Naoki Kusashima, Shinichiro Tsuda, Hiromasa Uchiyama, Yifu Tang
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Patent number: 11569906Abstract: A communication device is configured to communicate with an infrastructure equipment forming part of a mobile communications network, and to communicate with one or more relay nodes of the mobile communications network. The communications device comprises a receiver configured to receive signals on the downlink from the one or more relay nodes via a first wireless interface, and to receive signals on the downlink from the infrastructure equipment via second wireless access interface, a transmitter configured to transmit signals on the uplink to the one or more relay nodes via the first wireless access interface, and to transmit signals on the uplink to the infrastructure equipment via the second wireless access interface, and a controller configured to control the receiver to receive the signals and to control the transmitter to transmit the signals.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Brian Alexander Martin, Yuxin Wei, Hideji Wakabayashi, Shinichiro Tsuda, Chrysovalantis Kosta
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Publication number: 20230029388Abstract: An infrastructure equipment comprising circuitry configured to transmit system information specific for aerial UEs, the system information specific for aerial UEs comprising assistance information for cell selection/reselection.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Shinichiro TSUDA, Hideji WAKABAYASHI, Yuxin WEI, Vivek SHARMA
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Publication number: 20230017527Abstract: A terminal device (40) includes a control unit (45). The control unit (45) acquires service information about one or more services provided via a base station apparatus (20). The control unit (45) selects at least one service desired to be used, from among one or more services. The control unit (45) transmits a registration request message including the service selected, to a management device (10A) managing mobility of the terminal device (40) via the base station apparatus (20). The control unit (45) receives, for each service included in the registration request message, reference information about an operating environment of the terminal device (40) requested upon using the service.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2020Publication date: January 19, 2023Inventor: SHINICHIRO TSUDA
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Publication number: 20220417731Abstract: A control device (223) according to the present disclosure is a control device connected to a plurality of processing devices (240) and a base station device (260) via a network (20). The control device (223) includes a control unit (2233). The control unit (2233) acquires information regarding processing capabilities of the plurality of processing devices (240). The control unit (2233) selects a processing device (2403) that is to execute at least one function of a core network (225) connected to the base station device (260) from among the plurality of processing devices (240) based on the acquired information regarding the processing capabilities.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2020Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventors: SHINICHIRO TSUDA, HIROAKI TAKANO
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Patent number: 11533663Abstract: A wireless communication device is provided which allows proper management of location information for a terminal moving in the air to reduce the power consumption of the terminal and to prevent the terminal from affecting communication. A wireless communication device is provided which includes a determination unit that determines whether the device is a device moving on the ground or a device moving in the air, a neighboring cell determination unit that determines whether or not identification information of a paging area acquired through common information transmitted from a base station is the same as identification information of a paging area for which an update was performed last time when the determination unit determines that the device is moving in the air, and a control unit that determines presence or absence of need for a paging area update on the basis of a condition for initiating a paging area update when the determination unit determines that the device is moving in the air.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2019Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Shinichiro Tsuda, Naoki Kusashima, Hiromasa Uchiyama, Yifu Tang
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Patent number: 11533765Abstract: A communications device acting as a rely device is configured to transmit a buffer status report message indicating that the buffer is storing data received from the infrastructure equipment for transmission to a remote communications device, when predetermined conditions are satisfied or a trigger event occurs so that the transmission of the data to the remote communications device can make more efficient use of communications resources to transmit the data or the remote communications device receives the data when the remote communications device is in a state in which it should receive the data, for example when not in a reduced power state.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2020Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yuxin Wei, Brian Alexander Martin, Hideji Wakabayashi, Shinichiro Tsuda, Chrysovalantis Kosta
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Publication number: 20220400470Abstract: A terminal device (2) according to the present disclosure includes a control unit (203). The control unit (203) acquires, from a base station apparatus (1), information about a signal waveform for use, of a plurality of signal waveforms including a single carrier signal, the signal waveform for use being used for downlink communication with the base station apparatus (1), the information being transmitted by using a predetermined signal waveform of the plurality of signal waveforms. The control unit (203) performs the downlink communication with the base station apparatus (1) by using the signal waveform for use, on the basis of the information.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2020Publication date: December 15, 2022Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Naoki KUSASHIMA, Ken TANAKA, Hiroki MATSUDA, Shinichiro TSUDA
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Patent number: 11528632Abstract: [Object] To make it possible to perform measurement reporting suitable for an environment in which the on/off state of a cell is switched. [Solution] There is provided a device including: an acquiring unit configured to acquire information indicating that a serving cell is scheduled to be in an off state; and a control unit configured to perform measurement reporting before the serving cell is in the off state.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2020Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Hiromasa Uchiyama, Hiroaki Takano, Atsushi Yoshizawa, Shinichiro Tsuda, Sho Furuichi
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Publication number: 20220386115Abstract: A method comprising receiving a handover request message indicating a request for handover of a wireless communications device from a source infrastructure equipment to a target infrastructure equipment, receiving an indication from the source infrastructure equipment as to whether or not user plane data is being transmitted to or received from the wireless access network via the source infrastructure equipment using an integrity protection scheme, determining whether or not the integrity protection scheme for the user plane data is supported by the target infrastructure equipment, transmitting a handover command to the source infrastructure equipment to indicate to the source infrastructure equipment that the source infrastructure equipment should handover the wireless communications device to indicate to the source infrastructure equipment, and providing an indication as to whether or not the integrity protection scheme can be used for transmitting or receiving user plane data via the target infrastructureType: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Vivek SHARMA, Hideji WAKABAYASHI, Shinichiro TSUDA
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Publication number: 20220386317Abstract: A plurality of pieces of data is properly transmitted with use of a plurality of beams. Data generated in an application is divided into a plurality of pieces of data, different priories are assigned to the plurality of pieces of data, and the plurality of pieces of data is transmitted with a plurality of beams. A beam quality acquiring section acquires quality of each of the plurality of beams. A beam evaluating section performs evaluation of the plurality of beams on the basis of quality of each of the beams. A beam assigning section determines a correspondence between the plurality of beams and the plurality of pieces of data on the basis of evaluation of the beams and the priorities of data. A controller controls a transmitter to transmit the plurality of pieces of data through the corresponding plurality of beams.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2020Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: SHINICHIRO TSUDA, KOSUKE AIO, SAWAKO KIRIYAMA, KEN TANAKA
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Publication number: 20220386145Abstract: A mobile telecommunications system anchor base station for a mobile telecommunications system is provided. The mobile telecommunications system has at least one anchor cell and at least one slave cell which is associated with the anchor cell. The anchor base station has circuitry which is configured to broadcast slave cell system information being specific for the at least one slave cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Yuxin WEI, Hideji WAKABAYASHI, Shinichiro TSUDA
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Patent number: 11510072Abstract: A mobile telecommunications system anchor base station for a mobile telecommunications system is described. The mobile telecommunications system has at least one anchor cell and at least one slave cell which is associated with the anchor cell. The anchor base station has a circuitry which is configured to transmit system information based on beam information.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2021Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yuxin Wei, Hideji Wakabayashi, Shinichiro Tsuda, Brian Alexander Martin