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).

  • Publication number: 20220053581
    Abstract: A private network is flexibly built while ensuring physical or logical separation from a public network. A base station device notifies system information including a first identifier corresponding to a communication network (for example, PLMN) in an identifier list. In that state, a second identifier used locally is added to the identifier list of the system information according to control information from a control device. Thereafter, notification of the system information including the first and second identifiers in the identifier list is started. Therefore, the private network is built.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventor: SHINICHIRO TSUDA
  • Patent number: 11240763
    Abstract: Provided is a communication control device including an obtaining unit that, in a radio communication system including a primary base station to which a primary terminal is connected, and a secondary base station to which a secondary terminal is connected by secondarily using a frequency channel for the primary base station, obtains at least one of a quality report containing a communication quality indicator measured by the primary terminal and a quality report containing a communication quality indicator measured by the secondary terminal, and an interference control unit that instructs the secondary base station to reduce transmission power, when it is determined that adverse interference is present in the radio communication system, based on the communication quality indicator contained in the quality report obtained by the obtaining unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinichiro Tsuda
  • Publication number: 20220030655
    Abstract: A communications device for use in a mobile communications network, the mobile communications network comprising one or more other infrastructure equipment, the infrastructure equipment and other infrastructure equipment each providing wireless connectivity within at least one cell, wherein the communications device includes transmitter circuitry configured to transmit signals to the infrastructure equipment, receiver circuitry configured to receive signals from the infrastructure equipment, and controller circuitry configured to control the transmitter circuitry and the receiver circuitry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Vivek SHARMA, Brian Alexander MARTIN, Shinichiro TSUDA, Hideji WAKABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220030501
    Abstract: A communications device configured to transmit signals representing data to one or more in-coverage communications devices forming with the communications device a group, one of the in-coverage communications devices acting as an active relay node for the communications device, so that the in-coverage communications device can transmit signals representing the data to the infrastructure equipment of the mobile communications network, and to receive signals representing the data from the in-coverage communications device acting as the active relay node. The signals transmitted to the in-coverage communications device are received according to a device-to-device communications protocol, wherein the signals transmitted by the communications device or received by the communications device include an identifier which identifies the signals to the in-coverage communications device. One of the other in-coverage communications device can be selected by the infrastructure equipment to act as the active relay node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Alexander MARTIN, Hideji WAKABAYASHI, Shinichiro TSUDA
  • Publication number: 20220006517
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Hideji WAKABAYASHI, Brian Alexander MARTIN, Shinichiro TSUDA
  • Patent number: 11218922
    Abstract: In a mobile telecommunications system method neighboring cell list information indicating neighboring cells is obtained. Classification information of cells in the neighboring cell list information is obtained. A mobility state of a user equipment is obtained, and selecting at least one candidate cell to be measured is selected based on the neighboring cell list information, the classification information and the mobility state of the user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichiro Tsuda, Hideji Wakabayashi, Brian Alexander Martin, Yuxin Wei
  • Patent number: 11212734
    Abstract: A mobile telecommunications system method for transmitting on demand system information to a user equipment includes requesting system information, based on a specific radio resource control connection state, and to transmit system information to the user equipment, based on the system information request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuxin Wei, Brian Alexander Martin, Hideji Wakabayashi, Shinichiro Tsuda
  • Patent number: 11212875
    Abstract: A method of allocating resources in a mobile telecommunications system, the resources being for a relay node to operate as a terminal-to-terminal relay for a device-to-device communication between a first terminal and a second terminal. The method includes: allocating first resources for the first terminal to communicate via the relay node for the device-to-device communication; allocating second resources for the second terminal to communicate via the relay node for the device-to-device communication; notifying the first terminal of the allocated first resources; notifying the second terminal of the allocated second resources; and the first and second terminals exchanging messages for the device-to-device communication via the relay node and using the first and second resources, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuxin Wei, Hideji Wakabayashi, Shinichiro Tsuda
  • Patent number: 11212780
    Abstract: A base station for a mobile telecommunications system has circuitry, which is configured to communicate with at least one user equipment and at least another base station. The circuitry is further configured to configure a radio resource control message for radio resource control diversity, and transmit the configured radio resource control message to the user equipment or to receive a configured radio resource control message from the user equipment and the at least another base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuxin Wei, Hideji Wakabayashi, Shinichiro Tsuda, Brian Alexander Martin
  • Publication number: 20210400623
    Abstract: A terminal device comprising circuitry configured to detect a value of a parameter which is variable in response to a variation in vertical position of the terminal device; receive, from infrastructure equipment of the wireless telecommunications network, a reference value of the parameter, a reference value of a vertical position at which the reference value of the parameter is associated, and a valid duration information of the reference value of the parameter, the reference value of the parameter being defined relative to a first reference vertical position; and determine a value of the vertical position of the terminal device defined relative to the first reference vertical position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicants: Sony Group Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Shinichiro TSUDA, Hideji WAKABAYASHI, Vivek SHARMA, Yuxin WEI, Anders BERGGREN
  • Publication number: 20210400548
    Abstract: Methods are provided for communicating in a mobile network, the mobile network comprising a plurality of infrastructure equipment, each providing wireless connectivity within at least one cell, and a device configured to communicate wirelessly with at least a first of the infrastructure equipment in control of a first cell. In some embodiments, the method comprises determining, at the device, whether a second cell under control of a second of the infrastructure equipment is connected to a first core network operating in accordance with a first protocol or both of the first core network and a second core network operating in accordance with a second protocol, and transmitting, by the device, an automatic neighbour relation report to the first infrastructure equipment, a report comprising an indication of whether the second cell is connected to the first core network or both of the first core network and the second core network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Vivek SHARMA, Brian Alexander MARTIN, Shinichiro TSUDA, Hideji WAKABAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11206573
    Abstract: [Object] To allow an increase in load on the base station to be suppressed when the device-to-device communication is performed. [Solution] There is provided a terminal apparatus capable of communicating with a base station, the terminal apparatus including an acquisition unit that acquires radio resource information related to a radio resource usable for device-to-device communication not via the base station, of radio resources controllable by the base station, and a determination unit that determines a size of data to be transmitted and received in the device-to-device communication on the basis of the radio resource information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryota Kimura, Hiromasa Uchiyama, Ryo Sawai, Sho Furuichi, Hiroaki Takano, Shinichiro Tsuda
  • Patent number: 11197205
    Abstract: A mobile telecommunications system method is described. A property of a first received reference signal from a first base station operating in a first mobile telecommunications system and a property of a second received reference signal from a second base station or a user equipment operating in a second mobile telecommunications system are measured. It is switched from the first base station to the second base station as a serving base station based on the property of the first received reference signal and on the property of the second received reference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichiro Tsuda, Yuxin Wei, Brian Alexander Martin, Hideji Wakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20210368432
    Abstract: Selection of a connection system is facilitated in MulteFire that simultaneously supports two types of modes, which are a PLMN access mode and an NHN access mode. A first wireless base station operates in a licensed frequency band and connects to a first network. A second wireless base station operates in an unlicensed frequency band and selects and connects to any of the first network and a second network. A wireless communication unit of a wireless communication device can communicate with each of the first and second wireless base stations. A connection-destination control unit notifies the second wireless base station to connect to the second network with priority over the first network within a range of the second wireless base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventor: SHINICHIRO TSUDA
  • Publication number: 20210368296
    Abstract: The controller circuitry is configured to identify one of the plurality of different position assistance information for use by the terminal device to identify a position of the terminal device, and to estimate the position of the terminal device by combining the identified position assistance information with the radio signal received by the position detection receiver circuitry. The position assistance information is identified in accordance with a permission allocated to the terminal device. By providing system information which is unencrypted and other system information which is encrypted, conditional access to the position assistance information can be provided in which a lowest level of position assistance information can provide the least level of position estimation accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Vivek SHARMA, Hideji WAKABAYASHI, Yuxin WEI, Shinichiro TSUDA
  • Publication number: 20210368300
    Abstract: Techniques for controlling updating of information stored on a device, the information including information of a first type and information of a second type. The techniques include determining, using at least one processor, when a first item of information of the first type and a second item of information of the second type are to be updated, wherein the second item of information is to be updated more frequently than the first item of information; and causing the device to update the first and second items of information in accordance with the determination at least in part by wirelessly communicating with at least one other device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichiro TSUDA, Takashi USUI, Naoki IDE
  • Patent number: 11178713
    Abstract: A method for use in a mobile communications network that includes a plurality of infrastructure equipment each providing wireless connectivity within at least one cell, and a communications device configured to communicate wirelessly with at least a first infrastructure equipment including use of a radio bearer. The first infrastructure equipment performs the method including determining that there is a requirement to alter data handling resources allocated for handling the radio bearer in one or both of the first infrastructure equipment and the communications device, re-establishing, in response to the determination, its radio link control protocol layer, transmitting a reconfiguration message to the communications device to effect re-establishment of its radio link control protocol layer, and adding a new bit in the header of data packets transmitted to the communications device for a predetermined time after re-establishment of the radio link control protocol layer of the first infrastructure equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Vivek Sharma, Brian Alexander Martin, Shinichiro Tsuda, Hideji Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: 11178724
    Abstract: A communications device is provided, which is configured to transmit or receive signals via a wireless access interface provided by the wireless communications network to or from one or more infrastructure equipment. The communications device is configured, at the time of a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection establishment procedure, to receive a first message from one of the infrastructure equipment comprising an indication that the infrastructure equipment is capable of operating in accordance with a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) in accordance with a first radio access technology, to establish a PDCP entity based on the received indication, and to transmit a second message to the infrastructure equipment comprising an indication that the communications device is capable of operating in accordance with one or both of the PDCP in accordance with the first radio access technology and a PDCP in accordance with a second radio access technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Vivek Sharma, Hideji Wakabayashi, Shinichiro Tsuda, Shin Horng Wong, Martin Warwick Beale
  • Publication number: 20210345190
    Abstract: The present technique provides a first terminal device for exchanging signals with a wireless telecommunications network and a plurality of second terminal devices, the first terminal device configured to exchange signals with each of the plurality of second terminal devices, when the first terminal device provides a local cell for providing wireless connectivity for the plurality of second terminal devices, and to exchange signals with one or more infrastructure equipment of the wireless telecommunications network, and receive, from each of the plurality of second terminal devices served by the first terminal device when providing the local cell, suitability information indicative of the suitability of each of one or more other terminal devices or infrastructure equipment of the wireless telecommunications network to exchange signals with that second terminal device to provide for that second terminal devices another local cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Yuxin WEI, Hideji WAKABAYASHI, Shinichiro TSUDA, Brian Alexander MARTIN
  • Publication number: 20210345229
    Abstract: A mobile telecommunications system entity for a mobile telecommunications system has at least one entity, which serves at least one user equipment. The mobile telecommunications system entity has circuitry which is configured to transmit scheduling information for on-demand system information, which can be requested by the at least one user equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Yuxin WEI, Brian ALEXANDER MARTIN, Vivek SHARMA, Hideji WAKABAYASHI, Shinichiro TSUDA