Patents by Inventor Shoko Shinohara

Shoko Shinohara 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: 12041462
    Abstract: There are provided a step 1 of, at a measurement point where a throughput of a wireless communication terminal under a new communication standard is to be acquired, measuring or calculating a wireless communication characteristic (throughput) of a wireless communication terminal under a current communication standard; a step 2 of acquiring parameters of a physical layer and a MAC layer at the time of measuring or calculating the wireless communication characteristic of the wireless communication terminal under the current communication standard; and a step 3 of, with the wireless communication characteristic (throughput) measured or calculated for the wireless communication terminal under the current communication standard and the parameters of the physical layer and the MAC layer at that time as inputs, calculating a wireless communication characteristic (throughput) corresponding to parameters of the wireless communication terminal under the new communication standard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoko Shinohara, Toshiro Nakahira, Yasuhiko Inoue, Hirantha Abeysekera, Koichi Ishihara, Takafumi Hayashi, Yasushi Takatori
  • Patent number: 12035336
    Abstract: In a wireless communication system in which a plurality of wireless stations perform transmission on a shared frequency band, the wireless stations each include means for notifying a wireless station control apparatus of capability and environment information that includes information about capability of a local wireless station and information about a surrounding environment, and the wireless station control apparatus includes control means for selecting, based on capability and environment information collected from the wireless station, a frequency band to be used for the wireless station capable of using a plurality of frequency bands in accordance with a predetermined control index and setting the selected frequency band. Based on an area coverage rate of the wireless station as the control index, a frequency band with which an area coverage rate of the wireless station having an area coverage rate of less than or equal to a predetermined threshold is improved is selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirantha Abeysekera, Toshiro Nakahira, Shoko Shinohara, Koichi Ishihara, Takafumi Hayashi, Yasushi Takatori
  • Patent number: 12032425
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus (14) according to an embodiment includes a data processing unit (105) and a wireless unit (104). The wireless unit receives the data converted by the data processing unit and wirelessly transmits the input data to an access point. The data processing unit converts, when a remaining amount input from a battery (12) is in a first state, the input data with a first setting and outputs the converted data to the wireless unit. The data processing unit converts, when the remaining amount of the battery is in a second state different from the first state, the input data with a second setting and outputs the converted data to the wireless unit. A capacity per unit time of the data after conversion is different between the first setting and the second setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Inoue, Shoko Shinohara, Kengo Nagata, Yusuke Asai, Akira Kishida, Yasushi Takatori
  • Publication number: 20240196438
    Abstract: A format that includes a BSSID of a transmitting station within a preamble of the frame is an HE format, and a format that does not include a BSSID within the preamble but includes a BSSID in a MAC header is a Non-HE format; and a wireless station in the BSS includes a control part which checks a format of a frame received at a predetermined receiver sensitivity or above, and continues demodulation of the received frame if the format is HE format and the BSSID in the received frame is consistent with its own BSS, and stops the demodulation of the received frame if the HE format and the BSSID in the received frame is not consistent with its own BSS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2024
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoko SHINOHARA, Yasuhiko INOUE, Junichi IWATANI, Masato MIZOGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11962408
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless communication system that includes a transmission device configured to receive an input of group-addressed data transmitted from a specific source, convert the group-addressed data into wireless frames, and perform group-addressed transmission of the wireless frames; and a reception device configured to receive the wireless frames transmitted from the transmission device, and identify and acquire the group-addressed data of the specific source. The transmission device includes coding means for defining a plurality of wireless frames as a frame block, performing error correction coding on the frame block, and performing group-addressed transmission of the frame block, and the reception device includes decoding means for identifying the frame block from the received wireless frames, performing error correction decoding in units of frame block, and reconfiguring the group-addressed data of the specific source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Shoko Shinohara, Yasuhiko Inoue, Takafumi Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20240121023
    Abstract: A wireless communication management apparatus (100) includes a correction unit (1131), an evaluation unit (1132), and a determination unit (1133). The correction unit (1131) corrects, on the basis of a characteristic of each terminal, an error rate in wireless communication between a base station and the terminal based on wireless environment information collected from one or more terminals configured to wirelessly communicate with the base station. The evaluation unit (1132) evaluates the corrected error rate. The determination unit (1133) determines a modulation/demodulation scheme for each terminal on the basis of the evaluation result of the evaluation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoko SHINOHARA, Yasuhiko INOUE, Yusuke ASAI, Yasushi TAKATORI
  • Publication number: 20240121828
    Abstract: A predetermined STA includes a station information collection unit collecting from the STA itself and other STAs station information used for selection of STAs performing simultaneous transmission and for control of the simultaneous transmission, and a simultaneous-transmission request unit knowing occurrence of a QoS data frame based on the station information and transmitting a request frame requesting the simultaneous transmission to an AP. The AP includes a station information collection unit; a simultaneous-transmission determination unit selecting a combination of the STAs performing the simultaneous transmission based on the station information by reception of the request frame; and a trigger transmission unit transmitting to each of the STAs performing the simultaneous transmission a trigger frame instructing to performs the simultaneous transmission and including information necessary for controlling the simultaneous transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoko SHINOHARA, Yasuhiko INOUE, Akira KISHIDA, Riichi KUDO, Masato MIZOGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11943810
    Abstract: A format that includes a BSSID of a transmitting station within a preamble of the frame is an HE format, and a format that does not include a BSSID within the preamble but includes a BSSID in a MAC header is a Non-HE format; and a wireless station in the BSS includes a control part which checks a format of a frame received at a predetermined receiver sensitivity or above, and continues demodulation of the received frame if the format is HE format and the BSSID in the received frame is consistent with its own BSS, and stops the demodulation of the received frame if the HE format and the BSSID in the received frame is not consistent with its own BSS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoko Shinohara, Yasuhiko Inoue, Junichi Iwatani, Masato Mizoguchi
  • Patent number: 11943645
    Abstract: A wireless communication characteristics evaluation method for evaluating wireless communication characteristics of a wireless communication system where a plurality of wireless communication terminals perform communication by transmitting or exchanging signals, the wireless communication characteristics evaluation method including: a step 1 of acquiring power and a band of an interference signal; a step 2 of calculating an interference band rate showing a rate of the band of the interference signal that overlaps with a band of a desired signal; a step 3 of calculating an interference power rate from interference power and the interference band rate and furthermore, calculating steady noise power from the interference power and the interference power rate; a step 4 of determining a real SINR from received power of the desired signal and the steady noise power; and a step 5 of determining wireless communication characteristics of the desired signal from the real SINR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoko Shinohara, Toshiro Nakahira, Yasuhiko Inoue, Hirantha Abeysekera, Koichi Ishihara, Takafumi Hayashi, Yasushi Takatori
  • Publication number: 20240090043
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless communication system in which, based on a random access scheme, a transmission opportunity (TXOP) acquired by a wireless access point is granted to a wireless station when performing uplink data transmission from the wireless station to the wireless access point and the TXOP acquired by the wireless station is granted to the wireless access point when performing downlink data transmission from the wireless access point to the wireless station, the system includes a scheduling unit for TXOP granting determining one or more wireless stations having a quality of an uplink data transmission lower than a prescribed value as TXOP responders to which the wireless access point grants the TXOP, and determining one or more wireless stations having a quality of a downlink data transmission lower than the prescribed value as TXOP holders which grant the TXOP to the wireless access point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Riichi KUDO, Hirantha Sithira Abeysekera, Munehiro Matsui, Shoko Shinohara, Yasushi Takatori, Takeo Ichikawa, Masato Mizoguchi
  • Publication number: 20240073822
    Abstract: A wireless communication management apparatus (100) includes a remaining capacity prediction unit (122) and a time setting unit (123). The remaining capacity prediction unit (122) predicts a remaining capacity (BLafter) of a battery (305) at a time point after a predetermined period has passed in a wireless communication device (300) on which the battery (305) is mounted. The time setting unit (123) sets a condition that the remaining capacity (BLafter) of the battery (305) predicted by the remaining capacity prediction unit (122) is greater than an allowable remaining capacity (BLminreq) and each of an operating time (Ton) and a transmittable time (Ttx) of the wireless communication device (300) falls within the reference range, and sets the operating time (Ton) and the transmittable time (Ttx) of the wireless communication device (300) in a state where the condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoko SHINOHARA, Yasuhiko INOUE, Yusuke ASAI, Yasushi TAKATORI
  • Publication number: 20240064533
    Abstract: A wireless communication management apparatus (100) includes: a reception unit (112) that receives first wireless environment information from a terminal (300) configured to wirelessly communicate with a base station (200); a generation unit (113) that generates first control information of the terminal on the basis of first wireless environment information; and a transmission unit (115) that transmits the first control information to update a setting of the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Shoko SHINOHARA, Yasuhiko INOUE, Yusuke Asai, Yasushi TAKATORI
  • Publication number: 20240049058
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless communication management apparatus that performs optimal control in units of base stations. A wireless communication management apparatus (100) includes an acquisition unit (1131), a determination unit (1132, 1133), and a notification unit (115). The acquisition unit (1131) acquires wireless environment information related to a terminal (300) connected to a base station (200). The determination unit (1132, 1133) determines a control value that satisfies a throughput for transmitting data from the terminal (300) to the base station (200) based on the acquired wireless environment information. The notification unit (115) notifies the terminal (300) of the determined control value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoko SHINOHARA, Yasuhiko INOUE, Yusuke ASAI, Yasushi TAKATORI
  • Publication number: 20240040436
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a signal processing unit and a control unit. The signal processing unit is configured to receive data wirelessly transmitted from the terminal apparatus. The control unit executes a first operation under a constraint condition related to wireless communication of the terminal apparatus. The first operation includes: determining a transmission control parameter used for wireless communication of the terminal apparatus; and repeatedly determining a transmission control parameter again using the determined transmission control parameter when the determined transmission control parameter is different from the transmission control parameter before the determination. The control unit is configured to apply the transmission control parameter obtained through the first operation to the terminal apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoko SHINOHARA, Yasuhiko INOUE, Yusuke ASAI, Yasushi TAKATORI
  • Patent number: 11889557
    Abstract: A predetermined STA includes a station information collection unit collecting from the STA itself and other STAs station information used for selection of STAs performing simultaneous transmission and for control of the simultaneous transmission, and a simultaneous-transmission request unit knowing occurrence of a QoS data frame based on the station information and transmitting a request frame requesting the simultaneous transmission to an AP. The AP includes a station information collection unit; a simultaneous-transmission determination unit selecting a combination of the STAs performing the simultaneous transmission based on the station information by reception of the request frame; and a trigger transmission unit transmitting to each of the STAs performing the simultaneous transmission a trigger frame instructing to performs the simultaneous transmission and including information necessary for controlling the simultaneous transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoko Shinohara, Yasuhiko Inoue, Akira Kishida, Riichi Kudo, Masato Mizoguchi
  • Patent number: 11849487
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless communication system in which, based on a random access scheme, a transmission opportunity (TXOP) acquired by a wireless access point is granted to a wireless station when performing uplink data transmission from the wireless station to the wireless access point and the TXOP acquired by the wireless station is granted to the wireless access point when performing downlink data transmission from the wireless access point to the wireless station, the system includes a scheduling unit for TXOP granting determining one or more wireless stations having a quality of an uplink data transmission lower than a prescribed value as TXOP responders to which the wireless access point grants the TXOP, and determining one or more wireless stations having a quality of a downlink data transmission lower than the prescribed value as TXOP holders which grant the TXOP to the wireless access point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Riichi Kudo, Hirantha Sithira Abeysekera, Munehiro Matsui, Shoko Shinohara, Yasushi Takatori, Takeo Ichikawa, Masato Mizoguchi
  • Patent number: 11832112
    Abstract: A wireless base station setting position calculation method includes a step S1 for assuming the setting area to be a rectangle, receiving an input of longitudinal and lateral lengths of a setting area and the number of wireless base stations to be set “s”, and determining one or more candidates of a number of divisions “d” of the setting area according to the number of wireless base stations “s”, a step S2 for representing the number of divisions “d” in a division ratio x:y and selecting, for each number of divisions “d”, according to the longitudinal and lateral lengths of the setting area, a division ratio at which diagonal line lengths of divided areas are minimized, a step S3 for performing, for each number of divisions “d”, adjustment of a division pattern until a difference m between the number of divisions “d” and the number of wireless base stations “s” decreases to 0, a step S4 for calculating, for each number of divisions “d”, a sum of the diagonal line lengths of the divided areas and selecting the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Riku Omiya, Toshiro Nakahira, Hirantha Abeysekera, Shoko Shinohara, Takafumi Hayashi, Yasushi Takatori
  • Patent number: 11812279
    Abstract: A method includes a step 1 of performing processing for determining wireless terminal stations that are inside cover areas of existing wireless base stations, and excluding the existing wireless base stations and the wireless terminal stations inside the cover areas from a wireless base station installation area, a step 2 of performing processing for optimizing, with respect to each first wireless terminal station that is outside the cover areas of the existing wireless base stations and has been left in the processing for excluding in the step 1, a combination of the first wireless terminal station and the closest additional wireless base station from which received power is the largest, and optimizing installation positions of additional wireless base stations, a step 3 of determining, with respect to the combinations of the additional wireless base stations and the first wireless terminal stations that were optimized in the step 2, whether wireless terminal stations are inside or outside cover areas of the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiro Nakahira, Hirantha Abeysekera, Shoko Shinohara, Yasuhiko Inoue, Koichi Ishihara, Takafumi Hayashi, Daisuke Goto, Yasushi Takatori
  • Publication number: 20230327839
    Abstract: A base station according to an embodiment includes an antenna, a wireless device, a wireless information acquisition unit, a control unit, a directivity setting unit, a directivity control unit, and a communication instruction unit. The antenna has an omni-directional array antenna. The wireless device communicates with one or more terminals in a cover area by using a wireless signal via the antenna. The wireless information acquisition unit acquires wireless information including the position of the terminal and a communication time block. On the basis of the wireless information, the control unit determines a communication execution time block, which is a time block for executing communication with the terminal, and an antenna gain of the antenna for communicating with the terminal. On the basis of the antenna gain, the directivity setting unit sets a directivity pattern of the omni-directional array antenna so as to have directivity in the direction of the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuki NAKAMURA, Wataru YAMADA, Yasuhiko INOUE, Shoko SHINOHARA, Yusuke ASAI, Yasushi TAKATORI
  • Publication number: 20230326311
    Abstract: A wireless system according to an embodiment includes at least one terminal and a base station. The terminal includes a wireless communication module and a first control unit. The wireless communication module transmits and receives data to and from the base station. When motion is detected from an acquired video, the first control unit transmits a frame image, which is a still image extracted from the video, to the base station by using the wireless communication module, and transmits the video to the base station by using the wireless communication module when transmission of the video is requested by the base station as a result of transmitting the frame image. The base station includes a second control unit. The second control unit determines whether or not to request transmission of a video on the basis of a frame image, and requests a terminal to transmit a video when determining to request transmission of a video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuki NAKAMURA, Wataru YAMADA, Yasuhiko INOUE, Shoko SHINOHARA, Yusuke ASAI, Yasushi TAKATORI