Patents by Inventor Tomohumi Takata

Tomohumi Takata 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: 11956833
    Abstract: A communication apparatus in the present disclosure comprises an AID generator, a Trigger frame generator, and a wireless transmitter/receiver. When a Trigger Type in a trigger frame is an RA trigger, the AID generator (103) generates, as information for an AID12 subfield, information that is different from an AID. The Trigger frame generator (104) generates a RA variant Trigger frame when the Trigger Type in the trigger frame is an RA trigger, and sets, in the AID12 subfield included in the RA variant Trigger frame, the information output from the AID generator (103). The wireless transmitter/receiver (106) transmits the Trigger frame, generated by the Trigger frame generator (104), to a terminal (200).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Takashi Iwai, Tomohumi Takata, Atsushi Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20240089052
    Abstract: A base station (100, 300) is provided with a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter (109) transmits a downlink signal in a downlink transmission region, in a time unit that includes the downlink transmission region, an uplink transmission region, and a gap period that is a switching point between the downlink transmission region and the uplink transmission region. The receiver (111) receives an uplink signal in the uplink transmission region, in the time unit. Furthermore, a delay tolerant signal for which a delay is tolerated more than for the downlink signal and the uplink signal is mapped to within the gap period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: TOMOHUMI TAKATA, TAKASHI IWAI, HIDETOSHI SUZUKI, AYAKO HORIUCHI, JOACHIM LOEHR, TETSUYA YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240023027
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes: signal generation circuitry which, in operation, generates a control signal including a target reception power value regarding a target value of a reception power for the communication apparatus to receive an uplink (UL) response frame transmitted by each of one or more terminal stations, the control signal being a trigger frame that solicits transmission of the UL response frame from each of the one or more terminal stations; and transmission circuitry which, in operation, transmits the generated signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: TOMOHUMI TAKATA, YOSHIO URABE, TAKASHI IWAI
  • Patent number: 11863478
    Abstract: A base station (100, 300) is provided with a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter (109) transmits a downlink signal in a downlink transmission region, in a time unit that includes the downlink transmission region, an uplink transmission region, and a gap period that is a switching point between the downlink transmission region and the uplink transmission region. The receiver (111) receives an uplink signal in the uplink transmission region, in the time unit. Furthermore, a delay tolerant signal for which a delay is tolerated more than for the downlink signal and the uplink signal is mapped to within the gap period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Tomohumi Takata, Takashi Iwai, Hidetoshi Suzuki, Ayako Horiuchi, Joachim Loehr, Tetsuya Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20230422267
    Abstract: Provided are a user equipment, base station and wireless communication methods related to uplink control information mapping in physical uplink resources in NR (New Radio access technology). A user equipment comprises: circuitry operative to map, in physical resource blocks (PRBs) for Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH), Uplink Control Information (UCI) to one or more available resource elements according to their distances with resource elements where reference signals are mapped in one or more of time domain, frequency domain and spatial domain; and a transmitter operative to transmit the UCI and the reference signals in PUSCH on the PRBs to a base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: LILEI WANG, HIDETOSHI SUZUKI, TOMOHUMI TAKATA, SHOTARO MAKI
  • Publication number: 20230363013
    Abstract: A communication apparatus in the present disclosure comprises an AID generator, a Trigger frame generator, and a wireless transmitter/receiver. When a Trigger Type in a trigger frame is an RA trigger, the AID generator generates, as information for an AID12 subfield, information that is different from an AID. The Trigger frame generator generates a RA variant Trigger frame when the Trigger Type in the trigger frame is an RA trigger, and sets, in the AID12 subfield included in the RA variant Trigger frame, the information output from the AID generator. The wireless transmitter/receiver transmits the Trigger frame, generated by the Trigger frame generator, to a terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: TAKASHI IWAI, TOMOHUMI TAKATA, ATSUSHI MATSUMOTO
  • Patent number: 11792823
    Abstract: Provided are a user equipment, base station and wireless communication methods related to uplink control information mapping in physical uplink resources in NR (New Radio access technology). A user equipment comprises: circuitry operative to map, in physical resource blocks (PRBs) for Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH), Uplink Control Information (UCI) to one or more available resource elements according to their distances with resource elements where reference signals are mapped in one or more of time domain, frequency domain and spatial domain; and a transmitter operative to transmit the UCI and the reference signals in PUSCH on the PRBs to a base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Lilei Wang, Hidetoshi Suzuki, Tomohumi Takata, Shotaro Maki
  • Publication number: 20230318895
    Abstract: In the multiple short sequence based SRS, multiple items of sequence data having a short sequence length corresponding to a partial band are used for transmitting SRS in discontinuous bands. In the multiple short sequence based SRS, a terminal specifies a frequency domain to be used for transmitting a reference signal using predetermined sequence data, applies a phase shift index associated with the specified frequency domain to the reference signal, and transmits the reference signal to which the phase shift index is applied by using the specified frequency domain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Takashi Iwai, Tomohumi Takata, Hidetoshi Suzuki, Ayako Horiuchi
  • Publication number: 20230299913
    Abstract: Disclosed are a wireless transmitter and a reference signal transmission method that improve channel estimation accuracy. In a terminal, which transmits a reference signal using n (n is a non-negative integer 2 or greater) band blocks (which correspond to clusters here), which are disposed with spaces therebetween in a frequency direction, a reference signal controller switches the reference signal formation method of a reference signal generator between a first formation method and a second formation method based on the number (n) of band blocks. In addition, a threshold value setting unit adjusts a switching threshold value based on the frequency spacing between band blocks. Thus, the reference signal formation method can be selected with good accuracy and, as a result, channel estimation accuracy is further improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Takashi Iwai, Sadaki Futagi, Tomohumi Takata, Daichi Imamura, Yoshihiko Ogawa
  • Patent number: 11765665
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes: signal generation circuitry which, in operation, generates a control signal including a target reception power value regarding a target value of a reception power for the communication apparatus to receive an uplink (UL) response frame transmitted by each of one or more terminal stations, the control signal being a trigger frame that solicits transmission of the UL response frame from each of the one or more terminal stations; and transmission circuitry which, in operation, transmits the generated signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohumi Takata, Yoshio Urabe, Takashi Iwai
  • Publication number: 20230292361
    Abstract: In an AP, a Trigger frame generator generates a trigger signal instructing an uplink signal transmission, the trigger signal including a terminal information field that includes a terminal ID subfield and a resource unit allocation information subfield, and a radio transmitter/receiver transmits the trigger signal. In a case where the trigger signal includes a first terminal information field specifying one or more contiguous resource units for random access, the Trigger frame generator sets an unused ID that is not to be used as a terminal ID in the first terminal information field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: TAKASHI IWAI, YOSHIO URABE, TOMOHUMI TAKATA
  • Publication number: 20230291627
    Abstract: When a plurality of the subcarrier spacing values are applied, a reference signal is generated by using a sequence having a sequence length corresponding to a first ratio of a first subcarrier spacing set for transmission data to the maximum settable subcarrier spacing. The sequence of the reference signal is mapped to a frequency resource at mapping intervals in accordance with a second ratio which is the reciprocal of the first ratio, and the transmission data and the reference signal are transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: TAKASHI IWAI, TOMOHUMI TAKATA, HIDETOSHI SUZUKI, TETSUYA YAMAMOTO, QUAN KUANG
  • Patent number: 11711251
    Abstract: In the multiple short sequence based SRS, multiple items of sequence data having a short sequence length corresponding to a partial band are used for transmitting SRS in discontinuous bands. In the multiple short sequence based SRS, a terminal specifies a frequency domain to be used for transmitting a reference signal using predetermined sequence data, applies a phase shift index associated with the specified frequency domain to the reference signal, and transmits the reference signal to which the phase shift index is applied by using the specified frequency domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Takashi Iwai, Tomohumi Takata, Hidetoshi Suzuki, Ayako Horiuchi
  • Patent number: 11700098
    Abstract: Disclosed are a wireless transmitter and a reference signal transmission method that improve channel estimation accuracy. In a terminal, which transmits a reference signal using n (n is a non-negative integer 2 or greater) band blocks (which correspond to clusters here), which are disposed with spaces therebetween in a frequency direction, a reference signal controller switches the reference signal formation method of a reference signal generator between a first formation method and a second formation method based on the number (n) of band blocks. In addition, a threshold value setting unit adjusts a switching threshold value based on the frequency spacing between band blocks. Thus, the reference signal formation method can be selected with good accuracy and, as a result, channel estimation accuracy is further improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Sun Patent Trust
    Inventors: Takashi Iwai, Sadaki Futagi, Tomohumi Takata, Daichi Imamura, Yoshihiko Ogawa
  • Patent number: 11696324
    Abstract: In an AP, a Trigger frame generator generates a trigger signal instructing an uplink signal transmission, the trigger signal including a terminal information field that includes a terminal ID subfield and a resource unit allocation information subfield, and a radio transmitter/receiver transmits the trigger signal. In a case where the trigger signal includes a first terminal information field specifying one or more contiguous resource units for random access, the Trigger frame generator sets an unused ID that is not to be used as a terminal ID in the first terminal information field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Takashi Iwai, Yoshio Urabe, Tomohumi Takata
  • Patent number: 11695607
    Abstract: When a plurality of the subcarrier spacing values are applied, a reference signal is generated by using a sequence having a sequence length corresponding to a first ratio of a first subcarrier spacing set for transmission data to the maximum settable subcarrier spacing. The sequence of the reference signal is mapped to a frequency resource at mapping intervals in accordance with a second ratio which is the reciprocal of the first ratio, and the transmission data and the reference signal are transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Takashi Iwai, Tomohumi Takata, Hidetoshi Suzuki, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Quan Kuang
  • Publication number: 20230146761
    Abstract: Provided are a user equipment, base station and wireless communication methods related to uplink control information mapping in physical uplink resources in NR (New Radio access technology). A user equipment comprises: circuitry operative to map, in physical resource blocks (PRBs) for Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH), Uplink Control Information (UCI) to one or more available resource elements according to their distances with resource elements where reference signals are mapped in one or more of time domain, frequency domain and spatial domain; and a transmitter operative to transmit the UCI and the reference signals in PUSCH on the PRBs to a base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: LILEI WANG, HIDETOSHI SUZUKI, TOMOHUMI TAKATA, SHOTARO MAKI
  • Patent number: 11641628
    Abstract: In a terminal, a selecting unit selects one generation method from a plurality of generation methods for reference signals (sounding reference signals (SRSs)). A radio transmitting unit transmits reference signals (SRSs) generated in accordance with the selected generation method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Takashi Iwai, Hidetoshi Suzuki, Tomohumi Takata, Tetsuya Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20230129544
    Abstract: A communication apparatus in the present disclosure comprises an AID generator, a Trigger frame generator, and a wireless transmitter/receiver. When a Trigger Type in a trigger frame is an RA trigger, the AID generator (103) generates, as information for an AID12 subfield, information that is different from an AID. The Trigger frame generator (104) generates a RA variant Trigger frame when the Trigger Type in the trigger frame is an RA trigger, and sets, in the AID12 subfield included in the RA variant Trigger frame, the information output from the AID generator (103). The wireless transmitter/receiver (106) transmits the Trigger frame, generated by the Trigger frame generator (104), to a terminal (200).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: TAKASHI IWAI, TOMOHUMI TAKATA, ATSUSHI MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230117291
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes signal generation circuitry which, in operation, generates a control signal including a plurality of user specific fields, each of the plurality of user specific fields including an Association ID (AID) subfield for specifying a corresponding terminal station, and transmission circuitry which, in operation, transmits the control signal, wherein one of a plurality of AIDs for scheduled access or one of a plurality of random access IDs for random access is assigned to the AID subfield in each of the plurality of user specific fields, and each value of the plurality of random access IDs indicates a type of a terminal station which can perform random access to the at least one resource unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: TAKASHI IWAI, TOMOHUMI TAKATA, YOSHIO URABE