Patents by Inventor Tomoki Murakami

Tomoki Murakami 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: 20220232485
    Abstract: A wireless communication system in which wireless stations perform transmission, a plurality of wireless modules that are operated in a shared frequency band being installed in the wireless stations, wherein the wireless stations each include means for notifying a control device of environment information that includes capacity information regarding the wireless station and information regarding a surrounding wireless environment, and setting transmission power values in the plurality of wireless modules, the wireless stations being notified of the transmission power values by the control device, and the control device includes means for calculating a transmission power value of each wireless module of each wireless station based on the environment information collected from each wireless station, following a control guideline that is determined in advance, and notifying the wireless stations of the transmission power values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Toshiro Nakahira, Hirantha Abeysekera, Tomoki Murakami, Koichi Ishihara, Takafumi HAYASHI, Yasushi TAKATORI
  • Publication number: 20220232587
    Abstract: A wireless communication system in which wireless stations perform transmission, a plurality of wireless modules that are operated in a shared frequency band being installed in the wireless stations, wherein the wireless stations each include means for notifying a control device of environment information that includes capacity information regarding the wireless station and information regarding a surrounding wireless environment, the control device includes means for determining an operation mode of each wireless module of each wireless station based on the environment information collected from each wireless station, following a control guideline that is determined in advance, and notifying the wireless stations of the operation modes, and the wireless stations each include means for setting the operation modes in the plurality of wireless modules and changing connection of connection destination wireless stations according to the operation modes of the wireless modules, the wireless stations being notified
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Toshiro Nakahira, Hirantha Abeysekera, Tomoki Murakami, Koichi Ishihara, Takafumi HAYASHI, Yasushi TAKATORI
  • Publication number: 20220232425
    Abstract: A wireless communications method for connecting a base station with each of a plurality of terminal stations, the base station being equipped with a plurality of wireless communications units configured to be able to select a plurality of different transmission rates and connectable with one or more of the terminal stations, includes: a collection step of collecting information about a transmission rate and multicast transmission frequency from each of the terminal stations; a policy calculation step of calculating a setting policy for setting a unicast transmission rate and a multicast transmission rate for each of the wireless communications units and a switching policy for setting a condition for switching that one of the wireless communications units which is to be connected, for each of the terminal stations based on the collected information; and a setting step of setting those of the terminal stations which are to be connected, for each of the wireless communications units based on the calculated setti
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiro NAKAHIRA, Tomoki MURAKAMI, Hirantha ABEYSEKERA, Koichi ISHIHARA, Takafumi HAYASHI, Yasushi TAKATORI
  • Publication number: 20220210634
    Abstract: A radio communication method of connecting a base station with a plurality of terminal stations, the base station including a plurality of radio communication units compatible with a predetermined communication standard, the method including collecting additional-line information including information regarding whether each terminal station is compatible with additional communication standard; collecting request information including a request in the predetermined communication standard of each terminal station; collecting identifier information that identifies each terminal station; calculating, based on the additional-line information, the request information and the identifier information that are collected, a setting policy including a setting for each radio communication unit, and a switching policy of setting a condition for switching the plurality of radio communication units; and setting, for each radio communication unit, the terminal station to be connected based on the setting policy and the switch
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiro NAKAHIRA, Tomoki MURAKAMI, Hirantha ABEYSEKERA, Koichi ISHIHARA, Takafumi HAYASHI, Yasushi TAKATORI
  • Publication number: 20220201521
    Abstract: A radio base station device includes a plurality of radio units that perform communication with a radio terminal device, a packet data collection unit that collects packet data communicated by the plurality of radio units on the basis of a packet collection policy, a collected packet data analysis unit that performs analysis on packet data on the basis of a packet analysis policy, and transmits analysis result information to the control station device, and an information processing unit that transmits base station performance information and analysis result information to the control station device, and receives a packet collection policy and a packet analysis policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiro NAKAHIRA, Tomoki MURAKAMI, Hirantha ABEYSEKERA, Koichi ISHIHARA, Takafumi HAYASHI, Yasushi TAKATORI
  • Publication number: 20220201602
    Abstract: A radio communication method of connecting a base station with a plurality of terminal stations, the base station including a plurality of radio communication units compatible with a plurality of communication standards or communication schemes, the method including collecting, from each of the plurality of terminal stations, communication quality information representing a communication quality of the terminal station, collecting, from each of the plurality of terminal stations, communication performance information representing a communication performance of the terminal station, collecting, from each of the plurality of terminal stations, identifier information that identifies the terminal station, calculating, based on the communication quality information, the communication performance information and the identifier information that are collected, a setting policy including a setting for each of the plurality of radio communication units, and a switching policy of setting a condition for switching the pl
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiro NAKAHIRA, Tomoki MURAKAMI, Hirantha ABEYSEKERA, Koichi ISHIHARA, Takafumi HAYASHI, Yasushi TAKATORI
  • Publication number: 20220200710
    Abstract: A method includes collecting, as environment information, a radio environment represented by a signal received at a plurality of radio communication units from another base station, each of the plurality of radio communication units being switchable between a normal mode in which the radio communication unit performs radio communication as a base station and a subordinate mode in which the radio communication unit performs radio communication as a virtual terminal station, calculating test conduct information for each base station based on base station performance information representing a performance of each base station and the environment information, and conducting an operation test of each base station by, based on the test conduct information, setting any of the radio communication units to the normal mode, switching the radio communication units of the other base station to the subordinate mode, and performing radio communication with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiro NAKAHIRA, Tomoki MURAKAMI, Hirantha ABEYSEKERA, Koichi ISHIHARA, Takafumi HAYASHI, Yasushi TAKATORI
  • Publication number: 20220191931
    Abstract: A wireless communications method for connecting a base station with each of a plurality of terminal stations, the base station being equipped with a plurality of wireless communications units each configured to be able to selectively enable or disable an RTS/CTS function and a NoACK function and connectable with one or more of the terminal stations, includes: a collection step of collecting information as to whether each of the terminal stations is a hidden terminal and information about transmission characteristics of each of the terminal stations; a policy calculation step of calculating a setting policy for enabling or disabling the RTS/CTS function and the NoACK function for each of the wireless communications units and a switching policy for setting a condition for switching that one of the wireless communications units which is to be connected, for each of the terminal stations, based on the collected information; and a setting step of setting those of the terminal stations which are to be connected, fo
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiro NAKAHIRA, Tomoki MURAKAMI, Hirantha ABEYSEKERA, Koichi ISHIHARA, Takafumi HAYASHI, Yasushi TAKATORI
  • Publication number: 20220191076
    Abstract: A wireless communication method for connecting a base station with each of a plurality of terminal stations set to differ in Guard interval length, with the base station being equipped with a plurality of wireless communications units each configured to be connectable with one or more of the terminal stations, includes: a collection step of collecting information about the Guard interval length set for each of the terminal stations and connection information about the terminal stations; a policy calculation step of calculating a setting policy for setting the Guard interval length permitted for each of the wireless communications units and a switching policy for setting a condition for switching that one of the wireless communications units which is to be connected, for each of the terminal stations, based on each of the collected information about the Guard interval length and connection information about the terminal stations; and a setting step of setting those of the terminal stations which are to be conn
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiro NAKAHIRA, Tomoki MURAKAMI, Hirantha ABEYSEKERA, Koichi ISHIHARA, Takafumi HAYASHI, Yasushi TAKATORI
  • Publication number: 20220191723
    Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a plurality of wireless base stations and a measurement station, each wireless base station including a wireless communication unit, a wireless information collection unit, and a measurement result collection unit, the measurement station being configured to control the plurality of wireless base stations, wherein the measurement station generates a measurement condition based on wireless environment information collected by the wireless information collection unit of each wireless base station and notifies each wireless base station of a measurement control signal corresponding to the measurement condition, each wireless base station sends traffic addressed to a subordinate wireless terminal station or broadcast traffic at the same time in accordance with the notified measurement control signal, a measurement result collection unit of a wireless base station that is a measurement target measures wireless communication performance and notifies the measurement station o
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiro NAKAHIRA, Tomoki MURAKAMI, Hirantha ABEYSEKERA, Koichi ISHIHARA, Takafumi HAYASHI, Yasushi TAKATORI
  • Publication number: 20220182887
    Abstract: The invention of the present application provides a transmission parameter control method in a radio communication system that performs, between a radio base station and a plurality of radio terminal stations, communication of a first method in which reception confirmation is enabled and communication of a second method in which reception confirmation is not possible. The radio base station selects transmission parameters including a transmission rate in the communication of the second method with the radio terminal stations, based on radio communication information in the communication of the first method with the radio terminal stations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiro NAKAHIRA, Tomoki MURAKAMI, Hirantha ABEYSEKERA, Koichi ISHIHARA, Takafumi HAYASHI, Yasushi TAKATORI
  • Patent number: 11350343
    Abstract: [Problem] In a terminal station and a base station, in which a plurality of wireless communication units supporting different communication performances are mounted, it is possible to select and switch wireless communication unit which responds to a congested condition of wireless communication and a wireless communication quality, and further improves a wireless resource usage efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiro Nakahira, Tomoki Murakami, Koichi Ishihara, Mamoru Akimoto, Takafumi Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20220159597
    Abstract: A wireless communications method for connecting a base station with each of a plurality of terminal stations set to differ in basic rate, the base station being equipped with a plurality of wireless communications units configured to be connectable with one or more of the terminal stations, includes: a collection step of collecting information about a transmission rate set for each of the terminal stations; a policy calculation step of calculating a setting policy for setting a basic rate permitted for each of the wireless communications units and a switching policy for setting a condition for switching that one of the wireless communications units which is to be connected, for each of the terminal stations, based on each item of the collected information about transmission rates; and a setting step of setting those of the terminal stations which are to be connected, for each of the wireless communications units based on the calculated setting policy and switching policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiro NAKAHIRA, Tomoki MURAKAMI, Hirantha ABEYSEKERA, Koichi ISHIHARA, Takafumi HAYASHI, Yasushi TAKATORI
  • Publication number: 20220116992
    Abstract: A wireless communication device that detects a vacant channel by carrier sensing from among a plurality of channels and performs communication using the vacant channel includes a carrier sensing unit configured to divide channels to be carrier sensed between a wireless station and a surrounding wireless station, acquire a result of carrier sensing from the surrounding wireless station, and share results of carrier sensing from the wireless station and the surrounding wireless station to detect the vacant channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Riku OMIYA, Yasushi TAKATORI, Takafumi HAYASHI, Koichi ISHIHARA, Tomoki MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20220109955
    Abstract: Provided is a position estimation method in which a measurement signal and a response signal are transmitted and received between multiple n wireless stations respectively provided with known antennas installed at known positions different from each other and a wireless terminal station provided with a terminal antenna, RTT, which is a round-trip delay time of the transmission and reception, and RSSI, which is a strength of received radio waves of the signals, are measured, and a position of the wireless terminal station is estimated. The method includes: obtaining, as the position of the wireless terminal station, a solution of simultaneous equations of an RTT evaluation function fti for evaluating the estimate value of the position of the wireless terminal station that is estimated based on the RTT measured between the wireless terminal station and the known antenna i (i=1, 2, . . .
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masamichi HOSODA, Tadashi MORI, Masaru MIYAMOTO, Hiroshi SAKAMOTO, Tomoki MURAKAMI, Tomoaki OGAWA
  • Patent number: 11297509
    Abstract: The each AP includes a control unit that detects, as the wireless environment information, a signal detection level for one or more neighboring APs positioned in the neighborhood of the AP and notifies the detected signal detection level to the central coordinator, and controls the ATT value by the setting in the central coordinator; and the central coordinator includes a parameter calculation unit that calculates the ATT value for each the APs, based on the signal detection level for each the neighboring wireless access point notified from the plurality of APs and based on an RSSI threshold at which each the APs is able to secure a prescribed service area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirantha Abeysekera, Tomoki Murakami, Koichi Ishihara, Mamoru Akimoto, Yasushi Takatori
  • Publication number: 20220103222
    Abstract: Provided is an antenna placement method in a system for detecting an object in a detection area between at least one set of a transmission station and a reception station by a wireless signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoki MURAKAMI, Shinya OTSUKI, Takafumi HAYASHI, Yasushi TAKATORI
  • Patent number: 11265841
    Abstract: An object is to enable high-accuracy position estimation of a wireless terminal station by efficiently performing connection between a wireless base station and the wireless terminal station using multiple distributed antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masamichi Hosoda, Yasushi Hanakago, Tadashi Mori, Masaru Miyamoto, Tomoki Murakami, Makoto Umeuchi, Hiroshi Sakamoto, Tomoaki Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20220038141
    Abstract: A characteristic variable antenna configured to be able to select or switch antenna characteristics in accordance with a predetermined periodic variable timing, an RF unit configured to perform a reception process on a signal received by the characteristic variable antenna, an ADC unit configured to sample the analog signal input from the RF unit at a sampling period corresponding to the variable timing of the antenna characteristics of the characteristic variable antenna, a signal dividing unit configured to divide the digital signal input from the ADC unit into different digital signals in accordance with the antenna characteristics and output the divided different digital signals, a MIMO-OFDM demodulation unit configured to receive inputs of the different digital signals divided by the signal dividing unit and perform a demodulation process of predetermined MIMO-OFDM, and a control unit configured to periodically select or switch the antenna characteristics of the characteristic variable antenna in accorda
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoki MURAKAMI, Toshiro NAKAHIRA, Riku OMIYA, Koichi ISHIHARA, Takafumi HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20210392524
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless base station which uses distributed antennas and selects a combination of a plurality of wireless terminals and the distributed antennas of a wireless base station that performs multi-user transmission with respect to the plurality of wireless terminals in a multi-BSS wireless environment. The wireless base station includes: a scheduling unit that measures reception power (RSSI) from each wireless terminal at each of the distributed antennas and selects a combination of a plurality of wireless terminals and a plurality of antennas having approximately the same RSSIs in descending order for respective wireless terminals; and a transmission power control unit that sets minimum transmission power corresponding to the RSSI of the antenna when multi-user transmission is performed between the plurality of wireless terminals and the plurality of antennas combined by the scheduling unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi ISHIHARA, Tomoki MURAKAMI, Hirantha ABEYSEKERA, Toshiro NAKAHIRA, Yasushi TAKATORI, Takafumi HAYASHI