Patents by Inventor Tomoki Sao

Tomoki Sao 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: 8045516
    Abstract: A target base station transmits a traffic assignment signal a plurality of times to a control station for notifying a traffic amount of downlink data that can be processed by the target base station, after a notified cell change timing in which the mobile station changes a communicating base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoki Sao, Shinya Tanaka, Hiroyuki Ishii, Takehiro Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8014808
    Abstract: A radio communication control system controlling a transmission power of a shared control channel for transmitting a control signal to a plurality of mobile stations. The system includes a transmission power lower limit value setting section configured to set a lower limit value of the transmission power of the shared control channel, and to set the transmission power of the shared control channel at the lower limit value when the transmission power of the shared control channel is lower than the lower limit value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ishii, Akihito Hanaki, Tomoki Sao, Takehiro Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7876684
    Abstract: A data flow amount control device in a mobile communication system includes a plurality of mobile stations, a control station relaying packets to each of the plurality of mobile stations, and a base station temporarily storing the packets transmitted from the control station in a buffer and transmitting the packets to each of the plurality of mobile stations. The data flow amount control device includes a radio condition acquisition unit configured to acquire a radio condition of each of the plurality of mobile stations; a packet transmission frequency calculation unit configured to calculate a transmission frequency of the packets transmitted from the base station to each of the plurality of mobile stations; and a packet transmission amount control unit configured to control a transmission amount of the packets transmitted from the control station to the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ishii, Tomoki Sao
  • Patent number: 7760682
    Abstract: To provide a base station, a control station, and a radio communication control method which can prevent occurrence of breakage of data sending toward a mobile station or data loss at a cell change. An inflow amount controlling function 4021 of a source base station 40a controls the amount of inflow data from a control station 50 to the source base station 40a by sending an inflow amount control signal indicating “inflow amount zero” to the control station 50 at a timing earlier than a cell change timing Tc by a cell change waiting time tw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoki Sao, Hiroyuki Ishii
  • Publication number: 20090215484
    Abstract: A radio communication control system controlling a transmission power of a shared control channel for transmitting a control signal to a plurality of mobile stations. The system includes a transmission power lower limit value setting section configured to set a lower limit value of the transmission power of the shared control channel, and to set the transmission power of the shared control channel at the lower limit value when the transmission power of the shared control channel is lower than the lower limit value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2006
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ishii, Akihito Hanaki, Tomoki Sao, Takehiro Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20090061874
    Abstract: A target base station transmits a traffic assignment signal a plurality of times to a control station for notifying a traffic amount of downlink data that can be processed by the target base station, after a notified cell change timing in which the mobile station changes a communicating base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2006
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: NTT DoCoMo
    Inventors: Tomoki Sao, Shinya Tanaka, Hiroyuki Ishii, Takehiro Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20080049618
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a data flow amount control device in a mobile communication system, which includes a plurality of mobile stations, a control station relaying packets to each of the plurality of mobile stations, and a base station temporarily storing the packets transmitted from the control station in a buffer and transmitting the packets to each of the plurality of mobile stations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki ISHII, Tomoki Sao
  • Publication number: 20070049345
    Abstract: To provide a base station, a control station, and a radio communication control method which can prevent occurrence of breakage of data sending toward a mobile station or data loss at a cell change. An inflow amount controlling function 4021 of a source base station 40a controls the amount of inflow data from a control station 50 to the source base station 40a by sending an inflow amount control signal indicating “inflow amount zero” to the control station 50 at a timing earlier than a cell change timing Tc by a cell change waiting time tw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2006
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Applicant: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoki Sao, Hiroyuki Ishii