Patents by Inventor Tomoki Yoshimura

Tomoki Yoshimura 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: 11039462
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus attempts to decode a PDCCH during an active time in a case that an intermittent reception is configured. The terminal apparatus determines whether to start a UL HARQ RTT timer for a HARQ process based on whether a termination of an uplink transmission is indicated in a case that the PDCCH indicates the uplink transmission for the HARQ process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Shoichi Suzuki, Wataru Ouchi, Tomoki Yoshimura, Liqing Liu
  • Patent number: 11038625
    Abstract: To improve communication performance such as a throughput and communication efficiency in a system where multiple communication schemes are used. An apparatus includes a transmitter configured to transmit a transmit signal generated from transmission bits, the transmitter including a coding unit configured to generate the transmission bits by coding and rate matching, the coding unit including a first coding unit, a first interleaving unit, a first bit selection unit, a second coding unit, a second interleaving unit, and a second bit selection unit. The first bit selection unit and the second bit selection unit are different in the initial position based on the same redundancy version.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Ryota Yamada, Tomoki Yoshimura, Hiroki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11026256
    Abstract: The terminal apparatus 1 receives an uplink grant to be used for scheduling a PUSCH in the serving cell and an uplink grant to be used for scheduling a sPUSCH in the serving cell, transmits a periodic channel state information report using a PUCCH in the serving cell, transmits the periodic channel state information report using the PUSCH in a subframe in which the PUSCH is scheduled, and does not transmit the periodic channel state information report using the sPUSCH in a subframe in which the sPUSCH is scheduled. According to the present invention, the terminal apparatus 1 can efficiently transmit the uplink control information. Also, the base station apparatus 3 can efficiently receive the uplink control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Shoichi Suzuki, Tatsushi Aiba, Kimihiko Imamura, Wataru Ouchi, Takashi Hayashi, Tomoki Yoshimura, Liqing Liu
  • Patent number: 11026181
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus transmits uplink information on an uplink physical channel, encodes the uplink information and sets transmission power for the uplink physical channel at least based on a parameter, wherein in a case that a first error correction encoding method is applied to the uplink information, the parameter is given at least based on a product of a first value and a first number of bits before coding per resource element, and in a case that a second error correction encoding method is applied to the uplink information, the parameter is given at least based on a product of a second value and a second number of bits before coding per resource element, the second value being different from the first value, and the second error correction encoding method being different from the first error correction encoding method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Shoichi Suzuki, Wataru Ouchi, Tomoki Yoshimura, Liqing Liu, Kimihiko Imamura
  • Publication number: 20210160732
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus including a coding unit configured to code a payload of uplink control information (UCI) and to perform rate matching of coded bits of the payload and a transmitter configured to transmit the UCI, wherein the payload includes part or all of hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information, a scheduling request, and channel state information (CSI), a length EUCI of an output sequence of the rate matching is given based on a first number OCRC of cyclic redundancy check (CRC) bits, the first number OCRC of CRC bits is given based on a size of the payload, and a size of second CRC bits added to the payload is given based on the size of the payload and the length EUCI of the output sequence of the rate matching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: TAEWOO LEE, SHOICHI SUZUKI, WATARU OUCHI, TOMOKI YOSHIMURA, LIQING LIU
  • Patent number: 11018815
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes a coding unit configured to divide a transport block into one or more code blocks and generate coded bit(s) by coding the one or more code blocks; and a transmitter configured to transmit the coded bit(s) by using a channel, wherein multiplex bit(s) are given based on at least coupling of the coded bit(s) generated by coding of the one or more code blocks, the coding unit maps the multiplex bit(s) to a matrix in a first-axis prioritized manner and reads the multiplex bit(s) from the matrix in the first-axis prioritized manner or in a second-axis prioritized manner, and whether the first axis or the second axis is prioritized in a case that the multiplex bit(s) are read from the matrix is given based on at least whether a signal waveform applied to a prescribed channel is an OFDM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Tomoki Yoshimura, Shoichi Suzuki, Tatsushi Aiba, Liqing Liu, Wataru Ouchi, Takashi Hayashi, Kimihiko Imamura
  • Publication number: 20210152289
    Abstract: To enable efficient uplink transmission. A terminal apparatus includes: a coder configured to code a UCI payload and perform rate matching of coded bits of the UCI payload; and a transmitter configured to transmit the UCI payload by using a PUSCH, the UCI payload includes at least HARQ-ACK information and/or CSI, a length of an output sequence EUCI of the rate matching is provided based on a first number of CRC bits LUCI, the first number of CRC bits LUCI is provided based on a size of the payload, and a size of second CRC bits added to the payload is provided based on the size of the payload and the length of the output sequence EUCI of the rate matching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Taewoo LEE, Shouichi SUZUKI, Wataru OHUCHI, Tomoki YOSHIMURA, Liqing LIU, Huifa LIN
  • Patent number: 11006453
    Abstract: A CCA level is made to be variable efficiently while maintaining the fairness relating to acquisition of a transmission opportunity by wireless terminal apparatuses, and thus efficiency of a radio resource is improved. Provided is a terminal apparatus that performs wireless communication with a base station apparatus, and includes; a MAC frame categorization unit categorizing MAC frames, in each of which media access control header is attached to transmission data, based on a type of MAC frame; and a QoS control unit performing a carrier sense using a first CCA level, in a case where the MAC frame is included in a first category that results from the categorization by the MAC frame categorization unit, and performing the carrier sense using a second CCA level different from the first CCA level, in a case where the MAC frame is included in a second category different from the first category.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoki Yoshimura, Hiromichi Tomeba, Takashi Onodera
  • Publication number: 20210136695
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus receives one transport block by using a PDSCH, receives RRC information indicating a maximum number X of CBGs, determines transmit power of a PUCCH, and transmits UCI at least including a HARQ-ACK corresponding to the one transport block on the PUCCH. The one transport block includes NCB code blocks. The HARQ-ACK includes the X HARQ-ACKs bits. In a case that a number of bits of the UCI does not exceed a prescribed number of bits, the transmit power of the PUCCH including the UCI is determined at least based on a smaller value of the X and the NCB. In a case that the number of bits of the UCI exceeds the prescribed number of bits, the transmit power of the PUCCH is determined at least based on the number of bits of the UCI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicants: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company Limited, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: LIQING LIU, SHOICHI SUZUKI, WATARU OUCHI, TOMOKI YOSHIMURA, TAEWOO LEE
  • Publication number: 20210136770
    Abstract: A first PDCCH and a second PDCCH are received in a first cell, the first PDCCH including resource allocation information for a PDSCH of the first cell, the second PDCCH including resource allocation information for a PDSCH of a second cell, and a receiver configured to monitor one or more first PDCCH candidates and one or more second PDCCH candidates in a control resource set and a decoding unit configured to decode a first PDCCH candidate of the one or more first PDCCH candidates and a second PDCCH candidate of the one or more second PDCCH candidates are included, wherein the second PDCCH candidate with a first aggregation level includes multiple CCEs that are shifted, based on a carrier indicator, relative to multiple CCEs constituting the first PDCCH candidate with the first aggregation level, and the second PDCCH candidate with a second aggregation level includes one or more CCEs among the multiple CCEs constituting the second PDCCH candidate with the first aggregation level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Daiichiro NAKASHIMA, Tomoki YOSHIMURA, Taewoo LEE, Shoichi SUZUKI, Liqing LIU, Wataru OUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210126762
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus is a terminal apparatus for communicating via a primary cell and a secondary cell, the terminal apparatus including: a receiver configured to receive an activation/deactivation MAC CE indicating activation of the secondary cell; and a medium access control layer processing unit configured to: activate a first downlink BWP in multiple downlink BWPs in a case that the activation/deactivation MAC CE is received and the secondary cell is not activated; and not to activate the first downlink BWP in a case that the activation/deactivation MAC CE is received, the secondary cell is activated, and a second downlink BWP of the secondary cell is activated. The first downlink BWP is different from the second downlink BWP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: SHOICHI SUZUKI, WATARU OUCHI, TOMOKI YOSHIMURA, LIQING LIU, TAEWOO LEE
  • Patent number: 10986668
    Abstract: Provided is a terminal apparatus that performs an uplink LBT procedure, wherein one or more than one subframes are allocated for transmission of a message 3 in an LAA cell, and an LBT procedure for transmission of a random access preamble is initiated in a case where it is determined that a channel is busy in all of the one or more than one subframes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Liqing Liu, Shoichi Suzuki, Tomoki Yoshimura, Wataru Ouchi, Kimihiko Imamura
  • Patent number: 10979951
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus applies, in a case that a handover command is received, and the handover command includes skip information (rach-Skip) for indicating that a random access procedure for a target primary cell is skipped, a value of NTA indicated by target TA information (targetTA) included in the skip information (rach-Skip) to a target primary Timing Advance Group (TAG) after synchronization with a downlink of the target primary cell is initiated, and starts a Time Alignment (TA) timer associated with the target primary TAG.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Shoichi Suzuki, Shohei Yamada, Wataru Ouchi, Tomoki Yoshimura, Liqing Liu
  • Patent number: 10973042
    Abstract: A method that carries out uplink multiple access while reducing complexity in processing accompanying exchange of control information. A terminal device that performs uplink multiple access communication includes a reception unit that receives a frame including uplink multiple access connection information, a first autonomous decentralized control unit that instructs securing time of a wireless resource, and a second autonomous decentralized control unit that instructs securing time of a wireless resource after reception of a frame including the uplink multiple access connection information. The terminal device is instructed securing time of the wireless resource by the first autonomous decentralized control unit in a case that a frame including the uplink multiple access connection information is not received. Securing time of the wireless resource is instructed by the second autonomous decentralized control unit in a case that a frame including the uplink multiple access connection information is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoki Yoshimura, Hiromichi Tomeba, Yasuhiro Hamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20210100026
    Abstract: Uplink communication is efficiently performed in non-allocated frequencies. The terminal apparatus includes: a reception unit configured to receive downlink control information on a PDCCH; and a transmission unit configured to transmit a random access preamble. For a first frame structure type, the downlink control information is used to configure a subframe number of a first uplink subframe in which transmission of the random access preamble is allowed. For a second frame structure type, the downlink control information is used to configure a subframe number of a second uplink subframe in which transmission of the random access preamble is allowed and a symbol number of an uplink symbol in the second uplink subframe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: TOMOKI YOSHIMURA, TAKASHI HAYASHI, NAOKI KUSASHIMA, SHOICHI SUZUKI, TATSUSHI AIBA, KAZUNARI YOKOMAKURA, WATARU OUCHI, KIMIHIKO IMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20210099250
    Abstract: To improve communication performance such as a throughput and communication efficiency in a system where multiple communication schemes are used. An apparatus includes a transmitter configured to transmit a transmit signal generated from transmission bits, the transmitter including a coding unit configured to generate the transmission bits by coding and rate matching, the coding unit including a first coding unit, a first interleaving unit, a first bit selection unit, a second coding unit, a second interleaving unit, and a second bit selection unit. The first bit selection unit and the second bit selection unit are different in the initial position based on the same redundancy version.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicants: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company Limited, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: RYOTA YAMADA, TOMOKI YOSHIMURA, HIROKI TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 10966237
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus transmits capability information. The capability information includes a first capability parameter, a second capability parameter, and a third capability parameter. The first capability parameter indicates whether the terminal apparatus supports Semi-Persistent Scheduling in a primary cell. The second capability parameter indicates whether the terminal apparatus supports skipping of uplink transmission corresponding to a grant configured for a primary cell in a case that there is no available data for transmission in a buffer of the terminal apparatus. The third capability parameter indicates whether the terminal apparatus supports Semi-Persistent Scheduling in an LAA secondary cell, and whether the terminal apparatus supports skipping of uplink transmission corresponding to a grant configured for an LAA secondary cell in a case that there is no available data for transmission in the buffer of the terminal apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Shoichi Suzuki, Wataru Ouchi, Tomoki Yoshimura, Liqing Liu
  • Patent number: 10966127
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus configures transmission timing for a PUSCH in a target cell based on first information included in a handover command received. The terminal apparatus initiates a random access procedure in a primary cell, at least in a case that an SR is pending, a UL-SCH resource is not available for transmission in a current subframe, and a valid PUCCH resource for the SR is not available in any one of subframes. The terminal apparatus does not initiate the random access procedure in the primary cell, in the case that the SR is pending, the UL-SCH resource is not available for the transmission in the current subframe, and the valid PUCCH resource for the SR is not available in any one of the subframes, and at least in a case that the first information is configured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Shoichi Suzuki, Wataru Ouchi, Tomoki Yoshimura, Liqing Liu, Kimihiko Imamura
  • Publication number: 20210092732
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes a transmitter configured to transmit a UCI payload with CRC bits by using a PUCCH, wherein a size of the CRC bits added to the UCI payload is a first size, and a number of PRBs of a resource of the PUCCH is given based on a second size of the CRC bits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: TAEWOO LEE, SHOICHI SUZUKI, WATARU OUCHI, TOMOKI YOSHIMURA, LIQING LIU
  • Publication number: 20210092772
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus for receiving a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) is provided. The terminal apparatus includes: a radio resource control layer processing unit configured to configure a control resource set based on Radio Resource control (RRC) signaling; a receiver configured to monitor a plurality of PDCCH candidates in the control resource set; and a decoding unit configured to decode a PDCCH candidate of the plurality of PDCCH candidates where the control resource set is configured for a Listen-Before-Talk subband (LBT subband) in a bandwidth part (BWP).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicants: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Daiichiroh NAKASHIMA, Tomoki YOSHIMURA, Wataru OUCHI