Patents by Inventor Tomoya OHARA

Tomoya OHARA 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: 20210298089
    Abstract: A user device includes a control unit configured to determine a control resource set, a search space, and a transmission control indication state corresponding to a control signal to be monitored, the determination being based on information regarding a setting for receiving the control signal; and a reception unit configured to switch the transmission control indication state during an execution of a random access procedure, and to monitor a control signal corresponding to the control resource set in the search space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventor: Tomoya Ohara
  • Patent number: 11129203
    Abstract: A user apparatus in a radio communication system that includes a base station and the user apparatus includes a reception unit that receives, from the base station, information that designates a signal waveform to be used by the user apparatus to transmit a random access preamble; and a transmission unit that transmits the random access preamble with the use of the signal waveform designated by the information received by the reception unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Tomoya Ohara, Hiroki Harada
  • Publication number: 20210289557
    Abstract: A user apparatus in a radio communication system that includes a base station and the user apparatus includes a transmission unit that transmits a random access preamble with the use of a beam out of a plurality of beams; and a counter retaining unit that has, for each beam, a counter that indicates the number of times of power ramping performed in transmission of a random access preamble.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Tomoya Ohara, Hiroki Harada
  • Patent number: 11122628
    Abstract: In one aspect of the present invention, a user equipment apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive, from a base station, control information indicating a pattern of retransmission schemes to be applied depending on a retransmission count, for retransmitting a preamble through random access to the base station, the retransmission schemes including beam switching and power ramping; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the preamble according to the control information at timing of retransmitting the preamble.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Tomoya Ohara, Hiroki Harada
  • Publication number: 20210274562
    Abstract: A user terminal includes a receiving section that receives a signal in initial access or random access, and a control section that determines, based on reception of the signal, a specific signal quasi-co-located with a downlink control channel in a specific control resource set associated with a random access search space. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, monitoring of the downlink control channel can be appropriately controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Tomoya Ohara, Hideaki Takahashi, Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Publication number: 20210263030
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an immunochromatographic kit and a method, which are capable of detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis with high-sensitivity and specificity. According to the present invention, an immunochromatographic kit for detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis is provided, the kit including: a label substance modified with a first antibody against lipoarabinomannan; a porous carrier having a reaction site holding a second antibody against lipoarabinomannan; a compound containing silver; and a reducing agent reducing silver ions, in which at least one of the first antibody or the second antibody is a monoclonal antibody.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoya OHARA, Natsuki OYABU, Atsuhiko WADA, Junichi KATADA, Dai UJIHARA
  • Publication number: 20210243680
    Abstract: A terminal is disclosed including a receiver that receives configuration information regarding a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) to configure a common search space; and a processor that monitors downlink control information in the common search space based on the configuration information, wherein the configuration information includes information regarding a search space that is able to be specified by bits in an index of a master information block (MIB) and information regarding a search space index associated with a given search space. In other aspects, a radio communication method, a base station, and a system are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Daiki Takeda, Tomoya Ohara, Hideaki Takahashi, Kazuki Takeda
  • Publication number: 20210195633
    Abstract: A user apparatus communicates with a base station apparatus. The user apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive, from the base station apparatus, a plurality of blocks and an indication including information specifying a part of resources used for contention-free random access, a control unit configured to identify resources used for contention-free random access based on information specifying resources that are associated with the blocks and are used for random access, and based on the information specifying a part of resources used for contention-free random access, and a transmission unit configured to transmit a preamble to the base station apparatus using the identified resources used for contention-free random access.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Tomoya Ohara, Hiroki Harada
  • Publication number: 20210185653
    Abstract: A terminal is disclosed including a processor that adjusts an uplink transmission timing based on granularity relative to a largest subcarrier spacing among subcarrier spacings of a plurality of uplink bandwidth parts in a same timing advance group and based on a timing advance command; and a transmitter that performs uplink transmission according to the uplink transmission timing. In other aspects, a transmission method performed by a terminal is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Tooru Uchino, Hideaki Takahashi, Kazuki Takeda, Tomoya Ohara, Hiroki Harada
  • Publication number: 20210176787
    Abstract: In one aspect of the present invention, user equipment for transmitting a preamble at any timing after synchronization with a base station includes a reception unit that detects a synchronization signal or a physical broadcast channel from the base station; a resource selection unit that determines resources available for transmission of the preamble based on configuration information for preamble transmission, and selects, from the resources available for transmission of the preamble, a resource for transmitting the preamble according to the detected synchronization signal or the detected physical broadcast channel based on a mapping rule; and a transmission unit that transmits the preamble to the base station on the selected resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventor: Tomoya Ohara
  • Publication number: 20210168880
    Abstract: A user equipment includes a transmission unit that transmits a random access preamble; a reception unit that receives a plurality of random access responses; and a control unit that selects which of the plurality of random access responses received by the reception unit to transmit data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Tomoya Ohara, Hiroki Harada
  • Publication number: 20210160795
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed including an input unit that receives an input; and a communication module coupled to a processor that measures power of synchronization signal blocks received from a base station, wherein the processor selects a synchronization signal block with measured power above a threshold, wherein the communication module transmits a preamble using a resource corresponding to the selected synchronization signal block, and wherein the communication module performs retransmission for preamble transmission that uses the resource, the retransmission being performed using another resource corresponding to the selected synchronizations signal block or another synchronization signal block with measured power above the threshold. In other aspects, another apparatus is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Tomoya Ohara, Hiroki Harada
  • Publication number: 20210153244
    Abstract: A user equipment in one embodiment of the present invention includes a random access control unit for deciding whether a condition that same transmission power is usable when changing a transmission beam and retransmitting a preamble is satisfied, and determining transmission power of the preamble based on the deciding, and a transmission unit for transmitting the preamble using the determined transmission power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Tomoya Ohara, Hiroki Harada, Ryosuke Osawa
  • Publication number: 20210136837
    Abstract: User equipment communicates with a base station apparatus, and the user equipment includes a receiver that receives, from the base station apparatus, one or more blocks, wherein each of the one or more blocks includes information used for initial access and the information used for the initial access is associated with a beam transmitted from the base station apparatus; a controller that specifies a resource for transmitting a preamble based on the information included in the one or more blocks; a transmitter that transmits the preamble to the base station apparatus using the specified resource, wherein the information included in each of the one or more blocks includes a set for specifying a plurality of resources and preambles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Tomoya Ohara, Hiroki Harada
  • Publication number: 20210127370
    Abstract: A terminal includes a processor, coupled to a transceiver, that monitors a PDCCH (Physical downlink control channel) candidate in a first search space during a random access procedure The transceiver receives a random access response or a PDSCH (Physical downlink shared channel) for contention resolution from a base station, based on information included in the PDCCH candidate, and the transceiver receives a PDSCH or transmit an uplink signal based on information included in a PDCCH candidate monitored in the first search space, unless a second search space of a type other than the first search space is configured after the random access procedure is completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Tomoya Ohara, Hiroki Harada
  • Patent number: 10993174
    Abstract: A user apparatus in a radio communication system including a base station and the user apparatus, including: a reception unit configured to receive a plurality of predetermined signals transmitted from the base station using a plurality of beams; and a transmission unit configured to transmit a preamble using a plurality of resources corresponding to the plurality of beams, wherein the reception unit receives, from the base station, system information including information of the plurality of resources corresponding to the plurality of beams, and the transmission unit obtains the information of the plurality of resources from the system information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Tomoya Ohara, Hiroki Harada
  • Publication number: 20210120588
    Abstract: A user apparatus in a radio communication system that includes a base station and the user apparatus includes a reception unit that receives, from the base station, information that designates a signal waveform to be used by the user apparatus to transmit a random access preamble; and a transmission unit that transmits the random access preamble with the use of the signal waveform designated by the information received by the reception unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Tomoya Ohara, Hiroki Harada
  • Publication number: 20210120504
    Abstract: User equipment includes a transmission unit that performs uplink transmissions to a base station apparatus via a plurality of uplink carriers; and a control unit that changes a transmission power value of a random access channel to be transmitted with one or more of the plurality of uplink carriers when priority levels are assigned to the respective uplink transmissions on the plurality of uplink carriers; wherein, when the transmission unit fails to transmit a random access preamble with the transmission power value of the random access channel that is changed by the control unit and the transmission unit retransmits a random access preamble, the control unit changes transmission power control of the random access preamble to be transmitted from normal transmission power control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventor: Tomoya Ohara
  • Publication number: 20210120591
    Abstract: A terminal includes: a receiver configured to receive, from a base station apparatus, first configuration information indicating an Uplink, a Downlink, or a Flexible area in a radio frame, and second configuration information indicating a random access channel (RACH) resource allocation in the radio frame in a time domain; a processor configured to identify an available RACH resource in the radio frame based on the first configuration information and the second configuration information; and a transmitter configured to transmit a preamble to the base station apparatus using the identified available RACH resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventor: Tomoya Ohara
  • Publication number: 20210092775
    Abstract: User equipment for receiving an instruction to perform a random access procedure from a base station apparatus is provided. The user equipment includes a receiver configured to receive, from the base station apparatus, information specifying available random access channel transmission occasions associated with a synchronization block, a controller configured to identify a random access channel transmission occasion based on the information, and a transmitter configured to transmit a random access preamble by using the identified random access channel transmission occasion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Tooru Uchino, Hideaki Takahashi, Hiroki Harada, Tomoya Ohara