Patents by Inventor Xiaolin Hou

Xiaolin Hou 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: 20230189270
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives a plurality of specific configurations in relation to a channel state information (CSI) report configuration, and a control section that configures a CSI report including CSI for each group such that the CSI report includes CSI based on a first specific configuration and CSI based on a second specific configuration, the first specific configuration and the second specific configuration being out of the plurality of specific configurations. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to preferably use a CSI report related to group-based beam reporting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Shaozhen Guo, Jing Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Publication number: 20230171048
    Abstract: A terminal receives, from a network, first control information and second control information, the first control information being intended for a group including a plurality of component carriers, the second control information being intended for each of the plurality of component carriers. The terminal selects either the first control information or the second control information and controls the plurality of component carriers on the basis of the first control information or the second control information thus selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Naoya Shibaike, Satoshi Nagata, Jing Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Patent number: 11665767
    Abstract: A terminal is disclosed including a processor that starts a timer based on a beam failure instance counter; a receiver that receives a reference signal for identifying a candidate beam; and a transmitter that, if the reference signal has layer 1 reference signal received power (L1-RSRP) exceeding a threshold value before the timer expires, and if there is at least one of contention-free random access (CFRA) resources corresponding to the reference signal, transmits a random access preamble using the at least one of CFRA resources. In other aspects, a radio communication method and a base station are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Kazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata, Min Liu, Jing Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Publication number: 20230155802
    Abstract: A radio communication node (100B) includes a cell information acquiring unit (165) that acquires a subcarrier interval to be set and a frequency range to be used; and a control unit (170) that sets a reference additional time included in a time difference from transmission in a serving cell to reception in the radio communication node and the granularity applied to the reference additional time based on the subcarrier interval and the frequency range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kurita, Hiroki Harada, Weiqi Sun, Jing Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Publication number: 20230155654
    Abstract: A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a control section that assumes that a first rank indicated by first channel state information (CSI) and a second rank indicated by second CSI are subjected to a given restriction, and controls creation of a joint CSI report including the first CSI and the second CSI, and a transmitting section that transmits the joint CSI report. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, measurement and report of CSI for a multi panel/TRP can be appropriately performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Jing Wang, Shaozhen Guo, Xiaolin Hou
  • Publication number: 20230142391
    Abstract: A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives information related to activation or deactivation of at least one of a plurality of panels, and a control section that uses one of the plurality of panels to transmit or receive a specific signal on the basis of the information. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a plurality of panels can be appropriately used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Weiqi Sun, Shaozhen Guo, Jing Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Publication number: 20230148209
    Abstract: Provided are a wireless communication method applied to a user equipment, a wireless communication method applied to a base station, user equipment and a base station, the wireless communication method applied to the user equipment includes: jointly selecting multiplexing identification information and a reference signal for the user equipment, the multiplexing identification information being used to distinguish data of the user equipment from data of other user equipment; using the selected multiplexing identification information to perform processing on the data; and sending the processed data and the reference signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Qin Mu, Liu Liu, Wenjia Liu, Xiaolin Hou
  • Publication number: 20230142007
    Abstract: A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a control section that determines activation or deactivation for a panel, and a transmitting section that transmits a report related to determined activation or deactivation for the panel by including the report in at least one of channel state information and MAC control information (MAC CE).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Weiqi Sun, Shaozhen Guo, Jing Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Publication number: 20230146642
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a transmitting section that transmits a random access preamble in a given cell when beam failure is detected, and a control section that assumes a same antenna port quasi-co-location parameter as that associated with an index of a reference signal corresponding to the random access preamble for monitoring of a downlink control channel in a given control resource set after a given period from timing at which contention resolution is successful in random access procedure corresponding to the random access preamble and until specific information related to a Transmission Configuration Indication state (TCI state) for a downlink control channel is received. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to appropriately update a beam in relation to BFR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Jing Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Patent number: 11646849
    Abstract: To determine an appropriate spatial resource for an uplink control channel. A user terminal includes a receiving section that receives a plurality of entries of information related to a spatial resource for an uplink control channel by using a higher layer, and receives specification information specifying at least one entry among the plurality of entries by using a downlink shared channel, and a control section that controls transmission of delivery acknowledgment information for the downlink shared channel, based on feedback timing of the delivery acknowledgment information and application timing of the spatial resource based on the specification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Patent number: 11646853
    Abstract: A terminal is disclosed including a receiver that receives downlink control information indicating a transmission bandwidth allocated to a downlink shared channel within a bandwidth part, and a processor that determines a size of a precoding resource block group (PRG), to which a same precoding is applied, based on the transmission bandwidth or a subset of the transmission bandwidth. In other aspects, a radio communication method for a terminal is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Keisuke Saito, Kazuaki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Publication number: 20230133182
    Abstract: A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives a physical downlink control channel for triggering an aperiodic channel state information reference signal (A-CSI-RS), and a control section that, in a case that two different values of a control resource set (CORESET) pool index are configured and a time offset between the physical downlink control channel and the A-CST-RS is smaller than a threshold, applies, to the A-CSI-RS, QCL assumption used for quasi-co-location (QCL) indication of a CORESET among a plurality of CORESETs, the CORSET being associated with a monitored search space and having the lowest CORESET ID. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, the QCL parameters can be appropriately determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Shaozhen Guo, Jing Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Publication number: 20230139074
    Abstract: A terminal is disclosed that includes a receiver that receives Channel State Information (CSI) reporting configuration information which is a Radio Resource Control (RRC) information element. The terminal also includes a processor that ignores a second RRC parameter regarding report quantity when the terminal is configured with a first RRC parameter regarding report quantity by the CSI reporting configuration information. The processor also performs a control to report Layer 1 Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (L1-SINR) when quantity for reporting L1-SINR is indicated by the first RRC parameter. In other aspects, a radio communication method and a system are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Jing Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Patent number: 11638277
    Abstract: A user terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives downlink control information (DCI) indicating transmission of an uplink shared channel, and a control section that determines that a size of a time domain resource allocation (RA) field included in the DCI is different depending on a format of the DCI to control the transmission of the uplink shared channel based on the field. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, the number of candidates of the PUSCH time domain RA can be appropriately controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Patent number: 11632164
    Abstract: To switch a TCI state, QCL assumption, or a beam of a channel at high speed, a user terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a receiving section that receives information regarding a plurality of reference signals associated with one or more Transmission Configuration Indicator (TCI) states; and a control section that controls reception of a downlink physical channel assuming quasi-co-location with at least one of the plurality of reference signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Jing Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Publication number: 20230113163
    Abstract: A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a transmission section that transmits, when a delivery acknowledgement signal (HARQ-ACK) collides with another UL transmission, the UL transmission, a reception section that receives downlink control information including information related to retransmission of the HARQ-ACK, and a control section that controls retransmission of the HARQ-ACK using a resource notified by the downlink control information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Satoshi Nagata, Xiaohong Zhang, Lihui Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Publication number: 20230113940
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that, when different physical cell IDs are configured for a plurality of transmission/reception points (TRPs), receives information related to a downlink reference signal from a second TRP out of the plurality of TRPs by using higher layer signaling, and a control section that controls transmission of an uplink signal on the basis of the information. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to perform appropriate communication when different physical cell IDs are configured for a plurality of TRPs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Jing Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Patent number: 11626965
    Abstract: The present invention is designed to improve the throughput of radio communication by using partial frequency bands for DL/UL communication. A user terminal has a receiving section that receives downlink control information by using a first partial frequency band (BWP) among a plurality of BWPs configured in a carrier, and a control section that identifies, via a resource allocation field (RA field) having a size that is configured based on a given BWP among the plurality of BWPs, a resource of a second BWP, which is different from the first BWP, in the downlink control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Publication number: 20230104029
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a control section that, when more than two sounding reference signal (SRS) resources for codebook-based transmission or more than four SRS resources for non-codebook-based transmission are configured, determines a size of an SRS resource indicator (SRI) field in downlink control information to indicate the transmission, and a transmitting section that performs the transmission on the basis of an SRS resource indicated by the SRI field. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to appropriately designate an SRS spatial relation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Shaozhen Guo, Jing Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Publication number: 20230094549
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a terminal including: a receiving section configured to receive information giving an instruction on activation or deactivation of a panel; and a control section configured to perform control to perform a communication operation using the panel or a communication operation not using the panel after a certain offset period with reference to at least one of a reception timing of the information and a transmission timing of a delivery confirmation signal for the information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Weiqi Sun, Shaozhen Guo, Jing Wang, Xiaolin Hou