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: 20230048080
    Abstract: A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a reception section that receives downlink control information for triggering feedback of a one-shot HARQ-ACK; and a control section that controls feedback of HARQ-ACKs each corresponding to one of a plurality of service types or HARQ-ACKs having different priorities by using different codebooks in a case where the feedback of the HARQ-ACK is performed on the basis of the downlink information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Satoshi Nagata, Xiaohong Zhang, Lihui Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Publication number: 20230042336
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a receiving section that receives configuration information indicating whether or not to include an identifier of a panel related to a CSI report in the CSI report; and a transmitting section that transmits the CSI report including the identifier of the panel when the configuration information is received. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a panel specific CSI report can be appropriately used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Weiqi Sun, Shaozhen Guo, Jing Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Publication number: 20230045267
    Abstract: A terminal including: a reception unit configured to receive feedback information for uplink transmission based on a configured grant from a base station apparatus; a control unit configured to determine an application target of a transmission power control command included in the feedback information; and a transmission unit configured to apply the transmission power control command to uplink transmission of the application target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shinya Kumagai, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Publication number: 20230044495
    Abstract: A terminal includes: a receiving unit of receiving first information for configuring scheduling and second information for executing scheduling from a base station; and a control unit that identifies a single scheduled carrier or a plurality of scheduled carriers, based on the first information and the single second information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Patent number: 11575471
    Abstract: To appropriately perform communication even in a case where a transmission timing/transmission period for retransmission control information is flexibly controlled (is variable), an aspect of a user terminal according to the present invention includes a transmitting section that transmits retransmission control information for DL transmission and a control section that controls transmission of the retransmission control information at certain timings reported from a base station. A time window is configured for the retransmission control information, the control section controls transmission of the retransmission control information, based on the certain timings and the time window configured for the retransmission control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Publication number: 20230036466
    Abstract: A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a receiving section that receives information on one or more cells that transmit a downlink control channel for scheduling a physical shared channel of a primary cell; and a control section that determines, based on a cell that transmits the downlink control channel, at least one of a cell that monitors the downlink control channel and a search space type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2019
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shohei Yoshioka, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Publication number: 20230033141
    Abstract: A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a receiving section that receives information indicating a spatial relation between a reference reference signal (RS) and an uplink (UL) target RS with respect to a UL transmission configuration indication (TCI) state; and a control section that controls to apply the TCI state to a UL channel and the UL target RS based on the information. According to the aspect of the present disclosure, appropriate UL transmission can be implemented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Jing Wang, Shaozhen Guo, Xiaolin Hou
  • Publication number: 20230034003
    Abstract: When a transmission timing of a downlink and a reception timing of an uplink at a radio communication node 100B are aligned, a radio communication node 100A determines an alignment value of the reception timing based on timing information used to determine transmission timing of the uplink, or an offset value from the timing information. The radio communication node 100A transmits the determined alignment value or offset value to the radio communication node 100B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2019
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kurita, Hiroki Harada, Weiqi Sun, Jing Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Patent number: 11564128
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide information transmitting and receiving methods, a user equipment, and a base station. The information transmitting method performed by the user equipment includes: receiving indication information, the indication information indicating sub-block sizes of a plurality of sub-blocks obtained by splitting an information block to be transmitted; splitting the information block to be transmitted into the plurality of sub-blocks according to the indication information; processing respective sub-blocks to generate transmission data, and transmitting the transmission data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Wenjia Liu, Runxin Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Publication number: 20230008664
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives information indicating first priority of first uplink transmission and receives information indicating second priority of second uplink transmission, and a control section that controls, in a case where the first uplink transmission and the second uplink transmission overlap each other in time, the first uplink transmission and the second uplink transmission, based on at least one of a combination of the first priority and the second priority and a cell group of the first uplink transmission or the second uplink transmission. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to appropriately control UL transmission even in a case where priority is configured for UL transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Patent number: 11553514
    Abstract: To appropriately control UL transmission such as a CSI reporting when performing communication by applying a different configuration from those of legacy LTE systems, a user terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a transmission section that transmits one or more UL signals by using an uplink shared channel based on an instruction from a base station; and a control section that controls the transmission assuming that transmission durations of a plurality of UL signals do not overlap in a same symbol, or, when at least part of the transmission durations of the plurality of UL signals overlap in the same symbol, performs control to select and transmit the part of the UL signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata, Huiling Li, Lihui Wang, Chongning Na, Xin Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Patent number: 11552742
    Abstract: A user equipment includes a receiving unit configured to receive a first signal of inter-terminal direct communication transmitted from a first user equipment, and information indicating a first resource for transmitting a HARQ (Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request) response corresponding to the first signal of inter-terminal direct communication transmitted from either one of a base station apparatus or the first user equipment; a control unit configured to determine the HARQ response based on a reception result of the first signal of inter-terminal direct communication; and a transmitting snit configured to transmit the determined HARQ response to the base station apparatus or the first user equipment, by using the first resource for transmitting the HARQ response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Osawa, Yuki Matsumura, Kazuaki Takeda, Huan Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Patent number: 11552762
    Abstract: Disclosed are a resource allocation method for demodulation reference signals and a base station. The resource allocation method for demodulation reference signals executed by the base station includes: determining an allocation method for a resource required for transmitting a plurality of demodulation reference signals and a parameter for generating the plurality of demodulation reference signals, the plurality of demodulation reference signals respectively corresponding to a plurality of user equipments, the allocation method being capable of supporting transmission of the plurality of demodulation reference signals on the same time domain resource, and the parameter being capable of making the demodulation reference signals sent with the same time frequency resource distinguished from each other; and transmitting information indicating the allocation method and information indicating the parameter to the plurality of user equipments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Juan Liu, Wenjia Liu, Runxin Wang, Xin Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Patent number: 11552744
    Abstract: To appropriately perform communication even in a case where a transmission timing/transmission period for retransmission control information is flexibly controlled (is variable), an aspect of a user terminal according to the present invention includes a transmitting section that transmits retransmission control information for DL transmission and a control section that controls transmission of the retransmission control information at certain timings reported from a base station. A time window is configured for the retransmission control information, the control section controls transmission of the retransmission control information, based on the certain timings and the time window configured for the retransmission control information, and at least one of the certain timings is included within a range of the time window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Patent number: 11553473
    Abstract: A terminal is disclosed including a receiver that receives information comprising a first indicator regarding a search space set categorization and a second indicator regarding a search space set index, the first indicator and the second indicator corresponding to each of one or more search space sets; and a processor that controls a monitoring of downlink control channel candidates allocated to each of the search space sets based on the search space set categorization and the search space set index. In other aspects, a radio communication method and a base station are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Publication number: 20230007512
    Abstract: A terminal is disclosed including a processor that when a search space for a beam failure recovery (BFR) procedure associated with a control resource set (CORESET) for the BFR procedure is configured by a radio resource control (RRC) information element, performs to monitor downlink control channel during the BFR procedure in the search space for the BFR procedure configured by the RRC information element, and when the search space is not configured by the RRC information element, performs to monitor the downlink control channel during the BFR procedure in a common search space; and a receiver that monitors the downlink control channel during the BFR procedure. In other aspects a radio communication method, a base station, and a system are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Publication number: 20220407646
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) scheduled with use of a specific type of radio network temporary identifier (RNTI), and a control section that uses a value associated with the specific type as a ratio between energy of the PDSCH and energy of a reference signal associated with the PDSCH. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to appropriately receive multicast transmission transmitted with use of a PDSCH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shohei Yoshioka, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Publication number: 20220408476
    Abstract: A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a transmitting section that transmits a configured grant-based uplink shared channel, a receiving section that receives downlink control information which indicates retransmission of the uplink shared channel, and a control section that controls the retransmission based on a priority configured for the retransmission of the uplink shared channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang, Xiaohong Zhang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Patent number: 11533714
    Abstract: Designed to control UL grant-free transmission properly, a user terminal according to one aspect of the present invention has a transmission section that performs UL grant-free transmission in which UL data is transmitted without a UL transmission indication from a radio base station, and a control section that controls change of parameters for use for the UL grant-free transmission, switching of UL grant-free transmission to UL grant-based transmission, and stopping of UL grant-free transmission, based on physical layer signaling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Publication number: 20220400505
    Abstract: A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a control section that determine, in a case that reception of a plurality of downlink shared channels (PDSCHs) using a plurality of transmission configuration indication (TCI) states is configured, and spatial relation information is not configured for a specific UL transmission, the one or more spatial relations for the specific UL transmission, and a transmitting section that performs the specific UL transmission used for the one or more spatial relations. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, QCL parameters for multi-panel/TRP can be appropriately determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Shaozhen Guo, Jing Wang, Xiaolin Hou