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: 20220295537
    Abstract: A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a control section that determines a parameter related to an initial value for generating a scrambling sequence applied to a specific uplink shared channel (Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH)) based on whether already having a valid cell radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI), and a transmitting section that transmits, on the specific PUSCH, bits to which scrambling based on the parameter is applied. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, scrambling can be appropriately performed for the PUSCH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Patent number: 11444676
    Abstract: To perform a beam failure recovery procedure by using an appropriate radio resource, a user terminal includes a transmitting section that transmits a beam failure recovery request, and a control section that controls transmission of the beam failure recovery request by using at least one of an uplink shared channel, an uplink control channel, a sounding reference signal, and a random access channel indicated by a downlink control channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang, Chongning Na, Xiaolin Hou
  • Publication number: 20220286175
    Abstract: A user terminal includes a control section that measures a Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR), based on a channel measurement resource at a given order in a channel measurement resource set and an interference measurement resource at the given order in an interference measurement resource set, and a transmitting section that reports the SINR and an indicator related to the given order. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to perform appropriate beam reporting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Jing Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Publication number: 20220286330
    Abstract: A terminal receives a slot that includes a plurality of symbols. The terminal determines the number of symbols included in a sub-frame on the basis of a time length of the symbol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Satoshi Negata, Shaozhen Guo, Jing Wang, Xin Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Publication number: 20220286222
    Abstract: A terminal receives a radio frame having a second slot pattern to be used in a case in which a modulation system (FTN) different from a modulation system in a case of using a first slot pattern is applied. The terminal applies for the second slot pattern a configuration of an uplink and a downlink according to a time division duplex in the radio frame by using a reference subcarrier spacing same as that for the first slot pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Satoshi Nagata, Shaozhen Guo, Jing Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Publication number: 20220286973
    Abstract: A user terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a receiving section that receives first downlink control information and second downlink control information, the first downlink control information including a first transmit power control command for a first type uplink channel, and the second downlink control information including a second transmit power control command for a second type uplink channel; and a control section that, in a case where a transmission timing of the second downlink control information is later than a transmission timing of the first downlink control information, and a transmission timing of the first type uplink channel is later than a transmission timing of the second type uplink channel, controls accumulation of the first transmit power control command and the second transmit power control command based on at least one of an uplink channel type, a power control adjustment state index, a downlink control information transmission timing and an uplink chann
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Shohei Yoshioka, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Publication number: 20220286880
    Abstract: A terminal includes a receiver that receives an instruction signal indicating to modify a configuration of a radio link monitoring; and a controller that modifies a parameter used for the configuration of the radio link monitoring in accordance with the instruction signal received by the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuichi Kakishima, Tooru Uchino, Takuma Takada, Xiaolin Hou, Lihui Wang
  • Publication number: 20220279484
    Abstract: A terminal includes a reception unit configured to receive information for scheduling a resource used in terminal-to-terminal direct communication, from a base station; and a transmission unit configured to transmit a signal to another terminal, by using the resource. The reception unit is configured to receive, from the another terminal, a response related to a retransmission control corresponding to the signal. The terminal further includes a control unit configured to select either of information including a positive response or information including a negative response, based on the response related to the retransmission control. The transmission unit is configured to transmit the selected information to the base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shohei Yoshioka, Satoshi Nagata, Yanru Wang, Jing Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Publication number: 20220279507
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a control section that selects an uplink control channel resource included in a specific uplink control channel resource set when a first uplink control channel resource for first uplink control information corresponding to a first type and a second uplink control channel resource for second uplink control information corresponding to a second type collide with each other, and a transmitting section that transmits the first uplink control information and the second uplink control information by using the selected uplink control channel resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Satoshi Nagata, Xiaohong Zhang, Lihui Wang, Shaozhen Guo, Xiaolin Hou
  • Publication number: 20220279571
    Abstract: A terminal is disclosed including a receiver that receives a synchronization signal block (SSB); a processor that determines, based on the SSB, a time resource for a preamble used for a 2-step random access procedure, and determines, based on the SSB, a time resource for an uplink shared channel (PUSCH) used for the random access procedure; and a transmitter that transmits the preamble and the PUSCH. In other aspects a radio communication method, a base station, and a system are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Shohei Yoshioka, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang, Shaozhen Guo, Xiaolin Hou
  • Publication number: 20220279366
    Abstract: One aspect of a terminal in the present disclosure includes a transmitting section that transmits first information notifying occurrence of a beam failure when the beam failure is detected, and second information related to at least one of a cell in which the beam failure is detected and a new candidate beam; and a control section that controls to perform at least one of reception of downlink control information that indicates the transmission of the second information and transmission of the second information in a period configured after transmitting the first information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Jing Wang, Shaozhen Guo, Xiaolin Hou
  • Publication number: 20220279597
    Abstract: A terminal is disclosed including a receiving section that receives information indicating a first number of preamble transmission, the information being a condition for switching from a 2-step random access procedure to a 4-step random access procedure, and information indicating a second number which is a maximum number of preamble transmission; and a control section that when a number of preamble transmission is the first number, controls to switch from a 2-step random access procedure to a 4-step random access procedure, and when the number of preamble transmission is the second number, determines a failure of the 4-step random access procedure. In other aspects a radio communication method and a system are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Shohei Yoshioka, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang, Shaozhen Guo, Xiaolin Hou
  • Patent number: 11432192
    Abstract: A terminal is disclosed that includes a receiver that performs, using a first time interval or a second time interval, a receiving process for downlink control information indicating a transmission direction per given time interval and a processor that determines the transmission direction based on the downlink control information. In other aspects, a radio communication method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata, Xiaolin Hou, Huiling Jiang, Xin Wang
  • Patent number: 11432365
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, a user terminal has a receiving section that receives a MAC (Medium Access Control) control element, which includes one or more fields that respectively correspond to one or more control resource sets, and a control section that controls receipt of a downlink control channel, which is mapped to a given resource unit in the control resource sets, based on transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states of the control resource sets, shown in the fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang, Min Liu, Xiaolin Hou, Chongning Na
  • Publication number: 20220272736
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives a plurality of pieces of first control information to indicate activation of TCI states respectively corresponding to transmission and reception points and second control information to designate a specific TCI state from activated TCI states, and a control section that determines, based on a value of a specific field included in the first control information, a transmission and reception point to which a TCI state to be activated corresponds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Jing Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Publication number: 20220272643
    Abstract: A terminal receives a synchronization signal block (SSB) in a different frequency band different from a frequency band including one or a plurality of frequency ranges. The synchronization signal block (SSB) receives at least one of a plurality of synchronization signal blocks (SSB) having different indexes and transmitted from a network by using the same time position or the same frequency position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Satoshi Nagata, Jing Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Publication number: 20220272739
    Abstract: A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a receiving section that receives downlink control information (DCI) related to a starting position of a resource in at least one of a time domain or a frequency domain; and a control section that cancels uplink transmission using the resource on the basis of setting of granularity of the starting position and the DCI. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, cancellation of UL transmission can be appropriately performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Patent number: 11425787
    Abstract: A receiving apparatus is disclosed including a receiver that receives a downlink shared channel using a first allocation that supports a first allocation interval and a first allocation start symbol, and a second allocation that supports a second allocation interval and a second allocation start symbol, the first allocation interval and the first allocation start symbol being different from the second allocation interval and the second allocation start symbol, respectively; and a processor that applies a reference signal configuration type, notified by a higher layer, to a first reference signal used in a downlink shared channel that applies the first allocation, and to a second reference signal used in a downlink shared channel that applies the second allocation. In other aspects, a transmitting apparatus is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Keisuke Saito, Kazuaki Takeda, Kazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Patent number: 11425742
    Abstract: A method for determining an uplink scheduling manner, a user equipment and a base station are disclosed. A method for determining an uplink scheduling manner performed by a user equipment includes: determining a communication parameter regarding the user equipment; determining, based on the communication parameter and a threshold regarding the communication parameter, to perform uplink data transmission based on an uplink grant based scheduling manner, or to perform the uplink data transmission based on an uplink grant free scheduling manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Qin Mu, Liu Liu, Xiaolin Hou, Wenjia Liu
  • Patent number: 11425734
    Abstract: A user equipment in a wireless communication system includes a configuration information management unit configured to retain configuration information for transmitting a reference signal used for measuring interference in other user equipments, and a signal transmitter configured to transmit the reference signal based on the configuration information. When transmission of the reference signal contends with transmission or reception of another signal, the signal transmitter determines whether the reference signal is to be transmitted or not based on a predetermined priority level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shinpei Yasukawa, Satoshi Nagata, Shaozhen Guo, Xin Wang, Chongning Na, Xiaolin Hou