Patents by Inventor Yasuo Sugawara

Yasuo Sugawara 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: 20240147349
    Abstract: In a UE configuration update procedure initiated by a network, when the UE is connected to the network via a satellite, one or more forbidden tracking area identities (TAIs) in a 5G system (5GS) forbidden tracking area information element for roaming and/or regional provision of service are included and transmitted in a configuration update command message transmitted by a 5G core network to the UE to provide an appropriate procedure for updating a tracking area identity (TAI) list stored in the UE while the UE in a 5GMM connected mode maintains a registered state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: SHUICHIRO CHIBA, YASUO SUGAWARA
  • Publication number: 20240147403
    Abstract: A UE capable of performing communication via a satellite receives a wait range via a first satellite from a first PLMN. In a case that the UE becomes able to perform communication via a second satellite connected to the first PLMN after becoming unable to perform communication via the first satellite, the UE selects the first PLMN, generates a wait timer based on the wait range, and starts a timer using the wait timer. In a case that an emergency call is made during the timer running, the UE stops the timer and performs a registration procedure for the emergency call. In a case that an emergency call is not made during the timer running, the UE performs the registration procedure after the timer expires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: YASUO SUGAWARA, SHUICHIRO CHIBA, Masaki IZUMI
  • Publication number: 20240147576
    Abstract: A UE capable of performing communication via a satellite receives a wait range via a first satellite from a first PLMN. In a case that the UE becomes able to perform communication via a second satellite connected to a second PLMN after becoming unable to perform communication via the first satellite, the UE selects the second PLMN, generates a wait timer based on the wait range, and starts a timer using the wait timer. In a case that an emergency call is made during the timer is running, the UE stops the timer and performs a registration procedure for the emergency call. In a case that an emergency call is not made during the timer is running, the UE performs the registration procedure after the timer expires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: YASUO SUGAWARA, SHUICHIRO CHIBA, Masaki IZUMI
  • Publication number: 20240121589
    Abstract: A unit is provided through an application of a disaster condition to a PLMN in 5GS, the unit being for transmitting and/or receiving a notification in a case that a communication service cannot be provided to a UE and for selecting a roaming destination PLMN by the UE. Provided are a procedure to allow the UE to recognize a state of a certain PLMN and transmit and/or receive information for appropriately selecting a PLMN as a moving destination in a case that a disaster condition applies or no longer applies to the certain PLMN, a method of selecting a PLMN based on information received and stored by the UE through a notification from the PLMN or the like, and a communication unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: SHUICHIRO CHIBA, YASUO SUGAWARA, YUDAI KAWASAKI, YOKO KUGE
  • Publication number: 20240114587
    Abstract: A User Equipment (UE) includes transmission and reception circuitry, and a controller, wherein while one or more Tsor-cm timers are running, and upon receiving a new Steering of roaming connected mode control information (SOR-CMCI), the controller sets a Tsor-cm timer value for an associated PDU session or service to a timer value in the new SOR-CMCI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: YOKO KUGE, YASUO SUGAWARA, YUDAI KAWASAKI, SHUICHIRO CHIBA, Masaki IZUMI, MASAFUMI ARAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240098841
    Abstract: In a case that user equipment (UE) that has established a communication path for direct C2 communication receives, from a network, a PDU session release command message for revoking authentication and/or authorization of the communication path for the direct C2 communication or a PDU session modification command message, the UE can indicate an appropriate cause value in the procedure of releasing the communication path for the direct C2 communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: SHUICHIRO CHIBA, YASUO SUGAWARA, YOKO KUGE, Masaki IZUMI
  • Publication number: 20240073803
    Abstract: A unit is provided through an application of a disaster condition to a PLMN in 5GS, the unit being for transmitting and/or receiving a notification in a case that a communication service cannot be provided to a UE and for selecting a roaming destination PLMN by the UE. Provided are a procedure to allow the UE to recognize a state of a certain PLMN and transmit and/or receive information for appropriately selecting a PLMN as a moving destination in a case that a disaster condition applies or no longer applies to the certain PLMN, a method of selecting a PLMN based on information received and stored by the UE through a notification from the PLMN or the like, and a communication unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: SHUICHIRO CHIBA, YASUO SUGAWARA, YUDAI KAWASAKI, YOKO KUGE
  • Publication number: 20240064620
    Abstract: A User Equipment (UE) includes a controller. The controller is in automatic network selection mode, and the controller stops a Tsor-cm timer in a case that the controller switched to manual network selection mode and the Tsor-cm timer is running.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: YOKO KUGE, YASUO SUGAWARA, YUDAI KAWASAKI, SHUICHIRO CHIBA, Masaki IZUMI, MASAFUMI ARAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230262637
    Abstract: A User Equipment (UE) includes a controller. In a case of connection to a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) service via a Stand-alone Non-Public Network (SNPN) by using 3GPP access, the controller does not operate in an SNPN access mode over non-3GPP access.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventor: YASUO SUGAWARA
  • Patent number: 11723100
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus or a device in a core network exchanges capability information for each function in a registration procedure or a PDU session establishment procedure, and in user data communication additional information is added into an uplink packet to implement terminal apparatus-initiated RQoS control, and additional information is added into a downlink packet to implement network device-initiated RQoS control. A dedicated control message and information for an authentication and/or authorization function by a DN are defined to implement the authentication and/or authorization function by the DN. Furthermore, the terminal apparatus and the device in the core network have a timer or a control process for each network slice to implement a management process such as congestion management for each network slice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Yudai Kawasaki, Yasuo Sugawara, Masafumi Aramoto, Tsuyoshi Takakura
  • Publication number: 20230209489
    Abstract: A User Equipment (UE) includes a controller configured to operate in an SNPN access mode over non-3GPP access in a case of connection to a Stand-alone Non-Public Network (SNPN) service via a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) using 3GPP access.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventor: YASUO SUGAWARA
  • Publication number: 20230115813
    Abstract: A UE receives, from a first base station apparatus, system information and/or a registration accept message including a first frequency band supported by the first base station apparatus, first S-NSSAI corresponding to a first frequency band, a second frequency band supported by a second base station apparatus, and second S-NSSAI corresponding to a second frequency band. The UE recognizes that a registration request message and/or a PDU session establishment request message including the second S-NSSAI is not transmittable via the first base station apparatus, and in a case of reselecting a cell of the second base station apparatus, recognizes that the registration request message and/or the PDU session establishment request message including the first S-NSSAI is not transmittable via the second base station apparatus. This prevents, in a 5 GS, transmission of a registration request message and/or PDU session establishment request message which is unnecessary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: YASUO SUGAWARA, MASAFUMI ARAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230053127
    Abstract: A UE transmits a PDU session establishment request message including an S-NSSAI and a PDU session ID, and receives a PDU session establishment accept message including the S-NSSAI, the PDU session ID, a first cause value, a first back-off timer value, a first Session-AMBR IE, and a second Session-AMBR IE. The UE establishes a PDU session corresponding to the S-NSSAI, configures a back-off timer corresponding to the S-NSSAI to the first back-off timer value, and applies a data rate indicated by the second Session-AMBR IE to the PDU session while the back-off timer is running.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventor: YASUO SUGAWARA
  • Publication number: 20220377693
    Abstract: A UE transmits a registration request message including an S-NSSAI and receives a registration accept message including the S-NSSAI, a first cause value, and a first back-off timer value. The UE starts a back-off timer using the first back-off timer value corresponding to the S-NSSAI. In a case that the UE receives a configuration update command including the S-NSSAI, a second cause value, and a second back-off timer value before expiration of the back-off timer, the UE updates, in a case that the second back-off timer value indicates a value other than zero the back-off timer to be the second back-off timer value and stops, in a case that the second back-off timer value indicates zero, the back-off timer. In a case that the back-off timer expires or stops, the UE transmits the registration request message including the S-NSSAI or a PDU session establishment request message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: YASUO SUGAWARA, YUDAI KAWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20220361272
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, a communication unit for realizing a function for ATSSS in a 5GS is provided. A UE transmits a PDU session establishment request message including an MA PDU Request indication and ATSSS Capability, and in a case that an MA PDU session is allowed to be established and that only the user plane resources for one of 3GPP access or non-3GPP access are allowed to be established, the UE receives information indicating that the MA PDU session is allowed to be established, an access type corresponding to the user plane resources allowed to be established, a value indicating a cause of disallowance of establishment of the user plane resource for an access type different from the above-described access type, and a PDU session establishment accept message including ATSSS rules, and establishes the MA PDU session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventor: YASUO SUGAWARA
  • Publication number: 20220279384
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, a User equipment (UE) includes a controller and a transmission and/or reception circuitry, in which the transmission and/or reception circuitry receives, from an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF), first information indicating whether or not a network supports Access Traffic Steering, Switching, Splitting (ATSSS), the controller determines whether or not ATSSS is supported by the network based on the first information, and the controller does not initiate a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session establishment procedure for establishing a Multi-Access (MA) PDU session in a case that the network does not support ATSSS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventor: YASUO SUGAWARA
  • Publication number: 20220246776
    Abstract: To provide a solar cell module excellent in processability at the time of production, a method for producing it, and a building exterior wall material using it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicants: AGC Inc., AGC GLASS EUROPE
    Inventors: Yu ONOZAKI, Tomohiro SAKAI, Yasuo SUGAWARA, Yuichi KUWAHARA
  • Patent number: 11405842
    Abstract: A communication measure is provided that causes a PDU session established in a 5GS to return to the PDU session in an original state after the PDU session established in the 5GS is moved (handed over) to an EPS and then moved (handed over) to the 5GS again. In addition, according to the present invention, a communication measure is provided that causes a PDN connection established in the EPS to return to the PDN connection in an original state after the PDN connection established in the EPS is moved (handed over) to the 5GS and then again moved (handed over) to the EP. In addition, according to the present invention, a communication measure is provided that allows smooth mobility of the UE in an idle mode between the 5GS and the EPS. Further, a communication measure is provided that performs a handover between the 5GS and the EPS smoothly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignees: FG Innovation Company Limited, Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yudai Kawasaki, Yasuo Sugawara, Shuichiro Chiba, Masafumi Aramoto
  • Patent number: 11405829
    Abstract: A communication measure is provided that causes a PDU session established in a 5GS to return to an original state of the PDU session in a case that the PDU session is moved (handed over) to an EPS and then moved (handed over) to the 5GS again. In addition, according to the present invention, a communication measure is provided that causes a PDN connection established in the EPS to return to the PDN connection in an original state after the PDN connection established in the EPS is moved (handed over) to the 5GS and then again moved (handed over) to the EP. In addition, according to the present invention, a communication measure is provided that allows smooth mobility of the UE in an idle mode between the 5GS and the EPS. This allows a communication measure that performs a handover between the 5GS and the EPS smoothly to be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignees: FG Innovation Company Limited, Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yudai Kawasaki, Yasuo Sugawara, Shuichiro Chiba, Masafumi Aramoto
  • Publication number: 20220231179
    Abstract: To provide a solar cell module excellent in design property and weather resistance, a method for producing it, and a building exterior wall material using it. The solar cell module of the present invention comprises, from the light-receiving surface side of the solar cell module, a cover glass, a first encapsulant layer, a design layer, a second encapsulant layer and solar cells in this order, the first encapsulant layer contains an ultraviolet absorber, the first encapsulant layer has a thickness of from 50 to 2,000 ?m, and the design layer contains a fluororesin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicants: AGC Inc., AGC GLASS EUROPE
    Inventors: Yu ONOZAKI, Tomohiro SAKAI, Yasuo SUGAWARA, Yuichi KUWAHARA