Patents by Inventor Yasushi Yamao

Yasushi Yamao 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).

  • Patent number: 8792546
    Abstract: A transmission circuit comprises a ??? modulator to perform ??? modulation of an amplitude modulation component of a modulation signal and to output a pulse width modulation signal, an angle modulator to generate an angle modulation component signal of a signal obtained by multiplying the modulation signal by a transmission output control coefficient corresponding to a transmission output in a power amplifier, and a multiplier to multiply the pulse width modulation signal by the angle modulation component signal and to output a result of the multiplication as an output signal to the power amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignees: Fujitsu Limited, The University of Elecro-Communications
    Inventors: Kazuo Nagatani, Eisuke Fukuda, Yasushi Yamao
  • Publication number: 20120257670
    Abstract: A transmission circuit comprises a ??? modulator to perform ??? modulation of an amplitude modulation component of a modulation signal and to output a pulse width modulation signal, an angle modulator to generate an angle modulation component signal of a signal obtained by multiplying the modulation signal by a transmission output control coefficient corresponding to a transmission output in a power amplifier, and a multiplier to multiply the pulse width modulation signal by the angle modulation component signal and to output a result of the multiplication as an output signal to the power amplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicants: THE UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO-COMMUNICATIONS, FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Kazuo NAGATANI, Eisuke FUKUDA, Yasushi YAMAO
  • Patent number: 8098114
    Abstract: A matching circuit including a main matching block 51 inserted in a signal path and a series matching block 522, one end of which is connected to the main matching block 51, in which one end of a series connection of a switch 542 and a parallel matching block 532 is connected to the signal path at the other end of the series matching block 522 and impedance matching between input/output is performed at any one of two frequencies by setting the switch to ON/OFF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Atsushi Fukuda, Hiroshi Okazaki, Yasushi Yamao, Tetsuo Hirota
  • Patent number: 7944330
    Abstract: A resonant element that causes a signal input from an input terminal to resonate at a predetermined resonance frequency and outputs it to an output terminal is provided. The element has a transmission line series including a plurality of transmission lines connected in series with each other and intersecting with a hotline connecting the input terminal and the output terminal and a plurality of switches. At least one of one end and the other end of the transmission line series is a grounded end. The resonant element having first and second end side, each end side having a first transmission line and a second transmission line connected to a switch having a grounded end. The resonance frequency is switched by turning on/off the switch to change the sum of the lengths of the transmission lines through which the signal passes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignees: Funai Electric Co., Ltd., The University of Electro-Communications
    Inventors: Yasushi Yamao, Makoto Hasegawa, Hiroyuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7907890
    Abstract: Provided is a mobile communication system capable of determining a communication path to implement fast communication by multihop connection. A mobile communication system (1) comprises a mobile station (10), at least one relay station (30), and a base station (20) and implements packet transmission from the mobile station (10) to the base station (20) through a communication path with an intermediary of at least one relay station (30) or through a communication path without an intermediary of a relay station. The mobile communication system (1) is provided with a communication path determiner for determining a communication path with a largest communication speed or a communication path satisfying a required line quality, based on interference levels of respective signals received at a relay station (30) constituting a communication path between the transmitting station and the receiving station, and at the base station (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Shinji Takeda, Atsushi Fujiwara, Hitoshi Yoshino, Toru Otsu, Yasushi Yamao
  • Patent number: 7881660
    Abstract: A mobile communication system determines a communication path to implement fast communication by multihop connection. A mobile communication system includes a mobile station, at least one relay station, and a base station and implements packet transmission from the mobile station to the base station through a communication path with an intermediary of at least one relay station or through a communication path without an intermediary of a relay station. The mobile communication system is provided with a communication path determiner for determining a communication path with a largest communication speed or a communication path satisfying a required line quality, based on interference levels of respective signals received at a relay station constituting a communication path between the transmitting station and the receiving station, and at the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Shinji Takeda, Atsushi Fujiwara, Hitoshi Yoshino, Toru Otsu, Yasushi Yamao
  • Patent number: 7702280
    Abstract: A mobile communication system capable of determining a communication path to implement fast communication by multihop connection. The mobile communication system includes a mobile station, at least one relay station, and a base station and implements packet transmission from the mobile station to the base station through a communication path with an intermediary of at least one relay station or through a communication path without an intermediary of a relay station. The mobile communication system is provided with a communication path determiner for determining a communication path with a largest communication speed or a communication path satisfying a required line quality, based on interference levels of respective signals received at a relay station constituting a communication path between the transmitting station and the receiving station, and at the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Shinji Takeda, Atsushi Fujiwara, Hitoshi Yoshino, Toru Otsu, Yasushi Yamao
  • Patent number: 7620021
    Abstract: A timeslot selection method is provided. The timeslot selection method includes the steps of: obtaining a propagation loss; receiving an occupation state and an interference amount of an uplink timeslot; obtaining a desired wave power from the propagation loss; obtaining a ratio between the desired wave power and the propagation loss for the uplink timeslot in which the occupation state is idle; and selecting the transmitting timeslot by using the ratio. In addition, a timeslot assignment method in which there are a plurality of TDD boundaries each of which is a boundary between at least an uplink timeslot and at least a downlink timeslot in a frame is provided. Furthermore, a timeslot assignment method is provided, in which assignment is carried out according to a service class included in a QoS request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Lan Chen, Narumi Umeda, Yasushi Yamao
  • Publication number: 20090224855
    Abstract: What is disclosed is a resonant element that causes a signal input from an input terminal to resonate at a predetermined resonance frequency and outputs it to an output terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicants: Funai Electric Co., Ltd., The University of Electro-Communications
    Inventors: Yasushi Yamao, Makoto Hasegawa, Hiroyuki Kobayas
  • Patent number: 7519029
    Abstract: The object is to control interference in a permissible range by applying the CDMA system to signal collision in the conventional CSMA and TDMA base multihop systems and to relax the hidden terminal problem and others to enhance the throughput of the entire system by grouping of channel groups in multihop transmission and by control of transmission based on an interference level from another station. A multihop relay station calculates a desired signal level, for example, from an interference level at its own station of a packet sent from a mobile station, and notifies the mobile station of the desired signal level; and the mobile station calculates a transmission power amount of a packet from the desired signal level, determines whether the packet is transmissible to the station as a source of the desired signal level, and transmits the packet to the source station determined as a packet-transmissible station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Shinji Takeda, Atsushi Fujiwara, Hitoshi Yoshino, Toru Otsu, Yasushi Yamao
  • Patent number: 7443816
    Abstract: A packet transmission method in which packets are transmitted between a base station and a mobile station communicating with the base station includes the steps of: recognizing the size of each of the packets to be transmitted; determining a transmission rate for each packet in accordance with the recognized size of the packet; allocating a radio resource to the transmission of each packet between the base station and the mobile station based on the determined transmission rate; and transmitting each packet between the base station and the mobile station using the allocated radio resource. In the method, a modulation method or a radio resource used for transmitting the packets is determined by calculating a transmission rate in a wireless area according to the size of each packet and a transmission request in the wireless area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Lan Chen, Narumi Umeda, Yasushi Yamao
  • Patent number: 7418056
    Abstract: A digital predistorter compensates for nonlinear distortion of a power amplifier using a power series model. The digital predistorter includes a distortion generating unit configured to introduce a nonlinear distortion component of a prescribed order into a digital input signal supplied to the digital predistorter. The distortion generating unit has a multiplier configured to raise the digital input signal to a power consistent with the prescribed order of the nonlinear distortion component, and a finite impulse response filter connected in series with the multiplier. The digital predistorter also includes an adaptive controller configured to receive a reference signal and adaptively adjust the tap coefficient of the finite impulse response filter so as to bring the reference signal to a desired level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasunori Suzuki, Shinji Mizuta, Yasushi Yamao
  • Patent number: 7373103
    Abstract: In a relay terminal A for relaying packet communication between a destination terminal C located outside a service area of a base station Z, and the base station Z, a contribution to relaying is measured and the measurement result is transmitted to a billing server SA configured to store an information communication charge of the relay terminal A, whereby it becomes feasible to give the relay terminal an incentive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Hijin Sato, Yasushi Yamao
  • Patent number: 7292124
    Abstract: A variable resonator is provided which comprises signal conductor 13 formed on top side surface of dielectric substrate 12, ground conductor layer 11 formed on back side surface thereof and switches 14, wherein signal conductor comprises a plurality of first conductor lines 13-1 and second conductor line 13-2 connected with all of first conductor lines, each first conductor line has a width larger than that of second conductor line to thereby a signal path through which high-frequency electric signal passes and which is longer than length of second conductor line is provided, switches 14 are connected to the ends of first conductor lines, whereby selectively opening and closing switches will electrically disconnect and interconnect interspaces between ends of first conductor lines to thereby vary length of signal path and thus change resonance frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Kunihiro Kawai, Daisuke Koizumi, Hiroshi Okazaki, Shoichi Narahashi, Yasushi Yamao
  • Patent number: 7272361
    Abstract: In a method and an apparatus of transmitting a burst signal when the burst signal is transmitted from a transmitting station to a receiving station at a transmission power value and/or a transmission rate determined in accordance with a state of a radio channel between the transmitting and receiving station in a mobile communication system, based on a comparison result between a criterion predetermined according to a state of the radio channel and/or a transmission waiting state of the signal, whether or not the burst signal is to be transmitted is determined, and, when it is determined that the burst signal is to be transmitted, the burst signal is transmitted from the transmitting station to the receiving station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kawai, Hirohito Suda, Yasushi Yamao
  • Publication number: 20070183321
    Abstract: Provided is a mobile communication system capable of determining a communication path to implement fast communication by multihop connection. A mobile communication system (1) comprises a mobile station (10), at least one relay station (30), and a base station (20) and implements packet transmission from the mobile station (10) to the base station (20) through a communication path with an intermediary of at least one relay station (30) or through a communication path without an intermediary of a relay station. The mobile communication system (1) is provided with a communication path determiner for determining a communication path with a largest communication speed or a communication path satisfying a required line quality, based on interference levels of respective signals received at a relay station (30) constituting a communication path between the transmitting station and the receiving station, and at the base station (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Applicant: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Shinji TAKEDA, Atsushi Fujiwara, Hitoshi Yoshino, Toru Otsu, Yasushi Yamao
  • Publication number: 20070178831
    Abstract: Provided is a mobile communication system capable of determining a communication path to implement fast communication by multihop connection. A mobile communication system (1) comprises a mobile station (10), at least one relay station (30), and a base station (20) and implements packet transmission from the mobile station (10) to the base station (20) through a communication path with an intermediary of at least one relay station (30) or through a communication path without an intermediary of a relay station. The mobile communication system (1) is provided with a communication path determiner for determining a communication path with a largest communication speed or a communication path satisfying a required line quality, based on interference levels of respective signals received at a relay station (30) constituting a communication path between the transmitting station and the receiving station, and at the base station (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Shinji TAKEDA, Atsushi Fujiwara, Hitoshi Yoshino, Toru Otsu, Yasushi Yamao
  • Patent number: 7245195
    Abstract: A plurality of one-quarter wavelength coplanar resonators 5a to 5d are formed in series on a dielectric substrate 1, and coplanar input/output terminal sections 4a and 4b are formed on the dielectric substrate at opposite ends of the series connection for coupling with resonators 5a and 5d, respectively. A center conductor line width w1 of each of the resonators 5a to 5d is equal to a center conductor line width wio of each of the input/output terminal section 4a and 4b, but a ground conductor spacing d1 of each of the resonators 5a to 5d is greater than a ground conductor spacing dio of each of input/output terminal section 4a and 4b. Maintaining the accuracy of design is facilitated and a reduction in the maximum current density in the resonator is enabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Kei Satoh, Shoichi Narahashi, Tetsuo Hirota, Yasushi Yamao
  • Patent number: 7224954
    Abstract: A communication method used when a mobile station receives a signal from a base station in a mobile communication system is provided. The method includes the steps of: deciding one or a plurality of mobile stations which can communicate with the mobile station via a predetermined wireless network and which can receive a signal from the base station; the one or a plurality of mobile stations sending a signal destined for the mobile station received from the base station to the mobile station via the predetermined wireless network; and the mobile station synthesizing a signal received from the base station and the signal destined for the mobile station received from the one or a plurality of mobile stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Ichiro Okajima, Yasushi Yamao
  • Publication number: 20070115881
    Abstract: A data link transmission control method of performing data link transmission control comprises automatic repeat request control for transmission/reception of a packet between a mobile station and a plurality of base stations indicated in FIG. 28, wherein a base station performing the data link transmission control transmits to the mobile station, control base station identification information for identification of the base station performing the data link transmission control, instead of data link transmission control information, and wherein the mobile station identifies the base station performing the data link transmission control, based on the control base station identification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Applicant: NTT DoCoMo, Inc
    Inventors: Shinzo OHKUBO, Hitoshi Yoshino, Toru Otsu, Yasushi Yamao