Patents by Inventor Yuki Nagata

Yuki Nagata 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: 20240137156
    Abstract: A communication device includes: a control unit configured to autonomously determine a first resource to be used for transmission; a transmission unit configured to transmit data to another communication device by using the first resource; and a reception unit configured to receive feedback information corresponding to the data by using a second resource that is autonomously or heteronomously determined by the another communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shohei Yoshioka, Shinya Kumagai, Yuki Takahashi, Mayuko Okano, Masaya Okamura, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240137922
    Abstract: A communication device has: a control unit configured to autonomously select resources for use for transmission; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit a data signal in the selected resources, and information that indicates the selected resources, to another communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Shinya Kumagai, Shohei Yoshioka, Masaya Okamura, Mayuko Okano, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240137937
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives a response to a report of a candidate beam for beam failure in a secondary cell, and a control section that, when a reference signal for quasi co-location (QCL) of a specific downlink resource is not applied to uplink transmission associated with the secondary cell and time from the response to the uplink transmission is longer than specific time, applies the candidate beam to the uplink transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240137172
    Abstract: A communication device includes: a control unit configured to determine an antenna port to apply to a data signal; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit, to another communication device, information that indicates the determined antenna port, and the data signal that is transmitted, in autonomously selected resources, by using the determined antenna port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Shinya Kumagai, Shohei Yoshioka, Masaya Okamura, Mayuko Okano, Satoshi Nagata
  • Patent number: 11968079
    Abstract: A user terminal includes a control section that controls a beam failure recovery based on whether a specific secondary cell for an uplink control channel is configured or not, and a transmitting section that transmits, in the beam failure recovery, a beam failure recovery request to one of a plurality of cells. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a BFR procedure can be appropriately executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata
  • Patent number: 11968139
    Abstract: To appropriately control communication even when a reference signal is dynamically triggered, a user terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a receiving section that receives a downlink shared channel and a Channel State Information (CSI) reference signal; and a control section that controls reception processing of the downlink shared channel based on at least one of cells that respectively transmit first downlink control information channel and second downlink control information, cells that respectively transmit the second downlink control information and the CSI reference signal, and resources that are indicated respectively by the first downlink control information and the second downlink control information, the first downlink control information being used to schedule the downlink shared channel, and the second downlink control information being used to trigger the CSI reference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Shohei Yoshioka, Kazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240129088
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a transmitting unit configured to transmit, to another communication apparatus, a signal requesting transmission of SRS (Sounding reference signal) in a resource autonomously selected; a receiving unit configured to receive the SRS from the another communication apparatus; and a control unit configured to perform measurement by using the SRS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shohei Yoshioka, Shinya Kumagai, Yuki Takahashi, Mayuko Okano, Masaya Okamura, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240129858
    Abstract: A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a receiving section that receives information related to an association between a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state applied to a plurality of types of uplink signals and one or more power control parameters applied to one type of uplink signal among the plurality of types of uplink signals; and a control section that controls transmission of the one type of uplink signal based on the information. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, the power control parameter can be appropriately controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240129933
    Abstract: One aspect of a terminal according to the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives a plurality of downlink control channels supporting application of different control resource set pool indices, and a control section that, when an offset between at least one of the plurality of downlink control channels and a physical shared channel scheduled by the plurality of downlink control channels is smaller than a given value, controls reception of the physical shared channel, based on a default TCI state configured for each of control resource set pool indices or the default TCI state configured irrespective of control resource set pool indices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Weiqi Sun, Jing Wang, Lan Chen
  • Publication number: 20240129838
    Abstract: A communication device includes: a transmission unit configured to transmit a connection request to a first communication device; a reception unit configured to receive a connection permission from the first communication device; and a control unit configured to establish a first connection to the first communication device. The control unit controls a communication of a second communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shinya Kumagai, Shohei Yoshioka, Haruhi Echigo, Yuki Hokazono, Yuki Takahashi, Daisuke Kurita, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240129836
    Abstract: A communication device includes: a transmission unit configured to transmit a connection request to a first communication device; a reception unit configured to receive connection permission from the first communication device; and a control unit configured to establish a first connection to the first communication device. The control unit controls a communication of a second communication device, and the reception unit receives recommendation information related to installation of the device itself from the first communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shohei Yoshioka, Shinya Kumagai, Daisuke Kurita, Yuki Takahashi, Haruhi Echigo, Yuki Hokazono, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240129777
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive, from another communication apparatus, a signal requesting a CSI (Channel State Information) report and a CSI reference signal, in a resource autonomously selected by the another communication apparatus; a control unit configured to perform measurement by using the CSI reference signal; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit, to the another communication apparatus, a CSI report based on a result of the measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shohei Yoshioka, Shinya Kumagai, Yuki Takahashi, Mayuko Okano, Masaya Okamura, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240129065
    Abstract: A communication device has: a control unit configured to determine a coding-related parameter to apply to a data signal; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the determined coding-related parameter, and the data signal to which the coding-related parameter is applied, in autonomously selected resources, to another communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Shinya Kumagai, Shohei Yoshioka, Masaya Okamura, Mayuko Okano, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240129961
    Abstract: A communication device includes: a transmission unit configured to transmit a connection request to a first communication device; a reception unit configured to receive connection permission from the first communication device; and a control unit configured to establish a first connection to the first communication device. The control unit controls a communication of a second communication device, and the transmission unit transmits information related to control of the second communication device to the first communication device in a case where the connection to the first communication device is established.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shinya Kumagai, Shohei Yoshioka, Haruhi Echigo, Yuki Hokazono, Yuki Takahashi, Daisuke Kurita, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240121850
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a control section that uses, when a reference signal (RS) for path loss reference for a specific uplink signal is not configured, a quasi-co-location (QCL) parameter based on a specific downlink signal for a spatial relation for the specific uplink signal, and a transmitting section that transmits the specific uplink signal by using the spatial relation. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to determine a QCL parameter appropriately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240121641
    Abstract: A beam failure is appropriately detected. A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a control section that, when a set of a reference signal (RS) index corresponding to a resource for beam failure detection (BFD) is not configured using higher layer signaling and a specific parameter is configured, selects up to a given number of control resource sets (CORESETs) for determining the RS index to be included in the set in accordance with a specific rule, and a receiving section that evaluates radio link quality, based on an RS corresponding to the RS index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240121833
    Abstract: A communication device includes: a transmission unit configured to transmit a connection request to a first communication device; a reception unit configured to receive a connection permission from the first communication device; and a control unit configured to establish a first connection to the first communication device. The control unit controls a communication of a second communication device and performs a communication with the second communication device, and the second communication device performs a communication with a third communication device that includes: a transmission unit that transmits a connection request to the first communication device; a reception unit that receives a connection permission from the first communication device; and a control unit that establishes a first connection with the first communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shohei Yoshioka, Shinya Kumagai, Daisuke Kurita, Yuki Takahashi, Haruhi Echigo, Yuki Hokazono, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240121795
    Abstract: Appropriate PDCCH monitoring is performed even when carrier aggregation is applied. A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a transmitting section that transmits capability information related to the number of downlink cells where Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) candidates can be monitored; and a control section that determines, based on the capability information, the number of cells where PDCCH monitoring can be performed for New Radio (NR) of a second release, the number of the cells being different from the number of cells where PDCCH monitoring can be performed for NR of a first release.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang
  • Publication number: 20240121818
    Abstract: A communication device includes: a control unit configured to autonomously determine a resource to be used for transmission; a reception unit configured to execute an LBT (Listen before talk) before transmitting a signal by using the resource; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the signal to another communication device by using the resource in a case where the reception unit succeeds in the LBT, wherein the transmission unit determines transmission beamforming to be applied upon transmitting the signal, based on reception beamforming applied to the LBT by the reception unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shinya Kumagai, Mayuko Okano, Yuki Takahashi, Masaya Okamura, Shohei Yoshioka, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240121851
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a control section that, when a reference signal for pathloss reference for a certain uplink signal is not configured, calculates a pathloss for the certain uplink signal by using a reference signal for quasi co-location (QCL) of a certain downlink resource and determines transmission power of the certain uplink signal based on the pathloss, and a transmitting section that transmits the certain uplink signal by using the transmission power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata