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1.

TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION

      
Application Number 18294030
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-08-04
First Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Matsumura, Yuki
  • Nagata, Satoshi
  • Wang, Jing

Abstract

A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives, by using at least one of downlink control information (DCI) and a Medium Access Control Control Element (MAC CE), an indication indicating disabling or enabling of a transform precoder for a physical downlink shared channel (PUSCH), and a control section that switches, based on the indication, a waveform to be used for the PUSCH. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to easily perform switching of a waveform.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 72/1273 - Mapping of traffic onto schedule, e.g. scheduled allocation or multiplexing of flows of downlink data flows
  • H04W 72/23 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal

2.

TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION METHOD

      
Application Number 18693811
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-10-01
First Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Ohara, Tomoya

Abstract

A terminal includes: a control unit, configured to configure a search space set group; and a reception unit configured to receive a downlink control channel from a secondary cell, based on the search space set group. The reception unit receives a downlink shared channel or an uplink shared channel via another cell that is scheduled by the downlink control channel and is different from the secondary cell, and the control unit switches a configuration related to downlink control channel monitoring, based on a state of the secondary cell.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 72/12 - Wireless traffic scheduling
  • H04W 72/23 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal

3.

TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, BASE STATION, AND SYSTEM

      
Application Number 18744169
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-06-14
First Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Matsumura, Yuki
  • Nagata, Satoshi
  • Wang, Jing
  • Guo, Shaozhen
  • Hou, Xiaolin

Abstract

A terminal, as disclosed, includes: a processor that, for a plurality of physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs) transmitted from a plurality of transmission reception points (TRPs), respectively, controls transmission of capability information for indicating a first maximum number regarding a number of layers per PDSCH and a second maximum number regarding a total number of layers of the plurality of PDSCHS; and a receiver that receives the plurality of PDSCHs. The processor controls reporting of a single channel state information (CSI) for the plurality of TRPs, the single CSI indicating a first rank and a second rank that are determined according to a set of ranks based on higher layer signaling. In other aspects, a radio communication method, a base station, and a system are also disclosed.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04B 7/06 - Diversity systems; Multi-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station

4.

BASE STATION

      
Application Number JP2023013675
Publication Number 2024/202051
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-31
Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Min Tianyang

Abstract

This base station comprises: a transmission unit which transmits notification information to a user equipment; and a control unit which indicates in the notification information whether scheduling for a user equipment having a smaller number of reception antennas than other equipment is possible.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 72/51 - Allocation or scheduling criteria for wireless resources based on terminal or device properties
  • H04W 88/02 - Terminal devices

5.

TERMINAL

      
Application Number JP2023013683
Publication Number 2024/202053
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-31
Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Min Tianyang

Abstract

This terminal is provided with: a control unit that executes a random access procedure with a base station; and a transmission unit that transmits, in the random access procedure, a message indicating that the terminal has a smaller number of reception antennas than of other terminals. When starting the random access procedure, the message is transmitted by a dedicated resource of the terminal.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 74/08 - Non-scheduled access, e.g. random access, ALOHA or CSMA [Carrier Sense Multiple Access]
  • H04W 8/24 - Transfer of terminal data

6.

TERMINAL, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION

      
Application Number JP2023013412
Publication Number 2024/201960
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-30
Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Echigo, Haruhi
  • Harada, Hiroki
  • Liu, Liu
  • You, Luhua

Abstract

A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure comprises: a transmission unit that submits a report relating to a supported model identifier (ID); a reception unit that receives at least one instruction for activation, deactivation, fallback, and switch of a model; and a control unit that executes at least one of the activation, the deactivation, the fallback, and the switch on the basis of the instruction. According to the one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to achieve preferred overhead reduction, channel estimation, and resource utilization.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 24/02 - Arrangements for optimising operational condition
  • H04W 8/24 - Transfer of terminal data

7.

NETWORK NODE AND CONTROL METHOD

      
Application Number JP2023011965
Publication Number 2024/201605
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-24
Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Suzuki, Yuji
  • Kuroiwa, Fumito

Abstract

A network node according to the present invention includes: a reception unit that receives an edge application server (EAS) registration request from a source EAS; a transmission unit that transmits an EAS registration response to the source EAS; and a control unit that executes application context relocation (ACR) pertaining to the source EAS, wherein the transmission unit transmits an EAS status request to the source EAS, the reception unit receives an EAS status response from the source EAS, the control unit checks the EAS status response against a de-registration condition included in the EAS registration request, and if the EAS status response meets the de-registration condition, the transmission unit transmits an EAS de-registration request pertaining to the source EAS to a management service (MnS).

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 41/0816 - Configuration setting characterised by the conditions triggering a change of settings the condition being an adaptation, e.g. in response to network events

8.

TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION METHOD

      
Application Number JP2023013704
Publication Number 2024/202063
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-31
Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yoshioka, Shohei
  • Shichijo, Taichi
  • Nagata, Satoshi

Abstract

A terminal according to the present invention includes: a reception unit that receives a signal from another terminal in an unlicensed band; a control unit that determines resources constituting a channel to which an interlace configuration for transmitting feedback information corresponding to the signal to the other terminal is applied; and a transmission unit that transmits the feedback information to the other terminal via the channel, wherein the control unit determines a first physical resource block (PRB) and one or more second PRBs as the resources, the first PRB being a part of PRBs included in an interlace shared between the terminals, and the second PRBs not being included in the shared interlace.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 72/40 - Resource management for direct mode communication, e.g. D2D or sidelink
  • H04W 28/04 - Error control
  • H04W 72/0446 - Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
  • H04W 72/0453 - Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA
  • H04W 92/18 - Interfaces between hierarchically similar devices between terminal devices

9.

NETWORK NODE AND AUTHENTICATION METHOD

      
Application Number JP2023013700
Publication Number 2024/202059
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-31
Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yamauchi, Kenta
  • Minokuchi, Atsushi

Abstract

This network node includes: a reception unit that receives a back channel authentication request from a network node having a function related to calculation resources; and a transmission unit that queries a user data repository (UDR) to identify a user on the basis of an identifier included in the back channel authentication request. The transmission unit transmits a Web push authentication request to a terminal of the identified user. The reception unit receives a response to the Web push authentication request from the terminal. The transmission unit transmits a success of the back channel authentication request to the network node.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 21/31 - User authentication
  • H04W 12/084 - Access security using delegated authorisation, e.g. open authorisation [OAuth] protocol

10.

TERMINAL, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION

      
Application Number JP2023013273
Publication Number 2024/201926
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-30
Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Matsumura, Yuki
  • Nagata, Satoshi
  • Sun, Weiqi
  • Wang, Jing
  • Chen, Lan

Abstract

A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure is provided with: a reception unit that receives setting information relating to a sounding reference signal (SRS); and a control unit that determines, when an SRS resource set by the setting information is used to perform UL transmission, a timing advance to be applied to the UL transmission on the basis of a timing advance group associated with an SRS resource set corresponding to the SRS resource.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 56/00 - Synchronisation arrangements
  • H04W 72/1268 - Mapping of traffic onto schedule, e.g. scheduled allocation or multiplexing of flows of uplink data flows
  • H04W 72/21 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network

11.

TERMINAL, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION

      
Application Number JP2023013047
Publication Number 2024/201856
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-30
Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Matsumura, Yuki
  • Nagata, Satoshi
  • Sun, Weiqi
  • Wang, Jing
  • Chen, Lan

Abstract

A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure is characterized by supporting multi-panel simultaneous transmission of a plurality of physical uplink shared channels (PUSCH) and by having a control unit that selects one PUSCH from the plurality of PUSCH on the basis of a specific rule when a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) overlaps the plurality of PUSCH and a transmission unit that multiplexes and transmits uplink control information (UCI) on the one selected PUSCH. One aspect of the present disclosure makes it possible to appropriately transmit overlapping PUCCH/PUSCH.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 72/21 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
  • H04W 72/0446 - Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames

12.

TERMINAL, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION

      
Application Number JP2023013298
Publication Number 2024/201928
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-30
Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Echigo, Haruhi
  • Harada, Hiroki
  • Liu, Liu

Abstract

A terminal according to one embodiment of the present disclosure is characterized by including: a reception unit that receives a setting related to potential reference signal (RS) resources for beam measurement; and a control unit that selects, on the basis of the setting, at least one measurement RS resource from among a plurality of the potential RS resources. This embodiment makes it possible to achieve suitable overhead reduction, channel estimation, and resource utilization.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 16/28 - Cell structures using beam steering
  • H04W 24/10 - Scheduling measurement reports
  • H04W 72/232 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal the control data signalling from the physical layer, e.g. DCI signalling

13.

GATEWAY DEVICE, TERMINAL, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD

      
Application Number JP2023013370
Publication Number 2024/201948
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-30
Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Hokazono Yuki
  • Kohara Hinata
  • Muroki Yuto
  • Fukasawa Kenji
  • Kishiyama Yoshihisa
  • Nagata Satoshi
  • Yoshioka Shohei

Abstract

This gateway device controls a connection to a terminal that executes wireless communication via a first cell over a terrestrial network or via a second cell over a non-terrestrial network. The gateway device transmits, to the first cell, notification information about access to the second cell, in a state where the terminal maintains the connection with the first cell in a radio resource control layer.

IPC Classes  ?

14.

PARKING LOT RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM

      
Application Number JP2024002499
Publication Number 2024/202484
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-01-26
Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Koyama Ryou
  • Ishiguro Shin
  • Suzuki Takashi
  • Yamada Akira

Abstract

This parking lot recommendation system (1) comprises: a destination information acquisition unit (11) for acquiring destination information indicating the location of a destination (M) of a user; a visiting place estimation unit (12) for estimating, on the basis of the destination information, the location of an estimated visiting place (S) that the user visits; a parking lot information acquisition unit (13) for acquiring parking lot information indicating the location of a parking lot (P); and a parking lot determination unit (14) for determining a parking lot (P) recommended for the user, on the basis of travel along a route including the location of the destination (M) indicated by the destination information, the location of the estimated visiting place (S), and the location of the parking lot (P) indicated by the parking lot information.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G01C 21/34 - Route searching; Route guidance
  • G01C 21/26 - Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in groups specially adapted for navigation in a road network

15.

TERMINAL, NETWORK NODE DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD

      
Application Number JP2023013717
Publication Number 2024/202066
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-31
Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Hikosaka, Maoki
  • Dojiri, Syunsuke
  • Kubota, Akihiro
  • Al-Bakri, Ban

Abstract

This terminal comprises: a reception unit that receives, from a network, rule information indicating a slice to be used and flag information pertaining to a transition operation, for each application; and a control unit that, if it is determined, on the basis of the rule information, that a connection to a specific slice in a transition destination network, other than the connected network, is necessary, determines whether to execute a transition to the transition destination network, on the basis of the flag information.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 48/18 - Selecting a network or a communication service
  • H04W 28/084 - Load balancing or load distribution among edge computing entities, e.g. multi-access edge computing

16.

VOICE RECOGNITION ERROR CORRECTION DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2024009999
Publication Number 2024/203390
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-03-14
Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Inago Akari
  • Fujimoto Hiroshi
  • Katou Taku

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a voice recognition device capable of correcting a voice recognition error without human intervention. In a voice recognition error correction device 100, a repeated part extraction unit 105 acquires a voice utterance recognition result for each of a repeated utterance and a repetition source utterance, which serves as a repetition source. An error correction part 106 then corrects the recognition result for either the repeated utterance or the repetition source utterance on the basis of the recognition result.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G10L 15/22 - Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialog
  • G10L 15/10 - Speech classification or search using distance or distortion measures between unknown speech and reference templates

17.

TERMINAL, BASE STATION AND COMMUNICATION METHOD

      
Application Number 18576648
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-08-05
First Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Shibaike, Naoya
  • Harada, Hiroki
  • Nagata, Satoshi
  • Pi, Qiping
  • Wang, Jing
  • Chen, Lan

Abstract

A terminal includes: a control unit configured to assume a beam switching gap between a plurality of signals or channels for transmission or reception to be a sufficient time corresponding to a larger subcarrier spacing.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04B 7/06 - Diversity systems; Multi-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path

18.

TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION

      
Application Number 18579694
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-07-21
First Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Matsumura, Yuki
  • Nagata, Satoshi
  • Wang, Jing
  • Chen, Lan

Abstract

A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives one or more Radio Resource Control (RRC) information elements related to a list of TCI states including a plurality of transmission configuration indication (TCI) states applicable to a plurality of types of channels, a Medium Access Control (MAC) control element (CE) for indicating activation of at least one of the plurality of TCI states, and downlink control information (DCI) including a TCI field corresponding to a part of at least one TCI state activated by using the MAC CE, and a control section that, in at least one of a case where separate indications of respective ones of one or more downlink (DL) TCI states and one or more uplink (UL) TCI states are configured by using the RRC information element and a case where an indication of two or more TCI states common to DL and UL is configured by using the RRC information element, judges at least one of a TCI state common to DL and UL, a DL TCI state, and a UL TCI state on the basis of the MAC CE and the TCI field. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to appropriately perform TCI state indication.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 76/20 - Manipulation of established connections
  • H04W 72/231 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal the control data signalling from the layers above the physical layer, e.g. RRC or MAC-CE signalling
  • H04W 80/02 - Data link layer protocols

19.

TERMINAL, AND BASE STATION

      
Application Number 18293636
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-08-03
First Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Okano, Mayuko
  • Shibaike, Naoya
  • Harada, Hiroki

Abstract

A terminal includes a control unit configured to determine a number of resource blocks to be used in a second uplink control channel that is used before a terminal-dedicated resource for a first uplink control channel is configured as a value greater than one; and a transmission unit configured to perform transmission by the second uplink control channel using the number of resource blocks.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 72/21 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path

20.

TERMINAL, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION

      
Application Number JP2023013413
Publication Number 2024/201961
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-30
Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Echigo, Haruhi
  • Harada, Hiroki
  • Liu, Liu
  • You, Luhua

Abstract

A terminal according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: a transmission unit that reports on functionality to be supported; a reception unit that receives an instruction of at least one of functional activation, deactivation, fallback, and switch; and a control unit that, on the basis of the instruction, executes at least one of the activation, deactivation, fallback, and switch. According to the one embodiment of the present disclosure, it is possible to achieve suitable overhead reduction, channel estimation, and resource utilization.

IPC Classes  ?

21.

NETWORK NODE AND CONTROL METHOD

      
Application Number JP2023011966
Publication Number 2024/201606
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-24
Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Suzuki, Yuji
  • Kuroiwa, Fumito

Abstract

The present invention provides a network node including a control unit that detects that edge application server (EAS) removal is necessary, a transmission unit that transmits an EAS de-registration request to an edge enabler server (EES), and a reception unit that receives an EAS de-registration response from the EES, wherein the transmission unit transmits an EAS removal request to the EES or a management service (MnS).

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 41/0816 - Configuration setting characterised by the conditions triggering a change of settings the condition being an adaptation, e.g. in response to network events

22.

TERMINAL, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION

      
Application Number JP2023013272
Publication Number 2024/201925
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-30
Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Matsumura, Yuki
  • Nagata, Satoshi
  • Sun, Weiqi
  • Wang, Jing
  • Chen, Lan

Abstract

A terminal according to one form of the present disclosure comprises: a reception unit that receives serving cell configuration information; and a control unit that determines a timing advance to be applied to UL transmission on the basis of the serving cell configuration information and/or spatial relationship information corresponding to the UL transmission being provided or not or a timing advance group associated with the spatial relationship information.

IPC Classes  ?

23.

MODEL GENERATION SYSTEM

      
Application Number JP2023043735
Publication Number 2024/202259
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-12-06
Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nakamura Yusuke
  • Yamada Akira
  • Suzuki Takashi
  • Ishiguro Shin

Abstract

To generate a recommendation condition derivation model, this model generation system is provided with: a recommendation condition candidate generation unit that acquires a plurality of recommendation condition candidates; a user movement estimation unit that acquires user movement estimation information on the basis of each of the recommendation condition candidates and transition of positions of users indicated by movement demand information; a recommendation condition extraction unit that extracts, as an optimum recommendation condition, a recommendation condition candidate with the largest degree of achievement for a given target value on the basis of the user movement estimation information for each recommendation condition candidate; and a recommendation condition derivation model training unit that performs machine learning of a recommendation condition derivation model using training data with target information, attribute information relating to each user, and user position information as explanatory variables and the optimum recommendation condition as an objective variable.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G08G 1/00 - Traffic control systems for road vehicles
  • G01C 21/34 - Route searching; Route guidance

24.

TERMINAL, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION

      
Application Number JP2023013336
Publication Number 2024/201942
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-30
Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Echigo, Haruhi
  • Harada, Hiroki
  • Liu, Liu
  • Chen, Lan

Abstract

A terminal according to one embodiment of the present disclosure is characterized by having a reception unit that receives a setting relating to a reference signal (RS) resource for beam prediction and a control unit that acquires a set B of beams input into an artificial intelligence (AI) model on the basis of a measurement result of the RS resource. According to the one embodiment of the present disclosure, it is possible to achieve suitable overhead reduction, channel estimation, and resource utilization.

IPC Classes  ?

25.

DATA COMPLEMENTATION SYSTEM

      
Application Number JP2023046477
Publication Number 2024/202338
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-12-25
Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Akatsuka Hiroto
  • Terada Masayuki

Abstract

The present invention complements traffic data appropriately. A data complementation system 10 includes: a complementation target acquisition unit 11 that acquires traffic data, which is data related to traffic for each of a plurality of positions in a traffic path and is a target of complementation; a state information acquisition unit 12 that acquires state information indicating a state of the traffic path; and a complementation unit 13 that complements the traffic data acquired by the complementation target acquisition unit 11 according to the state information acquired by the state information acquisition unit 12.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G08G 1/00 - Traffic control systems for road vehicles

26.

TERMINAL, NETWORK NODE DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD

      
Application Number JP2023013718
Publication Number 2024/202067
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-31
Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Hikosaka, Maoki
  • Dojiri, Syunsuke
  • Kubota, Akihiro
  • Al-Bakri, Ban

Abstract

A terminal comprising: a reception unit that receives, from a network for each piece of reference information, instruction information including information relating to the timing at which a transition operation should be executed; and a control unit that, when it is determined that connection to a specific slice in a transition destination network other than the network being connected is necessary, executes transition to the transition destination network at the timing based on the instruction information.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 48/18 - Selecting a network or a communication service

27.

TERMINAL, BASE STATION, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD

      
Application Number JP2023012902
Publication Number 2024/201816
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-29
Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Okawa, Riki

Abstract

This terminal comprises: a control unit that performs uplink transmission switching between bands of two cells among a plurality of cells; and a reception unit that receives, from a base station, information that indicates each pair of two cells among the plurality of cells. The control unit determines the temporal position of a switching period for the uplink transmission switching, for each pair, on the basis of the information.

IPC Classes  ?

28.

TERMINAL AND POWER SUPPLY METHOD

      
Application Number JP2023012702
Publication Number 2024/201759
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-28
Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yoshioka, Shohei
  • Okano, Mayuko
  • Nagata, Satoshi

Abstract

This terminal includes: a communication unit that receives a notification pertaining to power supply from a base station; a power reception unit that receives wireless power supply on the basis of the notification pertaining to power supply; and a control unit that determines whether to execute an operation pertaining to power supply on the basis of a function of suppressing power consumption.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02J 50/20 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using microwaves or radio frequency waves

29.

TERMINAL AND POWER SUPPLY METHOD

      
Application Number JP2023012701
Publication Number 2024/201758
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-28
Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yoshioka, Shohei
  • Okano, Mayuko
  • Nagata, Satoshi

Abstract

The present invention provides a terminal including: a communication unit that receives, from a base station, a notification regarding power supply; a power reception unit that receives wireless power supply on the basis of the notification regarding the power supply; and a control unit that determines whether or not to execute a power supply-related operation on the basis of a connection state to a network.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02J 50/00 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power

30.

NETWORK NODE, TERMINAL, AND CONTROL METHOD

      
Application Number JP2023012700
Publication Number 2024/201757
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-28
Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Dojiri, Syunsuke
  • Minokuchi, Atsushi
  • Hatanaka, Yoshitaka
  • Katayama, Kenichi
  • Sawada, Masahiro

Abstract

This network node includes: a reception unit that receives a protocol data unit (PDU) session establishment request related to a certain terminal from an access and mobility management function (AMF); a transmission unit that transmits, to the AMF, a rejection signal instructing routing via a data collection coordination function (DCCF); and a control unit that accesses, according to the congestion state of a data network name (DNN), the DCCF to acquire signal data for a PDU session establishment request related to the certain terminal.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 76/10 - Connection setup
  • H04W 48/06 - Access restriction performed under specific conditions based on traffic conditions
  • H04W 88/14 - Backbone network devices
  • H04W 92/10 - Interfaces between hierarchically different network devices between terminal device and access point, i.e. wireless air interface
  • H04W 92/24 - Interfaces between hierarchically similar devices between backbone network devices

31.

TERMINAL, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

      
Application Number JP2023013136
Publication Number 2024/201882
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-30
Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner
  • NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
  • NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yamauchi, Kenta
  • Minokuchi, Atsushi
  • Maeda, Hiroaki
  • Ishibashi, Ryota

Abstract

This terminal is provided with: a control unit that executes control processing based on a control signal; a transmission unit that transmits, to another terminal, a request message requesting the another terminal to release a session established via said terminal, the another terminal executing processing for sending/receiving user data by using the session; and a receiving unit that receives, from the other terminal, a response message with respect to the request message.

IPC Classes  ?

32.

TERMINAL, NETWORK NODE DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD

      
Application Number JP2023010769
Publication Number 2024/194968
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-17
Publication Date 2024-09-26
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Minokuchi, Atsushi
  • Sawada, Masahiro

Abstract

According to the present invention, a network node device comprises: a reception unit that receives a terminal security capability and a key from a first network node device handling authentication control or service provision control; a control unit that selects a security algorithm used for secure communication between the terminal and a second network node device and derives a key for concealment and a key for safety protection; and a transmission unit that transmits the security algorithm, the key for concealment, and the key for safety protection to the second network node device, and transmits the security algorithm to the terminal.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 12/043 - Key management, e.g. using generic bootstrapping architecture [GBA] using a trusted network node as an anchor
  • H04W 12/033 - Protecting confidentiality, e.g. by encryption of the user plane, e.g. user’s traffic
  • H04W 12/106 - Packet or message integrity
  • H04W 92/24 - Interfaces between hierarchically similar devices between backbone network devices

33.

TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION METHOD

      
Application Number JP2023010770
Publication Number 2024/194969
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-17
Publication Date 2024-09-26
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Minokuchi, Atsushi
  • Sawada, Masahiro

Abstract

This terminal comprises: a reception unit that receives a session establishment permission message from a network; and a control unit that determines a communication partner of confidential and integrity-protected user small data, on the basis of an identifier which is for identifying a user small data transmission method and which is included in the session establishment permission message.

IPC Classes  ?

34.

NETWORK NODE

      
Application Number JP2023010772
Publication Number 2024/194970
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-17
Publication Date 2024-09-26
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Lee, Sangwon
  • Shimizu, Kazuto
  • Minokuchi, Atsushi

Abstract

This network node includes: a reception unit that receives a message related to registration from a terminal; and a transmission unit that transmits a terminal capability check request to a radio access network (RAN) node if the message related to registration includes information indicating that IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) voice capability is supported, the reception unit receiving a response of the terminal capability check request from the RAN node, the transmission unit notifying the terminal that the IMS voice can be provided if the response indicates that the IMS voice is supported.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 8/24 - Transfer of terminal data
  • H04W 80/10 - Upper layer protocols adapted for session management, e.g. SIP [Session Initiation Protocol]

35.

TERMINAL, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION

      
Application Number JP2023011407
Publication Number 2024/195085
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-23
Publication Date 2024-09-26
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Matsumura, Yuki
  • Shibaike, Naoya
  • Nagata, Satoshi
  • Wang, Jing
  • Chen, Lan

Abstract

A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure comprises: a reception unit that receives a setting including a bitmap parameter indicating codebook subset restriction for coherent joint transmissions; and a control unit that applies the bitmap parameter to channel state information (CSI) on the basis of the setting to control reporting of the CSI. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, the CSI can appropriately be reported.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04B 7/0417 - Feedback systems
  • H04B 7/024 - Co-operative use of antennas at several sites, e.g. in co-ordinated multipoint or co-operative multiple-input multiple-output [MIMO] systems

36.

TERMINAL AND POWER SUPPLY METHOD

      
Application Number JP2023011652
Publication Number 2024/195136
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-23
Publication Date 2024-09-26
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yoshioka, Shohei
  • Okano, Mayuko
  • Nagata, Satoshi

Abstract

This terminal comprises: a reception unit for receiving, from a base station, a notification pertaining to power supply; a power-reception unit for receiving a wireless power supply on the basis of the notification pertaining to power supply; a control unit for measuring the state of the wireless power supply; and a transmission unit for transmitting, to the base station, information pertaining to the state of the wireless power supply.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 52/00 - Power management
  • H02J 50/00 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power
  • H04W 24/10 - Scheduling measurement reports
  • H04W 88/02 - Terminal devices

37.

RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM

      
Application Number JP2023043734
Publication Number 2024/195213
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-12-06
Publication Date 2024-09-26
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nakamura Yusuke
  • Yamada Akira
  • Suzuki Takashi
  • Ishiguro Shin
  • Mimura Tomohiro

Abstract

This recommendation system comprises: an event participating user determination unit that determines event participating users who participated in previously held events; a distributed representation generation unit that generates attribute distributed representations of user attribute information and event attribute information on the basis of relationships between sets of attribute information; a user vector generation unit that generates a user vector by combining the attribute distributed representation of each set of user attribute information; an event vector generation unit that generates an event vector by combining the attribute distributed representation of each set of event attribute information; and a potential user estimation unit that extracts potential users of an event to be estimated, on the basis of the degree of similarity between the user vector and the event vector of the event to be estimated.

IPC Classes  ?

38.

TRAVEL PLAN GENERATION SYSTEM

      
Application Number JP2024000029
Publication Number 2024/195256
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-01-04
Publication Date 2024-09-26
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Koide Eri
  • Yamada Akira
  • Suzuki Takashi
  • Ishiguro Shin

Abstract

In the present invention, a travel plan generation system 1 comprises: a position information acquisition unit 11 that acquires position information indicating the position at which a taxi starts traveling; a demand information acquisition unit 13 that acquires demand information indicating the demand for a taxi at each physical position, an advertisement profit information acquisition unit 14 for acquiring advertisement profit information related to the profit of advertisements for each physical position as displayed on the exterior of the taxi, and a travel plan generation unit 15 for generating a travel plan including the position where the taxi travels on the basis of the position information, the demand information, and the advertisement profit information.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06Q 50/40 - Business processes related to the transportation industry (shipping G06Q 10/83)
  • G06Q 30/0241 - Advertisements

39.

POWER CONSUMPTION OPTIMIZATION DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2024010002
Publication Number 2024/195682
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-03-14
Publication Date 2024-09-26
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Tanimoto Ryo
  • Nakamura Masaki
  • Takeno Kazuhiko

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a power consumption optimization system which performs control for optimizing electric energy fees. A HEMS controller 100, which is a power consumption optimization device for controlling a household power source system equipped with a storage battery, comprises: an acquisition unit (basic fee acquisition unit 104a, etc.) for acquiring fee system information about commercial power 20; a setting unit 103 which functions as an acquisition unit for acquiring setting information about a storage battery 100e, an apparatus 110a, or the like; and a control unit 104 which controls the charge/discharge of the storage battery 110e and the operation of the apparatus 110a (eco cute, air conditioner, or the like) on the basis of the fee system information, the setting information, and external factor information (temperature, resource use history).

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02J 3/14 - Circuit arrangements for ac mains or ac distribution networks for adjusting voltage in ac networks by changing a characteristic of the network load by switching loads on to, or off from, network, e.g. progressively balanced loading
  • G06Q 10/00 - Administration; Management
  • G06Q 50/06 - Electricity, gas or water supply
  • H02J 13/00 - Circuit arrangements for providing remote indication of network conditions, e.g. an instantaneous record of the open or closed condition of each circuitbreaker in the network; Circuit arrangements for providing remote control of switching means in a power distribution network, e.g. switching in and out of current consumers by using a pulse code signal carried by the network

40.

TERMINAL, BASE STATION AND COMMUNICATION METHOD

      
Application Number 18273482
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-01-22
First Publication Date 2024-09-26
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Harada, Hiroki
  • Nagata, Satoshi
  • Kurita, Daisuke
  • Shibaike, Naoya

Abstract

A terminal configures bandwidth resources narrower than a normal minimum unit when specific condition is met or specific notification is received. The terminal performs reception operation including monitoring on the bandwidth resources configured.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 72/0457 - Variable allocation of band or rate
  • H04W 72/231 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal the control data signalling from the layers above the physical layer, e.g. RRC or MAC-CE signalling
  • H04W 72/51 - Allocation or scheduling criteria for wireless resources based on terminal or device properties

41.

BASE STATION AND COMMUNICATION METHOD

      
Application Number 18577170
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-07-28
First Publication Date 2024-09-26
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Shibaike, Naoya
  • Harada, Hiroki
  • Nagata, Satoshi
  • Pi, Qiping
  • Wang, Jing
  • Chen, Lan

Abstract

A base station includes: a reception unit configured to perform time division multiplexing of a plurality of reception beams corresponding to a plurality of transmission beams applied for transmission in COT (Channel Occupancy Time), and to perform LBT (Listen before talk) in which sensing is performed by applying each of the plurality of reception beams using a round robin method; and a transmission unit configured to apply, to the transmission in the COT, a transmission beam corresponding to a reception beam, among the plurality of the reception beams, for which a busy state is not detected in the LBT.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 74/0808 - using carrier sensing, e.g. carrier sense multiple access [CSMA]

42.

ELECTRONIC DEVICE BASED ON UNIFIED NON-ORTHOGONAL WAVEFORM

      
Application Number 18579198
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-08-10
First Publication Date 2024-09-26
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Liu, Juan
  • Liu, Wenjia
  • Hou, Xiaolin
  • Li, Anxin
  • Chen, Lan
  • Kishiyama, Yoshihisa
  • Asai, Takahiro

Abstract

The present disclosure provides electronic equipment. The electronic equipment includes: an input unit, configured to: determine a sequence to be compressed based on a data sequence, a head sequence and a tail sequence, wherein the sequence to be compressed has Q elements, and Q is an integer greater than 0; a processing unit, configured to: determine, based on the sequence to be compressed, a DFT spreading sequence by utilizing DFT spreading, and perform at least one of data deleting operation or data superposing operation on the DFT spreading sequence to determine a compressed sequence, wherein the compressed sequence has M symbols, M is an integer greater than 0, and M is less than Q.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 25/03 - Shaping networks in transmitter or receiver, e.g. adaptive shaping networks
  • H04B 1/7097 - Interference-related aspects
  • H04L 1/00 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
  • H04L 27/26 - Systems using multi-frequency codes

43.

TERMINAL, NETWORK NODE DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD

      
Application Number JP2023010767
Publication Number 2024/194966
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-17
Publication Date 2024-09-26
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Minokuchi, Atsushi
  • Sawada, Masahiro

Abstract

This terminal is provided with: a control unit that protects the integrity of a first message relating to authentication control or service provision control by concealing the first message from a network node device handling movement control or connection control; and a transmission unit that incorporates the concealed, integrity-protected first message in a second message relating to the movement control or the connection control, and transmits same to a network.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 12/037 - Protecting confidentiality, e.g. by encryption of the control plane, e.g. signalling traffic

44.

NETWORK NODE DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD

      
Application Number JP2023010768
Publication Number 2024/194967
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-17
Publication Date 2024-09-26
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Minokuchi, Atsushi
  • Sawada, Masahiro

Abstract

This network node device comprises: a transmission unit that allocates, to another network node device, an identifier that coordinates with a terminal context in the another network node device that handles authentication control or service provision control, and that transmits a message including the identifier to the other network node device; and a control unit that uses the identifier to perform processing of movement control or connection control without using a permanent identifier of the terminal.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 12/02 - Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII]
  • H04W 8/18 - Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data

45.

TERMINAL, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION

      
Application Number JP2023011464
Publication Number 2024/195102
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-23
Publication Date 2024-09-26
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Matsumura, Yuki
  • Nagata, Satoshi
  • Sun, Weiqi
  • Wang, Jing
  • Chen, Lan

Abstract

A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure comprises: a control unit that, if at least two among a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) corresponding to a first control resource set (CORESET) pool index, a first physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) corresponding to the first CORESET pool index, and a second PUSCH corresponding to a second CORESET pool index overlap at least in the same time resource, determines a PUSCH onto which uplink control information (UCI) relating to the PUCCH is to be mapped; and a transmission unit that transmits the first PUSCH and/or the second PUSCH. According to the one aspect of the present disclosure, UL transmission using a plurality of panels can be appropriately performed.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 72/21 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
  • H04W 72/0457 - Variable allocation of band or rate
  • H04W 72/1268 - Mapping of traffic onto schedule, e.g. scheduled allocation or multiplexing of flows of uplink data flows

46.

TERMINAL, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION

      
Application Number JP2023011465
Publication Number 2024/195103
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-23
Publication Date 2024-09-26
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Matsumura, Yuki
  • Nagata, Satoshi
  • Sun, Weiqi
  • Wang, Jing
  • Chen, Lan

Abstract

A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure has: a control unit that, when a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) overlaps with a plurality of physical uplink shared channels (PUSCH) at least in the same time resource, selects, from the plurality of PUSCH and on the basis of a specific rule, a PUSCH on which to perform mapping of uplink control information (UCI) related to the PUCCH; and a transmission unit that transmits the selected PUSCH among the plurality of PUSCH, and a PUSCH other than the selected PUSCH among the plurality of PUSCH, using different panels and in at least the same time resource. This aspect of the present disclosure make it possible to appropriately perform UL transmission in which a plurality of panels are used.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 16/28 - Cell structures using beam steering
  • H04W 72/1268 - Mapping of traffic onto schedule, e.g. scheduled allocation or multiplexing of flows of uplink data flows
  • H04W 72/21 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network

47.

TERMINAL AND POWER SUPPLY METHOD

      
Application Number JP2023011661
Publication Number 2024/195137
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-23
Publication Date 2024-09-26
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yoshioka, Shohei
  • Okano, Mayuko
  • Nagata, Satoshi

Abstract

A terminal comprising a transmission unit that transmits information indicating capability pertaining to wireless power supply to a base station, a reception unit that receives a notification pertaining to power supply from the base station, and a power reception unit that receives the wireless power supply on the basis of the notification pertaining to the power supply.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 8/24 - Transfer of terminal data
  • H02J 50/80 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power involving the exchange of data, concerning supply or distribution of electric power, between transmitting devices and receiving devices

48.

TERMINAL AND POWER SUPPLY METHOD

      
Application Number JP2023011662
Publication Number 2024/195138
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-23
Publication Date 2024-09-26
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yoshioka, Shohei
  • Okano, Mayuko
  • Nagata, Satoshi

Abstract

A terminal according to the present invention comprises: a communication unit that receives, from a base station, a notification pertaining to power supply; a power reception unit that receives wireless power supply on the basis of the notification pertaining to the power supply; and a control unit that determines an operation when the wireless power supply and communication overlap in a time domain.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02J 50/80 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power involving the exchange of data, concerning supply or distribution of electric power, between transmitting devices and receiving devices
  • H02J 50/20 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using microwaves or radio frequency waves

49.

COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD

      
Application Number 18263445
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-02-22
First Publication Date 2024-09-19
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kumagai, Shinya
  • Yoshioka, Shohei
  • Echigo, Haruhi
  • Hokazono, Yuki
  • Takahashi, Yuki
  • Kurita, Daisuke
  • Nagata, Satoshi

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 wireless communication of a second communication device, and, in a case where the connection to the first communication device is established, the reception unit receives, from the first communication device, a signal related to execution of a function of controlling the wireless communication of the second communication device and performing the wireless communication of the first communication device, and the control unit performs enabling or disabling of the function, based on the signal related to the execution of the function.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 76/15 - Setup of multiple wireless link connections
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04W 8/22 - Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities

50.

TERMINAL AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD

      
Application Number 18263449
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-01-29
First Publication Date 2024-09-19
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Harada, Hiroki
  • Kurita, Daisuke
  • Okano, Mayuko
  • Nagata, Satoshi
  • Okamura, Masaya
  • Ohara, Tomoya

Abstract

A terminal receives a beam for measurement of a reference signal. At the same time, the terminal receives a beam for reception of data or measurement of a reference signal.

IPC Classes  ?

51.

TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION

      
Application Number 18268492
Status Pending
Filing Date 2020-12-21
First Publication Date 2024-09-19
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yoshioka, Shohei
  • Matsumura, Yuki
  • Nagata, Satoshi

Abstract

A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a control section that, when a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) for transmission of hybrid automatic repeat reQuest acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information for a multicast physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) overlaps with an uplink channel in a time domain, determines at least one channel of the PUCCH and the uplink channel, and a transmitting section that transmits the channel. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to appropriately performs processing of the HARQ-ACK for multicast downlink data.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04B 7/06 - Diversity systems; Multi-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station

52.

TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION

      
Application Number 18575655
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-07-02
First Publication Date 2024-09-19
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Matsumura, Yuki
  • Nagata, Satoshi
  • Wang, Jing
  • Chen, Lan

Abstract

A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a receiving section that receives configurations of a first sounding reference signal (SRS) resource set and a second SRS resource set for transmission of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), and that receives a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) indicating one or more SRS resources in at least one of the first SRS resource set and the second SRS resource set and indicating one or more pathloss reference signals; and a control section that controls the transmission of the physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) on the basis of one or two SRS resources of the one or more SRS resources and the one or more pathloss reference signals. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a PL-RS and a transmission parameter can be appropriately associated with each other.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 72/1268 - Mapping of traffic onto schedule, e.g. scheduled allocation or multiplexing of flows of uplink data flows
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04W 80/02 - Data link layer protocols

53.

TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION

      
Application Number 18576603
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-07-07
First Publication Date 2024-09-19
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Matsumura, Yuki
  • Nagata, Satoshi
  • Wang, Jing
  • Chen, Lan

Abstract

A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a control section that controls mapping order of channel state information (CSI) fields included in a CSI report including information related to measurement of a plurality of transmission/reception points (TRPs), based on at least one of a substance of a parameter and a corresponding transport block (TB) index or TRP index; and a transmitting section that transmits the CSI report.

IPC Classes  ?

54.

TRANSMITTER AND TRANSMISSION METHOD

      
Application Number JP2023009459
Publication Number 2024/189710
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-10
Publication Date 2024-09-19
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Shibaike, Naoya
  • Nagata, Satoshi
  • Liu, Wenjia
  • Liu, Juan
  • Hou, Xiaolin
  • Chen, Lan
  • Wang, Peisen

Abstract

This transmitter comprises: a control unit that executes thin resource mapping and power shaping on a first signal in a delay Doppler domain, executes inverse symplectic finite Fourier transform (ISFFT) on the first signal, and converts the resulting first signal into a time frequency domain; and a transmission unit that transmits the first signal and the second signal by non-orthogonal multiplexing.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04J 99/00 - Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass

55.

TRANSMITTER AND TRANSMISSION METHOD

      
Application Number JP2023009460
Publication Number 2024/189711
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-10
Publication Date 2024-09-19
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Shibaike, Naoya
  • Nagata, Satoshi
  • Liu, Wenjia
  • Liu, Juan
  • Hou, Xiaolin
  • Chen, Lan
  • Wang, Peisen

Abstract

A transmitter comprising a control unit that allocates a zero-power resource to a first signal in a time frequency domain, and a transmission unit that transmits the first signal and a second signal by non-orthogonal multiplexing. The transmission unit transmits at least all of a given repetition transmission from among a plurality of repetition transmissions included in the second signal by using a resource in which the zero-power resource is allocated.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04J 99/00 - Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass

56.

TRANSFER METHOD AND TRANSFER SYSTEM

      
Application Number JP2023009599
Publication Number 2024/189733
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-13
Publication Date 2024-09-19
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Sasagawa Tetsuhiro
  • Kitagawa Keita
  • Iizuka Yosuke
  • Hashimoto Kenji

Abstract

This transfer method is for transferring a profile to a second module, the profile being written in a first module mounted on a first terminal and used by the first terminal to connect to a mobile communication network and the second module being mounted on a second terminal that communicates with the first terminal. The transfer method comprises: a first notification step for notifying, by the first module, the second module of a first public key that is a public key of the first module; a first calculation step for calculating, by the second module, a second common key from the first public key and a second secret key that is a secret key of the second module on the basis of an authentication logic; a second notification step for notifying, by the second module, the first module of a second public key that is paired with the second secret key; a second calculation step for calculating, by the first module, a first common key from the second public key and a first secret key that is paired with the first public key on the basis of the authentication logic; an encryption step for encrypting, by the first module, the profile with the first common key; a third notification step for notifying, by the first module, the second module of the encrypted profile; a decoding step for decoding, by the second module, the profile with the second common key; and a step for installing, by the second module, the profile on the second module. In the first to third notification steps, the first terminal and the second terminal communicate with each other without passing through the server.

IPC Classes  ?

57.

TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION METHOD

      
Application Number JP2023009960
Publication Number 2024/189801
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-14
Publication Date 2024-09-19
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yoshioka, Shohei
  • Shichijo, Taichi
  • Nagata, Satoshi

Abstract

A terminal comprising a reception unit which receives first control information in inter-terminal direct communication and a control unit which determines a modulation order equal to or greater than a certain modulation order on the basis of a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) table and an MCS index that are included in the first control information, wherein the control unit determines a transport block size at least on the basis of the determined modulation order and the reception unit receives second control information at least on the basis of the transport block size.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 28/18 - Negotiating wireless communication parameters
  • H04W 4/40 - Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
  • H04W 72/25 - Control channels or signalling for resource management between terminals via a wireless link, e.g. sidelink
  • H04W 92/18 - Interfaces between hierarchically similar devices between terminal devices

58.

TERMINAL, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION

      
Application Number JP2023010287
Publication Number 2024/189884
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-16
Publication Date 2024-09-19
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Matsumura, Yuki
  • Nagata, Satoshi
  • Sun, Weiqi
  • Wang, Jing
  • Chen, Lan

Abstract

A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure is characterized by comprising: a control unit that, on the basis of setting for a serving cell, determines a timing advance (TA) to be applied to some uplink (UL) transmission; and a transmission unit that performs the UL transmission on the basis of the TA, and characterized in that, in the setting for the serving cell, an index of a TA group (TAG) to which the serving cell belongs and a unified transmission configuration indication (TCI) state to be applied to the UL transmission are associated with each other. According to the one aspect of the present disclosure, UL transmission can be appropriately controlled.

IPC Classes  ?

59.

TERMINAL AND POWER SUPPLY METHOD

      
Application Number JP2023010468
Publication Number 2024/189926
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-16
Publication Date 2024-09-19
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yoshioka, Shohei
  • Okano, Mayuko
  • Nagata, Satoshi

Abstract

This terminal comprises: a reception unit that receives, from a base station, a notification related to beams; a control unit that, on the basis of the notification related to the beams, determines a reception beam related to power supply; and a power reception unit that receives wireless power supply from a power transmission device by applying the reception beam.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04B 7/08 - Diversity systems; Multi-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the receiving station

60.

TERMINAL AND POWER SUPPLY METHOD

      
Application Number JP2023010469
Publication Number 2024/189927
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-16
Publication Date 2024-09-19
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yoshioka, Shohei
  • Okano, Mayuko
  • Nagata, Satoshi

Abstract

This terminal comprises: a reception unit that receives, from a base station, a notification related to power supply resources; a control unit that determines a resource for receiving wireless power supply on the basis of the notification related to the power supply resources; and a power reception unit that receives wireless power supply from a power transmission device using the determined resource.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04B 7/08 - Diversity systems; Multi-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the receiving station

61.

DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM

      
Application Number JP2023046473
Publication Number 2024/190038
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-12-25
Publication Date 2024-09-19
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Akatsuka Hiroto
  • Terada Masayuki

Abstract

With a view to addressing the problem of forming appropriate smoothed time-series data items, a data processing system (10) comprises: an acquisition unit (11) that acquires a plurality of time-series data items, each of which is associated with a position and has an attribute different from those of the others; a smoothing unit (12) that performs smoothing on each of the time-series data items acquired by the acquisition unit (11); and a generation unit (13) that generates a new time-series data item by making a negative value contained in a time-series data item smoothed by the smoothing unit (12) into a non-negative one and by taking off, according to the position associated with the time-series data item, a variation due to said non-negativization from a positive value corresponding to the same time in a time-series data item having another attribute.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06Q 50/10 - Services
  • G06Q 10/04 - Forecasting or optimisation specially adapted for administrative or management purposes, e.g. linear programming or "cutting stock problem"
  • G06F 17/17 - Function evaluation by approximation methods, e.g. interpolation or extrapolation, smoothing or least mean square method

62.

COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD

      
Application Number 18263754
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-02-22
First Publication Date 2024-09-19
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yoshioka, Shohei
  • Kumagai, Shinya
  • Kurita, Daisuke
  • Takahashi, Yuki
  • Echigo, Haruhi
  • Hokazono, Yuki
  • Nagata, Satoshi

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, in a case where a certain condition is satisfied, the control unit enables a function of controlling a wireless communication of the second communication device and performing the wireless communication of the second communication device, and autonomously establishes a second connection to the second communication device.

IPC Classes  ?

63.

METHODS OF PARTIAL FREQUENCY SOUNDING WITH SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNALS

      
Application Number 18271596
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-01-19
First Publication Date 2024-09-19
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Rupasinghe, Nadisanka
  • Matsumura, Yuki

Abstract

A wireless communication method includes receiving, via downlink control information (DCI) or higher layer signaling, configuration information including a frequency sounding with Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) configuration; and configuring partial or full frequency sounding with SRS transmission based on the configuration information.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04W 72/21 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network

64.

TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION

      
Application Number 18275552
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-02-01
First Publication Date 2024-09-19
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Matsumura, Yuki
  • Nagata, Satoshi
  • Sun, Weiqi
  • Wang, Jing
  • Chen, Lan

Abstract

A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a control section that determines a sounding reference signal resource indicator (SRI) applied to a first uplink shared channel (Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH)) out of a plurality of PUSCHs and that determines an order of SRIs applied to respective PUSCHs, and a transmitting section that transmits the plurality of PUSCHs. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to appropriately control PUSCH repetition transmission even when multiple TRPs are applied.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04W 72/04 - Wireless resource allocation

65.

ISSUING METHOD AND ISSUING SYSTEM

      
Application Number JP2023009604
Publication Number 2024/189734
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-13
Publication Date 2024-09-19
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Sasagawa Tetsuhiro
  • Kitagawa Keita
  • Iizuka Yosuke
  • Hashimoto Kenji

Abstract

This issuing method issues a profile for connecting a terminal to a mobile communication network, said profile being written in a module mounted on the terminal in a network device of a terminal provider that manufactures the terminal, and comprises: a first output step for outputting, by the module, a first authentication token from an encryption key on the basis of an authentication logic; a second output step for outputting, by the network device, a second authentication token from the encryption key on the basis of the authentication logic; a confirmation step for confirming, by the module, whether or not the first authentication token and the second authentication token are the same, and an issuing step for issuing, by the network device, the profile when it has been confirmed that the first authentication token and the second authentication token are the same.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 9/32 - Arrangements for secret or secure communications; Network security protocols including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system

66.

TERMINAL, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION

      
Application Number JP2023010288
Publication Number 2024/189885
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-16
Publication Date 2024-09-19
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Matsumura, Yuki
  • Shibaike, Naoya
  • Nagata, Satoshi
  • Wang, Jing
  • Chen, Lan

Abstract

A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a reception unit that receives, for a coherent joint transmission (CJR) channel state information (CSI) report, a configuration for one combination among a plurality of combinations of more than one parameter from among a first parameter indicating the number of beams, a second parameter indicating the number of frequency domain basic vectors, a third parameter used in calculating the number of selected CSI-reference signal (RS) ports, and a fourth parameter used in calculating the maximum number of non-zero coefficients; and a control unit that controls the CSI report based on the one combination. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, CSI can be reported appropriately.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04B 7/06 - Diversity systems; Multi-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
  • H04B 7/0417 - Feedback systems
  • H04L 27/26 - Systems using multi-frequency codes

67.

INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2023042953
Publication Number 2024/189997
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-11-30
Publication Date 2024-09-19
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Mimura Tomohiro
  • Ishiguro Shin
  • Koide Eri

Abstract

An information processing device (10) comprises: an acquisition unit (11) that acquires information to be input into an action value function for estimating the value of an action related to a rearrangement of vehicles between a plurality of ports in a shared transportation service whereby the vehicles are shared; and a learning inference unit (12) that implements reinforcement learning with regard to the action value function using the information acquired by the acquisition unit (11) in order to obtain an action value function for selecting an action that will have the highest future action value.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06Q 50/43 - Business processes related to the sharing of vehicles, e.g. car sharing

68.

TERMINAL AND RADIO BASE STATION

      
Application Number 18261359
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-01-15
First Publication Date 2024-09-12
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kurita, Daisuke
  • Harada, Hiroki

Abstract

A terminal receives a message of a radio resource control layer and assumes the number of repetitions per resource or format of a physical uplink control channel based on the received message.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 72/21 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
  • H04L 1/08 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received by repeating transmission, e.g. Verdan system
  • H04W 72/1273 - Mapping of traffic onto schedule, e.g. scheduled allocation or multiplexing of flows of downlink data flows
  • H04W 72/232 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal the control data signalling from the physical layer, e.g. DCI signalling

69.

TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION

      
Application Number 18263988
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-02-02
First Publication Date 2024-09-12
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Matsumura, Yuki
  • Nagata, Satoshi
  • Wang, Jing
  • Chen, Lan

Abstract

Measurement and report of CSI for a multi panel/TRP is appropriately performed. A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives configuration information regarding a resource for first channel measurement related to a resource group for first channel measurement and a resource for second channel measurement related to a resource group for second channel measurement, and a control section that determines whether or not to use the resource for first channel measurement and the resource for second channel measurement for measurement for a plurality of transmission/reception points.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 24/10 - Scheduling measurement reports
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path

70.

TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION

      
Application Number 18272719
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-01-19
First Publication Date 2024-09-12
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Matsumura, Yuki
  • Nagata, Satoshi

Abstract

A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives a first configuration for a control resource set (CORESET) having a plurality of transmission configuration indication (TCI) states, that receives a second configuration for one or more first reference signals for beam failure detection (BFD) or radio link monitoring (RLM), and that receives a medium access control-control element (MAC CE), and a control section that determines, based on the first configuration, the second configuration, and the MAC CE, one or more second reference signals used for the BFD or the RLM, wherein the one or more first reference signals are associated with the plurality of respective TCI states. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to appropriately determine a BFD RS.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 24/04 - Arrangements for maintaining operational condition
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04W 72/231 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal the control data signalling from the layers above the physical layer, e.g. RRC or MAC-CE signalling

71.

TERMINAL, BASE STATION, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD

      
Application Number 18273865
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-01-26
First Publication Date 2024-09-12
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Harada, Hiroki
  • Kurita, Daisuke
  • Okano, Mayuko
  • Nagata, Satoshi
  • Okamura, Masaya
  • Ohara, Tomoya

Abstract

A terminal comprises: a reception unit that receives a reference signal used for a purpose other than a beam failure detection; and a control unit that performs a measurement related to the beam failure detection using the reference signal.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04B 7/06 - Diversity systems; Multi-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station

72.

TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION

      
Application Number 18575028
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-07-02
First Publication Date 2024-09-12
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Matsumura, Yuki
  • Nagata, Satoshi
  • Wang, Jing
  • Chen, Lan

Abstract

A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives information for indicating at least one of a first Transmission Configuration Indication state (TCI) state common to both downlink (DL) and uplink (UL), a second TCI state common to the DL, and a third TCI state common to the UL, the first TCI state, the second TCI state, and the third TCI state being associated with a certain cell that is other than a serving cell and has a physical cell ID different from a physical cell ID of the serving cell, and a control section that applies, to a specific channel for the certain cell, at least one of the first TCI state, the second TCI state, and the third TCI state indicated in the information. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to appropriately perform transmission/reception to/from another cell having a physical cell ID different from a physical cell ID of a serving cell.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 36/00 - Handoff or reselecting arrangements
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path

73.

NETWORK NODE AND CONTROL METHOD

      
Application Number JP2024006994
Publication Number 2024/185573
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-02-27
Publication Date 2024-09-12
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kuroiwa, Fumito
  • Suzuki, Yuji

Abstract

This network node comprises: a receiving unit that receives, from a source edge enabler server (EES), an edge application server (EAS) discovery request including a service indicator pertaining to communication service quality; a control unit that determines a target EAS candidate on the basis of the service indicator; and a transmission unit that transmits an EAS discovery response including the candidate to the source EES.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 28/084 - Load balancing or load distribution among edge computing entities, e.g. multi-access edge computing
  • H04W 28/24 - Negotiating SLA [Service Level Agreement]; Negotiating QoS [Quality of Service]
  • H04W 88/18 - Service support devices; Network management devices

74.

TERMINAL, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION

      
Application Number JP2024007498
Publication Number 2024/185636
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-02-29
Publication Date 2024-09-12
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Matsumura, Yuki
  • Nagata, Satoshi

Abstract

A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure comprises: a reception unit for receiving downlink control information that schedules a downlink signal; and a control unit which, if the downlink control information does not include a field indicating the number and/or the order of instruction transmission configuration indication (TCI) states to be applied, determines one or a plurality of instruction TCI states to be applied to reception of the downlink signal on the basis of at least one of a specific condition, a specific higher-layer signaling configuration, and a specific capability information report. According to the one aspect of the present disclosure, TCI states can be appropriately applied.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 72/232 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal the control data signalling from the physical layer, e.g. DCI signalling
  • H04W 16/28 - Cell structures using beam steering
  • H04W 72/231 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal the control data signalling from the layers above the physical layer, e.g. RRC or MAC-CE signalling

75.

TEXT GENERATION MODEL GENERATING DEVICE, TEXT GENERATION MODEL, AND TEXT GENERATING DEVICE

      
Application Number 18252140
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-10-20
First Publication Date 2024-09-12
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Matsuoka, Hosei

Abstract

A text generation model generating device is a device generating a text generation model generating output text of a second language in accordance with input of input text of a first language and includes: an encoder input unit configured to input first data composing input text to an encoder; a decoder input unit configured to input a context used for designating conditions for output text, a start symbol, and second data composing output text to a decoder; an update unit configured to update weighting coefficients configuring the encoder and the decoder on the basis of an error for each word between an array of words output from the decoder in a later stage after input of the start symbol and an array of words included in the second data; and a model output unit configured to output the text generation model in which the weighting coefficients are updated.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 40/58 - Use of machine translation, e.g. for multi-lingual retrieval, for server-side translation for client devices or for real-time translation

76.

TERMINAL, BASE STATION, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD

      
Application Number 18273869
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-01-26
First Publication Date 2024-09-12
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Harada, Hiroki
  • Kurita, Daisuke
  • Okano, Mayuko
  • Nagata, Satoshi
  • Okamura, Masaya
  • Ohara, Tomoya

Abstract

A terminal comprises: a reception unit that receives a reference signal used for a purpose other than a measurement related to a reception quality in a physical layer; and a control unit that performs the measurement related to the reception quality in the physical layer using the reference signal.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04B 7/06 - Diversity systems; Multi-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
  • H04W 24/10 - Scheduling measurement reports

77.

TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION METHOD

      
Application Number 18547588
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-04-05
First Publication Date 2024-09-12
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Okamura, Masaya
  • Ohara, Tomoya
  • Harada, Hiroki

Abstract

A terminal includes: a reception unit configured to receive information indicating an expected angle of UL-AoA (Uplink Angle of Arrival) from a base station; a control unit configured to determine a beam to be applied to UL-PRS (Positioning Reference Signal), based on the information indicating the expected angle of UL-AoA; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the UL-PRS by applying the determined beam.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04B 7/06 - Diversity systems; Multi-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
  • H04B 17/318 - Received signal strength
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path

78.

TERMINAL, BASE STATION AND COMMUNICATION METHOD

      
Application Number 18569854
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-08-02
First Publication Date 2024-09-12
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Shibaike, Naoya
  • Harada, Hiroki
  • Nagata, Satoshi
  • Pi, Qiping

Abstract

A terminal includes: a reception unit configured to receive: a block including a synchronization signal and a broadcast channel; a control channel carrying control information; and a shared channel carrying system information, based on the control information; and a control unit configured to perform an initial access, based on the system information. The block is arranged in all of consecutive slots in a period in a case where a subcarrier spacing is applied in a frequency band.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04W 48/10 - Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery using broadcasted information
  • H04W 72/232 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal the control data signalling from the physical layer, e.g. DCI signalling

79.

TERMINAL, NETWORK NODE DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD

      
Application Number JP2023008042
Publication Number 2024/184956
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-03
Publication Date 2024-09-12
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yamauchi, Kenta
  • Minokuchi, Atsushi

Abstract

Provided is a terminal comprising a reception unit which receives a second terminal device identification number from another terminal and a transmission unit which transmits, in a registration procedure, a first terminal device identification number and the second terminal device identification number to a network node device.

IPC Classes  ?

80.

TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION METHOD

      
Application Number JP2023007152
Publication Number 2024/180635
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-02-27
Publication Date 2024-09-06
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Okano, Mayuko
  • Kumagai, Shinya
  • Harada, Hiroki

Abstract

A terminal comprising a control unit that sets a shared uplink control channel before a dedicated uplink control channel is set, and a transmission unit that transmits the shared uplink control channel to a base station. The control unit determines whether to generate one sequence or two sequences for the shared uplink control channel when intra-slot frequency hopping is not applied.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 72/21 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
  • H04W 72/0457 - Variable allocation of band or rate

81.

BASE STATION

      
Application Number JP2024006524
Publication Number 2024/181301
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-02-22
Publication Date 2024-09-06
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kurita Daisuke
  • Harada Hiroki
  • Pi Qiping
  • Wang Jing
  • Chen Lan

Abstract

Provided is a base station that can transmit information related to appropriate measurement resources/settings in accordance with the period of CLI measurement when measuring CLI. The base station comprises: a transmission unit that transmits information related to measurement resources/settings for measuring crosslink interference to another base station in a duplexing method that can use a plurality of subbands constituting a time division duplexing band; and a control unit that selects the information on the basis of the period at which the other base station measures the crosslink interference.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 92/20 - Interfaces between hierarchically similar devices between access points
  • H04W 24/10 - Scheduling measurement reports
  • H04W 72/0446 - Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
  • H04W 72/0453 - Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA
  • H04W 72/23 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal

82.

TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION METHOD

      
Application Number JP2024006618
Publication Number 2024/181321
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-02-22
Publication Date 2024-09-06
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Takahashi, Yuki
  • Nagata, Satoshi
  • Pi, Qiping
  • Wang, Jing
  • Chen, Lan

Abstract

This terminal comprises: a control unit that allocates, to a plurality of transmission occasions for configured grant uplink signals in one period, different blocks of the uplink signals; and a transmission unit that transmits the blocks. The control unit determines different process numbers for confirmation response signals of received signals with respect to the respective transmission occasions.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 1/1822 - Automatic repetition systems, e.g. Van Duuren systems involving configuration of automatic repeat request [ARQ] with parallel processes
  • H04L 1/08 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received by repeating transmission, e.g. Verdan system
  • H04L 27/26 - Systems using multi-frequency codes
  • H04W 28/04 - Error control
  • H04W 72/0446 - Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
  • H04W 72/1268 - Mapping of traffic onto schedule, e.g. scheduled allocation or multiplexing of flows of uplink data flows

83.

TERMINAL, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION

      
Application Number JP2024006756
Publication Number 2024/181349
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-02-26
Publication Date 2024-09-06
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Matsumura, Yuki
  • Nagata, Satoshi
  • Sun, Weiqi
  • Wang, Jing
  • Chen, Lan

Abstract

The terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure comprises: a reception unit for receiving at least one of first downlink control information (DCI) and second DCI respectively associated with two control resource set pool indexes; and a control unit which, if setting of different parameters is supported with respect to two sounding reference signal (SRS) resource sets respectively associated with the two control resource set pool indexes, determines the size of a predetermined field of the first DCI and the second DCI on the basis of a parameter corresponding to the SRS resource set associated with one control resource set pool index, or parameters corresponding to the SRS resource sets respectively associated with the two control resource set pool indexes.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 72/1268 - Mapping of traffic onto schedule, e.g. scheduled allocation or multiplexing of flows of uplink data flows
  • H04W 16/28 - Cell structures using beam steering
  • H04W 72/232 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal the control data signalling from the physical layer, e.g. DCI signalling

84.

TERMINAL, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION

      
Application Number JP2024006757
Publication Number 2024/181350
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-02-26
Publication Date 2024-09-06
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Matsumura, Yuki
  • Nagata, Satoshi
  • Sun, Weiqi
  • Wang, Jing
  • Chen, Lan

Abstract

A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure comprises: a reception unit that, when application of a first transmission form and a second transmission form or switching therebetween is supported, receives information pertaining to a transmission form; and a control unit that, on the basis of a parameter corresponding to a sounding reference signal (SRS) resource set which is associated with the transmission form, determines the size of effective bits of each transmission form in a prescribed field of downlink control information (DCI) that schedules UL transmission.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 72/1268 - Mapping of traffic onto schedule, e.g. scheduled allocation or multiplexing of flows of uplink data flows
  • H04W 16/28 - Cell structures using beam steering
  • H04W 72/232 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal the control data signalling from the physical layer, e.g. DCI signalling

85.

TERMINAL, BASE STATION, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD

      
Application Number JP2024006771
Publication Number 2024/181352
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-02-26
Publication Date 2024-09-06
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nakamura, Takuma
  • Takeda, Daiki

Abstract

This terminal includes: a control unit that executes setting pertaining to the switching of an operation for monitoring an ultra-low-power wake-up signal; and a reception unit that, on the basis of the setting, monitors and receives the ultra-low-power wake-up signal.

IPC Classes  ?

86.

TERMINAL, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION

      
Application Number JP2024006837
Publication Number 2024/181364
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-02-26
Publication Date 2024-09-06
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Matsumura, Yuki
  • Nagata, Satoshi
  • Sun, Weiqi
  • Wang, Jing
  • Chen, Lan

Abstract

A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure comprises: a reception unit that receives cell switch instruction information for intra-cell or inter-cell mobility supporting a plurality of transmission reception points (TRP); and a control unit that determines a timing advance (TA) to be applied to UL transmission, on the basis of the cell switch instruction information. The control unit determines a reference cell or a reference TRP for deriving the TA on the basis of whether a TRP of a specific cell is included in the timing advance group (TAG).

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 56/00 - Synchronisation arrangements
  • H04W 28/16 - Central resource management; Negotiation of resources or communication parameters, e.g. negotiating bandwidth or QoS [Quality of Service]
  • H04W 76/15 - Setup of multiple wireless link connections

87.

TERMINAL, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION

      
Application Number JP2024006935
Publication Number 2024/181396
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-02-27
Publication Date 2024-09-06
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Shibaike, Naoya
  • Matsumura, Yuki
  • Nagata, Satoshi
  • Pi, Qiping
  • Wang, Jing
  • Chen, Lan

Abstract

A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure comprises: a reception unit that receives a configuration of one or more first reference signal received power (RSRP) threshold values; and a control unit that selects a first reference signal for determining resources for a plurality of physical random access channel (PRACH) transmissions, from among the plurality of reference signals, on the basis of the one or more first RSRP threshold values and a plurality of RSRPs that are each based on a plurality of reference signals.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 72/1268 - Mapping of traffic onto schedule, e.g. scheduled allocation or multiplexing of flows of uplink data flows
  • H04W 72/542 - Allocation or scheduling criteria for wireless resources based on quality criteria using measured or perceived quality
  • H04W 74/0833 - Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access

88.

TERMINAL, BASE STATION, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD

      
Application Number JP2024007247
Publication Number 2024/181487
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-02-28
Publication Date 2024-09-06
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Takeda, Daiki
  • Nakamura, Takuma

Abstract

This terminal comprises: a control unit that causes transition from an ultra low-power state to a non-ultra low-power state at predetermined periods; and a reception unit that receives, in the non-ultra low-power state and from a base station, an instruction for causing transition from the ultra low-power state to the non-ultra low-power state, or an instruction concerning the configuration of a low-power wake-up signal.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 52/02 - Power saving arrangements
  • H04W 52/28 - TPC being performed according to specific parameters using user profile, e.g. mobile speed, priority or network state, e.g. standby, idle or non-transmission
  • H04W 72/51 - Allocation or scheduling criteria for wireless resources based on terminal or device properties

89.

TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION METHOD

      
Application Number JP2024007601
Publication Number 2024/181543
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-02-29
Publication Date 2024-09-06
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Takahashi, Yuki
  • Nagata, Satoshi

Abstract

This terminal includes: a receiving unit that receives first control information pertaining to an intermittent transmission function by which a base station enables or disables a transmission unit, and pertaining to an intermittent reception function by which the base station enables or disables a reception unit; a control unit that assumes that the base station executes the intermittent transmission function and the intermittent reception function, on the basis of the first control information; and a communication unit that performs transmission to and reception from the base station on the basis of the assumed intermittent transmission function and intermittent reception function. The receiving unit receives second control information pertaining to at least one of compatibility with a power region and control information pertaining to compatibility with a spatial region. On the basis of the control information, the control unit executes spatial region compatibility and/or power region compatibility.

IPC Classes  ?

90.

METHOD AND MANAGEMENT COMPONENTS FOR TESTING VIRTUALIZED COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS

      
Application Number EP2024053166
Publication Number 2024/179797
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-02-08
Publication Date 2024-09-06
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Katsalis, Kostas
  • Triay Marques, Joan
  • Taniguchi, Kosuke
  • Kuno, Yuya

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a test management component of a communication system is provided comprising a test input interface configured to receive a request for a test to be performed in the communication system and a specification of the test, a processing unit configured to determine, according to the specification of the test, a plurality of communication network components of the communication system which need to be involved in the test to perform the test, for each communication network component a respective test controller which is able to manage the communication network component with respect to testing and for each determined test controller a specification of a sub-test to be performed by the test controller and a test control interface configured to send, for each determined test controller, the determined specification of the sub-test to be performed by the test controller to the test controller.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 43/50 - Testing arrangements
  • H04L 43/55 - Testing of service level quality, e.g. simulating service usage
  • H04L 41/044 - Network management architectures or arrangements comprising hierarchical management structures
  • H04L 41/0853 - Retrieval of network configuration; Tracking network configuration history by actively collecting configuration information or by backing up configuration information
  • H04L 41/0894 - Policy-based network configuration management
  • H04L 41/0895 - Configuration of virtualised networks or elements, e.g. virtualised network function or OpenFlow elements
  • H04L 41/14 - Network analysis or design
  • H04L 41/147 - Network analysis or design for predicting network behaviour
  • H04L 41/40 - Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks using virtualisation of network functions or resources, e.g. SDN or NFV entities
  • H04L 43/0805 - Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters by checking availability
  • H04L 43/0811 - Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters by checking availability by checking connectivity
  • H04L 43/0817 - Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters by checking availability by checking functioning
  • H04L 43/20 - Arrangements for monitoring or testing data switching networks the monitoring system or the monitored elements being virtualised, abstracted or software-defined entities, e.g. SDN or NFV

91.

BASE STATION

      
Application Number JP2023042916
Publication Number 2024/180836
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-11-30
Publication Date 2024-09-06
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yoshioka Shohei
  • Nagata Satoshi
  • You Luhua
  • Wang Jing

Abstract

Provided is a base station which can decrease notifications for determining a maintenance time duration which varies due to parameters relating to an NTN. The base station comprises: a control part that configures a time duration during which an update, which is for a transmission timing from a terminal through an uplink and which causes phase discontinuity, is not executed; and a transmission part that notifies the time duration. The control part configures the time duration for each unit of parameters relating to an NTN.

IPC Classes  ?

92.

INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2023042980
Publication Number 2024/180837
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-11-30
Publication Date 2024-09-06
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yoshikawa Yukiko
  • Katsumata Yuki

Abstract

An information processing device (10) comprises a selection unit (12) that, in an environment in which there are a first-type user group including a plurality of first-type users who have provided first attribute information (attribute information Xd) for periodic service use and have also provided second attribute information (attribute information Xa) lower in detail level than the first attribute information in association with use of individual applications and a second-type user group including a plurality of second-type users who have provided only the second attribute information, selects the first attribute information of the first-type users serving as a basis for estimating the first attribute information of a target user who is a target second-type user, in accordance with a prescribed condition on the basis of the first attribute information provided from the first-type users and the second attribute information provided from the first-type users and the second-type users.

IPC Classes  ?

93.

TERMINAL, BASE STATION, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD

      
Application Number JP2024000238
Publication Number 2024/180915
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-01-10
Publication Date 2024-09-06
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Okano, Mayuko
  • Harada, Hiroki

Abstract

This terminal comprises: a reception unit that receives, from a base station, control information that includes first scheduling information regarding downlink data and second scheduling information regarding downlink data by a multi-carrier; and a control unit that sets a cell set used in the uplink, on the basis of the first scheduling information, and sets a cell set used in the downlink, on the basis of the second scheduling information.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 72/232 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal the control data signalling from the physical layer, e.g. DCI signalling
  • H04W 48/16 - Discovering; Processing access restriction or access information
  • H04W 72/0453 - Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA
  • H04W 72/0457 - Variable allocation of band or rate

94.

TERMINAL, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION

      
Application Number JP2024006752
Publication Number 2024/181346
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-02-26
Publication Date 2024-09-06
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Matsumura, Yuki
  • Nagata, Satoshi

Abstract

A terminal according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: a control unit that, when the offset between the reception of downlink control information for scheduling a downlink signal and the reception of the downlink signal is less than a specified threshold, controls buffers of the downlink signal using one or more indicated transmission configuration indication (TCI) states, on the basis of a report of capability information relating to the number of buffers of the downlink signal and/or a configuration relating to the number of buffers; and a reception unit that performs processing for receiving the downlink signal by using the one or more indicated TCI states. According to the one embodiment of the present disclosure, TCI states can be appropriately applied.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 16/28 - Cell structures using beam steering
  • H04W 72/231 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal the control data signalling from the layers above the physical layer, e.g. RRC or MAC-CE signalling
  • H04W 72/232 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal the control data signalling from the physical layer, e.g. DCI signalling

95.

TERMINAL, BASE STATION, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD

      
Application Number JP2024006794
Publication Number 2024/181353
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-02-26
Publication Date 2024-09-06
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nakamura, Takuma
  • Takeda, Daiki

Abstract

This terminal includes: a transmission unit that transmits, to a base station, capability information pertaining to the transmission and reception of an ultra-low-power wake-up signal; a control unit that, on the basis of the capability information, executes setting pertaining to reception of the ultra-low-power wake-up signal; and a reception unit that receives the ultra-low-power wake-up signal from the base station.

IPC Classes  ?

96.

TERMINAL, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION

      
Application Number JP2024006831
Publication Number 2024/181361
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-02-26
Publication Date 2024-09-06
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Matsumura, Yuki
  • Nagata, Satoshi
  • Wang, Jing
  • Chen, Lan

Abstract

The present invention properly controls UL transmissions with more than 4 antenna ports. A terminal according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: a reception unit that receives setting information for configured grant transmission for a rank greater than four; and a transmission unit that performs the configured grant transmission on the basis of the setting information.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 72/115 - Grant-free or autonomous transmission
  • H04W 16/28 - Cell structures using beam steering
  • H04W 72/1268 - Mapping of traffic onto schedule, e.g. scheduled allocation or multiplexing of flows of uplink data flows
  • H04W 72/232 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal the control data signalling from the physical layer, e.g. DCI signalling

97.

TERMINAL, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION

      
Application Number JP2024006832
Publication Number 2024/181362
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-02-26
Publication Date 2024-09-06
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Matsumura, Yuki
  • Nagata, Satoshi
  • Wang, Jing
  • Chen, Lan

Abstract

The present invention properly controls UL transmissions with more than 4 antenna ports. The terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure comprises: a reception unit for receiving configuration information for a configured grant transmission relating to a rank greater than 4; and a control unit for controlling transmission of configured grant uplink control information during the configured grant transmission on the basis of the configuration information.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 72/21 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
  • H04W 16/28 - Cell structures using beam steering
  • H04W 72/115 - Grant-free or autonomous transmission

98.

TERMINAL, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION

      
Application Number JP2024006836
Publication Number 2024/181363
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-02-26
Publication Date 2024-09-06
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Matsumura, Yuki
  • Nagata, Satoshi
  • Sun, Weiqi
  • Wang, Jing
  • Chen, Lan

Abstract

The terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure comprises: a reception unit for receiving cell switch instruction information concerning inter-cell mobility; and a control unit for determining a timing advance (TA) to be applied to UL transmission on the basis of the cell switch instruction information. The control unit determines a reference cell for deriving the TA on the basis of whether a candidate cell is included in a timing advance group (TAG).

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 56/00 - Synchronisation arrangements
  • H04W 28/16 - Central resource management; Negotiation of resources or communication parameters, e.g. negotiating bandwidth or QoS [Quality of Service]
  • H04W 36/08 - Reselecting an access point
  • H04W 72/23 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal

99.

TERMINAL, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION

      
Application Number JP2024006934
Publication Number 2024/181395
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-02-27
Publication Date 2024-09-06
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Matsumura, Yuki
  • Nagata, Satoshi
  • Wang, Jing
  • Chen, Lan

Abstract

The present invention enables communication to be performed appropriately even when a cell switch is performed. The terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure comprises: a reception unit for receiving a Medium Access Control Control Element (MAC CE) pertaining to a cell switch; and a control unit for controlling the application of a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state for a specific cell on the basis of information included in the MAC CE. The MAC CE includes information pertaining to a TCI state pool of a serving cell or a candidate cell.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04B 7/08 - Diversity systems; Multi-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the receiving station
  • H04B 7/06 - Diversity systems; Multi-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
  • H04W 16/28 - Cell structures using beam steering
  • H04W 72/231 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal the control data signalling from the layers above the physical layer, e.g. RRC or MAC-CE signalling

100.

TERMINAL, BASE STATION, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD

      
Application Number JP2024006993
Publication Number 2024/181417
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-02-27
Publication Date 2024-09-06
Owner NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kurita Daisuke
  • Harada Hiroki
  • Pi Qiping
  • Wang Jing
  • Chen Lan

Abstract

This terminal comprises: a transmission and reception unit that transmits and receives a channel or signal including at least one of a first symbol of a time-frequency division duplex operation in the same slot or a second symbol of a non-time-frequency division duplex operation in the same slot; and a control unit that assumes that there is no scheduling or setting by a channel or signal that spans the first symbol and the second symbol.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 72/1263 - Mapping of traffic onto schedule, e.g. scheduled allocation or multiplexing of flows
  • H04W 72/0446 - Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
  • H04W 72/0453 - Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA
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