CTFR 17/808,948 CTFR 100365 DETAILED ACTION Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status 07-03-aia AIA 15-10-aia The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA. This Office Action is in response to the Applicant Arguments/REMARKS correspondence filed on 01/26/2026. Claims 1-30 are pending and rejected. Response to Arguments Applicant’s arguments, see Applicant Arguments/REMARKS, filed 01/26/2026, with respect to the rejections of claims 1-30 under 35 USC 103 have been fully considered and are persuasive. Therefore, the rejection has been withdrawn. However, upon further consideration, a new grounds of rejection is made in view of further search and inquiry. Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103 07-06 AIA 15-10-15 In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis (i.e., changing from AIA to pre-AIA) for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status. 07-20-aia AIA The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action: A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed invention is not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102, if the differences between the claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains. Patentability shall not be negated by the manner in which the invention was made. 07-23-aia AIA The factual inquiries for establishing a background for determining obviousness under 35 U.S.C. 103 are summarized as follows: 1. Determining the scope and contents of the prior art. 2. Ascertaining the differences between the prior art and the claims at issue. 3. Resolving the level of ordinary skill in the pertinent art. 4. Considering objective evidence present in the application indicating obviousness or nonobviousness. 07-21-aia AIA Claims 1-3 0 are rej ected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Hil l et al (US 2022/0393748 A1) in view of O-RAN Alliance (O-RAN.WG4.CUS.0-v03.00 Published 13 March 2020) in further view of Hu et al (US20220322400A1). Reg arding Claim 1 (amended), Hill discloses A first network node for wireless communication, comprising: one or more memories (see Fig. 4 Item 8013) and one or more processors, coupled to the one or more memories (see Fig. 4 Item 8011) and an indication of the activity statuses of the beams for the frequency resource range, the indication of the activity statuses of the beams including an indication of a first set of beams that are active and an indication of a second set of beams that are inactive (see Fig.12 Item 3054, [0192] recites a control message including a beam activation bitmap). Hill fails to disclose but O-RAN discloses provide, to a second network node, a section extension message that includes an indication of a configuration of a beam group type that supports indications of activity statuses of beams and non-contiguous spatial resources for a frequency resource range (see Table 5-32 and Table 5-33 & 5.5.3, defining configuration messages for various beam group types, each layer can correspond to a spatial resource, and sending one message per layer discloses independent configuration, representative eAxC ID discloses contiguity in spatial domain, per layer C-plane messaging –one message per layer/layer index allows for arbitrary (non-contiguous) spatial assignment, beamforming weight configuration flexibility—beam weights per PRB; beamforming or layer-based configuration is done per-layer or per-resource). It would have therefore been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify Hill with the message definitions of O-RAN. The motivation for doing so would be to provide complete and optimized beam information between network nodes. But Hill and O-RAN fail to disclose but Hu teaches and an indication of an allocation of frequency resources and spatial resources for the frequency resource range ([0008], [0016]-[0017], [0023], [0028], [0147], discloses first indication information and PDCCH/DCI signaling that identify a first frequency domain resource, including a subset or proper subset of a BWP, and schedule a PDSCH within that indicated frequency-domain range; further discloses that non-fallback DCI may include antenna-port information and a transmission configuration indicator, thereby indicating spatial resources for the scheduled transmission; accordingly the first indication information/DCI collectively teaches an indication of an allocation of frequency resources and spatial resources for the frequency resource range)) , wherein the allocation includes a first subset of the frequency resources for transmission via a beam port of the spatial resources and a gap in which a second subset of the frequency resources of the beam port are not allocated ([0008], [0016]-[0017], [0023], [0028], [0118]-[0124], [0133]-[0134], [0137]-[0142], [0147], discloses first indication information and PDCCH/DCI signaling that indicate a first frequency domain resource, where the first frequency domain resource may be a subset of a BWP, and the PDSCH is scheduled within that frequency-domain range; further teaches that non-fallback DCI may include antenna-port information and a transmission configuration indicator, thereby indicating spatial resources for the scheduled transmission; also discloses an example in which only middle RBs are set to 0/invalidated or carry no information (gap or second subset of frequency resource not allocated for the indicated transmission). It would have therefore been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify Hill with the message definitions of O-RAN, further modified by the indication of activity statuses of the beams and indication frequency and spatial resource allocation which includes a gap where there is no allocation. The motivation for doing so is to enable efficient, flexible, and dynamic fronthaul resource signaling in a multi-beam, multi-point radio unit (RU) architecture – where the DU (distribution unit) needs to tell the RU which beams are active, which are idle, and how frequency/spatial resources are mapped, without transmitting redundant data or power on unused beams or frequencies. Regarding Claim 2 , Hill discloses the first network node, wherein the first network node comprises a distributed unit (see Fig. 12 Item 140, [0092] recites the location server node which may or may not be co-located with the BS) and wherein the second network node comprises a radio unit (see Fig. 12 Item 192, [0089] recites as a base station). Regarding Claim 3 , Hill does not disclose, but O-Ran discloses The first network node, wherein one or more first beams of the beams are associated with a first user equipment (UE) (see Table 8-2, Beamforming category recites “UE-specific BF”) and wherein one or more second beams of the beams are associated with a second UE (see Table 8-2, Beamforming category recites “UE-specific BF”). It would have therefore been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify Hill with the UE-specific beam association of O-RAN. The motivation for doing so would be to allow for optimized beamforming based on UE requirements. Regarding Claim 4 , .Hill discloses the first network node, wherein the indication of the activity statuses comprises a bitmap (see Fig 18, [0192] recites including an activation bitmap as a control message information element) and wherein bits of the bitmap indicate activity statuses of the beams of the frequency resource range (see Fig, 18, [0192] recites mapping “1” to indicate active beams and “0” to indicate deactivated beams). Regarding Claim 5 , Hill does not disclose but O-RAN discloses the first network node, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: provide an indication of a length of the indication of the activity statuses of the beams for the frequency resource range (see Tables 5-32, 5-33 and 5-35 as examples showing that control messages include a length field) It would have therefore been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify Hill with the message structure of O-RAN. The motivation for doing so would be to manage the proper reception of the message. Regarding Claim 6 , Hill discloses The first network node of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: provide an indication that the indication of the activity statuses is associated with the beam group type (see Fig. 18 Item 3054, [0192] recites use of a bitmap to indicate activation status). Regarding Claim 7 , Hill discloses The first network node, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: provide an indication of an allocation of frequency resources and spatial resources for the frequency resource range (see Fig. 18 Item 3054, [0192] recites a control command that may include allocation of time, frequency and special resources), wherein the allocation of the frequency resources and spatial resources of for the frequency resource range is based at least in part on the activity statuses of the beams (see fig. 18, [0192].recites a control command that may include allocation and activation status of time, frequency and special resources). Regarding Claim 8 , Hill fails to disclose, but ORAN discloses the first network node, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: receive an indication that the second network node supports the configuration of the beam group type (see Table 5-32 and Table 5-33, which define configuration messages for various beam group types). It would have therefore been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify Hill with the message definitions of O-RAN. The motivation for doing so would be to provide complete and optimized beam information between network nodes. Regarding Claim 9 , Hill fails to disclose but O-RAN discloses the first network node, wherein the configuration of the beam group type is associated with a first number of bits to indicate an allocation of frequency resources and spatial resources for the frequency resource range (see Section 5.4.7.11 Table 5-35 “bfwCompParam (for PRB bundle 0)”), wherein an additional configuration of an additional beam group type is associated with a second number of bits to indicate the allocation of frequency resources and the spatial resources for the frequency resource range (see Section 5.4.7.11 Table 5-35 “bfwCompParam (for PRB bundle 1)”), and wherein the first number of bits is less than the second number of bits based at least in part on the spatial resources being the non-contiguous spatial resources (see Section 5.5.4 which recites use of Section Extension=11 to reduce overhead by combining multiple beamforming definitions into a single message, reducing overhead). It would have therefore been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify Hill with the message definitions of O-RAN. The motivation for doing so would be to reduce messaging overhead between network nodes. Regarding Claim 10 , Hill fails to disclose but O-RAN discloses the first network node, wherein the configuration of the beam group type is associated with using a single message to indicate an allocation of the non- contiguous spatial resources for a subset of the frequency resource range (see Section 5.5.4 which recites use of Section Extension=11 to reduce overhead by combining multiple beamforming definitions into a single message, reducing overhead). It would have therefore been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify Hill with the message definitions of O-RAN. The motivation for doing so would be to reduce messaging overhead between network nodes. Regarding Claim 11 , Hill fails to disclose but O-RAN discloses the first network node, wherein the one or more processors, to provide the indication of the activity statuses of the beams for the frequency resource range, are configured to: provide a section extension message (see section 5.5, which recites the use of Section Extension messages for optimization of messaging overhead). It would have therefore been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify Hill with the message definitions of O-RAN. The motivation for doing so would be to reduce messaging overhead between network nodes. Regarding Claim 12 , Hill discloses A first network node for wireless communication, comprising: one or more memories (see Fig. 4 Item 8013), and one or more processors, coupled to one or more memories (see Fig. 4 Item 8011), and an indication of the activity statuses of the beams for the frequency resource range, the indication of the activity statuses of the beams including an indication of a first set of beams that are active and an indication of a second set of beams that are inactive (see Fig.12 Item 3054, [0192] recites a control message including a beam activation bitmap). Hill fails to disclose but O-RAN discloses configured to: receive, from a second network node, a section extension message that includes an indication of a configuration of a beam group type that supports indications of activity statuses of beams and non-contiguous spatial resources of beams for a frequency resource range (see Table 5-32 and Table 5-33 & 5.5.3, defining configuration messages for various beam group types, each layer can correspond to a spatial resource, and sending one message per layer discloses independent configuration, representative eAxC ID discloses contiguity in spatial domain, per layer C-plane messaging –one message per layer/layer index allows for arbitrary (non-contiguous) spatial assignment, beamforming weight configuration flexibility—beam weights per PRB; beamforming or layer-based configuration is done per-layer or per-resource). It would have therefore been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify Hill with the message definitions of O-RAN. The motivation for doing so would be to provide complete and optimized beam information between network nodes. But Hill and O-RAN fail to disclose but Hu teaches and an indication of an allocation of frequency resources and spatial resources for the frequency resource range ([0008], [0016]-[0017], [0023], [0028], [0147], discloses first indication information and PDCCH/DCI signaling that identify a first frequency domain resource, including a subset or proper subset of a BWP, and schedule a PDSCH within that indicated frequency-domain range; further discloses that non-fallback DCI may include antenna-port information and a transmission configuration indicator, thereby indicating spatial resources for the scheduled transmission; accordingly the first indication information/DCI collectively teaches an indication of an allocation of frequency resources and spatial resources for the frequency resource range)) , wherein the allocation includes a first subset of the frequency resources for transmission via a beam port of the spatial resources and a gap in which a second subset of the frequency resources of the beam port are not allocated ([0008], [0016]-[0017], [0023], [0028], [0118]-[0124], [0133]-[0134], [0137]-[0142], [0147], discloses first indication information and PDCCH/DCI signaling that indicate a first frequency domain resource, where the first frequency domain resource may be a subset of a BWP, and the PDSCH is scheduled within that frequency-domain range; further teaches that non-fallback DCI may include antenna-port information and a transmission configuration indicator, thereby indicating spatial resources for the scheduled transmission; also discloses an example in which only middle RBs are set to 0/invalidated or carry no information (gap or second subset of frequency resource not allocated for the indicated transmission). It would have therefore been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify Hill with the message definitions of O-RAN, further modified by the indication of activity statuses of the beams and indication frequency and spatial resource allocation which includes a gap where there is no allocation. The motivation for doing so is to enable efficient, flexible, and dynamic fronthaul resource signaling in a multi-beam, multi-point radio unit (RU) architecture – where the DU (distribution unit) needs to tell the RU which beams are active, which are idle, and how frequency/spatial resources are mapped, without transmitting redundant data or power on unused beams or frequencies. Regarding Claim 13 , Hill discloses the first network node, wherein the second network node comprises a distributed unit (see Fig. 12 Item 140, [0092] recites the location server node which may or may not be co-located with the BS) and wherein the first network node comprises a radio unit (see Fig.12 Item 192, [0089] recites as a base station). Regarding Claim 14 , Hill does not disclose, but O-Ran discloses the first network node, wherein one or more first beams of the beams are associated with a first user equipment (UE) (see Table 8-2, Beamforming category recites “UE-specific BF”) and wherein one or more second beams of the beams are associated with a second UE (see Table 8-2, Beamforming category recites “UE-specific BF”). It would have therefore been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify Hill with the UE-specific beam association of O-RAN. The motivation for doing so would be to allow for optimized beamforming based on UE requirements. Regarding Claim 15 , Hill discloses the first network node, wherein the indication of the activity statuses comprises a bitmap (see Fig 18, [0192] recites including an activation bitmap as a control message information element) and wherein bits of the bitmap indicate activity statuses of the beams of the frequency resource range (see Fig, 18, [0192] recites mapping “1” to indicate active beams and “0” to indicate deactivated beams). Regarding Claim 16 , Hill does not disclose but O-RAN discloses the first network node, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: receive an indication of a length of the indication of the activity statuses of the beams for the frequency resource range (see Tables 5-32, 5-33 and 5-35 as examples showing that control messages include a length field). It would have therefore been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify Hill with the message structure of O-RAN. The motivation for doing so would be to manage the proper receipt of the message. Regarding Claim 17 , Hill discloses the first network node, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: receive an indication that the indication of the activity statuses is associated with the beam group type (see Fig. 18, [0192] recites use of a bitmap to indicate activation status). Regarding Claim 18 , Hill discloses the first network node, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: receive an indication of an allocation of frequency resources and spatial resources for the frequency resource range (see Fig. 18 Item 3054, [0192] recites a control command that may include allocation of time, frequency and special resources) wherein the allocation of the frequency resources and spatial resources of for the frequency resource range is based at least in part on the activity statuses of the beams (see Fig. 18 Item 3054, [0192] recites a control command that may include allocation of time, frequency and special resources). Regarding Claim 19 , Hill fails to disclose, but ORAN discloses the first network node, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: provide an indication that the first network node supports a configuration of the beam group type . (see Table 5-32 and Table 5-33, which define configuration messages for various beam group types). It would have therefore been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify Hill with the message definitions of O-RAN. The motivation for doing so would be to provide complete and optimized beam information between network nodes. Regarding Claim 20 , Hill fails to disclose but O-RAN discloses the first network node, wherein a configuration of the beam group type is associated with a first number of bits to indicate an allocation of frequency resources and spatial resources for the frequency resource range (see Section 5.4.7.11 Table 5-35 “bfwCompParam (for PRB bundle 0)”) wherein an additional configuration of an additional beam group type is associated with a second number of bits to indicate the allocation of frequency resources and the spatial resources for the frequency resource range (see Section 5.4.7.11 Table 5-35 “bfwCompParam (for PRB bundle 1)”) and wherein the first number of bits is less than the second number of bits based at least in part on the spatial resources being the non-contiguous spatial resources . (see Section 5.5.4 which recites use of Section Extension=11 to reduce overhead by combining multiple beamforming definitions into a single message, reducing overhead). It would have therefore been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify Hill with the message definitions of O-RAN. The motivation for doing so would be to reduce messaging overhead between network nodes. Regarding Claim 21 , Hill fails to disclose but O-RAN discloses the first network node, wherein a configuration of the beam group type is associated with using a single message to indicate an allocation of the non- contiguous spatial resources for a subset of the frequency resource range (see Section 5.5.4 which recites use of Section Extension=11 to reduce overhead by combining multiple beamforming definitions into a single message, reducing overhead). It would have therefore been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify Hill with the message definitions of O-RAN. The motivation for doing so would be to reduce messaging overhead between network nodes. Regarding Claim 22 , Hill fails to disclose but O-RAN discloses the first network node, wherein the one or more processors, to receive the indication of the activity statuses of the beams for the frequency resource range, are configured to: provide a section extension message (see section 5.5, which recites the use of Section Extension messages for optimization of messaging overhead). It would have therefore been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify Hill with the message definitions of O-RAN. The motivation for doing so would be to reduce messaging overhead between network nodes. Regarding Claim 23 , Hill discloses providing, to the second network node, an indication of the activity statuses of the beams for the frequency resource range, the indication of the activity statuses of the beams including an indication of a first set of beams that are active and an indication of a second set of beams that are inactive (see Fig.12 Item 3054, [0192] recites a control message including a beam activation bitmap). Hill does not disclose but O-RAN discloses a method of wireless communication performed by a first network node, comprising: providing, to a second network node, a section extension message that includes an indication of a configuration of a beam group type that supports indications of activity statuses of beams and non-contiguous spatial resources for a frequency resource range (see Table 5-32 and Table 5-33 & 5.5.3, defining configuration messages for various beam group types, each layer can correspond to a spatial resource, and sending one message per layer discloses independent configuration, representative eAxC ID discloses contiguity in spatial domain, per layer C-plane messaging –one message per layer/layer index allows for arbitrary (non-contiguous) spatial assignment, beamforming weight configuration flexibility—beam weights per PRB; beamforming or layer-based configuration is done per-layer or per-resource). It would have therefore been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify Hill with the message definitions of O-RAN. The motivation for doing so would be to provide complete and optimized beam information between network nodes. But Hill and O-RAN fail to disclose but Hu teaches and an indication of an allocation of frequency resources and spatial resources for the frequency resource range ([0008], [0016]-[0017], [0023], [0028], [0147], discloses first indication information and PDCCH/DCI signaling that identify a first frequency domain resource, including a subset or proper subset of a BWP, and schedule a PDSCH within that indicated frequency-domain range; further discloses that non-fallback DCI may include antenna-port information and a transmission configuration indicator, thereby indicating spatial resources for the scheduled transmission; accordingly the first indication information/DCI collectively teaches an indication of an allocation of frequency resources and spatial resources for the frequency resource range)) , wherein the allocation includes a first subset of the frequency resources for transmission via a beam port of the spatial resources and a gap in which a second subset of the frequency resources of the beam port are not allocated ([0008], [0016]-[0017], [0023], [0028], [0118]-[0124], [0133]-[0134], [0137]-[0142], [0147], discloses first indication information and PDCCH/DCI signaling that indicate a first frequency domain resource, where the first frequency domain resource may be a subset of a BWP, and the PDSCH is scheduled within that frequency-domain range; further teaches that non-fallback DCI may include antenna-port information and a transmission configuration indicator, thereby indicating spatial resources for the scheduled transmission; also discloses an example in which only middle RBs are set to 0/invalidated or carry no information (gap or second subset of frequency resource not allocated for the indicated transmission)). It would have therefore been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify Hill with the message definitions of O-RAN, further modified by the indication of activity statuses of the beams and indication frequency and spatial resource allocation which includes a gap where there is no allocation. The motivation for doing so is to enable efficient, flexible, and dynamic fronthaul resource signaling in a multi-beam, multi-point radio unit (RU) architecture – where the DU (distribution unit) needs to tell the RU which beams are active, which are idle, and how frequency/spatial resources are mapped, without transmitting redundant data or power on unused beams or frequencies. Regarding Claim 24 , Hill discloses the first network node, wherein the first network node comprises a distributed unit (see Fig. 12 Item 140, [0092] recites the location server node which may or may not be co-located with the BS)) and wherein the second network node comprises a radio unit (see Fig. 12 Item 192, [0089] recites as a base station). Regarding Claim 25 , Hill discloses the first network node, wherein the indication of the activity statuses comprises a bitmap (see Fig 18, [0192] recites including an activation bitmap as a control message information element) and wherein bits of the bitmap indicate activity statuses of the beams of the frequency resource range (see Fig, 18 Item 3054, [0192] recites mapping “1” to indicate active beams and “0” to indicate deactivated beams). Regarding Claim 26 , Hill discloses the method, further comprising: providing an indication of an allocation of frequency resources and spatial resources for the frequency resource range (see Fig.18 Item 3054, [0192] recites a control command that may include allocation of time, frequency and special resources) wherein the allocation of the frequency resources and spatial resources of for the frequency resource range is based at least in part on the activity statuses of the beams (see Fig. 18 Item 3054, [0192] recites a control command that may include allocation and activation status of time, frequency and special resources). Regarding Claim 27 , Hill discloses receiving, from the second network node, an indication of the activity statuses of the beams for the frequency resource range, the indication of the activity statuses of the beams including an indication of a first set of beams that are active and an indication of a second set of beams that are inactive (see Fig.12 Item 3054, [0192] recites a control message including a beam activation bitmap). Hill fails to disclose but O-RAN discloses a method of wireless communication performed by a first network node, comprising: receiving, from a second network node, a section extension message that includes an indication pf a configuration of a beam group type that supports indications of activity statuses of beams and non-contiguous spatial resources for a frequency resource range (see Table 5-32 and Table 5-33, defining configuration messages for various beam group types). It would have therefore been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify Hill with the message definitions of O-RAN. The motivation for doing so would be to provide complete and optimized beam information between network nodes. But Hill and O-RAN fail to disclose but Hu teaches and an indication of an allocation of frequency resources and spatial resources for the frequency resource range ([0008], [0016]-[0017], [0023], [0028], [0147], discloses first indication information and PDCCH/DCI signaling that identify a first frequency domain resource, including a subset or proper subset of a BWP, and schedule a PDSCH within that indicated frequency-domain range; further discloses that non-fallback DCI may include antenna-port information and a transmission configuration indicator, thereby indicating spatial resources for the scheduled transmission; accordingly the first indication information/DCI collectively teaches an indication of an allocation of frequency resources and spatial resources for the frequency resource range)) , wherein the allocation includes a first subset of the frequency resources for transmission via a beam port of the spatial resources and a gap in which a second subset of the frequency resources of the beam port are not allocated ([0008], [0016]-[0017], [0023], [0028], [0118]-[0124], [0133]-[0134], [0137]-[0142], [0147], discloses first indication information and PDCCH/DCI signaling that indicate a first frequency domain resource, where the first frequency domain resource may be a subset of a BWP, and the PDSCH is scheduled within that frequency-domain range; further teaches that non-fallback DCI may include antenna-port information and a transmission configuration indicator, thereby indicating spatial resources for the scheduled transmission; also discloses an example in which only middle RBs are set to 0/invalidated or carry no information (gap or second subset of frequency resource not allocated for the indicated transmission). It would have therefore been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify Hill with the message definitions of O-RAN, further modified by the indication of activity statuses of the beams and indication frequency and spatial resource allocation which includes a gap where there is no allocation. The motivation for doing so is to enable efficient, flexible, and dynamic fronthaul resource signaling in a multi-beam, multi-point radio unit (RU) architecture – where the DU (distribution unit) needs to tell the RU which beams are active, which are idle, and how frequency/spatial resources are mapped, without transmitting redundant data or power on unused beams or frequencies. Regarding Claim 28 , Hill Discloses The method, wherein the second network node comprises a distributed unit (see Fig. 12 Item 140, [0092] recites the location server node which may or may not be co-located with the BS)) and wherein the first network node comprises a radio unit (see Fig. 12 Item 192, [0089] recites as a base station). Regarding Claim 29 , Hill discloses the method, wherein the indication of the activity statuses comprises a bitmap (see Fig. 18, [0192] recites including an activation bitmap as a control message information element) and wherein bits of the bitmap indicate activity statuses of the beams of the frequency resource range (see Fig, 18, [0192] recites mapping “1” to indicate active beams and “0” to indicate deactivated beams). Regarding Claim 30 , Hill discloses the method, further comprising: receiving an indication of an allocation of frequency resources and spatial resources for the frequency resource range (see Fig. 18 Item 3054, [0192] recites a control command that may include allocation of time, frequency and special resources) wherein the allocation of the frequency resources and spatial resources of for the frequency resource range is based at least in part on the activity statuses of the beams (see Fig. 18 Item 3054, [0192] recites a control command that may include allocation and activation status of time, frequency and special resources). Conclusion 07-40 AIA Applicant's amendment necessitated the new ground(s) of rejection presented in this Office action. Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL . See MPEP § 706.07(a). Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a). 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