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The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
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Applicant's amendment filed on 08/03/2026 has been entered. Claims 1, 4, 16 and 29-30 have been amended. No claims have been added or cancelled. Claims 1-30 are still pending in this application, with claims 5, 13-14, 20 and 27 being withdrawn from consideration.
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Applicant’s arguments with respect to claim(s) 1-4, 6-12, 15-19, 21-26 and 28-30 have been considered but are moot based on new grounds of rejections.
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The information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on 07/20/2026 is considered. The submission is in compliance with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97. Accordingly, the information disclosure statement is being considered by the examiner
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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.
This application currently names joint inventors. In considering patentability of the claims the examiner presumes that the subject matter of the various claims was commonly owned as of the effective filing date of the claimed invention(s) absent any evidence to the contrary. Applicant is advised of the obligation under 37 CFR 1.56 to point out the inventor and effective filing dates of each claim that was not commonly owned as of the effective filing date of the later invention in order for the examiner to consider the applicability of 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(2)(C) for any potential 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) prior art against the later invention.
Claim(s) 1, 9-10, 16, 23-24 and 29-30 rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Su et al. (US 2023/0102171; hereinafter Su) in view of Li et al. (US 2018/0234863; hereinafter Li).
Regarding claim 1, Su shows a method (Figures 24-25 shows a method performed in part by a UE.) for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:
receiving, from a network device, scheduling information for an uplink transmission and a downlink transmission (Figures 24-25; Par. 0376, 0385, 0393, 0405; the UE obtains the physical resource configuration of the physical downlink shared channel, and determines whether there is or may be a full-duplex (i.e. downlink and uplink) transmission on the obtained physical resources of the physical downlink shared channel.);
determining that a slot is configured for full duplex communications with the network device based at least in part on the scheduling information (Figures 24-25; Par. 0376, 0393, 0405; it is determined that there is or may be a full-duplex transmission on the obtained physical resources of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction according to at least the obtained time domain resources of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction being located in a subframe/OFDM symbol/time slot in which a full duplex transmission is enabled; sist at least in the time domain resources of the physical downlink shared channel obtained by the UE are located in the subframe/OFDM symbol/time slot in which the full duplex transmission is enabled.); and
communicating with the network device in the slot based at least in part on an interleaving configuration (Figures 24-25; Par. 0336; the UE performs transmission according to the obtained at least one of the transmission resource configuration for uplink and/or downlink transmission waveform, the transmission resource configuration for uplink and/or downlink resource allocation type, the transmission resource configuration for uplink and/or downlink transmission and mapping method.) wherein the interleaving configuration is based at least in part on the scheduling information (Figure 25; Par. 0331-0335, 0360-0362, 0405, 0475; the UE obtains, from the scheduling grant, whether to enable the indicated transmission and mapping method (i.e. interleaved mapping).) and determining that the slot is configured for full duplex communications (Figures 24-25; Par. 0331-0335, 0376, 0405; it is determined that there is or may be a full-duplex transmission on the obtained physical resources of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction.).
Su shows all of the elements as discussed above. Su does not specifically show wherein the interleaving configuration is selected from a plurality of interleaving configurations based at least in part on an uplink resource bandwidth for the uplink transmission and a downlink resource bandwidth for downlink transmission.
However, the above-mentioned claim limitations are well-established in the art as evidenced by Li. Specifically, Li shows wherein the wherein the interleaving configuration is selected from a plurality of interleaving configurations based at least in part an uplink resource bandwidth for the uplink transmission and a downlink resource bandwidth for downlink transmission (Figures 4-5; Par. 0076-0077, 0082, 0087-0088; the dynamic configuration may be determined using one or more implicit rules, which may in turn be based on the CB size, MCS, number of layers, number of allocated resource blocks, resource allocation type (e.g., continuous or distributed), component carrier bandwidth, post-beamforming frequency selectivity (e.g., which may be based on uplink (UL) and/or downlink (DL) measurements), etc. Flexible/dynamic interleaving is performed on resource allocations on a resource grid shown in Figure 4 that is applicable to both uplink and downlink transmissions.).
In view of the above, having the system of Su, then given the well-established teaching of Li, it would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify the system of Su as taught by Li, in order to provide motivation for providing improved techniques supporting flexible interleaving based on a wide variety of applications and beamforming characteristics (Par. 0033 of Li).
Regarding claim 9, modified Su shows selecting a full duplex interleaving configuration based at least in part on determining that the slot is configured for full duplex communications (Su: Figure 25; Par. 0381-0386; it is determined that there is a full-duplex transmission on the obtained physical resources of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction according to at least on obtained time domain resources of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction being located in a subframe/OFDM symbol/time slot in which a full duplex transmission is enabled.).
Regarding claim 10, modified Su shows receiving an indication of the interleaving configuration, wherein selecting the interleaving configuration is based at least in part on the indication and the indication is a one bit indicator within downlink control information (Su: Par. 0347-048, 0381-0386; 1 bit is used for indicating that there is the full-duplex transmission of the uplink and downlink physical channels on the physical resources scheduled by the scheduling grant.).
Regarding claim 16, Su shows a method (Figures 30-31 shows a method performed in part by a base station.) for wireless communications at a network device, comprising:
determining that a slot is configured for full duplex communications with a user equipment (UE) based at least in part on an uplink transmission and a downlink transmission for the UE (Figures 30-31; Par. 0441, 0462-0467; the base station allocates, to the UE or the UE group, physical resources of a physical shared channel in the first transmission direction, invalid physical resources in allocated physical resources for uplink and/or downlink transmission, on which no transmission is to be performed, and a full-duplex transmission. The scheduling grant indicates the location of the second physical resources by notifying a relative location with reference to a start or end location of physical resources in time domain (i.e. time slot) and/or frequency domain of the physical downlink shared channel.); and
communicating the uplink transmission and the downlink transmission with the UE based at least in part on an interleaving configuration (Figures 30-31; Par. 0425; the base station transmits at least one of the configured transmission resources to the UE or the UE group.) wherein the interleaving configuration is based at least in part on determining that the slot is configured for full duplex communications (Figures 24-25; Par. 0331-0335, 0376, 0405; it is determined that there is or may be a full-duplex transmission on the obtained physical resources of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction.).
Su shows all of the elements as discussed above. Su does not specifically show wherein the interleaving configuration is selected from a plurality of interleaving configurations based at least in part on an uplink resource bandwidth for the uplink transmission and a downlink resource bandwidth for downlink transmission.
However, the above-mentioned claim limitations are well-established in the art as evidenced by Li. Specifically, Li shows wherein the wherein the interleaving configuration is selected from a plurality of interleaving configurations based at least in part an uplink resource bandwidth for the uplink transmission and a downlink resource bandwidth for downlink transmission (Figures 4-5; Par. 0076-0077, 0082, 0087-0088; the dynamic configuration may be determined using one or more implicit rules, which may in turn be based on the CB size, MCS, number of layers, number of allocated resource blocks, resource allocation type (e.g., continuous or distributed), component carrier bandwidth, post-beamforming frequency selectivity (e.g., which may be based on uplink (UL) and/or downlink (DL) measurements), etc. Flexible/dynamic interleaving is performed on resource allocations on a resource grid shown in Figure 4 that is applicable to both uplink and downlink transmissions.).
In view of the above, having the system of Su, then given the well-established teaching of Li, it would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify the system of Su as taught by Li, in order to provide motivation for providing improved techniques supporting flexible interleaving based on a wide variety of applications and beamforming characteristics (Par. 0033 of Li).
Regarding claim 23, modified Su shows selecting a full duplex interleaving configuration based at least in part on determining that the slot is configured for full duplex communications (Su: Figure 25; Par. 0381-0386; it is determined that there is a full-duplex transmission on the obtained physical resources of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction according to at least on obtained time domain resources of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction being located in a subframe/OFDM symbol/time slot in which a full duplex transmission is enabled.).
Regarding claim 24, modified Su shows transmitting, to the UE, scheduling information for the uplink transmission and the downlink transmission, wherein the scheduling information comprises a one bit indicator within downlink control information that indicates the interleaving configuration (Su: Par. 0347-048, 0381-0386; 1 bit is used for indicating that there is the full-duplex transmission of the uplink and downlink physical channels on the physical resources scheduled by the scheduling grant.).
Regarding claim 29, Su shows an apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE) (Figure 67 shows device implemented as a UE.), comprising:
one or more processors, one or more memories coupled with the one or more processors; and instructions stored in the one or more memories and executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus (Figure 67 shows UE including software stored in memory and executed by one or more processors to perform the disclosed method.) to:
receive, from a network device, scheduling information for an uplink transmission and a downlink transmission (Figures 24-25; Par. 0376, 0385, 0405; the UE obtains the physical resource configuration of the physical downlink shared channel, and determines whether there is or may be a full-duplex (i.e. downlink and uplink) transmission on the obtained physical resources of the physical downlink shared channel.);
determine that a slot is configured for full duplex communications with the network device based at least in part on the scheduling information (Figures 24-25; Par. 0376, 0405; it is determined that there is or may be a full-duplex transmission on the obtained physical resources of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction according to at least the obtained time domain resources of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction being located in a subframe/OFDM symbol/time slot in which a full duplex transmission is enabled; the time domain resources of the physical downlink shared channel obtained by the UE are located in the subframe/OFDM symbol/time slot in which the full duplex transmission is enabled.); and
communicate with the network device in the slot based at least in part on an interleaving configuration (Figures 24-25; Par. 0336; the UE performs transmission according to the obtained at least one of the transmission resource configuration for uplink and/or downlink transmission waveform, the transmission resource configuration for uplink and/or downlink resource allocation type, the transmission resource configuration for uplink and/or downlink transmission and mapping method.) wherein the interleaving configuration is based at least in part on the scheduling information (Figure 25; Par. 0331-0335, 0360-0362, 0405, 0475; the UE obtains, from the scheduling grant, whether to enable the indicated transmission and mapping method (i.e. interleaved mapping).) and determining that the slot is configured for full duplex communications (Figures 24-25; Par. 0331-0335, 0376, 0405; it is determined that there is or may be a full-duplex transmission on the obtained physical resources of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction.).
Su shows all of the elements as discussed above. Su does not specifically show wherein the interleaving configuration is selected from a plurality of interleaving configurations based at least in part on an uplink resource bandwidth for the uplink transmission and a downlink resource bandwidth for downlink transmission.
However, the above-mentioned claim limitations are well-established in the art as evidenced by Li. Specifically, Li shows wherein the wherein the interleaving configuration is selected from a plurality of interleaving configurations based at least in part an uplink resource bandwidth for the uplink transmission and a downlink resource bandwidth for downlink transmission (Figures 4-5; Par. 0076-0077, 0082, 0087-0088; the dynamic configuration may be determined using one or more implicit rules, which may in turn be based on the CB size, MCS, number of layers, number of allocated resource blocks, resource allocation type (e.g., continuous or distributed), component carrier bandwidth, post-beamforming frequency selectivity (e.g., which may be based on uplink (UL) and/or downlink (DL) measurements), etc. Flexible/dynamic interleaving is performed on resource allocations on a resource grid shown in Figure 4 that is applicable to both uplink and downlink transmissions.).
In view of the above, having the system of Su, then given the well-established teaching of Li, it would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify the system of Su as taught by Li, in order to provide motivation for providing improved techniques supporting flexible interleaving based on a wide variety of applications and beamforming characteristics (Par. 0033 of Li).
Regarding claim 30, Su shows an apparatus (Figure 67 shows device implemented as a base station.) for wireless communications at a network device, comprising: one or more processors, one or more memories coupled with the one or more processors; and instructions stored in the one or more memories and executable by the one or more processors (Figure 67 shows the base station including software stored in memory and executed by one or more processors to perform the disclosed method.) to cause the apparatus to:
determine that a slot is configured for full duplex communications with a user equipment (UE) based at least in part on an uplink transmission and a downlink transmission for the UE (Figures 30-31; Par. 0441, 0462-0467; the base station allocates, to the UE or the UE group, physical resources of a physical shared channel in the first transmission direction, invalid physical resources in allocated physical resources for uplink and/or downlink transmission, on which no transmission is to be performed, and a full-duplex transmission. The scheduling grant indicates the location of the second physical resources by notifying a relative location with reference to a start or end location of physical resources in time domain (i.e. time slot) and/or frequency domain of the physical downlink shared channel.); and
communicate the uplink transmission and the downlink transmission with the UE based at least in part on an interleaving configuration (Figures 30-31; Par. 0425; the base station transmits at least one of the configured transmission resources to the UE or the UE group.) wherein the interleaving configuration is based at least in part on determining that the slot is configured for full duplex communications (Figures 24-25; Par. 0331-0335, 0376, 0405; it is determined that there is or may be a full-duplex transmission on the obtained physical resources of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction.).
Su shows all of the elements as discussed above. Su does not specifically show wherein the interleaving configuration is selected from a plurality of interleaving configurations based at least in part on an uplink resource bandwidth for the uplink transmission and a downlink resource bandwidth for downlink transmission.
However, the above-mentioned claim limitations are well-established in the art as evidenced by Li. Specifically, Li shows wherein the wherein the interleaving configuration is selected from a plurality of interleaving configurations based at least in part an uplink resource bandwidth for the uplink transmission and a downlink resource bandwidth for downlink transmission (Figures 4-5; Par. 0076-0077, 0082, 0087-0088; the dynamic configuration may be determined using one or more implicit rules, which may in turn be based on the CB size, MCS, number of layers, number of allocated resource blocks, resource allocation type (e.g., continuous or distributed), component carrier bandwidth, post-beamforming frequency selectivity (e.g., which may be based on uplink (UL) and/or downlink (DL) measurements), etc. Flexible/dynamic interleaving is performed on resource allocations on a resource grid shown in Figure 4 that is applicable to both uplink and downlink transmissions.).
In view of the above, having the system of Su, then given the well-established teaching of Li, it would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify the system of Su as taught by Li, in order to provide motivation for providing improved techniques supporting flexible interleaving based on a wide variety of applications and beamforming characteristics (Par. 0033 of Li).
Claim(s) 2-4, 7-8, 17-19 and 21-22 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Su in view of Li and Kim et al. (US 2022/0046606; hereinafter Kim).
Regarding claim 2, modified Su shows all of the elements except determining a downlink bandwidth part and a downlink resource bandwidth for the downlink transmission based at least in part on the scheduling information, wherein the interleaving configuration is selected based at least in part on the downlink bandwidth part and the downlink resource bandwidth.
However, the above-mentioned claim limitations are well-established in the art as evidenced by Kim. Specifically, Kim shows determining a downlink bandwidth part and a downlink resource bandwidth for the downlink transmission based at least in part on the scheduling information, wherein the interleaving configuration is selected based at least in part on the downlink bandwidth part and the downlink resource bandwidth (Figures 5 and 8; Par. 0068, 0084-0089; UE selects a particular interleaver from a plurality of interleavers based on a DL BWP configured by the gNB.).
In view of the above, having the system of Su, then given the well-established teaching of Kim, it would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify the system of Su as taught by Kim, in order to provide motivation for efficiently providing hybrid broadcast using both a broadcast network and an IP network (Par. 0005 of Kim).
Regarding claim 3, modified Su shows selecting the interleaving configuration based at least in part on a location of the downlink bandwidth part and the downlink resource bandwidth within a set of bands configured for downlink communications (Su: Par. 0361; the UE obtains an indication about the transmission and mapping method in the full-duplex transmission configuration parameter, which may be a 1-bit indication field (distributed mapping, frequency hopping transmission), and the full-duplex transmission configuration parameter may be a high-level configuration parameter for a bandwidth part allowed for the full-duplex transmission, or a configured bandwidth allowed for the full-duplex transmission, or a system bandwidth allowed for the full-duplex transmission. Further, the UE obtains, from the scheduling grant, whether to enable the indicated transmission and mapping method. For example, if the transmission and mapping method of the uplink physical channel and the downlink physical channel transmitted on the full duplex bandwidth part that is firstly obtained by the UE according to the full duplex configuration parameter is the interleaved mapping, the UE then obtains the indication of whether to enable the interleaved mapping or not according to the downlink control information, so as to perform the uplink and/or downlink physical channel transmission.).
Regarding claim 4, modified Su shows wherein selecting the interleaving configuration comprises: determining an uplink bandwidth part and the uplink resource bandwidth for the uplink transmission based at least in part on the scheduling information (Su: Figure 25; Par. 0381-0386; it is determined that there is a full-duplex transmission on the obtained physical resources of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction according to at least one of following criteria: an obtained transmission subframe of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction being a subframe in a second transmission direction, wherein the first transmission direction is different from the second transmission direction; for example, the first transmission direction is uplink, and the second transmission direction is downlink; or the first transmission direction is downlink, and the second transmission direction is uplink; an obtained transmission bandwidth of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction being a bandwidth in the second transmission direction; obtained frequency domain resources of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction being located in a bandwidth part/configured bandwidth/system bandwidth in which the full duplex transmission is enabled.); and
selecting the interleaving configuration based at least in part on a location of the downlink bandwidth part relative to the uplink bandwidth part in a frequency domain or a location of the downlink resource bandwidth relative to the uplink resource bandwidth in the frequency domain (Su: Figure 25; Par. 0381-0386; it is determined that there is a full-duplex transmission on the obtained physical resources of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction according to at least one of following criteria: an obtained transmission subframe of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction being a subframe in a second transmission direction, wherein the first transmission direction is different from the second transmission direction; for example, the first transmission direction is uplink, and the second transmission direction is downlink; or the first transmission direction is downlink, and the second transmission direction is uplink; an obtained transmission bandwidth of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction being a bandwidth in the second transmission direction; obtained frequency domain resources of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction being located in a bandwidth part/configured bandwidth/system bandwidth in which the full duplex transmission is enabled.).
Regarding claim 7, modified Su shows determining multiple downlink bandwidth parts for the downlink transmission based at least in part on the scheduling information; and selecting the interleaving configuration based at least in part on respective locations of the multiple downlink bandwidth parts within a set of bands configured for downlink communications (Su: Figure 25; Par. 0381-0386; it is determined that there is a full-duplex transmission on the obtained physical resources of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction according to at least one of following criteria: an obtained transmission subframe of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction being a subframe in a second transmission direction, wherein the first transmission direction is different from the second transmission direction; for example, the first transmission direction is uplink, and the second transmission direction is downlink; or the first transmission direction is downlink, and the second transmission direction is uplink; an obtained transmission bandwidth of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction being a bandwidth in the second transmission direction; obtained frequency domain resources of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction being located in a bandwidth part/configured bandwidth/system bandwidth in which the full duplex transmission is enabled.).
Regarding claim 8, modified Su shows selecting a full duplex interleaving configuration based at least in part on the respective locations being positioned on both sides of an uplink bandwidth part for the uplink transmission in a frequency domain (Su: Figure 25; Par. 0381-0386; it is determined that there is a full-duplex transmission on the obtained physical resources of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction according to at least one of following criteria: an obtained transmission subframe of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction being a subframe in a second transmission direction, wherein the first transmission direction is different from the second transmission direction; for example, the first transmission direction is uplink, and the second transmission direction is downlink; or the first transmission direction is downlink, and the second transmission direction is uplink; an obtained transmission bandwidth of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction being a bandwidth in the second transmission direction; obtained frequency domain resources of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction being located in a bandwidth part/configured bandwidth/system bandwidth in which the full duplex transmission is enabled.).
Regarding claim 17, modified Su shows all of the elements except determining a downlink bandwidth part and a downlink resource bandwidth for the downlink transmission, wherein the interleaving configuration is selected based at least in part on the downlink bandwidth part and the downlink resource bandwidth.
However, the above-mentioned claim limitations are well-established in the art as evidenced by Kim. Specifically, Kim shows determining a downlink bandwidth part and a downlink resource bandwidth for the downlink transmission, wherein the interleaving configuration is selected based at least in part on the downlink bandwidth part and the downlink resource bandwidth (Figures 5 and 8; Par. 0068, 0084-0089; UE selects a particular interleaver from a plurality of interleavers based on a DL BWP configured by the gNB.).
In view of the above, having the system of Su, then given the well-established teaching of Kim, it would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify the system of Su as taught by Kim, in order to provide motivation for efficiently providing hybrid broadcast using both a broadcast network and an IP network (Par. 0005 of Kim).
Regarding claim 18, modified Su shows selecting the interleaving configuration based at least in part on a location of the downlink bandwidth part or the downlink resource bandwidth within a set of bands configured for downlink communications (Su: Par. 0361; the base station configures and transmits an indication about the transmission and mapping method in the full-duplex transmission configuration parameter, which may be a 1-bit indication field (distributed mapping, frequency hopping transmission), and the full-duplex transmission configuration parameter may be a high-level configuration parameter for a bandwidth part allowed for the full-duplex transmission, or a configured bandwidth allowed for the full-duplex transmission, or a system bandwidth allowed for the full-duplex transmission. Further, the UE obtains, from the scheduling grant configured by the base station, whether to enable the indicated transmission and mapping method. For example, if the transmission and mapping method of the uplink physical channel and the downlink physical channel transmitted on the full duplex bandwidth part that is firstly obtained by the UE according to the full duplex configuration parameter is the interleaved mapping, the UE then obtains the indication of whether to enable the interleaved mapping or not according to the downlink control information, so as to perform the uplink and/or downlink physical channel transmission.).
Regarding claim 19, modified Su shows determining an uplink bandwidth part and an uplink resource bandwidth for the uplink transmission (Su: Figure 25; Par. 0381-0386; it is determined that there is a full-duplex transmission on the obtained physical resources of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction according to at least one of following criteria: an obtained transmission subframe of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction being a subframe in a second transmission direction, wherein the first transmission direction is different from the second transmission direction; for example, the first transmission direction is uplink, and the second transmission direction is downlink; or the first transmission direction is downlink, and the second transmission direction is uplink; an obtained transmission bandwidth of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction being a bandwidth in the second transmission direction; obtained frequency domain resources of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction being located in a bandwidth part/configured bandwidth/system bandwidth in which the full duplex transmission is enabled.); and
selecting the interleaving configuration based at least in part on a location of the downlink bandwidth part relative to the uplink bandwidth part in a frequency domain or a location of the downlink resource bandwidth relative to the uplink resource bandwidth in the frequency domain (Su: Figure 25; Par. 0381-0386; it is determined that there is a full-duplex transmission on the obtained physical resources of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction according to at least one of following criteria: an obtained transmission subframe of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction being a subframe in a second transmission direction, wherein the first transmission direction is different from the second transmission direction; for example, the first transmission direction is uplink, and the second transmission direction is downlink; or the first transmission direction is downlink, and the second transmission direction is uplink; an obtained transmission bandwidth of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction being a bandwidth in the second transmission direction; obtained frequency domain resources of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction being located in a bandwidth part/configured bandwidth/system bandwidth in which the full duplex transmission is enabled.).
Regarding claim 21, modified Su shows determining multiple downlink bandwidth parts for the downlink transmission; and selecting the interleaving configuration based at least in part on respective locations of the multiple downlink bandwidth parts within a set of bands configured for downlink communications (Su: Figure 25; Par. 0381-0386; it is determined that there is a full-duplex transmission on the obtained physical resources of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction according to at least one of following criteria: an obtained transmission subframe of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction being a subframe in a second transmission direction, wherein the first transmission direction is different from the second transmission direction; for example, the first transmission direction is uplink, and the second transmission direction is downlink; or the first transmission direction is downlink, and the second transmission direction is uplink; an obtained transmission bandwidth of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction being a bandwidth in the second transmission direction; obtained frequency domain resources of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction being located in a bandwidth part/configured bandwidth/system bandwidth in which the full duplex transmission is enabled.).
Regarding claim 22, modified Su shows selecting a full duplex interleaving configuration based at least in part on the respective locations being positioned on both sides of an uplink bandwidth part for the uplink transmission in a frequency domain (Su: Figure 25; Par. 0381-0386; it is determined that there is a full-duplex transmission on the obtained physical resources of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction according to at least one of following criteria: an obtained transmission subframe of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction being a subframe in a second transmission direction, wherein the first transmission direction is different from the second transmission direction; for example, the first transmission direction is uplink, and the second transmission direction is downlink; or the first transmission direction is downlink, and the second transmission direction is uplink; an obtained transmission bandwidth of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction being a bandwidth in the second transmission direction; obtained frequency domain resources of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction being located in a bandwidth part/configured bandwidth/system bandwidth in which the full duplex transmission is enabled.).
Claim(s) 11-12, 15, 25-26 and 28 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Su in view of Li and Luo et al. (US 2022/0232615; hereinafter Luo).
Regarding claim 11, modified Su shows all of the elements except determining that a set of repetitions of the downlink transmission spans multiple slots including the slot based at least in part on the scheduling information, wherein the interleaving configuration is selected based at least in part on the set of repetitions.
However, the above-mentioned claim limitations are well-established in the art as evidenced by Luo. Specifically, Luo shows determining that a set of repetitions of the downlink transmission spans multiple slots including the slot based at least in part on the scheduling information, wherein the interleaving configuration is selected based at least in part on the set of repetitions (Par. 0348; the first indication information includes a maximum repetition quantity Rmax of a downlink control channel; and the processor 1101 is specifically configured to: when Rmax is greater than or equal to a first threshold, determine that the target transmission mode is the interleaved transmission mode; or when Rmax is less than a first threshold, determine that the target transmission mode is the sequential transmission mode.).
In view of the above, having the system of Su, then given the well-established teaching of Luo, it would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify the system of Su as taught by Luo, in order to provide motivation for implementing symbol-level combination and improve frequency offset tracking performance (Par. 0310 of Luo).
Regarding claim 12, modified Su shows selecting a half duplex interleaving configuration for each slot of the multiple slots configured for half duplex communications; and selecting a full duplex interleaving configuration for each slot of the multiple slots configured for full duplex communications (Su: Par. 0348; the indication information may be UE level full-duplex indication information. In an example, when the full duplex indication information obtained by the UE is enabled, the waveforms of the scheduled uplink and/or downlink physical channel may be OFDM for which the transform domain precoding is not enabled; otherwise, the waveform of the scheduled uplink and/or downlink physical channel is obtained according to the half-duplex system configuration.).
Regarding claim 15, modified Su shows determining multiple downlink bandwidth parts for a repetition of the set of repetitions in a full duplex slot of the multiple slots; and selecting a full duplex interleaving configuration for the full duplex slot based at least in part on the multiple downlink bandwidth parts being positioned on both sides of an uplink bandwidth part for the uplink transmission in a frequency domain within the full duplex slot (Su: Figure 25; Par. 0381-0386; it is determined that there is a full-duplex transmission on the obtained physical resources of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction according to at least one of following criteria: an obtained transmission subframe of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction being a subframe in a second transmission direction, wherein the first transmission direction is different from the second transmission direction; for example, the first transmission direction is uplink, and the second transmission direction is downlink; or the first transmission direction is downlink, and the second transmission direction is uplink; an obtained transmission bandwidth of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction being a bandwidth in the second transmission direction; obtained frequency domain resources of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction being located in a bandwidth part/configured bandwidth/system bandwidth in which the full duplex transmission is enabled.).
Regarding claim 25, modified Su shows all of the elements except determining that a set of repetitions of the downlink transmission spans multiple slots including the slot, wherein the interleaving configuration is selected based at least in part on the set of repetitions.
However, the above-mentioned claim limitations are well-established in the art as evidenced by Luo. Specifically, Luo shows determining that a set of repetitions of the downlink transmission spans multiple slots including the slot, wherein the interleaving configuration is selected based at least in part on the set of repetitions (Par. 0348; the first indication information includes a maximum repetition quantity Rmax of a downlink control channel; and the processor 1101 is specifically configured to: when Rmax is greater than or equal to a first threshold, determine that the target transmission mode is the interleaved transmission mode; or when Rmax is less than a first threshold, determine that the target transmission mode is the sequential transmission mode.).
In view of the above, having the system of Su, then given the well-established teaching of Luo, it would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify the system of Su as taught by Luo, in order to provide motivation for implementing symbol-level combination and improve frequency offset tracking performance (Par. 0310 of Luo).
Regarding claim 26, modified Su shows selecting a half duplex interleaving configuration for each slot of the multiple slots configured for half duplex communications; and selecting a full duplex interleaving configuration for each slot of the multiple slots configured for full duplex communications (Su: Par. 0348; the indication information may be UE level full-duplex indication information. In an example, when the full duplex indication information obtained by the UE is enabled, the waveforms of the scheduled uplink and/or downlink physical channel may be OFDM for which the transform domain precoding is not enabled; otherwise, the waveform of the scheduled uplink and/or downlink physical channel is obtained according to the half-duplex system configuration.).
Regarding claim 28, modified Su shows determining multiple downlink bandwidth parts for a repetition of the set of repetitions in a full duplex slot of the multiple slots; and selecting a full duplex interleaving configuration for the full duplex slot based at least in part on the multiple downlink bandwidth parts being positioned on both sides of an uplink bandwidth part for the uplink transmission in a frequency domain within the full duplex slot (Su: Figure 25; Par. 0381-0386; it is determined that there is a full-duplex transmission on the obtained physical resources of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction according to at least one of following criteria: an obtained transmission subframe of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction being a subframe in a second transmission direction, wherein the first transmission direction is different from the second transmission direction; for example, the first transmission direction is uplink, and the second transmission direction is downlink; or the first transmission direction is downlink, and the second transmission direction is uplink; an obtained transmission bandwidth of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction being a bandwidth in the second transmission direction; obtained frequency domain resources of the physical shared channel in the first transmission direction being located in a bandwidth part/configured bandwidth/system bandwidth in which the full duplex transmission is enabled.).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claim 6 is objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
Examiner submits that none of the prior art references cited in this action teaches the claimed subject matter as specifically presented in the above dependent claims. The allowance of this application is based on an examination wherein the claim limitations recited in the dependent claims were not taken alone but in view of the scope of the claim(s) as a whole including any proceeding and/or preceding claim limitation(s) present within the claims and by their respective dependencies on other claims.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
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