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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 .
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s Amendments and Arguments filed 01/02/2026 have been considered for examination. Claims 1-30 are pending in the instant application.
With regard to the 102/103 rejections, Applicant’s arguments filed 01/02/2026 (see pages 23-25 of Remarks) in view of the amendments have been fully considered but are not persuasive. Further detail rejection for the amended claims is described in the instant office action:
Regarding claims 1 and 25, Applicant argued:
Regarding the amended claim 1, based on Li’s Page 16, Lines 6-7 and Page 16, Line 24-Page 17, Line 9, Li's two embodiments are mutually exclusive. Li's two receivers cannot be configured "to perform simultaneously" during a hypothetical overlap between Li's "SI update" and Li's "On duration 2," while also being configured to "skip LP-WUS reception in On duration 2." Thus, Li fails to disclose the amended claim 1.
Moreover, Li's "SI update" and Li's "On duration 2" of could overlap to "perform simultaneously" is not supported by Li's Specification. In fact, Li's Specification states, "because the main receiver is active, the WUR can be turned off" as described in Li, Page 4, Lines 11-13. Further, Li states, in Page 22, Lines 10-14, “In one embodiment, the LP-WUS based wake-up indication … IDLE - WUR-ON, IDLE - WUR-OFF, INACTIVE - WURON, INACTIVE - WUR-OFF, CONNECTED – N/A.” Thus, Li teaches away from an embodiment where Li's "SI update" and Li's "On duration 2" of could overlap to "perform simultaneously."
For at least the above combination of reasons, the Applicant submits that amended claim 1 is allowable over the cited references and respectfully requests a withdrawal of the rejection of claim 1
In response to Applicant’s argument, Examiner respectfully disagrees.
Regarding the amended claims 1, Applicant argues that Li fails to disclose two receivers perform at the same time. However, Examiner respectfully disagrees.
In Fig. 8 and in Page 16, Line 24-Page 17, Line 9, Li clearly discloses this matter. This part of Li describes the multiple duty cycle configuration (operations) for LP-WUS detection. Each duty cycle configuration may be configured with separate wus-Cycle, wus-StartOffset and wus-OnDuration.
Then, Li describes two cases; one is the case skipping LP-WUS (Low power wake-up signal) on the second duty cycle and the other is the case still receiving LP-WUS on the second duty cycle. As indicated in Page 16, Line 29-31 and in Page 17, Lines 6-9, “UE may skip a LP-WUS occasion, if UE already starts to turn on the main receiver based on a previous LP-WUS (the first case). Alternatively, UE still receives LP-WUS, if the LP-WUS and the previously detected LP-WUS is from different LP-WUS duty cycle configuration (the second case)” and “In one example (the first case), if UE receives LP-WUS in ON duration 1 which indicates UE to receive SI update, UE can skip LP-WUS reception in ON duration 2. In another example (the second case), even if UE receives LP-WUS in ON duration 1, UE still tries to receive LP-WUS in On duration 2, because these two LP-WUS may indicate different information,” LP-WUS can be received by the LP-WUR (Low power wake-up receiver: the first radio) in every duty cycles, based on the second case. In the argument, Applicant considers the first case only. Further, as shown in Fig. 8, two duty cycles can be overlapped based on each duty cycle configuration. Thus, based on each duty cycle configuration parameters such as offset, cycle, or/and OnDuration, the LP-WUR for the second duty cycle and the main radio (the second radio) for the first duty cycle can be performed simultaneously. Namely, performing both radios at the same time is depending on the configuration parameters of multiple duty cycles.
Based on this reasoning, Li clearly discloses the amended claim 1, since the argument point is resolve.
Although the explanation about argument is made here, the new rejection is produced in the below since the amended claims have changed the scope.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
A person shall be entitled to a patent unless –
(a)(2) the claimed invention was described in a patent issued under section 151, or in an application for patent published or deemed published under section 122(b), in which the patent or application, as the case may be, names another inventor and was effectively filed before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claims 1-3, 5, 12, 15-16, 18, and 29-30 are rejected under U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Li, Yingyang et. al. (Int. Pub. No: WO 2024015894 A1, hereinafter “Li”).
Regarding to claim 1, Li teaches an apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising: a memory; and at least one processor coupled to the memory and, based at least in part on information stored in the memory, the at least one processor is configured to: (Li, in Fig. 20 and 21 and in Page 32, lines 12-15, teaches that UE can have hardware resources 2100 including one or more processors (or processor cores) 2110, one or more memory/storage devices 2120, and one or more communication resources 2130, each of which may be communicatively coupled via a bus 2140 or other interface circuitry.) receive, via a first radio, a first signal comprising a first configuration and a second configuration, wherein the first configuration comprises a first indication of a first schedule and a first set of communication resources for a second radio, wherein the second configuration comprises a second indication of a second schedule and a second set of communication resources for the first radio; configure the first radio and the second radio at the UE to simultaneously operate at a same time based on the first configuration and the second configuration; and simultaneously communicate, via the second radio at the UE, a second signal based on the first schedule and the first set of communication resources and communicate, via the first radio at the UE, the third signal based on the second schedule and the second set of communication resources, (Li, in Fig. 1 and Page 4, lines 1-15, and in Page 14, Lines 28-31, teaches that as shown in the above, the UE may continuously monitor the LP-WUS or monitor LP-WUS with a short cycle. If a LP-WUS is detected which indicates that control/data for the UE will be scheduled, the UE can tum on and configure the main receiver for the reception of the control/data by this LP-WUS. The LP-WUS can comprise not only a wake-up signal for the main receiver but also the configuration (indication of schedule and resources) for the main receiver to receive certain channels or signals. In Fig. 8 and in Page16, Lines 24-36 and in Page 17, Lines 1-9, Li teaches that Figure 8 illustrates an example configuration of two duty cycles for LP-WUS detection by LP -WUR (the first radio). The main receiver may be woken up for system information (SI) update or monitoring paging occasions. The PDCCH scheduling SI update and the PDCCH scheduling paging PDSCH may be configured in different timing. Assuming a fixed delay for the main receiver to wake up and receive the SI (System Information) update (the first mode) or paging PDSCH (the second mode), UE need to monitor LP-WUS in different timing for the two kinds of transmission on main receiver. Here, as described in the earlier, the first LP-WUS can include the wake-up signal for the main receiver, the duty cycle information (where duty cycle configuration may be configured with separate wus-Cycle, wus-StartOffset and wus-OnDuration), the first configuration information (indication of a schedule and resources) for SI update (the first mode), and the second configuration information (the indication of a schedule and resources) for the LP-WUS schedule (including the second LP-WUS) at LP-WUR. Although the figure shows two duty cycles, these two duty cycles can be repeated, according to the network configuration. Based on the first duty cycle, the first LP-WUS (the first signal) is received by UE with LP-WUR (the first radio), where the first LP-WUS includes the wake-up signal for the main receiver (the second radio) and the first configuration (indication of the schedule and resources) for the SI update. With some delay (offset) based on the duty cycle, the LP-WUR wakes up the main receiver and hand in the configuration (indication) to the main receiver. Now, the main receiver is configured for SI update, based on the configuration (first configuration include the indication of the first schedule and the first resources) received from LP-WUR and start to communicate (receive) the SI update signal (the second signal) to perform SI update (the first mode), based on the schedule information and the resources indicated by the first configuration (PDCCH scheduling and resources for SI update). Based on the second duty cycle and the second configuration (the indication of the schedule and resources), the LP-WUR is configured to detect the second LP-WUS and the second LP-WUS (the third signal) to perform Paging PDSCH (the second mode) is received (communicated) by UE with LP-WUR (the first radio), where the second LP-WUS includes the wake-up signal for the main receiver (the second radio) and the third configuration (indication of a schedule and resources) for Paging Occasion (PO) of PDSCH. With some delay (offset) based on the duty cycle, the LP-WUR wakes up the main receiver (the second radio) and hand in the third configuration (indication) to the main receiver. Now, the main receiver is configured for Paging Occasion (Paging PDSCH: the second mode), based on the third configuration (third configuration include the indication of the third schedule and the third resources) received from LP-WUR and start to communicate (receive) the PO signal (the fourth signal) to perform Paging PDSCH (the second mode), based on the schedule information and the resources indicated by the third configuration (PDCCH scheduling and resources for Paging PDSCH). As shown in Fig. 8, during the main receiver communicates the second signal for SI update, the LP-WUR communicates the second LP-WUS (the third signal) for PO at the same time, depending on the duty cycle configuration, monitoring LP-WUSs, the higher layer configuration, and UE capability (as described in Page 14, Lines 27-35 and in Page 15, Line 1 and in Page 17, Lines2-9). Namely, performing both radios at the same time is depending on the configuration parameters of multiple duty cycles. Therefore, it is clearly disclosed this part of the claim 1.) wherein the first radio has a lower power consumption than the second radio or the second radio has the lower power consumption than the first radio (Li, in Page 4, lines 1-8, teaches when the low-power WUR (LP-WUR) may receive the WUS and trigger the main Radio, the LP-WUR can be the first radio with lower power consumption and the main radio can be the second radio with higher power consumption. However, when the main radio is on deep sleep mode before triggering, the second radio (LP-WUR) can use higher power and the main radio can use lower power.).
Regarding claim 2, Li teaches the features defined in the claim 1, -refer to the indicated claim for reference(s).
Li further teaches that wherein, to simultaneously communicate, via the second radio at the UE, the second signal based on the first schedule and the first set of communication resources, and communicate, via the first radio at the UE, the third signal based, on the second schedule and the second set of communication resources, (Li, in Fig. 8 and in Page16, Lines 24-36 and in Page 17, Lines 1-9, teaches that as shown in the above, based on the first duty cycle, the first LP-WUS (the first signal) is received by UE with LP-WUR (the first radio), where the first LP-WUS includes the wake-up signal for the main receiver (the second radio) and the first configuration (indication of the schedule and resources) for the SI update. With some delay (offset) based on the duty cycle, the LP-WUR wakes up the main receiver and hand in the first configuration (indication) to the main receiver. Now, the main receiver is configured for SI update, based on the configuration (first configuration include the indication of the first schedule and the first resources) received from LP-WUR and start to communicate (receive) the SI update signal (the second signal) to perform SI update (the first mode), based on the schedule information and the resources indicated by the first configuration (PDCCH scheduling and resources for SI update). Based on the second duty cycle and the second configuration (the indication of the schedule and resources), the LP-WUR is configured to detect the second LP-WUS and the second LP-WUS (the third signal) to perform Paging PDSCH (the second mode) is received (communicated) by UE with LP-WUR (the first radio), where the second LP-WUS includes the wake-up signal for the main receiver (the second radio) and the third configuration (indication of a schedule and resources) for Paging Occasion (PO) of PDSCH. With some delay (offset) based on the duty cycle, the LP-WUR wakes up the main receiver (the second radio) and hand in the third configuration (indication) to the main receiver. As shown in Fig. 8, during the main receiver communicates the second signal for SI update, the LP-WUR communicates the second LP-WUS (the third signal) for PO (at the same time), depending on the duty cycle configuration, monitoring LP-WUSs, the higher layer configuration, and UE capability (as described in Page 14, Lines 27-35, in Page 15, Line 1, and in Page 17, Lines 2-9). Therefore, it is clear that UE configures the first radio to communicate the third signal based on the second configuration (the second indication of the second schedule and the second resources) for the second mode and simultaneously, UE configures the main receiver to communicate the second signal based on the first configuration (the first indication for the first schedule and the first resources) to perform the first mode.) the at least one processor is further configured to: multiplex the second signal and the third signal via time domain multiplexing (TDM) to communicate the third signal during each time period of a first set of time periods indicated by the second configuration and communicate the second signal during each time period of a second set of time periods indicated by the first configuration, wherein at least one of the first set of time periods is between two of the second set of time periods, and at least one of the second set of time periods is between two of the first set of time periods. (Li, in Fig. 8 and 9 and in Page 16, lines 24-35, in Page 17, lines 1-9, and in Page 17, lines 10-34, further teaches that Fig. 8 and 9 does not show two receivers (two radios) is working at UE, by TDM and does not show one of the first set of time periods can be located between two of the second set of time periods or vice versa. However, it is depending on the duty cycles with offsets and the duty cycles and offsets can be determined based on the higher layer configuration and the UE capability, as described in Page 14, Lines 27-35 and in Page 15, Line 1. Since the duty cycle configurations and the timing of LP-WUSs can be included in the first LP-WUS, the time period for the first LP-WUS determined the first set of time periods and the second set of time periods. Therefore, it is clear that the second signal with the second radio and the third signal with the first radio can be communicated by TDM, where the first time period comprises the first set of time periods and the second set of time periods and one of the first set of time periods may be located between two of the second set of time periods, or vice versa.)
Regarding claim 3, Li teaches the features defined in the claim 1, -refer to the indicated claim for reference(s).
Li further teaches that wherein the first signal comprises at least one of a low-power (LP) wake-up signal (LP-WUS), a low-power reference signal (LP-RS) or a low-power synchronization signal (LP-SS), (Li, in Fig. 8 and in Page 16, lines 24-35 and in Page 17, lines 1-9, teaches as described in the above with Fig. 8, the LP-WUR (the first radio) communicates the third signal (the second LP-WUS) and the main receiver (the second radio) communicates the SI update signal (the second signal) for SI update (the first mode). Based on the duty cycle configuration, the higher layer configuration, and the UE capability, two receivers can be performed at the same time, as described in Page 14, Lines 27-35 and in Page 15, Line 1. In the above example with Fig. 8, the first signal (the first LP-WUS) can be LP-WUS to wake up the main receiver. Further, as described in Page 5, Lines 4-9, LP-WUS can be used for cell selection, for example, UE may identify the cell and perform RRM (Radio Resource Management) measurement based on LP-WUS, where LP-WUS can be used as LP-SS or LP-RS. Therefore, it is clear that communicating the second signal with the second radio and communicating the third signal with the first radio can be performed at the same time and the first signal can be used as the wake-up signal for the second radio, or as the LP-RS or LP-SS for RRM measurement.) wherein the first configuration comprises a third indication of at least one of: a minimum time threshold for the UE to switch between operating the first radio at the UE in a first mode and operating the second radio at the UE in a second mode; (Li, in Fig. 8 and in Page 16, lines 24-35 and in Page 17, lines 1-9, teaches as shown in Fig. 8, based on the duty cycles, there can be some gap (time threshold) between the first radio (the LP-WUR) in the first mode (in the first duty cycle) and the second radio (main receiver) for the second mode (PO) (in the second duty cycle), where the gap is depending on the duty cycle configuration, the higher layer configuration and UE capability, as described in Page 5, Lines 4-9 and in Page 17, Lines 2-9. Therefore, this information can be included the duty cycle information in the first LP-WUS (the first signal). From this observation, it is clear that the first configuration comprises the indication of a minimum time threshold for the UE to switch between operating the first radio at the UE in the first mode and operating the second radio at the UE in the second mode.) a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) occasion indicator associated with the first radio and a second PDCCH occasion indicator associated with the second radio; (Li, in Fig. 4 and in Page 10, lines 14 to 32, teaches that the LP-WUS may indicate that the group of UEs of a PO is paged, and/or TRS (tracking Reference Signal) availability indication as defined for DCI format 2_ 7. Since LP-WUS may indicate the group is paged, the UE may be configured to monitor PEI (Permanent Equipment Identifier) PDCCH to know the paged sub-group of the PO if PEI and paging sub-grouping is configured. Fig. 4 show an example of use of a LP-WUS to indicate paging early indication and the TRS availability indication with paging indication field and TRS availability indication. In Figure 4, part (A), the UE detects a valid indication of the LP-WUS (ON) that the paging group of a PO is paged. Then, the UE can wake up the main receiver for the detection of PDCCH PEI to know the paged sub-group. It is assumed that no TRS for IDLE/INACTIVE state is available, then the UE may need to detect 3 SSBs for the RRM, PEI PDCCH detection and the fine time/frequency synchronization which is required for the reception of paging PDSCH. Based on this observation, it is clear that the first configuration may comprises a first PDCCH occasion indicator associated with the first radio and a second PDCCH occasion indicator associated with the second radio.).
Regarding claim 5, Li teaches the features defined in the claim 1, -refer to the indicated claim for reference(s).
Li further teaches that transmit a UE capability to a network node, wherein the UE capability comprises an indicator of a transition time between operating the first radio and operating the second radio, wherein the first schedule indicated by the first configuration and the second schedule indicated by the second configuration are both based on the transition time (Li, in Fig. 8 and in Page 14, Lines 27-35, in Page 15, Line 1, in Page16, Lines 24-36, and in Page 17, Lines 1-9 , teaches that with Fig. 8, as described in the above, the first schedule indicated by the first configuration and the second schedule indicated by the second configuration are both based on the duty cycles and its offsets including the indicating of the transition time (offset) between operating the first radio (the LP-WUR) and operating the second radio (the main receiver). As described in Page 14, Lines 27-35, in Page 15, Line 1, the duty cycles and the offset configuration (including the indication of transition time (offset)) can be determined by the higher layer configuration and by the UE capability report to the network node. Therefore, it is clear that the UE capability is reported to the network node and the indication of the transition time is determined by this capability with higher layer configuration.)
Regarding claim 12, Li teaches the features defined in the claim 1, -refer to the indicated claim for reference(s).
Li further teach receive, via the transceiver, a reference signal (RS) comprising a first clock configuration via the second radio, wherein the second signal comprises the RS, wherein the second signal comprises the RS; and configure a first clock associated with the first radio based on the first clock configuration (Li, in Page 6, Lines 16-29, teaches that if the RRM measurement is still valid for a UE which indicates the UE is still in the current cell, the UE can monitor the LP-WUS to determine if the UE needs to wake up the main receiver in a paging cycle. Once the main receiver is turned on in the paging cycle, it may be up to UE implementation to redo RRM measurement based on e.g., the detected SSB or CSI-RS. On the other hand, if the RRM measurement become invalid, the UE may not detect the configured LP-WUS. Therefore, the UE may perform RRM measurement, detect PEI PDCCH, and/or detect a paging PDSCH according to one or more legacy 3GPP procedures. The UE may perform the RRM measurement based on legacy NR reference signals, e.g., UE turns on the main radio to receive SS/PBCH. If RRM measurement triggers cell re-selection, the UE may begin an initial access process for a new cell according to legacy process. During cell re-selection, UE may be able to skip one or more LP-WUS occasions. After UE finishes cell re-selection, or if RRM measurement does not trigger cell re-selection, UE monitor the sub-sequent LP-WUS within certain period, e.g., several paging cycles with the assumption that the selected cell would not change after last RRM measurement. In these examples, when the RRM (Radio Resource Management) measurement is not valid, the second radio (the main receiver) can be woken up by LP-WUS (the first radio) to detect the reference signal such as SSB (Synchronization Signal Block) or CSI-RS (Channel State Information-Reference Signal) and perform the RRM measurement for cell-reselection based on the receives reference signals. Until UE obtains the valid RRM measurements based on the reference signals with the main receiver, the UE may skip one or more LP-WUS occasions. Once the RRM measurement is valid, the UE begin to detect the coming LP-WUS, again. Further, in Fig. 7 and in Page 15, Lines 32-36 and in Page 16, Lines 1-14, Li teaches that the duty cycle to detect LP-WUS can be determined based on the SFN (System Frame Number) and SFN and subframe number can be derived from the main receiver. According to these observations, based on the network condition, from the RRM measurement procedure is performed by the main receiver (the second radio) woken up by LP-WUS and based on this procedure, the UE can detect the coming LP-WUS based on the duty cycle, where the duty cycle is derived with the SFN and the subframe number calculated from the main receiver. Based on this observation, the clock information or configuration for the first radio (LP-WUR) may be determined the information from the main receiver (the second radio) using the first mode such as RRM measurement for cell reselection by using the received reference signals received.)
Regarding to claim 15, Li teaches an apparatus for wireless communication at a network node, comprising: memory; and at least one processor coupled to the memory and, based at least in part on information stored in the memory, the at least one processor is configured to: (Li, in Fig. 20 and 21 and in Page 32, lines 12-15, teaches that a network node can have hardware resources 2100 including one or more processors (or processor cores) 2110, one or more memory/storage devices 2120, and one or more communication resources 2130, each of which may be communicatively coupled via a bus 2140 or other interface circuitry.) transmit, to a first radio at a user equipment (UE), a first signal comprising a first configuration for a second radio at the UE and a second configuration for the first radio at the UE, wherein the first configuration comprises a first indication of a first schedule and a first set of communication resources for a second radio, wherein the second configuration comprises a second indication of a second schedule and a second set of communication resources for the first radio; and simultaneously communicate a second signal based on the first schedule and the first set of communication resources with the second radio and communicate a third signal based on the second schedule and the second set of communication resources with the first radio at the UE, wherein the first radio and the second radio at the UE simultaneously operate at a same time to simultaneously communicate the second signal and the third signal, (Li, in Fig. 1 and Page 4, lines 1-15, and in Page 14, Lines 28-31, teaches that as shown in the above, the UE may continuously monitor the LP-WUS or monitor LP-WUS with a short cycle. If a LP-WUS is detected which indicates that control/data for the UE will be scheduled, the UE can tum on and configure the main receiver for the reception of the control/data by this LP-WUS. The LP-WUS can comprise not only a wake-up signal for the main receiver but also the configuration (indication of schedule and resources) for the main receiver to receive certain channels or signals. In Fig. 8 and in Page16, Lines 24-36 and in Page 17, Lines 1-9, Li teaches that Figure 8 illustrates an example configuration of two duty cycles for LP-WUS detection by LP -WUR (the first radio). The main receiver may be woken up for system information (SI) update or monitoring paging occasions. The PDCCH scheduling SI update and the PDCCH scheduling paging PDSCH may be configured in different timing. Assuming a fixed delay for the main receiver to wake up and receive the SI (System Information) update (the first mode) or paging PDSCH (the second mode), UE need to monitor LP-WUS in different timing for the two kinds of transmission on main receiver. Here, as described in the earlier, the first LP-WUS can include the wake-up signal for the main receiver, the duty cycle information (where duty cycle configuration may be configured with separate wus-Cycle, wus-StartOffset and wus-OnDuration), the first configuration information (indication of a schedule and resources) for SI update (the first mode), and the second configuration information (the indication of a schedule and resources) for the LP-WUS schedule (including the second LP-WUS) at LP-WUR. Although the figure shows two duty cycles, these two duty cycles can be repeated, according to the network configuration. Based on the first duty cycle, the first LP-WUS (the first signal) is received by UE with LP-WUR (the first radio), where the first LP-WUS includes the wake-up signal for the main receiver (the second radio) and the first configuration (indication of the schedule and resources) for the SI update. With some delay (offset) based on the duty cycle, the LP-WUR wakes up the main receiver and hand in the configuration (indication) to the main receiver. Now, the main receiver is configured for SI update, based on the configuration (first configuration include the indication of the first schedule and the first resources) received from LP-WUR and start to communicate (receive) the SI update signal (the second signal) to perform SI update (the first mode), based on the schedule information and the resources indicated by the first configuration (PDCCH scheduling and resources for SI update). Based on the second duty cycle and the second configuration (the indication of the schedule and resources), the LP-WUR is configured to detect the second LP-WUS and the second LP-WUS (the third signal) to perform Paging PDSCH (the second mode) is received (communicated) by UE with LP-WUR (the first radio), where the second LP-WUS includes the wake-up signal for the main receiver (the second radio) and the third configuration (indication of a schedule and resources) for Paging Occasion (PO) of PDSCH. With some delay (offset) based on the duty cycle, the LP-WUR wakes up the main receiver (the second radio) and hand in the third configuration (indication) to the main receiver. Now, the main receiver is configured for Paging Occasion (Paging PDSCH: the second mode), based on the third configuration (third configuration include the indication of the third schedule and the third resources) received from LP-WUR and start to communicate (receive) the PO signal (the fourth signal) to perform Paging PDSCH (the second mode), based on the schedule information and the resources indicated by the third configuration (PDCCH scheduling and resources for Paging PDSCH). As shown in Fig. 8, during the main receiver communicates the second signal for SI update, the LP-WUR communicates the second LP-WUS (the third signal) for PO at the same time, depending on the duty cycle configuration, monitoring LP-WUSs, the higher layer configuration, and UE capability (as described in Page 14, Lines 27-35 and in Page 15, Line 1 and in Page 17, Lines2-9). Namely, performing both radios at the same time is depending on the configuration parameters of multiple duty cycles. Therefore, it is clearly disclosed this part of the claim 15.) wherein the first radio has a lower power consumption than the second radio or the second radio has the lower power consumption than the first radio (Li, in Page 4, lines 1-8, teaches when the low-power WUR (LP-WUR) may receive the WUS and trigger the main Radio, the LP-WUR can be the first radio with lower power consumption and the main radio can be the second radio with higher power consumption. However, when the main radio is on deep sleep mode before triggering, the second radio (LP-WUR) can use higher power and the main radio can use lower power.).
Regarding claim 16, Li teaches the features defined in the claim 15, -refer to the indicated claim for reference(s).
Li further teaches that wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: multiplex the third signal and the second signal via time domain multiplexing (TDM) to communicate the third signal during each time period of a first set of time periods indicated by the second configuration and communicate the second signal during each time period of a second set of time periods indicated by the first configuration, wherein at least one of the first set of time periods is between two of the second set of time periods, and at least one of the second set of time periods is between two of the first set of time periods (Li, in Fig. 8 and 9 and in Page 16, lines 24-35, in Page 17, lines 1-9, and in Page 17, lines 10-34, further teaches that Fig. 8 and 9 does not show two receivers (two radios) is working at UE, by TDM and does not show one of the first set of time periods can be located between two of the second set of time periods or vice versa. However, it is depending on the duty cycles with offsets and the duty cycles and offsets can be determined based on the higher layer configuration and the UE capability, as described in Page 14, Lines 27-35 and in Page 15, Line 1. Since the duty cycle configurations and the timing of LP-WUSs can be included in the first LP-WUS, the time period for the first LP-WUS determined the first set of time periods and the second set of time periods. Therefore, it is clear that the second signal with the second radio and the third signal with the first radio can be communicated by TDM, where the first time period comprises the first set of time periods and the second set of time periods and one of the first set of time periods may be located between two of the second set of time periods, or vice versa.)
Regarding claim 18, Li teaches the features defined in the claim 15, -refer to the indicated claim for reference(s).
Li further teaches that receive, via the transceiver, a UE capability from the UE, wherein the UE capability comprises an indicator of a transition time between a first operation of the first radio and a second operation of the second radio; and configure the first schedule and the second schedule based on the transition time. (Li, in Fig. 8 and in Page 14, Lines 27-35, in Page 15, Line 1, in Page16, Lines 24-36, and in Page 17, Lines 1-9 , teaches that with Fig. 8, as described in the above, the first schedule indicated by the first configuration and the second schedule indicated by the second configuration are both based on the duty cycles and its offsets including the indicating of the transition time (offset) between operating the first radio (the LP-WUR) and operating the second radio (the main receiver). As described in Page 14, Lines 27-35, in Page 15, Line 1, the duty cycles and the offset configuration (including the indication of transition time (offset)) can be determined by the higher layer configuration and by the UE capability report to the network node. Therefore, it is clear that the UE capability is reported to the network node and the indication of the transition time is determined by this capability with higher layer configuration.)
Regarding to claim 29, Li teaches a method of wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising: (Li, in Fig. 20 and 21 and in Page 32, lines 12-15, teaches that UE can have hardware resources 2100 including one or more processors (or processor cores) 2110, one or more memory/storage devices 2120, and one or more communication resources 2130, each of which may be communicatively coupled via a bus 2140 or other interface circuitry.) receiving, via a first radio, a first signal comprising a first configuration and a second configuration, wherein the first configuration comprises a first indication of a first schedule and a first set of communication resources for a second radio, wherein the second configuration comprises a second indication of a second schedule and a second set of communication resources for the first radio; configuring the first radio and the second radio at the UE to simultaneously operate at a same time based on the first configuration and the second configuration; and simultaneously communicating, via the second radio at the UE, a second signal based on the first schedule and the first set of communication resources and communicating, via the first radio at the UE, the third signal based on the second schedule and the second set of communication resources, (Li, in Fig. 1 and Page 4, lines 1-15, and in Page 14, Lines 28-31, teaches that as shown in the above, the UE may continuously monitor the LP-WUS or monitor LP-WUS with a short cycle. If a LP-WUS is detected which indicates that control/data for the UE will be scheduled, the UE can tum on and configure the main receiver for the reception of the control/data by this LP-WUS. The LP-WUS can comprise not only a wake-up signal for the main receiver but also the configuration (indication of schedule and resources) for the main receiver to receive certain channels or signals. In Fig. 8 and in Page16, Lines 24-36 and in Page 17, Lines 1-9, Li teaches that Figure 8 illustrates an example configuration of two duty cycles for LP-WUS detection by LP -WUR (the first radio). The main receiver may be woken up for system information (SI) update or monitoring paging occasions. The PDCCH scheduling SI update and the PDCCH scheduling paging PDSCH may be configured in different timing. Assuming a fixed delay for the main receiver to wake up and receive the SI (System Information) update (the first mode) or paging PDSCH (the second mode), UE need to monitor LP-WUS in different timing for the two kinds of transmission on main receiver. Here, as described in the earlier, the first LP-WUS can include the wake-up signal for the main receiver, the duty cycle information (where duty cycle configuration may be configured with separate wus-Cycle, wus-StartOffset and wus-OnDuration), the first configuration information (indication of a schedule and resources) for SI update (the first mode), and the second configuration information (the indication of a schedule and resources) for the LP-WUS schedule (including the second LP-WUS) at LP-WUR. Although the figure shows two duty cycles, these two duty cycles can be repeated, according to the network configuration. Based on the first duty cycle, the first LP-WUS (the first signal) is received by UE with LP-WUR (the first radio), where the first LP-WUS includes the wake-up signal for the main receiver (the second radio) and the first configuration (indication of the schedule and resources) for the SI update. With some delay (offset) based on the duty cycle, the LP-WUR wakes up the main receiver and hand in the configuration (indication) to the main receiver. Now, the main receiver is configured for SI update, based on the configuration (first configuration include the indication of the first schedule and the first resources) received from LP-WUR and start to communicate (receive) the SI update signal (the second signal) to perform SI update (the first mode), based on the schedule information and the resources indicated by the first configuration (PDCCH scheduling and resources for SI update). Based on the second duty cycle and the second configuration (the indication of the schedule and resources), the LP-WUR is configured to detect the second LP-WUS and the second LP-WUS (the third signal) to perform Paging PDSCH (the second mode) is received (communicated) by UE with LP-WUR (the first radio), where the second LP-WUS includes the wake-up signal for the main receiver (the second radio) and the third configuration (indication of a schedule and resources) for Paging Occasion (PO) of PDSCH. With some delay (offset) based on the duty cycle, the LP-WUR wakes up the main receiver (the second radio) and hand in the third configuration (indication) to the main receiver. Now, the main receiver is configured for Paging Occasion (Paging PDSCH: the second mode), based on the third configuration (third configuration include the indication of the third schedule and the third resources) received from LP-WUR and start to communicate (receive) the PO signal (the fourth signal) to perform Paging PDSCH (the second mode), based on the schedule information and the resources indicated by the third configuration (PDCCH scheduling and resources for Paging PDSCH). As shown in Fig. 8, during the main receiver communicates the second signal for SI update, the LP-WUR communicates the second LP-WUS (the third signal) for PO at the same time, depending on the duty cycle configuration, monitoring LP-WUSs, the higher layer configuration, and UE capability (as described in Page 14, Lines 27-35 and in Page 15, Line 1 and in Page 17, Lines2-9). Namely, performing both radios at the same time is depending on the configuration parameters of multiple duty cycles. Therefore, it is clearly disclosed this part of the claim 1.) wherein the first radio has a lower power consumption than the second radio or the second radio has the lower power consumption than the first radio (Li, in Page 4, lines 1-8, teaches when the low-power WUR (LP-WUR) may receive the WUS and trigger the main Radio, the LP-WUR can be the first radio with lower power consumption and the main radio can be the second radio with higher power consumption. However, when the main radio is on deep sleep mode before triggering, the second radio (LP-WUR) can use higher power and the main radio can use lower power.).
Regarding to claim 30, Li teaches a method of wireless communication at a network node, comprising: (Li, in Fig. 20 and 21 and in Page 32, lines 12-15, teaches that a network node can have hardware resources 2100 including one or more processors (or processor cores) 2110, one or more memory/storage devices 2120, and one or more communication resources 2130, each of which may be communicatively coupled via a bus 2140 or other interface circuitry.) transmitting, to a first radio at a user equipment (UE), a first signal comprising a first configuration for a second radio at the UE and a second configuration for the first radio at the UE, wherein the first configuration comprises a first indication of a first schedule and a first set of communication resources for a second radio, wherein the second configuration comprises a second indication of a second schedule and a second set of communication resources for the first radio; and simultaneously communicating a second signal based on the first schedule and the first set of communication resources with the second radio and communicating a third signal based on the second schedule and the second set of communication resources with the first radio at the UE, wherein the first radio and the second radio at the UE simultaneously operate at a same time to simultaneously communicate the second signal and the third signal, (Li, in Fig. 1 and Page 4, lines 1-15, and in Page 14, Lines 28-31, teaches that as shown in the above, the UE may continuously monitor the LP-WUS or monitor LP-WUS with a short cycle. If a LP-WUS is detected which indicates that control/data for the UE will be scheduled, the UE can tum on and configure the main receiver for the reception of the control/data by this LP-WUS. The LP-WUS can comprise not only a wake-up signal for the main receiver but also the configuration (indication of schedule and resources) for the main receiver to receive certain channels or signals. In Fig. 8 and in Page16, Lines 24-36 and in Page 17, Lines 1-9, Li teaches that Figure 8 illustrates an example configuration of two duty cycles for LP-WUS detection by LP -WUR (the first radio). The main receiver may be woken up for system information (SI) update or monitoring paging occasions. The PDCCH scheduling SI update and the PDCCH scheduling paging PDSCH may be configured in different timing. Assuming a fixed delay for the main receiver to wake up and receive the SI (System Information) update (the first mode) or paging PDSCH (the second mode), UE need to monitor LP-WUS in different timing for the two kinds of transmission on main receiver. Here, as described in the earlier, the first LP-WUS can include the wake-up signal for the main receiver, the duty cycle information (where duty cycle configuration may be configured with separate wus-Cycle, wus-StartOffset and wus-OnDuration), the first configuration information (indication of a schedule and resources) for SI update (the first mode), and the second configuration information (the indication of a schedule and resources) for the LP-WUS schedule (including the second LP-WUS) at LP-WUR. Although the figure shows two duty cycles, these two duty cycles can be repeated, according to the network configuration. Based on the first duty cycle, the first LP-WUS (the first signal) is received by UE with LP-WUR (the first radio), where the first LP-WUS includes the wake-up signal for the main receiver (the second radio) and the first configuration (indication of the schedule and resources) for the SI update. With some delay (offset) based on the duty cycle, the LP-WUR wakes up the main receiver and hand in the configuration (indication) to the main receiver. Now, the main receiver is configured for SI update, based on the configuration (first configuration include the indication of the first schedule and the first resources) received from LP-WUR and start to communicate (receive) the SI update signal (the second signal) to perform SI update (the first mode), based on the schedule information and the resources indicated by the first configuration (PDCCH scheduling and resources for SI update). Based on the second duty cycle and the second configuration (the indication of the schedule and resources), the LP-WUR is configured to detect the second LP-WUS and the second LP-WUS (the third signal) to perform Paging PDSCH (the second mode) is received (communicated) by UE with LP-WUR (the first radio), where the second LP-WUS includes the wake-up signal for the main receiver (the second radio) and the third configuration (indication of a schedule and resources) for Paging Occasion (PO) of PDSCH. With some delay (offset) based on the duty cycle, the LP-WUR wakes up the main receiver (the second radio) and hand in the third configuration (indication) to the main receiver. Now, the main receiver is configured for Paging Occasion (Paging PDSCH: the second mode), based on the third configuration (third configuration include the indication of the third schedule and the third resources) received from LP-WUR and start to communicate (receive) the PO signal (the fourth signal) to perform Paging PDSCH (the second mode), based on the schedule information and the resources indicated by the third configuration (PDCCH scheduling and resources for Paging PDSCH). As shown in Fig. 8, during the main receiver communicates the second signal for SI update, the LP-WUR communicates the second LP-WUS (the third signal) for PO at the same time, depending on the duty cycle configuration, monitoring LP-WUSs, the higher layer configuration, and UE capability (as described in Page 14, Lines 27-35 and in Page 15, Line 1 and in Page 17, Lines2-9). Namely, performing both radios at the same time is depending on the configuration parameters of multiple duty cycles. Therefore, it is clearly disclosed this part of the claim 15.) wherein the first radio has a lower power consumption than the second radio or the second radio has the lower power consumption than the first radio (Li, in Page 4, lines 1-8, teaches when the low-power WUR (LP-WUR) may receive the WUS and trigger the main Radio, the LP-WUR can be the first radio with lower power consumption and the main radio can be the second radio with higher power consumption. However, when the main radio is on deep sleep mode before triggering, the second radio (LP-WUR) can use higher power and the main radio can use lower power.).
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.
Claims 4, 6, and 19 are rejected under U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Li, Yingyang et. al. (Int. Pub. No: WO2024015894A1, hereinafter “Li”) in a view of Do, Hieu et. al. (Int. Pub. No.: WO 2022086427 A1, hereinafter “Do”)
Regarding claim 4, Li teaches the features defined in the claim 1, -refer to the indicated claim for reference(s).
Li further teaches that wherein, to simultaneously communicate, via the second radio at the UE, the second signal based on the first schedule and the first set of communication resources, and communicate, via the first radio at the UE, the third signal based, on the second schedule and the second set of communication resources, (Li, in Fig. 8 and in Page16, Lines 24-36 and in Page 17, Lines 1-9, teaches that as shown in the above, based on the first duty cycle, the first LP-WUS (the first signal) is received by UE with LP-WUR (the first radio), where the first LP-WUS includes the wake-up signal for the main receiver (the second radio) and the first configuration (indication of the schedule and resources) for the SI update. With some delay (offset) based on the duty cycle, the LP-WUR wakes up the main receiver and hand in the first configuration (indication) to the main receiver. Now, the main receiver is configured for SI update, based on the configuration (first configuration include the indication of the first schedule and the first resources) received from LP-WUR and start to communicate (receive) the SI update signal (the second signal) to perform SI update (the first mode), based on the schedule information and the resources indicated by the first configuration (PDCCH scheduling and resources for SI update). Based on the second duty cycle and the second configuration (the indication of the schedule and resources), the LP-WUR is configured to detect the second LP-WUS and the second LP-WUS (the third signal) to perform Paging PDSCH (the second mode) is received (communicated) by UE with LP-WUR (the first radio), where the second LP-WUS includes the wake-up signal for the main receiver (the second radio) and the third configuration (indication of a schedule and resources) for Paging Occasion (PO) of PDSCH. With some delay (offset) based on the duty cycle, the LP-WUR wakes up the main receiver (the second radio) and hand in the third configuration (indication) to the main receiver. As shown in Fig. 8, during the main receiver communicates the second signal for SI update, the LP-WUR communicates the second LP-WUS (the third signal) for PO (at the same time), depending on the duty cycle configuration, monitoring LP-WUSs, the higher layer configuration, and UE capability (as described in Page 14, Lines 27-35, in Page 15, Line 1, and in Page 17, Lines 2-9). Therefore, it is clear that UE configures the first radio to communicate the third signal based on the second configuration (the second indication of the second schedule and the second resources) for the second mode and simultaneously, UE configures the main receiver to communicate the second signal based on the first configuration (the first indication for the first schedule and the first resources) to perform the first mode.)
However, Li does not teach that the at least one processor is configured to: communicate the third signal at the first radio using a universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) air interface (Uu) connection; and communicate a second signal at the second radio using a sidelink connection.
However, Do teaches that the at least one processor is configured to: communicate the third signal at the first radio using a universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) air interface (Uu) connection; and communicate a second signal at the second radio using a sidelink connection (Do, in Fig. 3 and in Page 17, lines 31-32, Page 18, lines 1-21, and Page 19, lines 14-20, a schematic diagram of a communication system 10, such as a 3GPP-type cellular network that may support standards such as LTE and/or NR (5G), which comprises an access network 12, such as a radio access network, and a core network 14. The access network 12 comprises a plurality of network nodes 16a, 16b, 16c (referred to collectively as network nodes 16), such as NBs, eNBs, gNBs or other types of wireless access points, each defining a corresponding coverage area 18a, 18b, 18c (referred to collectively as coverage areas 18). Each network node 16a, 16b, 16c is connectable to the core network 14 over a wired or wireless connection 20. A first wireless device (WD) 22a located in coverage area 18a is configured to wirelessly connect to, or be paged by, the corresponding network node 16a. A second WD 22b in coverage area 18b is wirelessly connectable to the corresponding network node 16b. While a plurality of WDs 22a, 22b (collectively referred to as wireless devices 22) are illustrated in this example, the disclosed embodiments are equally applicable to a situation where a sole WD is in the coverage area or where a sole WD is connecting to the corresponding network node 16. it is contemplated that a WD 22 can be in simultaneous communication and/or configured to separately communicate with more than one network node 16 and more than one type of network node 16. WD 22 can have dual connectivity with a network node 16 that supports L TE and the same or a different network node 16 that supports NR. As an example, WD 22 can be in communication with an eNB for LTE/E-UTRAN and a gNB for NR/NG-RAN. A wireless device 22a is configured to include a detector unit 32 (it can be considered as Wake-up Receiver (WUR), the first radio) which is configured to receive at least one of a wake-up-signal (WUS) and a go-to-sleep signal (GTS) for sidelink (SL) on at least one resource within a set of dedicated resources during a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) occasion (second signal with the first set of communication resource). A WD 22b is also configured to include a WUS/GTS unit 34 which is configured to transmit at least one of a wake-up-signal (WUS) and a go-to-sleep signal (GTS) for sidelink (SL) on at least one resource within a set of dedicated resources during a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) occasion. In this observation, Do teaches WD 22a and 22b can communicate simultaneously with network node and UE in sidelink. Since UMTS Uu connection can be considered as one of 3GPP network node, it is clear that UE with two radios can connect with UMTS Uu and Sidelink, at the same time like WD 22a and 22b in this observation.
It would have been obvious for one of ordinary skill in the art, before the effective filing date of the claimed invention, to combine Li and Do to include the technique of the at least one processor is configured to: communicate the third signal at the first radio using a universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) air interface (Uu) connection; and communicate a second signal at the second radio using a sidelink connection of Do in the system of Li to provide the efficient mechanism supporting wake-up signal (WUS), wake-up channel (WUC), and a go-to-sleep signal (GTS) for sidelink (SL) to potentially help further reduce unnecessary energy consumption at the wireless devices (Do, see Page 13, lines 9-12)).
Regarding claim 6, Li teaches the features defined in the claim 1, -refer to the indicated claim for reference(s).
Li further teaches that wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: operate the first radio at the UE based on the second configuration received via the first radio, (Li, in Fig. 8 and in Page16, Lines 24-36 and in Page 17, Lines 1-9, teaches that Figure 8 illustrates an example configuration of two duty cycles for LP-WUS detection by LP -WUR (the first radio). The main receiver may be woken up for system information (SI) update or monitoring paging occasions. The PDCCH scheduling SI update and the PDCCH scheduling paging PDSCH may be configured in different timing. Assuming a fixed delay for the main receiver to wake up and receive the SI (System Information) update (the first mode) or paging PDSCH (the second mode), UE may need to monitor LP-WUS in different timing for the two kinds of transmission on main receiver. Here, as described in the earlier, the first LP-WUS can include the wake-up signal for the main receiver, the duty cycle information (where duty cycle configuration may be configured with separate wus-Cycle, wus-StartOffset and wus-OnDuration), the first configuration information (indication of a schedule and resources) for SI update (the first mode), and the second configuration information (the indication of a schedule and resources) for the second LP-WUS at LP-WUR. Based on the first duty cycle, the first LP-WUS (the first signal) is received by UE with LP-WUR (the first radio), where the first LP-WUS includes the wake-up signal for the main receiver (the second radio) and the first configuration (indication of the schedule and resources) for the SI update. With some delay (offset) based on the duty cycle, the LP-WUR wakes up the main receiver and hand in the configuration (indication) to the main receiver. Now, the main receiver is configured for SI update, based on the configuration (first configuration include the indication of the first schedule and the first resources) received from LP-WUR and start to communicate (receive) the SI update signal (the second signal) to perform SI update (the first mode), based on the schedule information and the resources indicated by the first configuration (PDCCH scheduling and resources for SI update). Based on the second duty cycle and the second configuration (the indication of the schedule and resources), the LP-WUR is configured to detect the second LP-WUS and the second LP-WUS (the third signal) to perform Paging PDSCH (the second mode) is received (communicated) by UE with LP-WUR (the first radio), where the second LP-WUS includes the wake-up signal for the main receiver (the second radio) and the third configuration (indication of a schedule and resources) for Paging Occasion (PO) of PDSCH. With some delay (offset) based on the duty cycle, the LP-WUR wakes up the main receiver (the second radio) and hand in the third configuration (indication) to the main receiver. Now, the main receiver is configured for Paging Occasion (Paging PDSCH: the second mode), based on the third configuration (third configuration include the indication of the third schedule and the third resources) received from LP-WUR and start to communicate (receive) the PO signal (the fourth signal) to perform Paging PDSCH (the second mode), based on the schedule information and the resources indicated by the third configuration (PDCCH scheduling and resources for Paging PDSCH). Therefore, it is clear that UE configures the first radio to communicate the third signal based on the second configuration (the second indication of the second schedule and the second resources) for the second mode.)
Li does not teach that wherein the first signal comprises a low-power (LP) wake-up signal (LP-WUS), wherein the first configuration indicates a wake-up mode configuration associated with at least one of: a first transmitter of the first radio associated with a first universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) air interface (Uu) connection; a second transmitter of the first radio associated with a first sidelink connection; a third transmitter of the first radio associated with the first Uu connection and the first sidelink connection; a first receiver of the first radio associated with the first Uu connection; a second receiver of the first radio associated with the first sidelink connection; a third receiver of the first radio associated with the first Uu connection and the first sidelink connection; a fourth transmitter of the second radio associated with a second Uu connection; a fifth transmitter of the second radio associated with a second sidelink connection; a sixth transmitter of the second radio associated with the second Uu connection and the second sidelink connection; a fourth receiver of the second radio associated with the second Uu connection; a fifth receiver of the second radio associated with the second sidelink connection; or a sixth receiver of the second radio associated with the second Uu connection and the second sidelink connection.
However, Do teaches that wherein the first signal comprises a low-power (LP) wake-up signal (LP-WUS), (Do, in Fig. 3 and in Page 17, lines 31-32, Page 18, lines 1-21, and Page 19, lines 14-20, already teaches in the above that WD 22a and 22b can communicate simultaneously with network node and UE in sidelink with LP-WUS mode that is a low power mode.) wherein the first configuration indicates a wake-up mode configuration associated with at least one of: a first transmitter of the first radio associated with a first universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) air interface (Uu) connection; a second transmitter of the first radio associated with a first sidelink connection; a third transmitter of the first radio associated with the first Uu connection and the first sidelink connection; a first receiver of the first radio associated with the first Uu connection; a second receiver of the first radio associated with the first sidelink connection; a third receiver of the first radio associated with the first Uu connection and the first sidelink connection; a fourth transmitter of the second radio associated with a second Uu connection; a fifth transmitter of the second radio associated with a second sidelink connection; a sixth transmitter of the second radio associated with the second Uu connection and the second sidelink connection; a fourth receiver of the second radio associated with the second Uu connection; a fifth receiver of the second radio associated with the second sidelink connection; or a sixth receiver of the second radio associated with the second Uu connection and the second sidelink connection (Do, in Fig. 3 and in Page 17, lines 31-32, Page 18, lines 1-21, and Page 19, lines 14-20, already teaches in the above that under LP-WUS mode, UE with two radio configurations can communicate with the network node and sidelink at the same time. In the above, one of the candidate for a network node connection in 3GPP system can be UMTS Uu connection. From this observation, its extension to multiple transceivers or multiple combination of connections can be expected.
It would have been obvious for one of ordinary skill in the art, before the effective filing date of the claimed invention, to combine Li and Do to include the technique of wherein the first signal comprises a low-power (LP) wake-up signal (LP-WUS), wherein the first configuration indicates a wake-up mode configuration associated with at least one of: a first transmitter of the first radio associated with a first universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) air interface (Uu) connection; a second transmitter of the first radio associated with a first sidelink connection; a third transmitter of the first radio associated with the first Uu connection and the first sidelink connection; a first receiver of the first radio associated with the first Uu connection; a second receiver of the first radio associated with the first sidelink connection; a third receiver of the first radio associated with the first Uu connection and the first sidelink connection; a fourth transmitter of the second radio associated with a second Uu connection; a fifth transmitter of the second radio associated with a second sidelink connection; a sixth transmitter of the second radio associated with the second Uu connection and the second sidelink connection; a fourth receiver of the second radio associated with the second Uu connection; a fifth receiver of the second radio associated with the second sidelink connection; or a sixth receiver of the second radio associated with the second Uu connection and the second sidelink connection of Do in the system of Li to provide the efficient mechanism supporting wake-up signal (WUS), wake-up channel (WUC), and a go-to-sleep signal (GTS) for sidelink (SL) to potentially help further reduce unnecessary energy consumption at the wireless devices (Do, see Page 13, lines 9-12).).
Regarding claim 19, Li teaches the features defined in the claim 15, -refer to the indicated claim for reference(s).
Li does not explicitly teach that wherein the first signal comprises a low-power (LP) wake-up signal (LP-WUS) comprising the second configuration for the first radio and the first configuration for the second radio, wherein the first configuration indicates a wake-up mode configuration associated with at least one of: a first transmitter of the first radio associated with a first universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) air interface (Uu) connection; a second transmitter of the first radio associated with a first sidelink connection; a third transmitter of the first radio associated with the first Uu connection and the first sidelink connection; a first receiver of the first radio associated with the first Uu connection; a second receiver of the first radio associated with the first sidelink connection; a third receiver of the first radio associated with the first Uu connection and the first sidelink connection; a fourth transmitter of the second radio associated with a second Uu connection; a fifth transmitter of the second radio associated with a second sidelink connection; a sixth transmitter of the second radio associated with the second Uu connection and the second sidelink connection; a fourth receiver of the second radio associated with the second Uu connection; a fifth receiver of the second radio associated with the second sidelink connection; or a sixth receiver of the second radio associated with the second Uu connection and the second sidelink connection.
However, Do teaches that the first signal comprises a low-power (LP) wake-up signal (LP-WUS) comprising the second configuration for the first radio and the first configuration for the second radio, (Do, in Fig. 1 and 3 and in Page 17, lines 31-32, Page 18, lines 1-21, and Page 19, lines 14-20, already teaches in the above that WD 22a and 22b can communicate simultaneously with network node and UE in sidelink with LP-WUS mode at the first radio (Wake-up signal receiver (WUR), low-power receiver) and can communicate with the network node and UE at the second radio to perform PO with the first configuration.) wherein the first configuration indicates a wake-up mode configuration associated with at least one of: a first transmitter of the first radio associated with a first universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) air interface (Uu) connection; a second transmitter of the first radio associated with a first sidelink connection; a third transmitter of the first radio associated with the first Uu connection and the first sidelink connection; a first receiver of the first radio associated with the first Uu connection; a second receiver of the first radio associated with the first sidelink connection; a third receiver of the first radio associated with the first Uu connection and the first sidelink connection; a fourth transmitter of the second radio associated with a second Uu connection; a fifth transmitter of the second radio associated with a second sidelink connection; a sixth transmitter of the second radio associated with the second Uu connection and the second sidelink connection; a fourth receiver of the second radio associated with the second Uu connection; a fifth receiver of the second radio associated with the second sidelink connection; or a sixth receiver of the second radio associated with the second Uu connection and the second sidelink connection (Do, in Fig. 3 and in Page 17, lines 31-32, Page 18, lines 1-21, and Page 19, lines 14-20, already teaches in the above that under LP-WUS mode, UE with two radio configurations can communicate with the network node and sidelink at the same time. In the above, one of the candidate for a network node connection in 3GPP system can be UMTS Uu connection. From this observation, its extension to multiple transceivers or multiple combination of connections can be expected.
It would have been obvious for one of ordinary skill in the art, before the effective filing date of the claimed invention, to combine Li and Do to include the technique of wherein the first signal comprises a low-power (LP) wake-up signal (LP-WUS) comprising the second configuration for the first radio; wherein the first configuration indicates a wake-up mode configuration associated with at least one of: a first transmitter of the first radio associated with a first universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) air interface (Uu) connection; a second transmitter of the first radio associated with a first sidelink connection; a third transmitter of the first radio associated with the first Uu connection and the first sidelink connection; a first receiver of the first radio associated with the first Uu connection; a second receiver of the first radio associated with the first sidelink connection; a third receiver of the first radio associated with the first Uu connection and the first sidelink connection; a fourth transmitter of the second radio associated with a second Uu connection; a fifth transmitter of the second radio associated with a second sidelink connection; a sixth transmitter of the second radio associated with the second Uu connection and the second sidelink connection; a fourth receiver of the second radio associated with the second Uu connection; a fifth receiver of the second radio associated with the second sidelink connection; or a sixth receiver of the second radio associated with the second Uu connection and the second sidelink connection of Do in the system of Li to provide the efficient mechanism supporting wake-up signal (WUS), wake-up channel (WUC), and a go-to-sleep signal (GTS) for sidelink (SL) to potentially help further reduce unnecessary energy consumption at the wireless devices (Do, see Page 13, lines 9-12).).
Claims 7 and 20 are rejected under U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Li, Yingyang et. al. (Int. Pub. No: WO 2024015894 A1, hereinafter “Li”) in a view of Giwon PARK et. al. (USPub. No.: US 20220078753 A1, hereinafter “Giwon”) and further in a view of Hoglund, Andreas et. al. (Int. Pub. No: WO 2023096562 A1, hereinafter “Hoglund”) and further in a view of Honglei Miao (US Pub No: US 20220103270 A1, hereinafter “Honglei”).
Regarding claim 7, Li teaches the features defined in the claim 1, -refer to the indicated claim for reference(s).
Li further teaches that wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: operate the first radio at the UE based on the second configuration received via the first radio, (Li, in Fig. 1 and in Page 15, lines 20-33, teaches the power consumption related to monitoring for a WUS (Wake-up Signal) may depend on the WUS design and the hardware module of the WUR (Wake-up Receiver: it can be considered as the first radio) used for signal detecting and processing. Some basic designs on the procedure for the wake-up signal/channel transmission are discussed in Fig. 8 and in Page 16, lines 24-35 and in Page 17, lines 1-9. Multiple duty cycle configurations may be configured for a UE for LP-WUS detection. It can be considered that multiple configurations need multiple set of resources and based on the first LP-WUS signal (the first signal), multiple duty cycles and multiple configurations can be made by UE. Each duty cycle configuration may be configured with separate wus-Cycle, wus-StartOffset and wus-OnDuration. In this option, a duty cycle configuration may be configured to allow the LP-WUS for the UE to be transmitted in a most proper time considering the wake-up delay between the LP-WUS and a desired channel/signal of the main receiver. UE may skip a LP-WUS occasion, if UE already starts to turn on the main receiver based on a previous LP-WUS. Alternatively, UE still receives LP-WUS, if the LP-WUS and the previously detected LP-WUS is from different LP-WUS duty cycle configuration. Figure 8 illustrates an example configuration of two duty cycles for LP-WUS detection. The main receiver may be woken up for system information (SI) update (the first configuration and the first set of communication resources are provided by the first LP-WUS signal (can be considered as the first signal) and it is the first mode, as shown in Fig. 8) or monitoring paging occasions (PO) (the second configuration and the second set of communication resources are provided by the second LP-WUS (can be considered as the third signal) and it is the second mode as shown in Fig. 8). The PDCCH scheduling SI update and the PDCCH scheduling paging PDSCH may be configured in different timing. So, in Fig. 8, the first signal includes the configuration of two duty cycles and during “On duration 1” duration, the first signal (the first LP-WUS) is received by the first radio (LP-WUR) at UE for the first configuration, SI, and the first set of communication resources and in “SI update” duration, the second signal (the SI update information) is received by the second radio (the main receiver) at UE. While, during “On duration 2” duration, the third signal (the second LP-WUS) is received by the first radio (LP-WUR) at UE for the second configuration, PO, and the second set of communication resources and in “PO” duration, the fourth signal (the PO information) is received by the second radio (the main receiver) at UE. Therefore, it is clear that the first radio is configured based on a second configuration, wherein the first signal comprises the second configuration, and operate the first radio at the UE in a second mode based on the second configuration received via the first radio) wherein the first signal comprises at least one of a low-power (LP) wake-up signal (LP-WUS), a low-power reference signal (LP-RS) or a low-power synchronization signal (LP-SS) (Li, in Fig. 8 and in Page 16, lines 24-35 and in Page 17, lines 1-9, teaches as described in the above with Fig. 8, the LP-WUR (the first radio) communicates the third signal (the second LP-WUS) and the main receiver (the second radio) communicates the SI update signal (the second signal) for SI update (the first mode). Based on the duty cycle configuration, the higher layer configuration, and the UE capability, two receivers can be performed at the same time, as described in Page 14, Lines 27-35 and in Page 15, Line 1. In the above example with Fig. 8, the first signal (the first LP-WUS) can be LP-WUS to wake up the main receiver. Further, as described in Page 5, Lines 4-9, LP-WUS can be used for cell selection, for example, UE may identify the cell and perform RRM (Radio Resource Management) measurement based on LP-WUS, where LP-WUS can be used as LP-SS or LP-RS. Therefore, it is clear that communicating the second signal with the second radio and communicating the third signal with the first radio can be performed at the same time and the first signal can be used as the wake-up signal for the second radio, or as the LP-RS or LP-SS for RRM measurement.)
However, Li does not teach that wherein the first configuration comprises at least one of: a cast type associated with communicating the second signal at the second radio; a communication mode associated with communicating the second signal at the second radio; a duplex mode associated with communicating the second signal at the second radio; a service information associated with communicating the second signal at the second radio; a connection type associated with communicating the second signal at the second radio; or a non-data service parameter associated with communicating the second signal at the second radio.
Giwon teaches that wherein the first configuration comprises at least one of: (Giwon, in Paragraph [0151], teaches when sidelink or V2X is configured, the resource allocation is described) a cast type associated with communicating the second signal at the second radio; (Giwon, in Fig. 15 and in Paragargh [0189] and [0190], FIG. 15 illustrates three cast types according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Specifically, FIG. 15(a) illustrates broadcast-type SL communication, FIG. 15(b) illustrates unicast-type SL communication, and FIG. 15(c) illustrates groupcast-type SL communication. In unicast-type SL communication, a UE may perform one-to-one communication with another UE. In groupcast-type SL communication, the UE may perform SL communication with one or more UEs of a group to which the UE belongs. In various embodiments of the present disclosure, SL groupcast communication may be replaced with SL multicast communication, SL one-to-many communication, and so on. Therefore, with sidelink communication, the cast type can be configured) a communication mode associated with communicating the second signal at the second radio; (Giwon, in Fig. 14 and in Paragraph [0152] to [0154], describes various LTE or NR transmission mode, when sidelink is configured) a duplex mode associated with communicating the second signal at the second radio; (Giwon, in Paragraph [0124], describes when sidelink is configured, A physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH) may be a (broadcast) channel carrying basic (system) informationthat the UE needs to first know before transmitting and receiving an SL signal. For example, the basic informationmay include information related to the SLSSs, duplex mode (DM) information, time division duplex (TDD) UL/DL (UL/DL) configuration information, resourcepool-related information, information about the type of anapplication related to the SLSSs, subframe offset information, broadcast information, and so on.) a service information associated with communicating the second signal at the second radio; (Giwon, in Paragraphs [0183], teaches when sidelink is configured with SCI (Sidelink Control Information) on PSSCH, SCI information may include QoS information (related to transmission traffic/packet), for example, priority information that is corresponding to Service information) a connection type associated with communicating the second signal at the second radio; (Giwon, in Paragraph [0088], teaches based on the lowest three layers of the open system interconnection (OSI) reference model known in communication systems, the radio protocol stack between a UE and a network may be divided into Layer 1 (Ll), Layer 2 (L2) and Layer 3 (L3). These layers are defined in pairs between a UE and an Evolved UTRAN (E-UTRAN), for data transmission via the Uu interface. The physical (PHY) layer at L1 provides an information transfer service on physical channels. The radio resource control (RRC) layer at L3 functions to control radio resources between the UE and the network. For this purpose, the RRC layer exchanges RRC messages between the UE and an eNB. Based on this observation, it is clear UE can have the connection type.) or a non-data service parameter associated with communicating the second signal at the second radio (Giwon, in Paragraphs [0179], [0296], and [0298], teaches that the non-data service parameters can be available such as Layer 1 destination ID information and/or Layer 1 source ID information, and/or E-CID (Enhanced Cell ID) positioning. Paragraph [0298] further describes for E-CID positioning: an additional UE measurement and/or NG-RAN radio resources may be used to improve a UE location estimate in addition to the CID positioning method. In the E-CID positioning method, although some of the same measurement methods as in the measurement control system of the RRC protocol may be used, an additional measurement is generally not performed only for positioning the UE. In other words, a separate measurement configuration or measurement control message may not be provided to position the UE, and the UE may also report a measured value obtained by generally available measurement methods, without expecting that an additional measurement operation only for positioning will be requested. Therefore, it is clear that some non-data service parameters can be available or configured for the UE (here, for the second radio communication.
It would have been obvious for one of ordinary skill in the art, before the effective filing date of the claimed invention, to combine Li and Giwon to include the technique of wherein the first configuration comprises at least one of: a cast type associated with communicating the second signal at the second radio; a communication mode associated with communicating the second signal at the second radio; a duplex mode associated with communicating the second signal at the second radio; a service information associated with communicating the second signal at the second radio; a connection type associated with communicating the second signal at the second radio; or a non-data service parameter associated with communicating the second signal at the second radio of Giwon in the system of Li to provide to provide the efficient method to allow resources required for retransmission of a sidelink signal to be quickly and effectively allocated (Giwon, see Paragraph [0041])).
Combination Li and Giwon does not teach that a device type associated with the UE;
However, Hoglund teaches a device type associated with the UE; (Hoglund, in Page 18, lines 25-29 and in Page 19, lines 8-22, the wireless device 131, as any of the one or more wireless devices 130, may initially report its WUR capability, e.g., the minimum required time between WUS and the PO which it may need to start up the main, e.g., baseband, receiver, to the network, e.g., to the node 101 as network node 110. In a likely implementation, this may use the legacy framework for UE capability reporting, and be quantized to a pre-determined range of values. The respective capability may be e.g., a WUR UE capability. The more different values included in the WUR UE capability for the WUS time gap, the more WUSs may have to be transmitted before a given PO if several wireless devices 130 are paged. For this reason, and to limit the number of capability signaling bits, the WUS time gaps may, as described herein, likely be limited to a few values/options in practice, and in specification. It may be noted that these may potentially also be connected to different types of wireless device, e.g., UE types, e.g. one longer WUS time gap used for RedCap type UEs and a shorter WUS time gap used for non-RedCap UEs, that is, Mobile Broadband (MBB) and all other more capable types of wireless devices, e.g., UE types. Continuing the example above of using two WUR capabilities, one for RedCap UEs, and another one for MBB type UEs, in general, non-RedCap UEs. If a wireless device 130 supports WUR, it may also indicate which WUS time gap it supports, or it may be implicit for the type of wireless device 130, e.g., UE type. The network node 110, e.g., a gNB, for example, as node 101, may, in SI, broadcast indicate if it supports WU R, and one or both of the two WUS time gaps. In this observation, it is clear UE or WUR (Wake-up Receiver) can know the type of UE or WUR based on UE capability.
It would have been obvious for one of ordinary skill in the art, before the effective filing date of the claimed invention, to combine Li, Giwon, and Hoglund to include the technique of a device type associated with the UE of Hoglund in the system of combination of Li and Giwon to provide the efficient method for both a network node and wireless devices to adaptively use the time gap that may be best suited for the one or more wireless devices based on their respective capabilities, so that usage of the WUR may be optimized to maximize its advantages: to enable WUR energy consumption reduction while at the same time minimize the downlink (Hoglund, see Page 11, lines 20-24)).
Combination Li, Giwon, and Hoglund does not teach that a cross-link interference (CLI) measurement associated with communicating the second signal at the second radio.
However, Honglei teaches a cross-link interference (CLI) measurement associated with communicating the second signal at the second radio (Honglei, in Paragraph [0024], teaches that for SRS-RSRP based UE-UE CLI (Cross-Link Interference) measurement, at least SRS can be used for UE-UE CLI measurement, and the specification may provide a mechanism for the network to configure at least a same SRS sequence for one or more UEs transmitting SRS. This intends to support cell-level, UE-group-level, and UE-level interference differentiation. UE can be configured with one or more SRS resource(s) (including time-frequency resource(s), sequence(s), cyclic shift(s), periodicity, etc) to measure UE-to-UE CLI interference. Every SRS resource has to be explicitly configured, i.e. there is no SRS blind acquisition by the UE required. In this observation, it is clear CLI measurement can be configured for the UE (here, for the Second Radio.
It would have been obvious for one of ordinary skill in the art, before the effective filing date of the claimed invention, to combine Li, Giwon, Hoglund, and Honglei to include the technique of a cross-link interference (CLI) measurement associated with communicating the second signal at the second radio of Honglei in the system of combination of Li, Giwon, and Hoglund to provide the enablers for interference management mechanisms for coping with cross-link interference (CLI) for 3GPP NR system when dynamic TDD operation is supported on an unpaired spectrum so that DL and UL transmission directions at least for data can be dynamically assigned on a per-slot basis at least in a TDM manner. (Honglei, see Paragraph [0023])).
Regarding claim 20, Li teaches the features defined in the claim 15, -refer to the indicated claim for reference(s).
Li further teaches that wherein the first signal comprises at least one of a low-power (LP) wake-up signal (LP-WUS), a low-power-synchronization-preamble signal (LP-sync-preamble signal), a low-power reference signal (LP-RS) or a low-power synchronization signal (LP-SS) (Li, in Fig. 8 and in Page 16, lines 24-35 and in Page 17, lines 1-9, teaches as described in the above with Fig. 8, the LP-WUR (the first radio) communicates the third signal (the second LP-WUS) and the main receiver (the second radio) communicates the SI update signal (the second signal) for SI update (the first mode). Based on the duty cycle configuration, the higher layer configuration, and the UE capability, two receivers can be performed at the same time, as described in Page 14, Lines 27-35 and in Page 15, Line 1. In the above example with Fig. 8, the first signal (the first LP-WUS) can be LP-WUS to wake up the main receiver. Further, as described in Page 5, Lines 4-9, LP-WUS can be used for cell selection, for example, UE may identify the cell and perform RRM (Radio Resource Management) measurement based on LP-WUS, where LP-WUS can be used as LP-SS or LP-RS. Therefore, it is clear that communicating the second signal with the second radio and communicating the third signal with the first radio can be performed at the same time and the first signal can be used as the wake-up signal for the second radio, or as the LP-RS or LP-SS for RRM measurement.)
However, Li does not teach that wherein the first configuration comprises at least one of: a cast type associated with communicating the second signal with the second radio; a communication mode associated with communicating the second signal with the second radio; a duplex mode associated with communicating the second signal with the second radio; a service information associated with communicating the second signal with the second radio; a connection type associated with communicating the second signal with the second radio; or a non-data service parameter associated with communicating the second signal with the second radio.
Giwon teaches that wherein the first configuration comprises at least one of: (Giwon, in Paragraph [0151], teaches when sidelink or V2X is configured, the resource allocation is described) a cast type associated with communicating the second signal with the second radio; (Giwon, in Fig. 15 and in Paragargh [0189] and [0190], FIG. 15 illustrates three cast types according to anembodiment of the present disclosure. Specifically, FIG. 15(a) illustrates broadcast-type SL communication, FIG. 15(b) illustrates unicast-type SL communication, and FIG. 15(c) illustrates groupcast-type SL communication. In unicast-type SL communication, a UE may perform one-to-one communication with another UE. In groupcast-type SL communication, the UE may perform SL communication with one or more UEs of a group to which the UE belongs. In various embodiments of the present disclosure, SL groupcast communication may be replaced with SL multicast communication, SL one-to-many communication, and so on. Therefore, with sidelink communication, the cast type can be configured) a communication mode associated with communicating the second signal with the second radio; (Giwon, in Fig. 14 and in Paragraph [0152] to [0154], describes various LTE or NR transmission mode, when sidelink is configured) a duplex mode associated with communicating the second signal with the second radio; (Giwon, in Paragraph [0124], describes when sidelink is configured, A physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH) may be a (broadcast) channel carrying basic (system) informationthat the UE needs to first know before transmitting and receiving an SL signal. For example, the basic informationmay include information related to the SLSSs, duplex mode (DM) information, time division duplex (TDD) UL/DL (UL/DL) configuration information, resourcepool-related information, information about the type of anapplication related to the SLSSs, subframe offset information, broadcast information, and so on.) a service information associated with communicating the second signal with the second radio; (Giwon, in Paragraphs [0183], teaches when sidelink is configured with SCI (Sidelink Control Information) on PSSCH, SCI information may include QoS information (related to transmission traffic/packet), for example, priority information that is corresponding to Service information) a connection type associated with communicating the second signal with the second radio; (Giwon, in Paragraph [0088], teaches based on the lowest three layers of the open system interconnection (OSI) reference model known in communication systems, the radio protocol stack between a UE and a network may be divided into Layer 1 (Ll), Layer 2 (L2) and Layer 3 (L3). These layers are defined in pairs between a UE and an Evolved UTRAN (E-UTRAN), for data transmission via the Uu interface. The physical (PHY) layer at L1 provides an information transfer service on physical channels. The radio resource control (RRC) layer at L3 functions to control radio resources between the UE and the network. For this purpose, the RRC layer exchanges RRC messages between the UE and an eNB. Based on this observation, it is clear UE can have the connection type.) or a non-data service parameter associated with communicating the second signal with the second radio (Giwon, in Paragraphs [0179], [0296], and [0298], teaches that the non-data service parameters can be available such as Layer 1 destination ID information and/or Layer 1 source ID information, and/or E-CID (Enhanced Cell ID) positioning. Paragraph [0298] further describes for E-CID positioning: an additional UE measurement and/or NG-RAN radio resources may be used to improve a UE location estimate in addition to the CID positioning method. In the E-CID positioning method, although some of the same measurement methods as in the measurement control system of the RRC protocol may be used, an additional measurement is generally not performed only for positioning the UE. In other words, a separate measurement configuration or measurement control message may not be provided to position the UE, and the UE may also report a measured value obtained by generally available measurement methods, without expecting that an additional measurement operation only for positioning will be requested. Therefore, it is clear that some non-data service parameters can be available or configured for the UE (here, for the second radio communication).
It would have been obvious for one of ordinary skill in the art, before the effective filing date of the claimed invention, to combine Li and Giwon to include the technique of wherein the first configuration comprises at least one of: a cast type associated with communicating the second signal with the second radio; a communication mode associated with communicating the second signal with the second radio; a duplex mode associated with communicating the second signal with the second radio; a service information associated with communicating the second signal with the second radio; a connection type associated with communicating the second signal with the second radio; or a non-data service parameter associated with communicating the second signal with the second radio of Giwon in the system of Li to provide to provide the efficient method to allow resources required for retransmission of a sidelink signal to be quickly and effectively allocated (Giwon, see Paragraph [0041])).
Combination Li and Giwon does not teach that a device type associated with the UE;
However, Hoglund teaches a device type associated with the UE; (Hoglund, in Page 18, lines 25-29 and in Page 19, lines 8-22, the wireless device 131, as any of the one or more wireless devices 130, may initially report its WUR capability, e.g., the minimum required time between WUS and the PO which it may need to start up the main, e.g., baseband, receiver, to the network, e.g., to the node 101 as network node 110. In a likely implementation, this may use the legacy framework for UE capability reporting, and be quantized to a pre-determined range of values. The respective capability may be e.g., a WUR UE capability. The more different values included in the WUR UE capability for the WUS time gap, the more WUSs may have to be transmitted before a given PO if several wireless devices 130 are paged. For this reason, and to limit the number of capability signaling bits, the WUS time gaps may, as described herein, likely be limited to a few values/options in practice, and in specification. It may be noted that these may potentially also be connected to different types of wireless device, e.g., UE types, e.g. one longer WUS time gap used for RedCap type UEs and a shorter WUS time gap used for non-RedCap UEs, that is, Mobile Broadband (MBB) and all other more capable types of wireless devices, e.g., UE types. Continuing the example above of using two WUR capabilities, one for RedCap UEs, and another one for MBB type UEs, in general, non-RedCap UEs. If a wireless device 130 supports WUR, it may also indicate which WUS time gap it supports, or it may be implicit for the type of wireless device 130, e.g., UE type. The network node 110, e.g., a gNB, for example, as node 101, may, in SI, broadcast indicate if it supports WU R, and one or both of the two WUS time gaps. In this observation, it is clear UE or WUR (Wake-up Receiver) can know the type of UE or WUR based on UE capability.
It would have been obvious for one of ordinary skill in the art, before the effective filing date of the claimed invention, to combine Li, Giwon, and Hoglund to include the technique of a device type associated with the UE of Hoglund in the system of combination of Li and Giwon to provide the efficient method for both a network node and wireless devices to adaptively use the time gap that may be best suited for the one or more wireless devices based on their respective capabilities, so that usage of the WUR may be optimized to maximize its advantages: to enable WUR energy consumption reduction while at the same time minimize the downlink (Hoglund, see Page 11, lines 20-24)).
Combination Li, Giwon, and Hoglund does not teach that a cross-link interference (CLI) measurement associated with communicating the second signal with the second radio.
However, Honglei teaches a cross-link interference (CLI) measurement associated with communicating the second signal with the second radio; (Honglei, in Paragraph [0024], teaches that for SRS-RSRP based UE-UE CLI (Cross-Link Interference) measurement, at least SRS can be used for UE-UE CLI measurement, and the specification may provide a mechanism for the network to configure at least a same SRS sequence for one or more UEs transmitting SRS. This intends to support cell-level, UE-group-level, and UE-level interference differentiation. UE can be configured with one or more SRS resource(s) (including time-frequency resource(s), sequence(s), cyclic shift(s), periodicity, etc) to measure UE-to-UE CLI interference. Every SRS resource has to be explicitly configured, i.e. there is no SRS blind acquisition by the UE required. In this observation, it is clear CLI measurement can be configured for the UE (here, for the Second Radio.
It would have been obvious for one of ordinary skill in the art, before the effective filing date of the claimed invention, to combine Li, Giwon, Hoglund, and Honglei to include the technique of a cross-link interference (CLI) measurement associated with communicating the second signal with the second radio of Honglei in the system of combination of Li, Giwon, and Hoglund to provide the enablers for interference management mechanisms for coping with cross-link interference (CLI) for 3GPP NR system when dynamic TDD operation is supported on an unpaired spectrum so that DL and UL transmission directions at least for data can be dynamically assigned on a per-slot basis at least in a TDM manner. (Honglei, see Paragraph [0023])).
Claims 8-11 and 22-24 are rejected under U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Li, Yingyang et. al. (Int. Pub. No: WO2024015894A1, hereinafter “Li”) in a view of Nimbalker, Ajit et. al. (Int. Pub. No.: WO2020145869A1, hereinafter “Nimbalker”)
Regarding claim 8, Li teaches the features defined in the claim 1, -refer to the indicated claim for reference(s).
Li further teaches that wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: operate the first radio at the UE based on the second configuration received via the first radio, (Li, in Fig. 1 and in Page 15, lines 20-33, teaches the power consumption related to monitoring for a WUS (Wake-up Signal) may depend on the WUS design and the hardware module of the WUR (Wake-up Receiver: it can be considered as the first radio) used for signal detecting and processing. Some basic designs on the procedure for the wake-up signal/channel transmission are discussed in Fig. 8 and in Page 16, lines 24-35 and in Page 17, lines 1-9. Multiple duty cycle configurations may be configured for a UE for LP-WUS detection. It can be considered that multiple configurations need multiple set of resources and based on the first LP-WUS signal (the first signal), multiple duty cycles and multiple configurations can be made by UE. Each duty cycle configuration may be configured with separate wus-Cycle, wus-StartOffset and wus-OnDuration. In this option, a duty cycle configuration may be configured to allow the LP-WUS for the UE to be transmitted in a most proper time considering the wake-up delay between the LP-WUS and a desired channel/signal of the main receiver. UE may skip a LP-WUS occasion, if UE already starts to turn on the main receiver based on a previous LP-WUS. Alternatively, UE still receives LP-WUS, if the LP-WUS and the previously detected LP-WUS is from different LP-WUS duty cycle configuration. Figure 8 illustrates an example configuration of two duty cycles for LP-WUS detection. The main receiver may be woken up for system information (SI) update (the first configuration and the first set of communication resources are provided by the first LP-WUS signal (can be considered as the first signal) and it is the first mode, as shown in Fig. 8) or monitoring paging occasions (PO) (the second configuration and the second set of communication resources are provided by the second LP-WUS (can be considered as the third signal) and it is the second mode as shown in Fig. 8). The PDCCH scheduling SI update and the PDCCH scheduling paging PDSCH may be configured in different timing. So, in Fig. 8, the first signal includes the configuration of two duty cycles and during “On duration 1” duration, the first signal (the first LP-WUS) is received by the first radio (LP-WUR) at UE for the first configuration, SI, and the first set of communication resources and in “SI update” duration, the second signal (the SI update information) is received by the second radio (the main receiver) at UE. While, during “On duration 2” duration, the third signal (the second LP-WUS) is received by the first radio (LP-WUR) at UE for the second configuration, PO, and the second set of communication resources and in “PO” duration, the fourth signal (the PO information) is received by the second radio (the main receiver) at UE. Therefore, it is clear that the first radio is configured based on a second configuration, wherein the first signal comprises the second configuration, and operate the first radio at the UE in a second mode based on the second configuration received via the first radio)
However, Li does not teach wherein the second radio has the lower power consumption than the first radio, wherein, to operate the first radio at the UE, the at least one processor is configured to communicate in a radio resource control (RRC) connected mode via the first radio, wherein, to communicate the second signal using the first set of communication resources via the second radio at the UE, the at least one processor is configured to: transmit a scheduling request via the second radio wherein the second signal comprises the scheduling request, transmit hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback via the second radio for data received on the first radio, wherein the second signal comprises the HARO feedback, transmit channel state information (CSI) via the second radio for a channel associated with the first radio, wherein the second signal comprises the CSI or receive downlink or uplink scheduling information via the second radio for transmission or reception on the first radio, wherein the second signal comprises the downlink or uplink scheduling information.
Nimbalker teaches that wherein the second radio has the lower power consumption than the first radio, wherein, to operate the first radio at the UE, the at least one processor is configured to communicate in a radio resource control (RRC) connected mode via the first radio, (Nimbalker, in Page 15, lines 13-15, teaches in both LTE and NR, a UE in RRC _CONNECTED state monitors PDCCH for DL scheduling assignments (e.g., for PDSCH), UL resource grants (e.g., for PUSCH), and for other purposes. Also, in Page 20, lines 4-5 and lines 10-14, techniques that can reduce unnecessary PDCCH monitoring or allowing UE to go to sleep or wake-up only when required can be beneficial. One such technique methods is to send Wake-up Signal (WUS) that can be detected by the UE with expending much less energy as compared to PDCCH detection. Here, at this moment, since the first radio (WUR) is woken up and the second radio (the main receiver) is not woken up, the main receiver (the second radio) can be used lower power than the WUR receiver (the first radio). When a UE detects a WUS targeted to it, the UE will wake up and activate the conventional PDCCH decoder. From this observation, it is clear that UE can be in RRC_Connected State during detecting a WUS (Wake-up Signal) in WUR.) wherein, to communicate the second signal using the first set of communication resources via the second radio at the UE, the at least one processor is configured to: transmit a scheduling request via the second radio wherein the second signal comprises the scheduling request, transmit channel state information (CSI) via the second radio for a channel associated with the first radio, wherein the second signal comprises the CSI or receive downlink or uplink scheduling information via the second radio for transmission or reception on the first radio, wherein the second signal comprises the downlink or uplink scheduling information. (Nimbalker, in Page 25, lines 12-14, teaches upon detection of a WUS during a WMO, the UE can be configured to perform an uplink transmission during subsequent durations associated with the WMO (Wake-up Signal Monitoring Occasion). The uplink transmission can be sounding RS, PUCCH for scheduling request, etc. As explained in Page 6, lines 29-31, PUCCH carries uplink control information such as scheduling requests, CSI for the downlink channel, HARQ feedback for eNB DL transmissions, and other control information. In Page 20, lines 4-14, in RRC-Connected mode, when UE detects a WUS targeted to in, UE can wake up and activate the conventional PDCCH decoder to receive DL scheduling assignments (e.g., for PDSCH), UL resource grants (e.g., for PUSCH). Therefore, it is clear that UE can be configured to transmit CSI, scheduling request and HARQ feedback on PUCCH and to receive DL/ UL scheduled information.) transmit hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback via the second radio for data received on the first radio, wherein the second signal comprises the HARO feedback, (Nimbalker, in Page 26, lines 10-17, teaches that with respect to the WUS HARQ embodiments, the network can configure or schedule the DE to send the WUS-ACK/NACK (Wake-up Signal ACK/NACK) before or at the time of the scheduling PDCCH or, to save uplink resources, in the same resources used to send HARQ ACK/NACK for the scheduled PDSCH. In case the WUS also includes scheduling information, the PDSCH ACK or NACK can be considered as the WUS-ACK. For example, the combined HARQ ACK/WUS-ACK can be sent via uplink control information (UCI) on PUCCH using formats 1, 3, or 4 in order to separate the two feedbacks. In this manner, the UE can remain awake while expecting a retransmission from the network. Therefore, it is clear that UE can be configured to transmit WUS-ACK or NACK.
It would have been obvious for one of ordinary skill in the art, before the effective filing date of the claimed invention, to combine Li and Nimbalker to include the technique of wherein the second radio has the lower power consumption than the first radio, wherein, to operate the first radio at the UE, the at least one processor is configured to communicate in a radio resource control (RRC) connected mode via the first radio, wherein, to communicate the second signal using the first set of communication resources via the second radio at the UE, the at least one processor is configured to: transmit a scheduling request via the second radio wherein the second signal comprises the scheduling request, transmit hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback via the second radio for data received on the first radio, wherein the second signal comprises the HARO feedback, transmit channel state information (CSI) via the second radio for a channel associated with the first radio, wherein the second signal comprises the CSI or receive downlink or uplink scheduling information via the second radio for transmission or reception on the first radio, wherein the second signal comprises the downlink or uplink scheduling information of Nimbalker in the system of Li to provide mechanisms to reduce latency and waste of 5G network resources without increasing the likelihood of false WUS detection. (Nimbalker, see Page 20, lines 21-23)).
Regarding claim 9, Li teaches the features defined in the claim 1, -refer to the indicated claim for reference(s).
However, Li does not explicitly teach receive a fourth signal via the first radio at the UE, wherein the second radio has the lower power consumption than the first radio, transmit a negative acknowledgement (NACK) associated with the third signal via the second radio; and receive a retransmission of the fourth signal via the second radio in at least one of a first set of transmission blocks (TBs) larger than a second set of TBs associated with the fourth signal received via the first radio or a first period of time larger than a second period of time associated with the fourth signal received via the first radio.
Nimbalker teaches that receive a fourth signal via the first radio at the UE, wherein the second radio has the lower power consumption than the first radio, (Nimbalker, in Fig. 10 and 11 and in Page 25, Lines 28-34 and in Page 26. Lines 3-17, teaches that as shown Fig. 10 and 11, based on the first signal (WUS) described in the above, the fourth signal is received by WUR at UE by using the second configuration and the second set of communication resources. Since, when receiving the fourth signal (the second WUS), the main receiver (the second radio) does not wake up, yet, at this moment, the second radio has the lower power consumption than the first radio.) transmit a negative acknowledgement (NACK) associated with the fourth signal via the second radio; (Nimbalker, in Page 26. Lines 3-17, teaches that if the UE detects a scheduling WUS transmitted, it can respond with an ACK/NACK (also referred to as "WUS-ACK" or "WUS-NACK"). If the UE does not detect the scheduling WUS, it will not respond and, upon not receiving a response, the network can resend the scheduling WUS during the next WMO. Alternately, or in addition, upon determining while attempting to detect WUS that the link quality is insufficient for WUS detection, the UE can remain or become awake for a predetermined period during which the network can retransmit the scheduling WUS. With respect to the WUS HARQ embodiments, the network can configure or schedule the UE to send the WUS-ACK/NACK before or at the time of the scheduling PDCCH or, to save uplink resources, in the same resources used to send HARQ ACK/NACK for the scheduled PDSCH. In case the WUS also includes scheduling information, the PDSCH ACK or NACK can be considered as the WUS-ACK. For example, the combined HARQ ACK/WUS-ACK can be sent via uplink control information (UCI) on PUCCH using formats 1, 3, or 4 in order to separate the two feedbacks. In this manner, the UE can remain awake while expecting a retransmission from the network on PDSCH. In this observation, it is clear, when the WUS-NACK is reported to network node on PUCCH, the network node retransmit WUS to send on PDSCH.) and receive a retransmission of the fourth signal via the second radio in at least one of a first set of transmission blocks (TBs) larger than a second set of TBs associated with the fourth signal received via the first radio or a first period of time larger than a second period of time associated with the fourth signal received via the first radio (Nimbalker, in Fig. 10 and 11 and in Page 25, Lines 28-34 and in Page 26. Lines 3-17, teaches that in Fig. 10 and 11, the WUS received by the first radio includes the associated scheduling PDCCH (the first configuration and the first set of communication resources are scheduled), and subsequently the scheduled PDSCH (the second configuration and the second set of communication resources are scheduled). Based on NACK, the network node transmits a retransmission of the PDDCH (the second signal with the first configuration) and the PDSCH (the third signal with the second configuration) to the second radio after transmitting WUS to the first radio, as shown in Fig. 10 and 11. Further, in Fig. 12 and in Page 29, Lines 24-26, the first time period can the same as the second time period. In various embodiments, the second PDCCH search space can be a subset of, partially overlapping with or non-overlapping with the first PDCCH search space. In results, the size or duration for the first set and the second set of transmission block can be different, based on the configuration.
It would have been obvious for one of ordinary skill in the art, before the effective filing date of the claimed invention, to combine Li and Nimbalker to include the technique of receive a fourth signal via the first radio at the UE, wherein the second radio has the lower power consumption than the first radio, transmit a negative acknowledgement (NACK) associated with the third signal via the second radio; and receive a retransmission of the fourth signal via the second radio in at least one of a first set of transmission blocks (TBs) larger than a second set of TBs associated with the fourth signal received via the first radio or a first period of time larger than a second period of time associated with the fourth signal received via the first radio of Nimbalker in the system of Li to provide mechanisms to reduce latency and waste of 5G network resources without increasing the likelihood of false WUS detection. (Nimbalker, see Page 20, lines 21-23)).
Regarding claim 10, Li teaches the features defined in the claim 1, -refer to the indicated claim for reference(s).
However, Li does not explicitly teach wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: receive the fourth signal via the second radio; receive a fifth signal via the first radio at the UE; multiplex a first response to the fourth signal with a second response to the fifth signal to generate a multiplexed response, wherein at least one of the first response or the second response comprises at least one of a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) or a channel state information (CSI); and transmit the multiplexed response via one of the first radio or the second radio.
Nimbalker teaches wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: receive the fourth signal via the second radio; and receive a fifth signal via the first radio at the UE, (Nimbalker, in Fig. 10 and 11 and in Page 25, Lines 28-34 and in Page 26. Lines 3-17, teaches that as shown Fig. 10 and 11, based on the first signal (WUS) described in the above, the fourth signal (PDSCH signaling) is received by the second radio (the main receiver) at UE by using the second configuration and the second set of communication resources in the first signal (WUS) at the first receiver. Then, the fifth signal for the next WUS is received by the first radio.) multiplex a first response to the fourth signal with a second response to the fifth signal to generate a multiplexed response, wherein at least one of the first response or the second response comprises at least one of a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) or a channel state information (CSI); (Nimbalker, in Page 24, lines 13-32, teaches the multiplex response for CSI; Monitoring first and second PDCCH search spaces is just one example of the principles of the present disclosure, whereby the different detection outcomes of a WMO (Wake-up Monitoring Occasion) trigger the UE to perform different actions and/or sets of actions during a subsequent time duration associated with the WMO. Upon detection of a WUS during a WMO, the UE can be configured to perform and/or report CSI measurements using a first configuration (e.g., a first set of CSI-RS(s), reporting formats, reporting instances, etc.) during subsequent durations associated with the WMO. On the other hand, upon non-detection of the WUS during the WMO, the UE can be configured to perform and/or report CSI measurements using a second configuration (e.g., a second set of CSI-RS(s), reporting formats, reporting instances, etc.) during subsequent durations associated with the WMO. In Figure 10 and in Page 25, lines 28 -34 and in Page26, lines 1-2, Nimbalker teaches the multiplex response of HARQ-ACK; an exemplary configuration of WUS transmission in advance of scheduling PDCCH. The UE successfully receives the first WUS and the associated scheduling PDCCH, and subsequently the scheduled PDSCH (the fourth signal). The UE fails to detect the second WUS (the fifith signal) and also misses the subsequent scheduling PDCCH. This informs the network of the missed WUS. The network then transmits the scheduled PDSCH but having missed both the WUS and the scheduling PDCCH, the UE also misses the PDSCH and does not respect with HARQ ACK or NACK. The network the resends the WUS and the subsequent PDCCH, both of which the UE successfully receives. In these observations, it is clear that UE can transmit HARQ-ACK or CSI information to network node by the multiplexed response, based on the time order.) and transmit the multiplexed response via one of the first radio or the second radio (Nimbalker, in Page 26, lines 4-9, teaches that In variants of these embodiments, if the UE detects a scheduling WUS transmitted in time ordering, it can respond with an ACK/NACK (also referred to as "WUS-ACK" or "WUS-NACK"). If the DE does not detect the scheduling WUS, it will not respond and, upon not receiving a response, the network can resend the scheduling WUS during the next WMO. Alternately, or in addition, upon determining while attempting to detect WUS that the link quality is insufficient for WUS detection, the DE can remain or become awake for a predetermined period during which the network can retransmit the scheduling WUS.
It would have been obvious for one of ordinary skill in the art, before the effective filing date of the claimed invention, to combine Li and Nimbalker to include the technique of wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: receive the fourth signal via the second radio; receive a fifth signal via the first radio at the UE; multiplex a first response to the fourth signal with a second response to the fifth signal to generate a multiplexed response, wherein at least one of the first response or the second response comprises at least one of a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) or a channel state information (CSI); and transmit the multiplexed response via one of the first radio or the second radio of Nimbalker in the system of Li to provide mechanisms to reduce latency and waste of 5G network resources without increasing the likelihood of false WUS detection. (Limbalker, see Page 20, lines 21-23)).
Regarding claim 11, Li teaches the features defined in the claim 1, -refer to the indicated claim for reference(s).
However, Li does not teach at least one processor is configured to: transmit, via the first radio, a schedule request; transmit, via the first radio, a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) associated with the third signal received by the first radio or a fourth signal received by the second radio, wherein the second signal comprises the HARO-ACK; transmit, via the first radio, a channel state information (CSI) associated with a fourth signal received by the first radio, wherein the second signal comprises the CSI; or receive, via the first radio, a scheduling grant for communication associated with the first radio, wherein the second signal comprises the scheduling grant.
Nimbalker teaches that at least one processor is configured to: transmit, via the first radio, a schedule request; transmit, via the first radio, a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) associated with the third signal received by the first radio or a fourth signal received by the second radio, wherein the second signal comprises the HARO-ACK; transmit, via the first radio, a channel state information (CSI) associated with a fourth signal received by the first radio, wherein the second signal comprises the CSI; (Nimbalker, in Page 46, lines 5-27, teaches that the first operations comprise transmitting information to the network, where the information comprises one or more of the following: sounding reference signals (SRS), channel state information (CSI) measurements, and scheduling requests. The second operations comprise refraining from transmitting the information to the network. The first duration is the same as the second duration. The WUS transmission (the first signal for the first radio) comprises scheduling information for a subsequent PDSCH transmission (for third signal for the second radio). In addition, the first operations comprise transmitting an acknowledgement (WUS-ACK) if the scheduling information is correctly received, and transmitting a negative acknowledge (WUS-NACK) if the scheduling information is incorrectly received. Here, the first duration comprises one of the following: prior to monitoring for a subsequent physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmission (the second signal for the second radio); and in response to the subsequent PDSCH transmission (the third signal for the second radio). Therefore, in this observation, it is clear that UE can be configured to transmit a schedule request, HARQ-ACK, and CSI and a network node can receive them.) or receive, via the first radio, a scheduling grant for communication associated with the first radio, wherein the second signal comprises the scheduling grant (Nimbalker, in Fig. 10 and 11 and in Page 25, Lines 28-34 and in Page 26, Lines 3-17, teaches that in Fig. 10 and 11, the UE successfully receives the first WUS (the first signal) at the first radio (Wake-up Receiver) and it includes the associated scheduling PDCCH (the first configuration and the first set of communication resources are scheduled), and subsequently the scheduled PDSCH (the second configuration and the second set of communication resources are scheduled). if the UE detects a scheduling WUS transmitted, it can respond with an ACK/NACK (also referred to as "WUS-ACK" or "WUS-NACK"). As shown in Fig. 10 and 11, the second signal (PDCCH signaling) is transmitted to the second radio (main receiver) by the network node based on the scheduling information of PDCCH (the first configuration and the first set of communication resources) that is included in the first signal. Further, the third signal (PDSCH signaling) is transmitted to the second radio (main receiver) by the network node based on the PDCCH (the second signal) and the scheduling information of PDSCH (the second configuration and the second set of communication resources) that is included in the first signal. Therefore, it is clear that the scheduling grant for communication associated with the first radio can be transmitted by a network node, based on the second signal.
It would have been obvious for one of ordinary skill in the art, before the effective filing date of the claimed invention, to combine Li and Nimbalker to include the technique of at least one processor is configured to: transmit, via the first radio, a schedule request; transmit, via the first radio, a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) associated with the third signal received by the first radio or a fourth signal received by the second radio, wherein the second signal comprises the HARO-ACK; transmit, via the first radio, a channel state information (CSI) associated with a fourth signal received by the first radio, wherein the second signal comprises the CSI; or receive, via the first radio, a scheduling grant for communication associated with the first radio, wherein the second signal comprises the scheduling grant of Nimbalker in the system of Li to provide mechanisms to reduce latency and waste of 5G network resources without increasing the likelihood of false WUS detection. (Limbalker, see Page 20, lines 21-23)).
Regarding claim 22, Li teaches the features defined in the claim 15, -refer to the indicated claim for reference(s).
However, Li does not explicitly teach wherein the second signal comprises a negative acknowledgement (NACK) associated with the third signal, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: transmit a retransmission of the third signal to the second radio at the UE in at least one of a first set of transmission blocks (TBs) larger than a second set of TBs associated with the third signal transmitted to the first radio or a first period of time larger than a second period of time associated with the third signal transmitted to the first radio in response to a reception of the NACK associated with the third signal.
Nimbalker teaches that wherein the second signal comprises a negative acknowledgement (NACK) associated with the third signal, (Nimbalker, in Fig. 10 and 11 and in Page 25, Lines 28-34 and in Page 26. Lines 3-17, teaches that in Fig. 10 and 11, the UE successfully receives the first WUS (the first signal) and it includes the associated scheduling PDCCH (the first configuration and the first set of communication resources are scheduled), and subsequently the scheduled PDSCH (the second configuration and the second set of communication resources are scheduled). if the UE detects a scheduling WUS transmitted, it can respond with an ACK/NACK (also referred to as "WUS-ACK" or "WUS-NACK"). If the UE does not detect the scheduling WUS, it will not respond and, upon not receiving a response, the network can resend the scheduling WUS during the next WMO (WUS Monitoring Occasion). Alternately, or in addition, upon determining while attempting to detect WUS that the link quality is insufficient for WUS detection, the UE can remain or become awake for a predetermined period during which the network can retransmit the scheduling WUS. With respect to the WUS HARQ embodiments, the network can configure or schedule the second radio at UE to send the WUS-ACK/NACK before or at the time of the scheduling PDCCH or, to save uplink resources, in the same resources used to send HARQ ACK/NACK for the scheduled PDSCH. In case the WUS also includes scheduling information, the PDSCH ACK or NACK (the second signal) can be considered as the WUS-ACK. Then, the network node can receiver NACK that is comprised based on the PDCCH (first configuration) and PDSCH (second configuration). In this observation, it is clear that the network node can receive NACK associated with third signal (PDSCH) from the second radio at the UE that is comprised by the second signal (PDCCH).) wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: transmit a retransmission of the third signal to the second radio at the UE in at least one of a first set of transmission blocks (TBs) larger than a second set of TBs associated with the third signal transmitted to the first radio or a first period of time larger than a second period of time associated with the third signal transmitted to the first radio in response to a reception of the NACK associated with the third signal (Nimbalker, in Fig. 10 and 11 and in Page 25, Lines 28-34 and in Page 26. Lines 3-17, teaches that in Fig. 10 and 11, the WUS received by the first radio includes the associated scheduling PDCCH (the first configuration and the first set of communication resources are scheduled), and subsequently the scheduled PDSCH (the second configuration and the second set of communication resources are scheduled). Based on NACK, the network node transmits a retransmission of the PDDCH (the second signal with the first configuration) and the PDSCH (the third signal with the second configuration) to the second radio after transmitting WUS to the first radio, as shown in Fig. 10 and 11. Further, in Fig. 12 and in Page 29, Lines 24-26, the first time period can the same as the second time period. In various embodiments, the second PDCCH search space can be a subset of, partially overlapping with or non-overlapping with the first PDCCH search space. In results, the size or duration for the first set and the second set of transmission block can be different, based on the configuration.
It would have been obvious for one of ordinary skill in the art, before the effective filing date of the claimed invention, to combine Li and Nimbalker to include the technique of wherein the second signal comprises a negative acknowledgement (NACK) associated with the third signal, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: transmit a retransmission of the third signal to the second radio at the UE in at least one of a first set of transmission blocks (TBs) larger than a second set of TBs associated with the third signal transmitted to the first radio or a first period of time larger than a second period of time associated with the third signal transmitted to the first radio in response to a reception of the NACK associated with the third signal of Nimbalker in the system of Li to provide mechanisms to reduce latency and waste of 5G network resources without increasing the likelihood of false WUS detection. (Nimbalker, see Page 20, lines 21-23)).
Regarding claim 23, Li teaches the features defined in the claim 15, -refer to the indicated claim for reference(s).
However, Li does not explicitly teach wherein the at least one processor is configured to: transmit a fourth signal to the first radio at the UE; transmit a fifth signal to the second radio at the UE; and receive a multiplexed response from one of the first radio or the second radio, wherein the multiplexed response comprises a first response to the fourth signal multiplexed with a second response to the fifth signal, wherein the first response comprises at least one of a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) or a channel state information (CSI).
Nimbalker teaches wherein the at least one processor is configured to: transmit a fourth signal to the first radio at the UE; transmit a fifth signal to the second radio at the UE; and (Nimbalker, in Fig. 10 and 11 and in Page 25, Lines 28-34 and in Page 26, Lines 3-17, teaches that in Fig. 10 and 11, the UE successfully receives the first WUS (the first signal) at the first radio (Wake-up Receiver) and it includes the associated scheduling PDCCH (the first configuration and the first set of communication resources are scheduled), and subsequently the scheduled PDSCH (the second configuration and the second set of communication resources are scheduled). if the UE detects a scheduling WUS transmitted, it can respond with an ACK/NACK (also referred to as "WUS-ACK" or "WUS-NACK"). As shown in Fig. 10 and 11, the second WUS to the first radio is the fourth signal and the fifth signal (WUS for the main radio and PDCCH and PDSCH scheduling signaling) is transmitted to the second radio (main radio).) receive a multiplexed response from one of the first radio or the second radio, wherein the multiplexed response comprises a first response to the second signal multiplexed with a second response to the third signal, wherein the first response comprises at least one of a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) or a channel state information (CSI) (Nimbalker, in Page 24, lines 13-32, teaches the multiplex response for CSI; Monitoring first and second PDCCH search spaces is just one example of the principles of the present disclosure, whereby the different detection outcomes of a WMO (Wake-up Monitoring Occasion) trigger the UE to perform different actions and/or sets of actions during a subsequent time duration associated with the WMO. Upon detection of a WUS during a WMO at the first radio, the UE can be configured to perform and/or report CSI measurements using a first configuration (e.g., a first set of CSI-RS(s), reporting formats, reporting instances, etc.) at the second radio during subsequent durations associated with the WMO. On the other hand, upon non-detection of the WUS during the WMO at the first radio, the UE can be configured to perform and/or report CSI measurements using a second configuration (e.g., a second set of CSI-RS(s), reporting formats, reporting instances, etc.) at the second radio during subsequent durations associated with the WMO. In Figure 10 and in Page 25, lines 28 -34 and in Page26, lines 1-2, Nimbalker teaches the multiplex response of HARQ-ACK; an exemplary configuration of WUS transmission in advance of scheduling PDCCH. The UE successfully receives the first WUS and the associated scheduling PDCCH, and subsequently the scheduled PDSCH. The UE fails to detect the second WUS (fourth signal) and also misses the subsequent scheduling PDCCH. This informs the network of the missed WUS. The network then transmits the scheduled PDSCH (the fifth signal) but having missed both the WUS and the scheduling PDCCH, the UE also misses the PDSCH and does not respect with HARQ ACK or NACK. The network the resends the WUS and the subsequent PDCCH, both of which the UE successfully receives. In these observations, it is clear that UE can transmit HARQ-ACK or CSI information to network node by the multiplexed response, based on the time order.
It would have been obvious for one of ordinary skill in the art, before the effective filing date of the claimed invention, to combine Li and Nimbalker to include the technique of wherein the at least one processor is configured to: transmit a fourth signal to the first radio at the UE; transmit a fifth signal to the second radio at the UE; and receive a multiplexed response from one of the first radio or the second radio, wherein the multiplexed response comprises a first response to the fourth signal multiplexed with a second response to the fifth signal, wherein the first response comprises at least one of a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) or a channel state information (CSI) of Nimbalker in the system of Li to provide mechanisms to reduce latency and waste of 5G network resources without increasing the likelihood of false WUS detection. (Limbalker, see Page 20, lines 21-23)).
Regarding claim 24, Li teaches the features defined in the claim 15, -refer to the indicated claim for reference(s).
However, Li does not explicitly teach the at least one processor is configured to: receive, from the second radio, a schedule request, wherein the second signal comprises the schedule request; receive, from the second radio, a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) associated with the third signal transmitted to the first radio or a second signal transmitted to the second radio, wherein the second signal comprises the HARO-ACK; receive, from the second radio, a channel state information (CSI) feedback signal associated with a fourth signal transmitted to the first radio, wherein the second signal comprises the CSI feedback signal; or transmit, to the second radio, a scheduling grant for communication associated with the first radio, wherein the second signal comprises the scheduling grant.
Nimbalker teaches that the at least one processor is configured to: receive, from the second radio, a schedule request, wherein the second signal comprises the schedule request; receive, from the second radio, a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) associated with the third signal transmitted to the first radio or a second signal transmitted to the second radio, wherein the second signal comprises the HARO-ACK; receive, from the second radio, a channel state information (CSI) feedback signal associated with a fourth signal transmitted to the first radio, wherein the second signal comprises the CSI feedback signal; (Nimbalker, in Page 46, lines 5-27, teaches that the first operations comprise transmitting information to the network, where the information comprises one or more of the following: sounding reference signals (SRS), channel state information (CSI) measurements, and scheduling requests. The second operations comprise refraining from transmitting the information to the network. The first duration is the same as the second duration. The WUS transmission (the first signal for the first radio) comprises scheduling information for a subsequent PDSCH transmission (for third signal for the second radio). In addition, the first operations comprise transmitting an acknowledgement (WUS-ACK) if the scheduling information is correctly received, and transmitting a negative acknowledge (WUS-NACK) if the scheduling information is incorrectly received. Here, the first duration comprises one of the following: prior to monitoring for a subsequent physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmission (the second signal for the second radio); and in response to the subsequent PDSCH transmission (the third signal for the second radio). Therefore, in this observation, it is clear that UE can be configured to transmit a schedule request, HARQ-ACK, and CSI and a network node can receive them.) or transmit, to the second radio, a scheduling grant for communication associated with the first radio, wherein the second signal comprises the scheduling grant (Nimbalker, in Fig. 10 and 11 and in Page 25, Lines 28-34 and in Page 26, Lines 3-17, teaches that in Fig. 10 and 11, the UE successfully receives the first WUS (the first signal) at the first radio (Wake-up Receiver) and it includes the associated scheduling PDCCH (the first configuration and the first set of communication resources are scheduled), and subsequently the scheduled PDSCH (the second configuration and the second set of communication resources are scheduled). if the UE detects a scheduling WUS transmitted, it can respond with an ACK/NACK (also referred to as "WUS-ACK" or "WUS-NACK"). As shown in Fig. 10 and 11, the second signal (PDCCH signaling) is transmitted to the second radio (main receiver) by the network node based on the scheduling information of PDCCH (the first configuration and the first set of communication resources) that is included in the first signal. Further, the third signal (PDSCH signaling) is transmitted to the second radio (main receiver) by the network node based on the PDCCH (the second signal) and the scheduling information of PDSCH (the second configuration and the second set of communication resources) that is included in the first signal. Therefore, it is clear that the scheduling grant for communication associated with the first radio can be transmitted by a network node, based on the second signal.
It would have been obvious for one of ordinary skill in the art, before the effective filing date of the claimed invention, to combine Li and Nimbalker to include the technique of the at least one processor is configured to: receive, from the second radio, a schedule request, wherein the second signal comprises the schedule request; receive, from the second radio, a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) associated with the third signal transmitted to the first radio or a second signal transmitted to the second radio, wherein the second signal comprises the HARO-ACK; receive, from the second radio, a channel state information (CSI) feedback signal associated with a fourth signal transmitted to the first radio, wherein the second signal comprises the CSI feedback signal; or transmit, to the second radio, a scheduling grant for communication associated with the first radio, wherein the second signal comprises the scheduling grant of Nimbalker in the system of Li to provide mechanisms to reduce latency and waste of 5G network resources without increasing the likelihood of false WUS detection. (Limbalker, see Page 20, lines 21-23)).
Claim 13 are rejected under U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Li, Yingyang et. al. (Int. Pub. No: WO 2024015894 A1, hereinafter “Li”) in a view of Timothy F. Cox et. al. (USPub No: US 20200029302 A1, hereinafter “Timothy”)
Regarding claim 13, Li teaches the features defined in the claim 12, -refer to the indicated claim for reference(s).
Li does not teach that the at least one processor is configured to: track a configuration time associated with the first clock configuration; track a configuration frequency associated with the first clock configuration; synchronize a time associated with the first clock based on the configuration time associated with the first clock configuration; synchronize a frequency associated with the first clock based on the configuration frequency associated with the first clock configuration; correct the time associated with the first clock based on a time estimation error calculated based on the first clock configuration; correct the frequency associated with the first clock based on a frequency estimation error calculated based on the first clock configuration; or estimate a channel at the first radio based on the first clock configuration.
Timothy further teaches that the at least one processor is configured to: track a configuration time associated with the first clock configuration; track a configuration frequency associated with the first clock configuration; synchronize a time associated with the first clock based on the configuration time associated with the first clock configuration; synchronize a frequency associated with the first clock based on the configuration frequency associated with the first clock configuration; correct the time associated with the first clock based on a time estimation error calculated based on the first clock configuration; correct the frequency associated with the first clock based on a frequency estimation error calculated based on the first clock configuration; (Timothy, in Paragraphs [0145], [0146], and [0150], teaches that based on the WUS preamble (it can be considered as a reference signal (RS) and it can be signaled or predefined), the WUR 900 can be allowed to execute a time-frequency search across a two-dimensional window that spans the time of arrival (TOA) and carrier frequency offset (CFO) uncertainties. The time-frequency search may be implemented by a preamble matched filter 908 that filters signals outside of the frequency band of interest (i.e. the frequency component of the RE), which is selected by the CFO stepper 918 at the particular time period indicated by the TOA stepper 916, a power detector 912 to measure the preamble power at the RE and store the power sample in the corresponding preamble time-frequency detection grid 914. In some embodiments, a "correct detection" of the WUS preamble may be declared using a stringent criterion that the maximum power over all of the bins in both the preamble time-frequency detection grid and the noise time-frequency detection grid must be located in the preamble time-frequency detection grid at the on-time and on-frequency bin. This may mean that the timing estimation provided by correct detection should be good enough to provide fine timing/frequency synchronization and is actually better than the criterion used if taking a particular type of cyclic prefix into account. In this observation, it is clear that based on the WUS preamble (it can be considered as the reference signal), the WUR can be allowed to provide the time-frequency synchronization. Therefore, it is clear that the WUR (first radio) can provide the time-frequency synchronization based on the WUS preamble (RS) and it can be applied for the main receiver (the second radio).) or estimate a channel at the first radio based on the first clock configuration (Timothy, in Paragraph [0123], teaches that when the WUS sequence contains a payload, the same sequence used for time/frequency synchronization and/or channel estimation may be used for coherent demodulation of the payload part.
It would have been obvious for one of ordinary skill in the art, before the effective filing date of the claimed invention, to combine Li and Timothy to include the technique of the at least one processor is configured to: track a configuration time associated with the first clock configuration; track a configuration frequency associated with the first clock configuration; synchronize a time associated with the first clock based on the configuration time associated with the first clock configuration; synchronize a frequency associated with the first clock based on the configuration frequency associated with the first clock configuration; correct the time associated with the first clock based on a time estimation error calculated based on the first clock configuration; correct the frequency associated with the first clock based on a frequency estimation error calculated based on the first clock configuration; or estimate a channel at the first radio based on the first clock configuration of Timothy in the system of Li to provide an efficient low-power receiver to be able to optimize for high throughput and adjacent channel interferences. (Timothy, see Paragraph [0222])).
Claims 14 and 28 is rejected under U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Li, Yingyang et. al. (Int. Pub. No: WO 2024015894A1, hereinafter “Li”) in a view of Hoglund, Andreas et. al. (Int. Pub. No: WO 2023096562A1, hereinafter “Hoglund”) and further in a view of Timothy F. Cox et. al. (USPub No: US 20200029302A1, hereinafter “Timothy”).
Regarding claim 14, Li teaches the features defined in the claim 1, -refer to the indicated claim for reference(s).
However, Li does not teaches wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: transmit a UE capability comprising a first indicator of at least one of a RedCap connection, an eRedCap connection, or a non-RedCap connection, wherein the first signal comprises at least one of a low-power (LP) wake-up signal (LP-WUS), a low-power-synchronization-preamble signal (LP-sync-preamble signal), a low-power reference signal (LP-RS) or a low-power synchronization signal (LP-SS) comprising a second indicator to operate the second radio at the UE in a first mode, wherein the first mode is associated with the first indicator.
Hoglund teaches wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: transmit a UE capability comprising a first indicator of at least one of a RedCap connection, an eRedCap connection, or a non-RedCap connection (Hoglund, in Page 18, lines 25 to 29, in Page 19, lines 8-22, in Page 8, lines 32-32, and in Page 9, lines 6-8 , teaches that the wireless device 131, as any of the one or more wireless devices 130, may initially report its WUR capability, e.g., the minimum required time between WUS and the PO which it may need to start up the main, e.g., baseband, receiver, to the network, e.g., to the node 101 as network node 110. In a likely implementation, this may use the legacy framework for UE capability reporting, and be quantized to a pre-determined range of values. The respective capability may be e.g., a WUR UE capability. The more different values included in the WUR UE capability for the WUS time gap, the more WUSs may have to be transmitted before a given PO if several wireless devices 130 are paged. For this reason, and to limit the number of capability signaling bits, the WUS time gaps may, as described herein, likely be limited to a few values/options in practice, and in specification. It may be noted that these may potentially also be connected to different types of wireless device, e.g., UE types, e.g. one longer WUS time gap used for RedCap type UEs and a shorter WUS time gap used for non-RedCap UEs, that is, Mobile Broadband (MBB) and all other more capable types of wireless devices, e.g., UE types. Continuing the example above of using two WUR capabilities, one for RedCap UEs, and another one for MBB type UEs, in general, non-RedCap UEs. If a wireless device 130 supports WUR, it may also indicate which WUS time gap it supports, or it may be implicit for the type of wireless device 130, e.g., UE type. The network node 110, e.g., a gNB, for example, as node 101, may, in SI, broadcast indicate if it supports WUR and one or both of the two WUS time gaps. In addition, the WUR type introduced in 3GPP Release 18 was eRedCap. For the so-called RedCap evolution (eRedCap), the main goal was to further embrace new use cases, especially requiring low-cost devices and low energy consumption, and particularly, to study low power wake-up receiver/ wake-up signal (WUR/WUS). Therefore, it is clear that UE can be configured to transmit the UE capability to indicate the UE type such as eRedCap UE, RedCap UE, and non-RedCap UE.
It would have been obvious for one of ordinary skill in the art, before the effective filing date of the claimed invention, to combine Li and Hoglund to include the technique of wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: transmit a UE capability comprising a first indicator of at least one of a RedCap connection, an eRedCap connection, or a non-RedCap connection of Hoglund in the system of Li to provide the efficient method for both a network node and wireless devices to adaptively use the time gap that may be best suited for the one or more wireless devices based on their respective capabilities, so that usage of the WUR may be optimized to maximize its advantages: to enable WUR energy consumption reduction while at the same time minimize the downlink (Hoglund, see Page 11, lines 20-24)).
Combination Li and Hoglund does not teaches that wherein the first signal comprises at least one of a low-power (LP) wake-up signal (LP-WUS), a low-power-synchronization-preamble signal (LP-sync-preamble signal), a low-power reference signal (LP-RS) or a low-power synchronization signal (LP-SS) comprising a second indicator to operate the second radio at the UE in a first mode, wherein the first mode is associated with the first indicator.
However, Timothy teaches that wherein the first signal comprises at least one of a low-power (LP) wake-up signal (LP-WUS), a low-power-synchronization-preamble signal (LP-sync-preamble signal), a low-power reference signal (LP-RS) or a low-power synchronization signal (LP-SS) (Timothy, in Paragraph [0112], teaches that the UE in idle mode DRX or cDRX may use a wake-up receiver to detect the WUS and may only wake up the baseband processor when a WUS is detected. The WUS may comprise a sequence and may additionally include a payload. Paragraph [132] teaches that the WUS preamble may be designed such that the wake-up receiver (which may be part of the processing circuitry) in the UE is able to distinguish when the WUS is present vs. when the WUS is not present (i.e. noise or some other information or a different signal) within a given time/frequency window of uncertainty. The window of uncertainty may, in turn, depend on the device carrier frequency offset and the clock drift of the Real Time Clock (RTC) in the UE. The design of the WUS may depend on the functional requirements of the WUS, i.e. a) whether or not the WUS is always sent during the wake-up epoch, b) whether or not the WUS provides synchronization and c) whether the WUS is used to further demodulate a payload. Paragraph [0164] teaches the WUS may include a preamble with good auto-correlation properties such as a constant-amplitude Zadoff-Chu sequence with different roots or even multiple roots and different lengths. The sequence may be designed so as to have low cross-correlation with the existing synchronization signals such as NPSS (Narrowband Primary Synchronization Signal)/NSSS (Narrowband Secondary Synchronization Signal) or DMRS (Demodulation Reference Signal) signals. In this observation, it is clear that UE can be configured with WUS, Synchronization Signal or RS (Reference Signal).) comprising a second indicator to operate the second radio at the UE in the first mode, wherein the first mode is associated with the first indicator (Timothy, in Paragraph [0112], teaches again that since the WUS is configured and detected by WUR (Wake-up Receiver, the first radio) , the first indicator is for the WUR and the second indicator is the indicator to wake up the main receiver (the second radio) that is obtained by WUR from WUS. Therefore, it is clear that two indicators can be configured in UE, respectively.
It would have been obvious for one of ordinary skill in the art, before the effective filing date of the claimed invention, to combine Li, Hoglund, and Timothy to include the technique of wherein the first signal comprises at least one of a low-power (LP) wake-up signal (LP-WUS), a low-power-synchronization-preamble signal (LP-sync-preamble signal), a low-power reference signal (LP-RS) or a low-power synchronization signal (LP-SS) comprising a second indicator to operate the second radio at the UE in the first mode, wherein the first mode is associated with the first indicator of Timothy in the system of combination of Li and Hoglund to provide an efficient low-power receiver to be able to optimize for high throughput and adjacent channel interferences. (Timothy, see Paragraph [0222])).
Regarding claim 28, Li teaches the features defined in the claim 15, -refer to the indicated claim for reference(s).
However, Li does not teaches wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: receive a UE capability comprising a first indicator of at least one of a RedCap connection, an eRedCap connection, or a non-RedCap connection, wherein the first signal comprises at least one of a low-power (LP) wake-up signal (LP-WUS), a low-power-synchronization-preamble signal (LP-sync-preamble signal), a low-power reference signal (LP-RS) or a low-power synchronization signal (LP-SS) comprising a second indicator to operate the second radio at the UE in a mode associated with the first indicator.
Hoglund teaches wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: receive a UE capability comprising a first indicator of at least one of a RedCap connection, an eRedCap connection, or a non-RedCap connection (Hoglund, in Page 18, lines 25 to 29, in Page 19, lines 8-22, in Page 8, lines 32-32, and in Page 9, lines 6-8 , teaches that the wireless device 131, as any of the one or more wireless devices 130, may initially report its WUR capability, e.g., the minimum required time between WUS and the PO which it may need to start up the main, e.g., baseband, receiver, to the network, e.g., to the node 101 as network node 110. In a likely implementation, this may use the legacy framework for UE capability reporting, and be quantized to a pre-determined range of values. The respective capability may be e.g., a WUR UE capability. The more different values included in the WUR UE capability for the WUS time gap, the more WUSs may have to be transmitted before a given PO if several wireless devices 130 are paged. For this reason, and to limit the number of capability signaling bits, the WUS time gaps may, as described herein, likely be limited to a few values/options in practice, and in specification. It may be noted that these may potentially also be connected to different types of wireless device, e.g., UE types, e.g. one longer WUS time gap used for RedCap type UEs and a shorter WUS time gap used for non-RedCap UEs, that is, Mobile Broadband (MBB) and all other more capable types of wireless devices, e.g., UE types. Continuing the example above of using two WUR capabilities, one for RedCap UEs, and another one for MBB type UEs, in general, non-RedCap UEs. If a wireless device 130 supports WUR, it may also indicate which WUS time gap it supports, or it may be implicit for the type of wireless device 130, e.g., UE type. The network node 110, e.g., a gNB, for example, as node 101, may, in SI, broadcast indicate if it supports WUR and one or both of the two WUS time gaps. In addition, the WUR type introduced in 3GPP Release 18 was eRedCap. For the so-called RedCap evolution (eRedCap), the main goal was to further embrace new use cases, especially requiring low-cost devices and low energy consumption, and particularly, to study low power wake-up receiver/ wake-up signal (WUR/WUS). Therefore, it is clear that a network node can receive the UE capability, configured by UE, to indicate the UE type such as eRedCap UE, RedCap UE, and non-RedCap UE.
It would have been obvious for one of ordinary skill in the art, before the effective filing date of the claimed invention, to combine Li and Hoglund to include the technique of wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: receive a UE capability comprising a first indicator of at least one of a RedCap connection, an eRedCap connection, or a non-RedCap connection of Hoglund in the system of Li to provide the efficient method for both a network node and wireless devices to adaptively use the time gap that may be best suited for the one or more wireless devices based on their respective capabilities, so that usage of the WUR may be optimized to maximize its advantages: to enable WUR energy consumption reduction while at the same time minimize the downlink (Hoglund, see Page 11, lines 20-24)).
Combination Li and Hoglund does not teaches that wherein the first signal comprises at least one of a low-power (LP) wake-up signal (LP-WUS), a low-power-synchronization-preamble signal (LP-sync-preamble signal), a low-power reference signal (LP-RS) or a low-power synchronization signal (LP-SS) comprising a second indicator to operate the second radio at the UE in a mode associated with the first indicator.
However, Timothy teaches that wherein the first signal comprises at least one of a low-power (LP) wake-up signal (LP-WUS), a low-power-synchronization-preamble signal (LP-sync-preamble signal), a low-power reference signal (LP-RS) or a low-power synchronization signal (LP-SS) (Timothy, in Paragraph [0112], teaches that the UE in idle mode DRX or cDRX may use a wake-up receiver to detect the WUS and may only wake up the baseband processor when a WUS is detected. The WUS may comprise a sequence and may additionally include a payload. Paragraph [132] teaches that the WUS preamble may be designed such that the wake-up receiver (which may be part of the processing circuitry) in the UE is able to distinguish when the WUS is present vs. when the WUS is not present (i.e. noise or some other information or a different signal) within a given time/frequency window of uncertainty. The window of uncertainty may, in turn, depend on the device carrier frequency offset and the clock drift of the Real Time Clock (RTC) in the UE. The design of the WUS may depend on the functional requirements of the WUS, i.e. a) whether or not the WUS is always sent during the wake-up epoch, b) whether or not the WUS provides synchronization and c) whether the WUS is used to further demodulate a payload. Paragraph [0164] teaches the WUS may include a preamble with good auto-correlation properties such as a constant-amplitude Zadoff-Chu sequence with different roots or even multiple roots and different lengths. The sequence may be designed so as to have low cross-correlation with the existing synchronization signals such as NPSS (Narrowband Primary Synchronization Signal)/NSSS (Narrowband Secondary Synchronization Signal) or DMRS (Demodulation Reference Signal) signals. In this observation, it is clear that a network node can comprise for UE the signal with WUS, Synchronization Signal or RS (Reference Signal).) comprising a second indicator to operate the second radio at the UE in a mode associated with the first indicator (Timothy, in Paragraph [0112], teaches again that since the WUS is configured and detected by WUR (Wake-up Receiver, the first radio) , the first indicator is for the WUR and the second indicator is the indicator to wake up the main receiver (the second radio) that is obtained by WUR from WUS. Therefore, it is clear that two indicators can be configured in UE, respectively.
It would have been obvious for one of ordinary skill in the art, before the effective filing date of the claimed invention, to combine Li, Hoglund, and Timothy to include the technique of wherein the first signal comprises at least one of a low-power (LP) wake-up signal (LP-WUS), a low-power-synchronization-preamble signal (LP-sync-preamble signal), a low-power reference signal (LP-RS) or a low-power synchronization signal (LP-SS) comprising a second indicator to operate the second radio at the UE in a mode associated with the first indicator of Timothy in the system of combination of Li and Hoglund to provide an efficient low-power receiver to be able to optimize for high throughput and adjacent channel interferences. (Timothy, see Paragraph [0222])).
Claims 17 is rejected under U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Li, Yingyang and et. al. (Int. Pub. No: WO 2024015894 A1, hereinafter “Li”) in a view of Shuo MA et. al. (USPub No: US 20220303975A1, hereinafter “Shuo”).
Regarding claim 17, Li teaches the features defined in the claim 15, -refer to the indicated claim for reference(s).
Li further teaches that wherein, to simultaneously communicate the second signal based on the first schedule and the first set of communication resources with the second radio at the UE and communicate the third signal based on the second schedule and the second set of communication resources with the first radio, the at least one processor is configured to configure the first configuration and the second configuration based on the UE capability (Li, in Fig. 1 and Page 4, lines 1-15, and in Page 14, Lines 28-31, teaches that as shown in the above, the UE may continuously monitor the LP-WUS or monitor LP-WUS with a short cycle. If a LP-WUS is detected which indicates that control/data for the UE will be scheduled, the UE can tum on and configure the main receiver for the reception of the control/data by this LP-WUS. The LP-WUS can comprise not only a wake-up signal for the main receiver but also the configuration (indication of schedule and resources) for the main receiver to receive certain channels or signals. In Fig. 8 and in Page16, Lines 24-36 and in Page 17, Lines 1-9, Li teaches that Figure 8 illustrates an example configuration of two duty cycles for LP-WUS detection by LP -WUR (the first radio). The main receiver may be woken up for system information (SI) update or monitoring paging occasions. The PDCCH scheduling SI update and the PDCCH scheduling paging PDSCH may be configured in different timing. Assuming a fixed delay for the main receiver to wake up and receive the SI (System Information) update (the first mode) or paging PDSCH (the second mode), UE may need to monitor LP-WUS in different timing for the two kinds of transmission on main receiver. Here, as described in the earlier, the first LP-WUS can include the wake-up signal for the main receiver, the duty cycle information (where duty cycle configuration may be configured with separate wus-Cycle, wus-StartOffset and wus-OnDuration), the first configuration information (indication of a schedule and resources) for SI update (the first mode), and the second configuration information (the indication of a schedule and resources) for the second LP-WUS at LP-WUR. Although the figure shows two duty cycles, these two duty cycles can be repeated, according to the network configuration. Based on the first duty cycle, the first LP-WUS (the first signal) is received by UE with LP-WUR (the first radio), where the first LP-WUS includes the wake-up signal for the main receiver (the second radio) and the first configuration (indication of the schedule and resources) for the SI update. With some delay (offset) based on the duty cycle, the LP-WUR wakes up the main receiver and hand in the configuration (indication) to the main receiver. Now, the main receiver is configured for SI update, based on the configuration (first configuration include the indication of the first schedule and the first resources) received from LP-WUR and start to communicate (receive) the SI update signal (the second signal) to perform SI update (the first mode), based on the schedule information and the resources indicated by the first configuration (PDCCH scheduling and resources for SI update). Based on the second duty cycle and the second configuration (the indication of the schedule and resources), the LP-WUR is configured to detect the second LP-WUS and the second LP-WUS (the third signal) to perform Paging PDSCH (the second mode) is received (communicated) by UE with LP-WUR (the first radio), where the second LP-WUS includes the wake-up signal for the main receiver (the second radio) and the third configuration (indication of a schedule and resources) for Paging Occasion (PO) of PDSCH. With some delay (offset) based on the duty cycle, the LP-WUR wakes up the main receiver (the second radio) and hand in the third configuration (indication) to the main receiver. Now, the main receiver is configured for Paging Occasion (Paging PDSCH: the second mode), based on the third configuration (third configuration include the indication of the third schedule and the third resources) received from LP-WUR and start to communicate (receive) the PO signal (the fourth signal) to perform Paging PDSCH (the second mode), based on the schedule information and the resources indicated by the third configuration (PDCCH scheduling and resources for Paging PDSCH). As shown in Fig. 8, during the main receiver communicates the second signal for SI update, the LP-WUR communicates the second LP-WUS (the third signal) for PO and since it is depending on the duty cycle configuration, monitoring LP-WUSs, the higher layer configuration, and UE capability (as described in Page 14, Lines 27-35, in Page 15, Line 1, and in Page 17, 2-9), two receivers can be communicated at the same time based on these configurations.)
Li does not explicitly teach that wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: receive a UE capability from the UE, wherein the UE capability comprises an indicator of a simultaneous connectivity capability that indicates at least one of an identifier of the UE, a common set of bands, or a common set of component carriers (CCs).
Shuo teaches that receive a UE capability from the UE, wherein the UE capability comprises an indicator of a simultaneous connectivity capability that indicates at least one of an identifier of the UE, a common set of bands, or a common set of component carriers (CCs) (Shuo, in Paragreaphs [0134] to [0138], teaches that when the first RAT (Radio Access Technology) and the second RAT are different network standards, the multi-RAT multi-connectivity mode may be a multi-RAT dual connectivity (MRDC) mode. The first RAT may be E-UTRA, and the second RAT may be NR. Alternatively, in a possible implementation, the first RAT may be NR, and the second RAT may be E-UTRA. The UE capability enquiry request message may be sent to the UE in a form of one message or may be sent to the UE in a form of a plurality of messages. The first capability enquiry request information is sent to the UE in one message, and the second capability enquiry request information is sent to the UE in another message. The UE may report the first band combination and the second multi-RAT band combination in one UE capability information message or may report the first band combination and the second multi-RAT band combination in a plurality of UE capability information messages. Therefore, it is clear that UE capability information can include the multiple connectivity information.) a common set of bands, (Shuo, in Paragraph [0093], that after the UE accesses a wireless communication network, the access network 210 requires the UE 221 to report UE capability information. An access network device (for example, the eNB 211) in the access network 210 may send a UE capability enquiry request message (for example, a UECapabilityEnquiry message) to the UE 221 in a coverage area of the access network device, to indicate the UE 221 to report the UE capability information of the UE 221. After receiving the UE capability enquiry request message, the UE 221 may send a UE capability information message (for example, a UECapabilityinformation message) to the access network device (for example, the eNB 211) in the access network 210. Because the UE 221 supports CA (Carrier Aggregation) and ENDC (dual connectivity between E-UTRA and NR), the UE capability information message generally includes a band combination supported by the UE in E-UTRA and a multi-RAT band combination (or referred to as an MRDC band combination) supported by the UE in E-UTRA and NR. The band combination supported by the UE in E-UTRA includes a CA band combination, and generally further includes a non-CA band combination. Therefore, it is clear that UE capability report can include the multiple band information (a common set of bands) supported by UE.) or a common set of component carriers (CCs) (Shuo, in Fig. 3 and in Paragraph [0087], teaches that FIG. 3 shows a CA scenario according to an embodiment. CA means that two or more carriers, or referred to as component carriers (CC), are aggregated to transmit data, to implement higher transmission bandwidth between an access node and UE. The UE may determine, based on a capability of the UE, a maximum quantity of carriers that may be simultaneously used to perform uplink and downlink transmission. Therefore, it is clear that UE capability information can include maximum quantity of component carriers (a common set of component carriers))
It would have been obvious for one of ordinary skill in the art, before the effective filing date of the claimed invention, to combine Li and Shuo to include the technique of receive a UE capability from the UE, wherein the UE capability comprises an indicator of a simultaneous connectivity capability that indicates at least one of an identifier of the UE, a common set of bands, or a common set of component carriers (CCs) of shuo in the system of Li to provide an efficient UE capability reporting mechanism to improve a success rate of UE rollback configuration to a CA (Carrier Aggregation) mode, thereby helping improve transmission bandwidth of UE, and further improving user experience of the UE. (Shuo, see Paragraph [0007])).
Claims 25-27 are rejected under U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Li, Yingyang and et. al. (Int. Pub. No: WO2024015894A1, hereinafter “Li”) in a view of Zheng Chen and et. al. (USPub No: US 20210392582 A1, hereinafter “Zheng”).
Regarding claim 25, Li teaches the features defined in the claim 15, -refer to the indicated claim for reference(s).
Li does not teach that the at least one processor is configured to: transmit, to the second radio at the UE, a reference signal (RS) comprising a first clock configuration for a first clock associated with the first radio to the second radio at the UE, wherein the second signal comprises the RS.
Zheng teaches that the at least one processor is configured to: transmit, to the second radio at the UE, a reference signal (RS) comprising a first clock configuration for a first clock associated with the first radio to the second radio at the UE (Zheng, in Fig. 3 and in Paragraphs [0007], [0008], and [0018] to [0023], teaches, the network node may send a first reference signal in out of a first time period. When a terminal device is out of a first time period, the terminal device may detect a first signal and determine, based on a detection result of the first signal, whether to use a first reference signal received to perform time-frequency tracking and/or channel measurement; and further, when the terminal device may receive a second reference signal in the first time period at the main radio (the second radio), the first reference signal and the second reference signal are reference signals used for time-frequency tracking and/or channel measurement. Here, the first signal may include a wake-up signal (WUS), or may be a power saving signal (it can be detected by WUR, the first radio). The first reference signal and the second reference signal each may include a tracking reference signal (TRS). Alternatively, the first reference signal and the second reference signal each may include a non-zero power channel state information reference signal (NZP-CSI-RS). In addition, the first time period can be a time period in which the terminal device detects a physical downlink control channel PDCCH or a physical downlink shared channel PDSCH. The first time period may be referred to as a DRX active time of the terminal device. the first time period may be a time period in which at least one of the following timers runs: a DRX on duration timer, a DRX inactivity timer, or a DRX retransmission timer. Moreover, since the first or second reference signal can be used for time-frequency tracking in the terminal, it can be considered as the reference signal comprising the clock configuration to perform the time-frequency tracking. Therefore, in this observation, it is clear that a network node can transmit a reference signal consisting of a clock configuration to perform a time-frequency tracking.
It would have been obvious for one of ordinary skill in the art, before the effective filing date of the claimed invention, to combine Li and Zheng to include the technique of the at least one processor is configured to: transmit, to the second radio at the UE, a reference signal (RS) comprising a first clock configuration for a first clock associated with the first radio to the second radio at the UE, wherein the second signal comprises the RS of Zheng in the system of Li to provide an efficient transmitting and receiving method for a reference signals to improve TRS (Tracking Reference Signal) resource utilization and to reduce TRS signal overheads, thereby reducing power consumption of a terminal device. (Zheng, see Paragraph [0006])).
Regarding claim 26, combination of Li and Zheng teaches the features defined in the claim 25, -refer to the indicated claim for reference(s).
Zheng further teaches that wherein the RS comprises a second clock configuration for a second clock associated with the first radio, wherein the second clock has at least a different accuracy or a different clock parameter than the first clock (Zheng, in Paragraphs [0009] to [0012], teaches that be when the terminal device is in a second time period, the terminal device detects the first signal and based on the detection result of the first signal, it can perform time-frequency tracking and/or channel measurement by using the first reference signal. The second time period may include at least one time period other than the first time period. Alternatively, the second time period may include a time period in which the terminal device is not in a DRX active time. Also, the second time period may include a time period in which none of the following timers is in a running state: an on-duration timer, a DRX inactivity timer, or a DRX retransmission timer. In this observation, it is clear that a network node can transmit the second clock configuration having the different accuracy or different parameters to perform time-frequency tracking in the second time.
It would have been obvious for one of ordinary skill in the art, before the effective filing date of the claimed invention, to combine Li and Zheng to include the technique of wherein the RS comprises a second clock configuration for a second clock associated with the first radio, wherein the second clock has at least a different accuracy or a different clock parameter than the first clock of Zheng in the system of Li to provide an efficient transmitting and receiving method for a reference signals to improve TRS (Tracking Reference Signal) resource utilization and to reduce TRS signal overheads, thereby reducing power consumption of a terminal device. (Zheng, see Paragraph [0006])).
Regarding claim 27, combination of Li and Zheng teaches the features defined in the claim 25, -refer to the indicated claim for reference(s).
Zheng further teaches that wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: transmit a second RS comprising a second clock configuration for a second clock via the second radio, wherein the second clock is associated with the first radio, wherein the second clock has at least a different accuracy or a different clock parameter than the first clock (Zheng, in Paragraphs [0009] to [0012], teaches that in any period time, a network node can transmit the tracking reference signal and the terminal can use it to perform time-frequency tracking and/or channel measurement. Therefore, it is clear that in any period, a network node can transmit a clock configuration with different accuracy or different parameters to the terminal to perform time-frequency tracking and/or channel measurement.
It would have been obvious for one of ordinary skill in the art, before the effective filing date of the claimed invention, to combine Li and Zheng to include the technique of wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: transmit a second RS comprising a second clock configuration for a second clock via the second radio, wherein the second clock is associated with the first radio, wherein the second clock has at least a different accuracy or a different clock parameter than the first clock of Zheng in the system of Li to provide an efficient transmitting and receiving method for a reference signals to improve TRS (Tracking Reference Signal) resource utilization and to reduce TRS signal overheads, thereby reducing power consumption of a terminal device. (Zheng, see Paragraph [0006])).
Claims 21 is rejected under U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Li, Yingyang et. al. (Int. Pub. No: WO2024015894A1, hereinafter “Li”) in a view of Debasish Ghose et. al. (“Enabling early sleeping and early data transmission in wake-up radio-enabled IoT network,” Elsevier Science Direct, Computer Networks, Vol. 153, 22 April 2019, Pages 132-144, hereinafter “Debasish”) and further in a view of Chien-Chun Cheng et. al. (USPub No: US20240015655A1, hereinafter “Chien-Chun”).
Regarding claim 21, Li teaches the features defined in the claim 15, -refer to the indicated claim for reference(s).
Li does not teach that wherein the second radio has the lower power consumption than the first radio; and: receive a colliding transmission from the second radio at the UE if one or more collision rules for a first collision at the first radio indicates for the colliding transmission to be dropped by the first radio based on the first schedule and the second schedule.
However, Debasish teaches that wherein the second radio has the lower power consumption than the first radio; receive a colliding transmission from the second radio at the UE (Debasish, in Page 132, col. 2, lines 4-8 and 19-22, and in Page 135, col. 1, lines 36-42 and Col 2, lines 1-5, teaches that in a WuR (Wake-up Receiver, it can be considered as the second radio)-enabled loT/WSN (Wireless Sensor Network) node, an auxiliary wake-up receiver (WuRx) is attached to the micro-controller unit (MCU) of a main radio (MR). While the MR, which is responsible for data transmission, is active only when necessary, the WuRx is always on, waiting for detecting wake-up calls (WuCs) at any time. WuR was initially developed for energy-efficient data collection and reporting in WSNs. Over time, the application scenarios of WuRs have been expanded to diverse wireless networks including loT, Wi-Fi, and mMTC. we propose an early data transmission scheme which is tailored to WuR-enabled IoT/WSNs. The scheme is still referred to as early data transmission (EDT). The proposed EDT scheme defines a data transmission procedure in which a small-size data packet is jointly encoded with the WuRx address and transmitted through a WuC before the MR is fully waken up. That is, a WuR transmitter performs data transmission simultaneously while sending a WuC with the support of partial operation of the main radio of an intended node. Here, the partial operation means that in the light sleep mode, the MCU is able to perform partial functions for WuC decoding. Such a scheme reduces the latency it takes to transmit small data and improves the energy efficiency of WuRxs. Depending on whether an ACK upon the successful reception of a small data is needed or not, EDT can be operated with and without ACK. In this observation, WuR (the second radio, Low-Power Radio) can be transmitted the uplink information to the network node or the sending (transmitting) side with partial operation of the main receiver (the first radio, High-Power Radio). Therefore, it is also clear that the collision transmission can be transmitted by using low-power radio (the second radio) to the network node.
It would have been obvious for one of ordinary skill in the art, before the effective filing date of the claimed invention, to combine Li and Debasish to include the technique of wherein the second radio has the lower power consumption than the first radio; and: receive a colliding transmission from the second radio at the UE of Debasish in the system of Li to provide an efficient early sleeping and early data transmission method, respectively, tailored for eliminating overhearing and shortening latency in wireless network such as loT, Wi-Fi, and mMTC in 5G. (Debasish, see Page 132, Col. 2, Lines 20-22 and Page 133, Col. 1, Lines 15-17 in Sec. Introduction)).
However, combination of Li and Debasish does not teach that if one or more collision rules for a first collision at the first radio indicates for the colliding transmission to be dropped by the first radio based on the first schedule and the second schedule.
Chien-Chun teaches that if one or more collision rules for a first collision at the first radio indicates for the colliding transmission to be dropped by the first radio based on the first schedule and the second schedule (Chien-Chun, in Fig. 22 and in Paragraphs [0137] to [0140], teaches that FIG. 22 illustrates an example scenario 2200 of collisions handling between the LP-WUS and SSB/SIB (synchronization signal block/system information block) under schemes. Scenario 2200 involves a network node (e.g., a macro base station and multiple micro base stations) and a UE, which may be a part of a wireless communication network (e.g., an LTE network, a 5G/NR network, an IoT network or a 6G network). Referring to FIG. 22, the network node may transmit the TDD pattern to the UE through RRC. In addition, the network node may transmit the LP-WUS period to the UE. The UE may determine whether to monitor LP-WUS based on the information from the network node. The UE may determine to drop or postpone the LP-WUS in the subframes or slots when the subframes or slots are not DL subframes or slots and do not carry SIB in the TDD operation. The UE may determine to drop or postpone LP-WUS if the LP-WUS overlaps with a common (cell-specific) signal or channel. The common signal may comprise SSB, SIB, or PDCCH. The UE may determine to drop or postpone the LP-WUS if LP-WUS overlaps with a signal or a channel whose quasi co-location type D (QCL-D) assumption is different from the QCL-D assumption of the LP-WUS. The QCL-D assumption of the LP-WUS may indicate the receiving beam direction and the corresponding receiver filter in the spatial domain. The UE may receive the QCL-D assumption through the RRC or SIB or receive an association between the LP-WUS and other reference signals, e.g., SSB, CSI-RS, or TRS. The UE may determine to drop or postpone the LP-WUS if the LP-WUS overlaps with the LTE cell-specific reference signal (CRS) in the E-UTRAN New Radio-dual connectivity (EN-DC). The UE may drop or postpone the LP-WUS if any LP-WUS monitoring occasion is outside the (e)-DRX ON duration. In this observation, it is clear that when the collision between LP-WUS monitoring (WUR, the second radio) and the common signal processing (SSB, SIB, or PDCCH processing in the first radio) may be occurred, the UE can indicate the collision and drop or postpone LP-WUS.
It would have been obvious for one of ordinary skill in the art, before the effective filing date of the claimed invention, to combine Li, Ghose, and Cheng to include the technique of if one or more collision rules for a first collision at the first radio indicates for the colliding transmission to be dropped by the first radio based on the first schedule and the second schedule of Chien-Chun in the system of combination of Li and Debasish to provide an efficient LP-WUS transmission method in mobile communication to achieve the requirements of long battery life (i.e., low power consumption) and low latency at the same time. (Chien-Chun, see Paragraph [0010])).
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/JAEYOUNG KWAK/Examiner, Art Unit 2472
/KEVIN T BATES/Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 2472