DETAILED ACTION
The office action is in response to the amendments received on Feb. 4, 2026 after RCE non-final office action.
Claims 1, 3-5, and 20-27 are pending in this application, based on the amended claims on Feb. 4, 2026.
Information Disclosure Statement
The information disclosure statements (IDSs) submitted on Sept. 16, 2024 and July 19, 2023 have been considered by the examiner.
Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
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 Feb. 4, 2026 have been considered for examination. Claims 1-6, 8-19 are pending in the instant application.
With regard to the 102/103 rejections, Applicant’s arguments filed Feb. 4, 2026 (see pages 7-8 of Remarks) in view of the amendments have been fully considered but are not persuasive. However, since Applicant’s amendments has changed the scope, the new ground(s) of rejection is presented in the instant Office Action.
Regarding claims 1, 20, and 24, Applicant argued:
The independent claim 1 is amended with the previous claim 2 (underline), recite as “receiving, by the terminal, a dedicated serving cell configuration, wherein the dedicated serving cell configuration comprises first indication information and second indication information, the first indication information indicates the first measurement object, and the second indication information indicates the second measurement object, the dedicated serving cell configuration includes one servingCellMO field and the first indication information is comprised in the one servingCellMO field, and the second indication information is comprised in a field other than the servingCellMO field in the dedicated serving cell configuration, by combining the part of the previous claim 2.
Regarding the previous claim 2, Jin, in Paragraph [0097] recites no field at all, much less a servingCellMO field or a field other than the serving servingCellMO field. Jin makes no mention of placing the second information or third information in any field. Jin, in Paragraph [0097], only recites that the serving cell configuration information may include third information which indicates identities of the plurality of MOs. While, Jin, in Paragraph [0087], discloses that in "ServingCellConfig, a field MeasObjectld (that is, the third information) is added to indicate MeasObjectld corresponding to dynamic MOs of one serving cell." Therefore, if anything, Jin teaches putting dynamic MOs into the same field.
Further, the primary art of record Yiu teaches the first indication is comprised in one servingCellMO field (even though the term “servingCellMo” is not recited in Jin), it still only teaches using a same field (the alleged servingCellMo field) for the indication information.
Thus, both Yiu and Jin only teach or suggest a single indication mechanism; while the independent claims require two distinct indication field each tied to different MO.
In response to Applicant’s argument, Examiner respectfully disagrees.
In the argument, Applicant argued, regarding the part of the amended claim 1, “receiving, by the terminal, a dedicated serving cell configuration, …, and the second indication information is comprised in a field other than the servingCellMO field in the dedicated serving cell configuration,” that combination of Yiu and Jin does not teach that the dedicated serving cell configuration comprises two distinct measurement object indications; in the serving cell configuration, the first one is in servingCellMO field and the second one is in a field other than servingCellMo field. However, Examiner respectfully disagrees.
Yiu, in Paragraph [0125], disclose about the serving cell MO (ServingCellMO indicated by the dedicated serving cell configuration (sevingCellConf). The serving cell MO is one field of ServingCellConf to indicate a Measurement object NR (MeasObjetNR) in MeasConf associated to the serving cell and in servingCellConf and there is only one servingCellMo, not multiple. As shown in Paragraphs [0126]-[0129] and [0133]-[0134], the serving cell MO is the indication for the measurement object MeasObjectNR and MeasObjectNR can be comprised by SSB frequency or SCS or CSI-RS resources of the serving cell within a carrier bandwidth. Although Applicant argue that Yiu does not disclose multiple measurement objects with dedicated serving cell configuration, Yiu discloses that another measurement object related to CSI-RS described in Paragraphs [0146]-[0149] and [0153]-[0155] is defined based on the operating Bandwidth (BW) of UE that is indicated by the ServingCellConfig.
Further, although in the arguments of Applicant, Jin does not disclose two distinguished identification where one is in a servingCellMo field and the other is in the field that is different from a servingCellMO, eventually, Jin teaches these two different measurement identifications: the measurement identification in servingCellMo field is described in Paragraphs [0079]-[0082] and in Fig. 5 and 6 and the measurement identification in other field such as BWP-downlink field in the serving cell configuration is described in Paragraphs [0087]-[0089] and table in Page 7 and 8. Thus, Jin disclose the first indication and the second indication mentioned in the amended claim 1. The detail explanation is described in this instant office action in the below.
Therefore, the amended claim 1 is clearly disclosed by combination of Yiu and Jin.
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 1, 3-5, and 20-27 are rejected under U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Candy Yiu et. al. (USPub No.: US 20190313271 A1, hereinafter “Yiu”) in a view of Le Jin et. al. (USPub No.: US 20220394533 A1, hereinafter “Jin”).
Regarding claims 1, Yiu teaches that a measurement object indication method, comprising: receiving, by a terminal, measurement configuration information, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises a first measurement object and a second measurement object; (Yiu, in Paragraph [0094] and [0101]-[0102], teaches that the measurement configuration may be provided to the UE 102, via dedicated signaling such as a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message, e.g., an RRCReconfiguration message. The measurement configuration may include one or more elements or parameters, for example, measurement objects, reporting configurations, measurement identities, quantity configurations, measurement gaps, and/or any other additional or alternative parameters and/or elements. The reporting configurations may include lists of reporting configurations, e.g., where there can be one or multiple reporting configurations per measurement object. For example, each reporting configuration may include a reporting criterion, a Reference Signal (RS) type, and/or a reporting format. The measurement identities may include list of measurement identities, e.g., where each measurement identity may link one measurement object with one reporting configuration. For example, by configuring multiple measurement identities, it may be possible to link more than one measurement object to a same reporting configuration, as well as to link more than one reporting configuration to a same measurement object. The measurement identity may be included in a measurement report, e.g., that triggered the reporting, for example, to serve as a reference to the network. Therefore, it is clear that the measurement configuration information received by a terminal may comprises multiple measurement objects (the first measurement object and the second measurement objects) with other elements.) wherein the first measurement object includes a first time-frequency location and a first cell list, and the second measurement object includes a second time-frequency location and a second cell list; (Yiu, in Paragraphs [0106] –[0110], teaches that a Measurement Object (MO) may include a list of objects on which a UE is to perform one or more measurements. For intra-frequency and inter-frequency measurements, a measurement object may indicate a frequency location, a time location, and/or subcarrier spacing of reference signals to be measured, where the subcarrier spacing of reference signals may define the time-frequency location such as the resource blocks or elements that is represented by a time-frequency grid (explained in Paragraph [0231]). Associated with MO, the network may configure a list of cell specific offsets, for example, a list of 'blacklisted' cells, and/or a list of 'whitelisted' cells. The Blacklisted cells may not be applicable in an event evaluation or a measurement reporting, and/or the Whitelisted cells may be applicable, e.g., may be the only ones applicable, in the event evaluation or the measurement reporting. UE may determine which MO corresponds to each serving cell frequency from a frequency information (Info) (frequencyinfoDL) field in a serving cell configuration (ServingCellConfigCommon) Information Element (IE), e.g., within serving cell configuration. Further, in Paragraphs [0159]-[0162], gNB 140 may configure only one MO per serving cell to the UE. Application of blackCellsList, whiteCellsList and cellList in the NR
measurement object may be defined. These three lists may be in the same level as SSB and CSI-RS. gNB 140 may be configured to determine whether these three lists may be applied to both SSB and CSI-RS, or if these three lists may be applied to SSB only or CSI-RS only. Therefore, it is clear that the first measurement object may include a first time-frequency location and a first cell list, and the second measurement object may include a second time-frequency location and a second cell list.)
Yiu does not explicitly teach that receiving, by the terminal, a dedicated serving cell configuration, wherein the dedicated serving cell configuration comprises first indication information and second indication information, the first indication information indicates the first measurement object, the second indication information indicates the second measurement object, the dedicated serving cell configuration includes one servingCellMO field and the first indication information is comprised in the servingCellMO field, and the second indication information is comprised in a field
other than the servingCellMO field in the dedicated serving cell configuration.
Jin teaches that receiving, by the terminal, a dedicated serving cell configuration, wherein the dedicated serving cell configuration comprises first indication information and second indication information, the first indication information indicates the first measurement object, the second indication information indicates the second measurement object, the dedicated serving cell configuration includes one servingCellMO field and the first indication information is comprised in the servingCellMO field, and the second indication information is comprised in a field other than the servingCellMO field in the dedicated serving cell configuration (Jin, in Fig. 5 and 6 and in Paragraphs [0006]-[0007], [0012], [0014]-[0015], [0056]-[0057], [0076]-[0083], and [0085]-[0089] and in Tables in Page 7 and 8, teaches that as described in [0006]-[0007] and [0012], for dynamic BWP switching, a terminal device receives measurement configuration information from a network device where the measurement configuration includes the first information. The first information is used for indicating that an MG (Measurement Gap) is an active if a frequency of an SSB that is indicated by an MO (Measurement Object) of the first serving cell is out of currently active BWP (Bandwidth Part). Then, to resolve the measurement mismatch, the terminal device receive the second information from the network device. The second information is used for indicating the correspondence between BWPs and MOs of the first serving cell of the termina device when the first serving cell is configured with a plurality of MOs and each MO is configure with a frequency of on SSB. Here, as described in [0056]-[0057], to receive the first information in NR (New Radio) by the terminal, an NR protocol stipulates that each serving cell must be configured with one MO. In serving cell configuration (dedicated serving cell configuration), a serving cell measurement object (servingCellMO) information element indicates a MeasObjectID (the measurement indication) that is an ID of an MO corresponding to each serving cell. If a frequency of SSB is configured in the MO, the serving cell is measured based on the SSB at the frequency. In this observation, it shows that the first indication information indicates the first measurement object, the dedicated serving cell configuration includes one servingCellMO field, and the first indication information is comprised in the servingCellMO field. Next, as described in Paragraph [0014]-[0015], the second information may be received through the measurement configuration information like the first information; or the second information may be received through other field in serving cell configuration information. In this way, the second information can be flexibly configured by using dynamically active Mos. The first method for dynamically active MO, as described in Fig. 5 and 6 and in Paragraphs [0079]-[0083], is that dynamically active MOs configured for one serving cell may use one identity (MeasObjectid), and this MeasObjectID is consistent with an identity of an MO in a configuration of the serving cell (servingCellMO) and only one of the MOs that use one common MeasObjectId can be active at one moment. Further detail information is explained in Paragraphs [0080]-[0083] using Fig. 5 and 6. This method is same as the first indication method with servingCellMO field in the serving cell configuration. The second method for the second information, as described in Paragraphs [0085]-[0089] and in Tables in Page 7 and 8, is that measObjectDynamic (that is, the second information) information element is added to a BWP downlink configuration, BWP-Downlink, (the field other that servingCellMO in the serving cell configuration) in the serving cell configuration information (as shown in Table in Page 7), and is used for configuring a dynamic MO associated with each BWP. In the serving cell configuration, ServingCellConfig, a field MeasObjectid (that is, the third information) is added to indicate MeasObjectid corresponding to dynamic MOs of one serving cell (that is, the first serving cell). Dynamic MOs of one serving cell use one common MeasObjectid. Another possible implementation (shown in Table in Pag 8) for the second method is that a dynamic MO list measObjectDynamicList and MeasObjectid (that is, the third information) corresponding to dynamic MOs are configured in the serving cell configuration, ServingCellConfig. A field measObjectDynamicid is added to the BWP downlink configuration, BWP-Downlink in the serving cell configuration information, indicating which dynamic MO (that is, the second information) in measObjectDynamicList is associated with the BWP. Through two implementations or configuration for the second method for the second information, the second indication such as measObjectID or measObjectDynamicid indicates the Dynamic MO (the second measurement object) and it is located in BWP-Downlink field in the serving cell configuration (it is a dedicated serving cell configuration since it is for one serving cell (the first serving cell as described in Paragraph [0087].). Based on this observation, it is shown that the dedicated serving cell configuration can comprise two different indications that indicate different measurement objects, respectively and one can be located in servingCellMO field in the serving cell configuration and the other can be located in the field other than servingCellMO field in the serving cell 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 Yiu and Jin to include the technique of receiving, by the terminal, a dedicated serving cell configuration, wherein the dedicated serving cell configuration comprises first indication information and second indication information, the first indication information indicates the first measurement object, the second indication information indicates the second measurement object, the dedicated serving cell configuration includes one servingCellMO field and the first indication information is comprised in the servingCellMO field, and the second indication information is comprised in a field other than the servingCellMO field in the dedicated serving cell configuration of Jin in the system of Yiu to provide the efficient measurement configuration and reporting method to resolve a problem of measurement configuration mismatch in a dynamic BWP switching process (Jin, see Paragraph [0006]).).
Regarding claim 3, combination of Yiu and Jin teaches the features defined in the claim 1, -refer to the indicated claim for reference(s).
Yiu further teaches that wherein the first measurement object comprises a first measurement resource configuration for a first-type measurement, (Yiu, in Paragraph [0324], teaches that gNB can configure for all SSB-based measurement (can be considered as the first-type measurement) for the UE at most one MO (Measurement Object) having the same SSB center frequency.) and the second measurement object comprises a second measurement resource configuration for a second- type measurement (Yiu, in Paragraphs [0326] and [0327], teaches that the MO comprises Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) information for a Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement (can be considered as the second-type measurement) by the UE and the CSI-RS information is to configure a plurality of CSI-RS resource for a single RRM measurement by the UE. In this observation, it is clear that each MO can be configured for each type of measurements, respectively.).
Regarding claim 4, combination of Yiu and Jin teaches the features defined in the claim 3, -refer to the indicated claim for reference(s).
Yiu further teaches that the first-type measurement is a synchronization signal block (SSB)-based measurement, (Yiu, in Paragraph [0324], teaches that gNB can configure for all SSB-based measurement (can be considered as the first-type measurement) for the UE at most one MO (Measurement Object) having the same SSB center frequency.) and the second-type measurement is a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS)-based measurement (Yiu, in Paragraphs [0326] and [0327], teaches that the MO comprises Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) information for a Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement (can be considered as the second-type measurement) by the UE and the CSI-RS information is to configure a plurality of CSI-RS resource for a single RRM measurement by the UE. In this observation, it is clear that the SSB-based measurement and the CSI-RS based measurement can be configured, separately.).
Regarding claim 5, combination of Yiu and Jin teaches the features defined in the claim 3, -refer to the indicated claim for reference(s).
Yiu further teaches that wherein the first measurement object comprises the first measurement resource configuration for the first-type measurement (Yiu, in Paragraph [0324], teaches that gNB can configure for all SSB-based measurement (can be considered as the first-type measurement) for the UE at most one MO (Measurement Object) having the same SSB center frequency.) and the second measurement object comprises the second measurement resource configuration for the second-type measurement (Yiu, in Paragraphs [0326] and [0327], teaches that the MO comprises Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) information for a Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement (can be considered as the second-type measurement) by the UE and the CSI-RS information is to configure a plurality of CSI-RS resource for a single RRM measurement by the UE.) and does not comprise the second measurement resource configuration for the second-type measurement, and does not comprise the first measurement resource configuration for the first-type measurement (Yiu, in Paragraph [0338], teaches that the UE may maintain a first separated cell list for the SSB resources and a second separate cell list for CSI-RS resources, respectively. In this observation, it is clear that, for the different types of measurements, each measurement object or the resources of each type can be configured, separately.).
Regarding claims 20, Yiu teaches that an apparatus comprising a processor configured to execute instructions to cause the apparatus to perform: (Yiu, in Fig. 1 and in Paragraphs [0087]-[0088], teaches that UE 102 includes one or more of a processor 191 , an input unit 192, an output unit 193, a memory unit 194, and/or a storage unit 195. Processor 191 executes instructions of an Operating System (OS) of UE 102 and/or of one or more suitable applications.) receiving measurement configuration information, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises a first measurement object and a second measurement object; (Yiu, in Paragraph [0094] and [0101]-[0102], teaches that the measurement configuration may be provided to the UE 102, via dedicated signaling such as a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message, e.g., an RRCReconfiguration message. The measurement configuration may include one or more elements or parameters, for example, measurement objects, reporting configurations, measurement identities, quantity configurations, measurement gaps, and/or any other additional or alternative parameters and/or elements. The reporting configurations may include lists of reporting configurations, e.g., where there can be one or multiple reporting configurations per measurement object. For example, each reporting configuration may include a reporting criterion, a Reference Signal (RS) type, and/or a reporting format. The measurement identities may include list of measurement identities, e.g., where each measurement identity may link one measurement object with one reporting configuration. For example, by configuring multiple measurement identities, it may be possible to link more than one measurement object to a same reporting configuration, as well as to link more than one reporting configuration to a same measurement object. The measurement identity may be included in a measurement report, e.g., that triggered the reporting, for example, to serve as a reference to the network. Therefore, it is clear that the measurement configuration information received by a terminal may comprises multiple measurement objects (the first measurement object and the second measurement objects) with other elements.) wherein the first measurement object includes a first time-frequency location and a first cell list, and the second measurement object includes a second time-frequency location and a second cell list; (Yiu, in Paragraphs [0106] –[0110], teaches that a Measurement Object (MO) may include a list of objects on which a UE is to perform one or more measurements. For intra-frequency and inter-frequency measurements, a measurement object may indicate a frequency location, a time location, and/or subcarrier spacing of reference signals to be measured, where the subcarrier spacing of reference signals may define the time-frequency location such as the resource blocks or elements that is represented by a time-frequency grid (explained in Paragraph [0231]). Associated with MO, the network may configure a list of cell specific offsets, for example, a list of 'blacklisted' cells, and/or a list of 'whitelisted' cells. The Blacklisted cells may not be applicable in an event evaluation or a measurement reporting, and/or the Whitelisted cells may be applicable, e.g., may be the only ones applicable, in the event evaluation or the measurement reporting. UE may determine which MO corresponds to each serving cell frequency from a frequency information (Info) (frequencyinfoDL) field in a serving cell configuration (ServingCellConfigCommon) Information Element (IE), e.g., within serving cell configuration. Further, in Paragraphs [0159]-[0162], gNB 140 may configure only one MO per serving cell to the UE. Application of blackCellsList, whiteCellsList and cellList in the NR
measurement object may be defined. These three lists may be in the same level as SSB and CSI-RS. gNB 140 may be configured to determine whether these three lists may be applied to both SSB and CSI-RS, or if these three lists may be applied to SSB only or CSI-RS only. Therefore, it is clear that the first measurement object may include a first time-frequency location and a first cell list, and the second measurement object may include a second time-frequency location and a second cell list.)
Yiu does not explicitly teach that receiving a dedicated serving cell configuration, wherein the dedicated serving cell configuration comprises first indication information and second indication information, the first indication information indicates the first measurement object, the second indication information indicates the second measurement object, the dedicated serving cell configuration includes one servingCellMO field and the first indication information is comprised in the servingCellMO field, and the second indication information is comprised in a field other than the servingCellMO field in the dedicated serving cell configuration.
Jin teaches that receiving, by the terminal, a dedicated serving cell configuration, wherein the dedicated serving cell configuration comprises first indication information and second indication information, the first indication information indicates the first measurement object, the second indication information indicates the second measurement object, the dedicated serving cell configuration includes one servingCellMO field and the first indication information is comprised in the servingCellMO field, and the second indication information is comprised in a field other than the servingCellMO field in the dedicated serving cell configuration (Jin, in Fig. 5 and 6 and in Paragraphs [0006]-[0007], [0012], [0014]-[0015], [0056]-[0057], [0076]-[0083], and [0085]-[0089] and in Tables in Page 7 and 8, teaches that as described in [0006]-[0007] and [0012], for dynamic BWP switching, a terminal device receives measurement configuration information from a network device where the measurement configuration includes the first information. The first information is used for indicating that an MG (Measurement Gap) is an active if a frequency of an SSB that is indicated by an MO (Measurement Object) of the first serving cell is out of currently active BWP (Bandwidth Part). Then, to resolve the measurement mismatch, the terminal device receive the second information from the network device. The second information is used for indicating the correspondence between BWPs and MOs of the first serving cell of the termina device when the first serving cell is configured with a plurality of MOs and each MO is configure with a frequency of on SSB. Here, as described in [0056]-[0057], to receive the first information in NR (New Radio) by the terminal, an NR protocol stipulates that each serving cell must be configured with one MO. In serving cell configuration (dedicated serving cell configuration), a serving cell measurement object (servingCellMO) information element indicates a MeasObjectID (the measurement indication) that is an ID of an MO corresponding to each serving cell. If a frequency of SSB is configured in the MO, the serving cell is measured based on the SSB at the frequency. In this observation, it shows that the first indication information indicates the first measurement object, the dedicated serving cell configuration includes one servingCellMO field, and the first indication information is comprised in the servingCellMO field. Next, as described in Paragraph [0014]-[0015], the second information may be received through the measurement configuration information like the first information; or the second information may be received through other field in serving cell configuration information. In this way, the second information can be flexibly configured by using dynamically active Mos. The first method for dynamically active MO, as described in Fig. 5 and 6 and in Paragraphs [0079]-[0083], is that dynamically active MOs configured for one serving cell may use one identity (MeasObjectid), and this MeasObjectID is consistent with an identity of an MO in a configuration of the serving cell (servingCellMO) and only one of the MOs that use one common MeasObjectId can be active at one moment. Further detail information is explained in Paragraphs [0080]-[0083] using Fig. 5 and 6. This method is same as the first indication method with servingCellMO field in the serving cell configuration. The second method for the second information, as described in Paragraphs [0085]-[0089] and in Tables in Page 7 and 8, is that measObjectDynamic (that is, the second information) information element is added to a BWP downlink configuration, BWP-Downlink, (the field other that servingCellMO in the serving cell configuration) in the serving cell configuration information (as shown in Table in Page 7), and is used for configuring a dynamic MO associated with each BWP. In the serving cell configuration, ServingCellConfig, a field MeasObjectid (that is, the third information) is added to indicate MeasObjectid corresponding to dynamic MOs of one serving cell (that is, the first serving cell). Dynamic MOs of one serving cell use one common MeasObjectid. Another possible implementation (shown in Table in Pag 8) for the second method is that a dynamic MO list measObjectDynamicList and MeasObjectid (that is, the third information) corresponding to dynamic MOs are configured in the serving cell configuration, ServingCellConfig. A field measObjectDynamicid is added to the BWP downlink configuration, BWP-Downlink in the serving cell configuration information, indicating which dynamic MO (that is, the second information) in measObjectDynamicList is associated with the BWP. Through two implementations or configuration for the second method for the second information, the second indication such as measObjectID or measObjectDynamicid indicates the Dynamic MO (the second measurement object) and it is located in BWP-Downlink field in the serving cell configuration (it is a dedicated serving cell configuration since it is for one serving cell (the first serving cell as described in Paragraph [0087].). Based on this observation, it is shown that the dedicated serving cell configuration can comprise two different indications that indicate different measurement objects, respectively and one can be located in servingCellMO field in the serving cell configuration and the other can be located in the field other than servingCellMO field in the serving cell 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 Yiu and Jin to include the technique of receiving, by the terminal, a dedicated serving cell configuration, wherein the dedicated serving cell configuration comprises first indication information and second indication information, the first indication information indicates the first measurement object, the second indication information indicates the second measurement object, the dedicated serving cell configuration includes one servingCellMO field and the first indication information is comprised in the servingCellMO field, and the second indication information is comprised in a field other than the servingCellMO field in the dedicated serving cell configuration of Jin in the system of Yiu to provide the efficient measurement configuration and reporting method to resolve a problem of measurement configuration mismatch in a dynamic BWP switching process (Jin, see Paragraph [0006]).).
Regarding claim 21, combination of Yiu and Jin teaches the features defined in the claim 20, -refer to the indicated claim for reference(s).
Yiu further teaches that wherein the first measurement object comprises a first measurement resource configuration for a first-type measurement, (Yiu, in Paragraph [0324], teaches that gNB can configure for all SSB-based measurement (can be considered as the first-type measurement) for the UE at most one MO (Measurement Object) having the same SSB center frequency.) and the second measurement object comprises a second measurement resource configuration for a second- type measurement (Yiu, in Paragraphs [0326] and [0327], teaches that the MO comprises Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) information for a Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement (can be considered as the second-type measurement) by the UE and the CSI-RS information is to configure a plurality of CSI-RS resource for a single RRM measurement by the UE. In this observation, it is clear that each MO can be configured for each type of measurements, respectively.).
Regarding claim 22, combination of Yiu and Jin teaches the features defined in the claim 21, -refer to the indicated claim for reference(s).
Yiu further teaches that the first-type measurement is a synchronization signal block (SSB)-based measurement, (Yiu, in Paragraph [0324], teaches that gNB can configure for all SSB-based measurement (can be considered as the first-type measurement) for the UE at most one MO (Measurement Object) having the same SSB center frequency.) and the second-type measurement is a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS)-based measurement (Yiu, in Paragraphs [0326] and [0327], teaches that the MO comprises Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) information for a Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement (can be considered as the second-type measurement) by the UE and the CSI-RS information is to configure a plurality of CSI-RS resource for a single RRM measurement by the UE. In this observation, it is clear that the SSB-based measurement and the CSI-RS based measurement can be configured, separately.).
Regarding claim 23, combination of Yiu and Jin teaches the features defined in the claim 21, -refer to the indicated claim for reference(s).
Yiu further teaches that wherein the first measurement object comprises the first measurement resource configuration for the first-type measurement (Yiu, in Paragraph [0324], teaches that gNB can configure for all SSB-based measurement (can be considered as the first-type measurement) for the UE at most one MO (Measurement Object) having the same SSB center frequency.) and the second measurement object comprises the second measurement resource configuration for the second-type measurement (Yiu, in Paragraphs [0326] and [0327], teaches that the MO comprises Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) information for a Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement (can be considered as the second-type measurement) by the UE and the CSI-RS information is to configure a plurality of CSI-RS resource for a single RRM measurement by the UE.) and does not comprise the second measurement resource configuration for the second-type measurement, and does not comprise the first measurement resource configuration for the first-type measurement (Yiu, in Paragraph [0338], teaches that the UE may maintain a first separated cell list for the SSB resources and a second separate cell list for CSI-RS resources, respectively. In this observation, it is clear that, for the different types of measurements, each measurement object or the resources of each type can be configured, separately.).
Regarding claims 24, Yiu teaches that a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that are executed by a processor to cause an apparatus to perform operations, comprising: (Yiu, in Fig. 9 and in Paragraph [0316], teaches that product 900 may include one or more tangible computer-readable ("machine-readable") non-transitory storage media 902, which may include computer-executable instructions, when executed by at least one computer processor, to enable the at least one computer processor to implement one or more operations at UE 102) receiving measurement configuration information, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises a first measurement object and a second measurement object; (Yiu, in Paragraph [0094] and [0101]-[0102], teaches that the measurement configuration may be provided to the UE 102, via dedicated signaling such as a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message, e.g., an RRCReconfiguration message. The measurement configuration may include one or more elements or parameters, for example, measurement objects, reporting configurations, measurement identities, quantity configurations, measurement gaps, and/or any other additional or alternative parameters and/or elements. The reporting configurations may include lists of reporting configurations, e.g., where there can be one or multiple reporting configurations per measurement object. For example, each reporting configuration may include a reporting criterion, a Reference Signal (RS) type, and/or a reporting format. The measurement identities may include list of measurement identities, e.g., where each measurement identity may link one measurement object with one reporting configuration. For example, by configuring multiple measurement identities, it may be possible to link more than one measurement object to a same reporting configuration, as well as to link more than one reporting configuration to a same measurement object. The measurement identity may be included in a measurement report, e.g., that triggered the reporting, for example, to serve as a reference to the network. Therefore, it is clear that the measurement configuration information received by a terminal may comprises multiple measurement objects (the first measurement object and the second measurement objects) with other elements.) wherein the first measurement object includes a first time-frequency location and a first cell list, and the second measurement object includes a second time-frequency location and a second cell list; (Yiu, in Paragraphs [0106] –[0110], teaches that a Measurement Object (MO) may include a list of objects on which a UE is to perform one or more measurements. For intra-frequency and inter-frequency measurements, a measurement object may indicate a frequency location, a time location, and/or subcarrier spacing of reference signals to be measured, where the subcarrier spacing of reference signals may define the time-frequency location such as the resource blocks or elements that is represented by a time-frequency grid (explained in Paragraph [0231]). Associated with MO, the network may configure a list of cell specific offsets, for example, a list of 'blacklisted' cells, and/or a list of 'whitelisted' cells. The Blacklisted cells may not be applicable in an event evaluation or a measurement reporting, and/or the Whitelisted cells may be applicable, e.g., may be the only ones applicable, in the event evaluation or the measurement reporting. UE may determine which MO corresponds to each serving cell frequency from a frequency information (Info) (frequencyinfoDL) field in a serving cell configuration (ServingCellConfigCommon) Information Element (IE), e.g., within serving cell configuration. Further, in Paragraphs [0159]-[0162], gNB 140 may configure only one MO per serving cell to the UE. Application of blackCellsList, whiteCellsList and cellList in the NR
measurement object may be defined. These three lists may be in the same level as SSB and CSI-RS. gNB 140 may be configured to determine whether these three lists may be applied to both SSB and CSI-RS, or if these three lists may be applied to SSB only or CSI-RS only. Therefore, it is clear that the first measurement object may include a first time-frequency location and a first cell list, and the second measurement object may include a second time-frequency location and a second cell list.)
Yiu does not explicitly teach that receiving a dedicated serving cell configuration, wherein the dedicated serving cell configuration comprises first indication information and second indication information, the first indication information indicates the first measurement object, the second indication information indicates the second measurement object, the dedicated serving cell configuration includes one servingCellMO field and the first indication information is comprised in the servingCellMO field, and the second indication information is comprised in a field other than the servingCellMO field in the dedicated serving cell configuration.
Jin teaches that receiving, by the terminal, a dedicated serving cell configuration, wherein the dedicated serving cell configuration comprises first indication information and second indication information, the first indication information indicates the first measurement object, the second indication information indicates the second measurement object, the dedicated serving cell configuration includes one servingCellMO field and the first indication information is comprised in the servingCellMO field, and the second indication information is comprised in a field other than the servingCellMO field in the dedicated serving cell configuration (Jin, in Fig. 5 and 6 and in Paragraphs [0006]-[0007], [0012], [0014]-[0015], [0056]-[0057], [0076]-[0083], and [0085]-[0089] and in Tables in Page 7 and 8, teaches that as described in [0006]-[0007] and [0012], for dynamic BWP switching, a terminal device receives measurement configuration information from a network device where the measurement configuration includes the first information. The first information is used for indicating that an MG (Measurement Gap) is an active if a frequency of an SSB that is indicated by an MO (Measurement Object) of the first serving cell is out of currently active BWP (Bandwidth Part). Then, to resolve the measurement mismatch, the terminal device receive the second information from the network device. The second information is used for indicating the correspondence between BWPs and MOs of the first serving cell of the termina device when the first serving cell is configured with a plurality of MOs and each MO is configure with a frequency of on SSB. Here, as described in [0056]-[0057], to receive the first information in NR (New Radio) by the terminal, an NR protocol stipulates that each serving cell must be configured with one MO. In serving cell configuration (dedicated serving cell configuration), a serving cell measurement object (servingCellMO) information element indicates a MeasObjectID (the measurement indication) that is an ID of an MO corresponding to each serving cell. If a frequency of SSB is configured in the MO, the serving cell is measured based on the SSB at the frequency. In this observation, it shows that the first indication information indicates the first measurement object, the dedicated serving cell configuration includes one servingCellMO field, and the first indication information is comprised in the servingCellMO field. Next, as described in Paragraph [0014]-[0015], the second information may be received through the measurement configuration information like the first information; or the second information may be received through other field in serving cell configuration information. In this way, the second information can be flexibly configured by using dynamically active Mos. The first method for dynamically active MO, as described in Fig. 5 and 6 and in Paragraphs [0079]-[0083], is that dynamically active MOs configured for one serving cell may use one identity (MeasObjectid), and this MeasObjectID is consistent with an identity of an MO in a configuration of the serving cell (servingCellMO) and only one of the MOs that use one common MeasObjectId can be active at one moment. Further detail information is explained in Paragraphs [0080]-[0083] using Fig. 5 and 6. This method is same as the first indication method with servingCellMO field in the serving cell configuration. The second method for the second information, as described in Paragraphs [0085]-[0089] and in Tables in Page 7 and 8, is that measObjectDynamic (that is, the second information) information element is added to a BWP downlink configuration, BWP-Downlink, (the field other that servingCellMO in the serving cell configuration) in the serving cell configuration information (as shown in Table in Page 7), and is used for configuring a dynamic MO associated with each BWP. In the serving cell configuration, ServingCellConfig, a field MeasObjectid (that is, the third information) is added to indicate MeasObjectid corresponding to dynamic MOs of one serving cell (that is, the first serving cell). Dynamic MOs of one serving cell use one common MeasObjectid. Another possible implementation (shown in Table in Pag 8) for the second method is that a dynamic MO list measObjectDynamicList and MeasObjectid (that is, the third information) corresponding to dynamic MOs are configured in the serving cell configuration, ServingCellConfig. A field measObjectDynamicid is added to the BWP downlink configuration, BWP-Downlink in the serving cell configuration information, indicating which dynamic MO (that is, the second information) in measObjectDynamicList is associated with the BWP. Through two implementations or configuration for the second method for the second information, the second indication such as measObjectID or measObjectDynamicid indicates the Dynamic MO (the second measurement object) and it is located in BWP-Downlink field in the serving cell configuration (it is a dedicated serving cell configuration since it is for one serving cell (the first serving cell as described in Paragraph [0087].). Based on this observation, it is shown that the dedicated serving cell configuration can comprise two different indications that indicate different measurement objects, respectively and one can be located in servingCellMO field in the serving cell configuration and the other can be located in the field other than servingCellMO field in the serving cell 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 Yiu and Jin to include the technique of receiving, by the terminal, a dedicated serving cell configuration, wherein the dedicated serving cell configuration comprises first indication information and second indication information, the first indication information indicates the first measurement object, the second indication information indicates the second measurement object, the dedicated serving cell configuration includes one servingCellMO field and the first indication information is comprised in the servingCellMO field, and the second indication information is comprised in a field other than the servingCellMO field in the dedicated serving cell configuration of Jin in the system of Yiu to provide the efficient measurement configuration and reporting method to resolve a problem of measurement configuration mismatch in a dynamic BWP switching process (Jin, see Paragraph [0006]).).
Regarding claim 25, combination of Yiu and Jin teaches the features defined in the claim 24, -refer to the indicated claim for reference(s).
Yiu further teaches that wherein the first measurement object comprises a first measurement resource configuration for a first-type measurement, (Yiu, in Paragraph [0324], teaches that gNB can configure for all SSB-based measurement (can be considered as the first-type measurement) for the UE at most one MO (Measurement Object) having the same SSB center frequency.) and the second measurement object comprises a second measurement resource configuration for a second- type measurement (Yiu, in Paragraphs [0326] and [0327], teaches that the MO comprises Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) information for a Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement (can be considered as the second-type measurement) by the UE and the CSI-RS information is to configure a plurality of CSI-RS resource for a single RRM measurement by the UE. In this observation, it is clear that each MO can be configured for each type of measurements, respectively.).
Regarding claim 26, combination of Yiu and Jin teaches the features defined in the claim 25, -refer to the indicated claim for reference(s).
Yiu further teaches that the first-type measurement is a synchronization signal block (SSB)-based measurement, (Yiu, in Paragraph [0324], teaches that gNB can configure for all SSB-based measurement (can be considered as the first-type measurement) for the UE at most one MO (Measurement Object) having the same SSB center frequency.) and the second-type measurement is a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS)-based measurement (Yiu, in Paragraphs [0326] and [0327], teaches that the MO comprises Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) information for a Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement (can be considered as the second-type measurement) by the UE and the CSI-RS information is to configure a plurality of CSI-RS resource for a single RRM measurement by the UE. In this observation, it is clear that the SSB-based measurement and the CSI-RS based measurement can be configured, separately.).
Regarding claim 27, combination of Yiu and Jin teaches the features defined in the claim 25, -refer to the indicated claim for reference(s).
Yiu further teaches that wherein the first measurement object comprises the first measurement resource configuration for the first-type measurement (Yiu, in Paragraph [0324], teaches that gNB can configure for all SSB-based measurement (can be considered as the first-type measurement) for the UE at most one MO (Measurement Object) having the same SSB center frequency.) and the second measurement object comprises the second measurement resource configuration for the second-type measurement (Yiu, in Paragraphs [0326] and [0327], teaches that the MO comprises Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) information for a Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement (can be considered as the second-type measurement) by the UE and the CSI-RS information is to configure a plurality of CSI-RS resource for a single RRM measurement by the UE.) and does not comprise the second measurement resource configuration for the second-type measurement, and does not comprise the first measurement resource configuration for the first-type measurement (Yiu, in Paragraph [0338], teaches that the UE may maintain a first separated cell list for the SSB resources and a second separate cell list for CSI-RS resources, respectively. In this observation, it is clear that, for the different types of measurements, each measurement object or the resources of each type can be configured, separately.).
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