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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 .
DETAILED ACTION
This communication is responsive to applicant's response filed on 1/22/2026.
Claims 2-3, 16-17 are cancelled.
Claims 1, 4, 15, 18, 20 have been amended.
Claims 1, 4-15, and 18-22 have been pending for examination.
Response to Arguments
Applicant's arguments Remarks, filed on 1/22/2026. With respect to the rejection(s) under 102(a)(2) have been fully considered and are persuasive. Therefore, the rejection has been withdrawn. However, upon further consideration, a new ground of rejection is made in view of newly found prior art based on Applicant's amendment to these limitations which changes the scope of claim languages.
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 of this title, 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, 4-15 and 18-22 are rejected under AIA 35 U.S.C 103 as being unpatentable over Matsumura et al. (US 2022/0311577) Matsumura -577 in view of Matsumura et al. (US 2023/0413080) herein after Matsumura -080.
As of claim 1, Matsumura-577 discloses a method for determining a beam failure detection (BFD) resource, performed by a terminal device (Matsumura-577, para [0009] discloses for BFR, the UE detects a beam failure by using configured reference signal resources) the method comprising:
determining configuration information transmitted from a network device (Matsumura-577, [0040] discloses RRC configuration information having a plurality of TRPs, one control resource set (CORESET) in PDCCH configuration information (PDCCH-Config) correspond to one TRP which implies terminal device determining configuration information transmitted from a network device); and
determining a target transmission reception point (TRP) and a target BFD resource corresponding to the target TRP according to the configuration information, wherein whether a beam failure occurs in the target TRP is detected based on the target BFD resource (Matsumura-577, Abstract and para [0195] discloses determines a reference signal (=target BFD resource) of a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state (=a target TRP) associated with at least one transmission/reception point (TRP) (=target TRP) as the BFD-RS and the UE selects TCI state 2 (= target TCI) for the PDCCH in CORESET 0 corresponds to TRP 0 (=target TRP) (see FIG. 8) as the BFD-RS);
wherein the configuration information comprises index information, the index information comprises a control resource set (CORESET) pool index corresponding to a CORESET, and the CORESET corresponds to at least one transmission configuration indication (TCI) state (Matsumura-577; para [0093] discloses Information related to the BFD-RS (for example, an index and a resource of the RS) information related to beam failure detection (BFD) and [Fig.8] shows CORESET 0 corresponds to TCI state 2);
wherein the configuration information comprises one or a plurality of TCI states corresponding to the CORESET and the plurality of TCI states are in one-to-one correspondence with a plurality of TRPs (Matsumura-577, para [0143] [FIG. 3] [FIG. 8] TCI state 2 corresponding to the CORESET 0 and TCI state 2 and TCI state 4 (=plurality of TCI states) are in one-to-one correspondence with TRP 0 and TRP 1 (=plurality of TRPs).
Matsumura-577 does not explicitly disclose (CORESET) pool index however in the same field of endeavor Matsumura-080 teaches the index information comprises a control resource set (CORESET) pool index corresponding to a CORESET (Matsumura-080; para [0080] [0082] discloses a first TRP correspond to a CORESET with CORESETPoolIndex=0 (=CORESET) pool index corresponding to a CORESET), wherein para [0094] discloses a TRP (e.g., TRP #0) in which BFD is detected
the information related to the TRP be a control resource set pool index (CORESETPoolindex)).
Therefore it would have been obvious for a person of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to combine the teaching of the CORESET corresponds to at least one transmission configuration indication (TCI) state as taught by Matsumura-577 with a TRP correspond to a CORESET with CORESETPoolIndex=0 as taught by Matsumura-080 in order to facilitates determining the resource for sidelink communication in order to appropriately perform beam failure detection or beam failure recovery even when using a plurality of transmission/reception points as taught by Matsumura-080 in para [0010].
As of claim 15, Matsumura-577 discloses a method for determining a BFD resource, performed by a network device (Matsumura-577, para [0009] discloses for BFR, the UE detects a beam failure by using configured reference signal resources which corresponds to network device determine a BFD resource) the method comprises: transmitting configuration information to a terminal device (Matsumura-577, [0040] discloses RRC configuration information having a plurality of TRPs, one control resource set (CORESET) in PDCCH configuration information (PDCCH-Config) correspond to one TRP which implies transmitting configuration information to a terminal device),
wherein the configuration information is used to determine a target TRP and a target BFD resource corresponding to the target TRP, and the target BFD resource is used to detect whether the target TRP has a beam failure (Matsumura-577, Abstract and para [0195] discloses determines a reference signal (=target BFD resource) of a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state (=a target TRP) associated with at least one transmission/reception point (TRP) (=target TRP) as the BFD-RS and the UE selects TCI state 2 (= target TCI) for the PDCCH in CORESET 0 corresponds to TRP 0 (=target TRP) (see FIG. 8) as the BFD-RS);
wherein the configuration information comprises index information, the index information comprises a control resource set (CORESET) pool index corresponding to a CORESET, and the CORESET corresponds to at least one transmission configuration indication (TCI) state (Matsumura-577; para [0093] discloses Information related to the BFD-RS (for example, an index and a resource of the RS) information related to beam failure detection (BFD) and [Fig.8] shows CORESET 0 corresponds to TCI state 2);
wherein the configuration information comprises one or a plurality of TCI states corresponding to the CORESET and the plurality of TCI states are in one-to-one correspondence with a plurality of TRPs (Matsumura-577, para [0143] [FIG. 3] [FIG. 8] TCI state 2 corresponding to the CORESET 0 and TCI state 2 and TCI state 4 (=plurality of TCI states) are in one-to-one correspondence with TRP 0 and TRP 1 (=plurality of TRPs).
Matsumura-577 does not explicitly disclose (CORESET) pool index however in the same field of endeavor Matsumura-080 teaches the index information comprises a control resource set (CORESET) pool index corresponding to a CORESET (Matsumura-080; para [0080] [0082] discloses a first TRP correspond to a CORESET with CORESETPoolIndex=0 (=CORESET) pool index corresponding to a CORESET), wherein para [0094] discloses a TRP (e.g., TRP #0) in which BFD is detected
the information related to the TRP be a control resource set pool index (CORESETPoolindex)).
Therefore it would have been obvious for a person of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to combine the teaching of the CORESET corresponds to at least one transmission configuration indication (TCI) state as taught by Matsumura-577 with a TRP correspond to a CORESET with CORESETPoolIndex=0 as taught by Matsumura-080 in order to facilitates determining the resource for sidelink communication in order to appropriately perform beam failure detection or beam failure recovery even when using a plurality of transmission/reception points as taught by Matsumura-080 in para [0010].
As of claim 18, Matsumura-577 discloses a terminal device, comprising: a transceiver; a memory for storing computer-executable instructions (Matsumura-577, [FIG.11] [FIG.12] shows a communication apparatus 1004 (=transceiver) or transmitting/receiving section 220 (Fig.11) , a memory 1002); and a processor, respectively connected to the transceiver and the memory ([FIG.12] terminal 20 includes a processor 1001 connected to the memory 1002) and configured to, by executing the computer-executable instructions on the memory, control wireless signal transmission and reception of the transceiver and perform actions of: determining configuration information transmitted from a network device (Matsumura-577, [0040] discloses RRC configuration information having a plurality of TRPs, one control resource set (CORESET) in PDCCH configuration information (PDCCH-Config) correspond to one TRP which implies terminal device determining configuration information transmitted from a network device); and
determining a target TRP and a target BFD resource corresponding to the target TRP according to the configuration information, wherein whether a beam failure occurs in the target TRP is detected based on the target BFD resource (Matsumura-577, Abstract and para [0195][Fig.8] shows and discloses determines a reference signal (=target BFD resource) of a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state associated with at least one transmission/reception point (TRP) (=target TRP) as the BFD-RS and the UE selects TCI state 2 (= target TCI) for the PDCCH in CORESET 0 corresponds to TRP 0 (=target TRP) as the BFD-RS);
wherein the configuration information comprises index information, the index information comprises a control resource set (CORESET) pool index corresponding to a CORESET, and the CORESET corresponds to at least one transmission configuration indication (TCI) state (Matsumura-577; para [0093] discloses Information related to the BFD-RS (for example, an index and a resource of the RS) information related to beam failure detection (BFD) and [Fig.8] shows CORESET 0 corresponds to TCI state 2);
wherein the configuration information comprises one or a plurality of TCI states corresponding to the CORESET and the plurality of TCI states are in one-to-one correspondence with a plurality of TRPs (Matsumura-577, para [0143] [FIG. 3] [FIG. 8] TCI state 2 corresponding to the CORESET 0 and TCI state 2 and TCI state 4 (=plurality of TCI states) are in one-to-one correspondence with TRP 0 and TRP 1 (=plurality of TRPs).
Matsumura-577 does not explicitly disclose (CORESET) pool index however in the same field of endeavor Matsumura-080 teaches the index information comprises a control resource set (CORESET) pool index corresponding to a CORESET (Matsumura-080; para [0080] [0082] discloses a first TRP correspond to a CORESET with CORESETPoolIndex=0 (=CORESET) pool index corresponding to a CORESET), wherein para [0094] discloses a TRP (e.g., TRP #0) in which BFD is detected
the information related to the TRP be a control resource set pool index (CORESETPoolindex)).
Therefore it would have been obvious for a person of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to combine the teaching of the CORESET corresponds to at least one transmission configuration indication (TCI) state as taught by Matsumura-577 with a TRP correspond to a CORESET with CORESETPoolIndex=0 as taught by Matsumura-080 in order to facilitates determining the resource for sidelink communication in order to appropriately perform beam failure detection or beam failure recovery even when using a plurality of transmission/reception points as taught by Matsumura-080 in para [0010].
As of claims 4 and 20, rejection of claims 1 and 18 cited above incorporated herein, in addition modified Matsumura -577- Matsumura -080 discloses determining the target TRP and the target BFD resource corresponding to the target TRP according to the configuration information comprises: selecting the target TRP from the plurality of TRPs according to the index information (Matsumura -577, [Fig. 8][0195] discloses TRP 0 and TRP 1 (=plurality of TRPs) and the UE selects TCI state 2 corresponds to TRP 0 (=target TRP) which corresponds to selecting the target TRP according to the index information); and determining a BFD resource corresponding to the target TRP as the target BFD resource (Matsumura-577, Abstract and para [0195][Fig.8] discloses determines a reference signal (=target BFD resource) of a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state associated with at least one transmission/reception point (TRP) (=target TRP) as the BFD-RS).
As of claim 5, rejection of claim 4 cited above incorporated herein, in addition modified Matsumura -577- Matsumura -080 discloses selecting the target TRP from the plurality of TRPs according to the index information comprises: selecting the target TRP from the plurality of TRPs according to a value of the index information (Matsumura -577, [Fig. 8] [0195] discloses TRP 0 and TRP 1 (=plurality of TRPs with index 0 and 1) and the UE selects TCI state 2 corresponds to TRP 0 (=target TRP) which corresponds to selecting the target TRP according to value of the index information).
As of claim 6, rejection of claim 4 cited above incorporated herein, in addition modified Matsumura -577- Matsumura -080 discloses selecting the target TRP from the plurality of TRPs according to the index information comprises: determining a correspondence between index information and TRPs; and selecting the target TRP from the plurality of TRPs according to the correspondence (Matsumura -57, [Fig.8] shows and discloses index information 0 corresponds to TRP0, index information 1 corresponds to TRP1 and selects TRP 0 with index information 0 (=target TRP)).
As of claim 7, rejection of claim 4 cited above incorporated herein, in addition modified Matsumura -577- Matsumura -080 discloses the target TRP is a TRP corresponding to a CORESET pool index of 0, and the BFD resource of the target TRP comprises a reference signal resource indicated by a TCI state corresponding to a first-type CORESET and/or a second-type CORESET; or
the target TRP is a TRP corresponding to a CORESET pool index of 1, and the BFD resource of the target TRP comprises a reference signal resource indicated by a TCI state corresponding to a third-type CORESET and/or a fourth-type CORESET (Matsumura-080; para [0080] [0082] discloses a first TRP correspond to a CORESET with CORESETPoolIndex=0 (=CORESET) pool index corresponding to a CORESET), wherein para [0094] discloses a TRP (e.g., TRP #0) in which BFD is detected
the information related to the TRP be a control resource set pool index (CORESETPoolindex)), here Matsumura-080 is applied for the first first-type CORESET)
As of claim 8, rejection of claim 7 cited above incorporated herein, in addition modified Matsumura -577- Matsumura -080 discloses the first-type CORESET corresponds to a CORESET with a CORESET pool index of 0 and having one TCI state (Matsumura -080, para [0081] n th TRP (=first TRP or TRP 0) correspond to a n th TCI state (=one TCI state), para [0080] [0082] discloses a first TRP (=TRP 0) correspond to a CORESET with CORESETPoolIndex=0 (=first type).
As of claim 9, rejection of claim 7 cited above incorporated herein, in addition modified Matsumura -577- Matsumura -080 discloses the second-type CORESET corresponds to a CORESET with a CORESET pool index of 0 and having two TCI states; or the second-type CORESET corresponds to a CORESET with CORESET pool indices of 0 and 1 and having two TCI states; or the second-type CORESET corresponds to a CORESET with a CORESET pool index of a value other than 0 and 1 and having two TCI states (Matsumura -577, [Fig. 8] shows TCI state 2 and TCI state 4 (=two TCI states),
Matsumura-577 does not explicitly disclose (CORESET) pool index however in the same field of endeavor Matsumura-080 teaches a CORESET with CORESET pool indices of 0 and 1 (Matsumura -080, para [0082] a CORESET with CORESETPoolIndex=0 and second TRP correspond to a CORESET with CORESETPoolIndex=1 (= CORESET pool indices of 0 and 1, here the references are applied for the second alternative).
Therefore it would have been obvious for a person of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to combine the teaching of the CORESET corresponds to at least one transmission configuration indication (TCI) state as taught by Matsumura-577 with a TRP correspond to a CORESET with CORESETPoolIndex=0 as taught by Matsumura-080 in order to facilitates determining the resource for sidelink communication in order to appropriately perform beam failure detection or beam failure recovery even when using a plurality of transmission/reception points as taught by Matsumura-080 in para [0010].
As of claim 10, rejection of claim 7 cited above incorporated herein, in addition modified Matsumura -577- Matsumura -080 discloses the third-type CORESET corresponds to a CORESET with a CORESET pool index of 1 and having one TCI state (Matsumura -080, para [0082] a CORESET with CORESETPoolIndex=1, (Matsumura -577, [Fig. 8] TCI state 4 (=one TCI state) associated with CORESET pool index of 1).
As of claim 11, rejection of claim 7 cited above incorporated herein, in addition modified Matsumura -577- Matsumura -080 discloses the fourth-type CORESET corresponds to a CORESET with a CORESET pool index of 1 and having two TCI states; or the fourth-type CORESET corresponds to a CORESET with CORESET pool indices of 0 and 1 and having two TCI states; or the fourth-type CORESET corresponds to a CORESET with a CORESET pool index of a value other than 0 and 1 and having two TCI states (Matsumura -577,[Fig. 8] two TCI states TCI state 2 and TCI state 4 (=two TCI states),
Matsumura-577 does not explicitly disclose (CORESET) pool index however in the same field of endeavor Matsumura-080 teaches a CORESET with CORESET pool indices of 0 and 1 (Matsumura -080, para [0082] a CORESET with CORESETPoolIndex=0 and second TRP correspond to a CORESET with CORESETPoolIndex=1 (= CORESET pool indices of 0 and 1, here the references are applied for the second alternative).
Therefore it would have been obvious for a person of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to combine the teaching of the CORESET corresponds to at least one transmission configuration indication (TCI) state as taught by Matsumura-577 with a TRP correspond to a CORESET with CORESETPoolIndex=0 as taught by Matsumura-080 in order to facilitates determining the resource for sidelink communication in order to appropriately perform beam failure detection or beam failure recovery even when using a plurality of transmission/reception points as taught by Matsumura-080 in para [0010].
As of claim 12, rejection of claim 9 cited above incorporated herein, in addition modified Matsumura -577- Matsumura -080 discloses the BFD resource of the target TRP comprises a reference signal resource corresponding to a specific TCI state in the two TCI states corresponding to the second-type CORESET, and the specific TCI state corresponds to a TRP with the CORESET pool index of 0 (Matsumura -577, [Fig. 8] two TCI states TCI state 2 and TCI state 4 (=two TCI states),
Abstract and para [0195] [Fig.8] discloses determines a reference signal (=BFD resource) of a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state associated with at least one transmission/reception point (TRP 0) (=target TRP) as the BFD-RS).
Matsumura-577 does not explicitly disclose (CORESET) pool index however in the same field of endeavor Matsumura-080 teaches the CORESET pool index of 0 (Matsumura -080, para [0082] discloses a CORESET with CORESETPoolIndex=0).
Therefore it would have been obvious for a person of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to combine the teaching of the CORESET corresponds to at least one transmission configuration indication (TCI) state as taught by Matsumura-577 with a TRP correspond to a CORESET with CORESETPoolIndex=0 as taught by Matsumura-080 in order to facilitates determining the resource for sidelink communication in order to appropriately perform beam failure detection or beam failure recovery even when using a plurality of transmission/reception points as taught by Matsumura-080 in para [0010].
As of claim 13, rejection of claim 11 cited above incorporated herein, in addition modified Matsumura -577- Matsumura -080 discloses the BFD resource of the target TRP comprises a reference signal resource corresponding to a specific TCI state in the two TCI states corresponding to the fourth-type CORESET (Matsumura -577, [Fig. 8] shows and discloses BFD resource BFD-RS in TCI state 2 and TCI state 4 (=two TCI states), and BFD-RS in TCI state 4 (=target TCI state), and the specific TCI state corresponds to a TRP with the CORESET pool index of 1 (see Matsumura -577, [Fig. 8] TCI state 4 (=specific TCI state) corresponds to TRP1).
Matsumura-577 does not explicitly disclose (CORESET) pool index however in the same field of endeavor Matsumura-080 teaches a TRP with the CORESET pool index of 1 (Matsumura -080, para [0082] discloses second TRP (=TRP 1) correspond to a CORESET with CORESETPoolIndex=1).
Therefore it would have been obvious for a person of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to combine the teaching of the CORESET corresponds to at least one transmission configuration indication (TCI) state as taught by Matsumura-577 with a TRP correspond to a CORESET with CORESETPoolIndex=0 as taught by Matsumura-080 in order to facilitates determining the resource for sidelink communication in order to appropriately perform beam failure detection or beam failure recovery even when using a plurality of transmission/reception points as taught by Matsumura-080 in para [0010].
As of claim 14, rejection of claim 1 cited above incorporated herein, in addition modified Matsumura -577- Matsumura -080 teaches the configuration information comprises a TRP identifier and a reference signal resource set corresponding to the TRP identifier (Matsumura -577, [FIG. 8] the TRP 0 and TRP 1 (=TRP identifier), and the BFD-RSs (reference signal resource set corresponding to the TRP 0 and TRP 1), and the method further comprises:
determining the TRP identifier in the configuration information as the target TRP, and a reference signal resource in the reference signal resource set corresponding to the TRP identifier as the target BFD resource (Matsumura-577, Abstract and para [0195][Fig.8] discloses determines a reference signal (=target BFD resource) of a transmission configuration indication, TCI state 2 associated with at least one transmission/reception point (TRP 0) (=target TRP) as the BFD-RS and the UE selects TCI state 2 in CORESET 0 corresponds to TRP 0 (=target TRP) as the BFD-RS).
As of claims 19 and 22, rejection of claims 1 and 15 cited above incorporated herein, in addition modified Matsumura -577- Matsumura -080 discloses a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein instructions that, when executed by a processor of a network device, causes the terminal device to perform the method (see Matsumura -577pra [0301]- [0302]).
As of claim 21, rejection of claim 15 cited above incorporated herein, in addition modified Matsumura -577- Matsumura -080 discloses a network device, comprising: a transceiver; a memory for storing computer-executable instructions; and
a processor, respectively connected to the transceiver and the memory and configured to, by executing the computer-executable instructions on the memory, control wireless signal transmission and reception of the transceiver and perform the method (Matsumura -577- [Fig. 10] [Fig. 12] [0295] shows and discloses the base station 10 (=network device) be formed as an apparatus that includes a communication apparatus 1004 (=transceiver), a processor 1001, a memory 1002, a storage 1003).
Conclusion
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/FAHMIDA S CHOWDHURY/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2471