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 .
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 2-7 and 9-11 are objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims and if the claim objections are addressed.
Claim Objections
Claims 1 and 8 are objected to because of the following informalities:
-In claim 1 stated “SNR”, applicant should define the definition of “SNR” as (“signal to noise ratio (SNR)
-The same rational is applied to the claim 61.
Appropriate corrections are required.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
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, and 8 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by FUKUZONO et alUS 2024/0364572 Al
Regarding claim 1, FUKUZONO et alUS 2024/0364572 Al discloses A wireless communication system comprising a transmitter and a receiver that perform wireless communication by using a single-carrier multi-value modulation scheme [0058] FIG. 2, the wireless communication system includes a transmission apparatus 20 and a reception apparatus 50. [0019] a wireless communication system including a transmission apparatus and a reception apparatus that perform wireless communication using a single-carrier multi-value modulation scheme, wherein
the transmitter includes: a transmission signal amplifier enabled to vary transmission power [0020]-[0021] the transmission apparatus includes a transmission signal amplifier in which transmission power is variable; a transmission power controller that controls transmission power used by the transmission signal amplifier [0073] The transmission apparatus 20 includes a transmission power control unit 36 in the preceding stage of the transmission signal amplifier 30. The transmission power control unit 36 controls the transmission power so that desired communication quality is obtained., The transmission power control unit 36 provides a transmission power command to the transmission signal amplifier 30 ; an error rate characteristic estimation circuitry that estimates an error rate of a reception signal in the receiver (claim 5 the receiver is configured to further execute: calculating an error rate of the reception signal; and providing the error rate to the transmitter, and wherein the transmitter is configured to further execute controlling the transmission power to be a maximum power with which a requirement related to the error rate is cleared.; and a reception circuitry that receives information on an SNR in the receiver [0095]the communication device 80 has established communication with the other communication device 80. the transmission power is set to a maximum power PN (step 100). Next, it is determined whether the BER returned from the communication partner with respect to the set transmission power is equal to or less than a threshold (e.g., 1E-6) (step 102). Wherein the maximum power PN is the most advantageous power for obtaining an excellent SNR in a case where distortion of the constellation associated with non-linearity of a transmission signal amplifier 30 has been appropriately absorbed; the error rate characteristic estimation circuitry is configured to execute: processing of estimating a constellation corresponding to the modulation scheme and reflecting a specification regarding an input-output characteristic of the transmission signal amplifier on a basis of the transmission power (abstract A :reception apparatus acquires, from a transmission apparatus, a specification related to an input/output characteristic of a transmission signal amplifier and transmission power of data transmission. On the basis of the specification and the transmission power, a constellation of signal points is estimated
(see also [0078]-[0079]); and
processing of estimating the error rate on a basis of a characteristic of the constellation and the SNR, and the transmission power control unit controller is configured to execute transmission power control processing of controlling the transmission power such that the error rate satisfies a predetermined requirement (Fig. 10 [0095]-[0100] discloses the transmission power is set to a maximum power PN (step 100). Next, it is determined whether the BER returned from the communication partner with respect to the set transmission power is equal to or less than a threshold (e.g., 1E-6) (step 102). Wherein the maximum power PN is the most advantageous power for obtaining an excellent SNR in a case where distortion of the constellation associated with non-linearity of a transmission signal amplifier 30 has been appropriately absorbed. If it is determined in step 102 that the BER is equal to or less than the threshold, it can be determined that a transmission signal has been sufficiently accurately received. Therefore, in this case, it can be determined that the distortion of the constellation has been appropriately absorbed in the communication device 80 acting as the communication partner. That is, it can be determined that the current transmission power is the maximum power for achieving desired communication quality. Such transmission power is suitable for securing a high data rate and a high SNR. Thus, if the determination in step 102 is affirmative, it is determined that the current transmission power is appropriate, and the power control routine ends. On the other hand, if it is determined in step 102 that the BER exceeds the threshold, it can be determined that the communication device 80 acting as the communication partner has not accurately acquired the data. That is, it can be determined that there is a possibility that the distortion of the constellation is too large for the communication device 80 acting as the communication partner. In this case, the transmission power control unit 36 attempts a reduction in transmission power in order to alleviate the distortion of the constellation (step 104). For example, in a case where the current transmission power is PN, the power is changed to PN-1. Thereafter, the processing of step 102 is executed again. Then, when the transmission power with which the BER is cleared is found as a result of repeating steps 102 and 104, this routine ends at that point
Regarding claim 8, FUKUZONO et alUS 2024/0364572 Al discloses a wireless communication transmitter that performs wireless communication by using a single-carrier multi-value modulation scheme[0058] FIG. 2, the wireless communication system includes a transmission apparatus 20 and a reception apparatus 50. [0019] a wireless communication system including a transmission apparatus and a reception apparatus that perform wireless communication using a single-carrier multi-value modulation scheme, the wireless communication transmitter comprising:
a transmission signal amplifier enabled to vary transmission power [0020]-[0021] the transmission apparatus includes a transmission signal amplifier in which transmission power is variable;
a transmission power controller that controls transmission power used by the transmission signal amplifier; [0073] The transmission apparatus 20 includes a transmission power control unit 36 in the preceding stage of the transmission signal amplifier 30. The transmission power control unit 36 controls the transmission power so that desired communication quality is obtained., The transmission power control unit 36 provides a transmission power command to the transmission signal amplifier 30 ;
an error rate characteristic estimation circuitry that estimates an error rate of a reception signal in a receiver of a communication partner(claim 5 :the receiver is configured to further execute: calculating an error rate of the reception signal; and providing the error rate to the transmitter, and wherein the transmitter is configured to further execute controlling the transmission power to be a maximum power with which a requirement related to the error rate is cleared; and a reception circuitry that receives information on an SNR in the receiver[0095]the communication device 80 has established communication with the other communication device 80. the transmission power is set to a maximum power PN (step 100). Next, it is determined whether the BER returned from the communication partner with respect to the set transmission power is equal to or less than a threshold (e.g., 1E-6) (step 102). Wherein the maximum power PN is the most advantageous power for obtaining an excellent SNR in a case where distortion of the constellation associated with non-linearity of a transmission signal amplifier 30 has been appropriately absorbed, wherein
the error rate characteristic estimation circuitry is configured to execute: processing of estimating a constellation corresponding to the modulation scheme and reflecting a specification regarding an input-output characteristic of the transmission signal amplifier on a basis of the transmission power (abstract A :reception apparatus acquires, from a transmission apparatus, a specification related to an input/output characteristic of a transmission signal amplifier and transmission power of data transmission. On the basis of the specification and the transmission power, a constellation of signal points is estimated (see also [0078]-[0079]);]and
processing of estimating the error rate on a basis of a characteristic of the constellation and the SNR, and the transmission power control unit controller is configured to execute processing of controlling the transmission power such that the error rate satisfies a predetermined requirement (Fig. 10 [0095]-[0100] discloses the transmission power is set to a maximum power PN (step 100). Next, it is determined whether the BER returned from the communication partner with respect to the set transmission power is equal to or less than a threshold (e.g., 1E-6) (step 102). Wherein the maximum power PN is the most advantageous power for obtaining an excellent SNR in a case where distortion of the constellation associated with non-linearity of a transmission signal amplifier 30 has been appropriately absorbed. If it is determined in step 102 that the BER is equal to or less than the threshold, it can be determined that a transmission signal has been sufficiently accurately received. Therefore, in this case, it can be determined that the distortion of the constellation has been appropriately absorbed in the communication device 80 acting as the communication partner. That is, it can be determined that the current transmission power is the maximum power for achieving desired communication quality. Such transmission power is suitable for securing a high data rate and a high SNR. Thus, if the determination in step 102 is affirmative, it is determined that the current transmission power is appropriate, and the power control routine ends. On the other hand, if it is determined in step 102 that the BER exceeds the threshold, it can be determined that the communication device 80 acting as the communication partner has not accurately acquired the data. That is, it can be determined that there is a possibility that the distortion of the constellation is too large for the communication device 80 acting as the communication partner. In this case, the transmission power control unit 36 attempts a reduction in transmission power in order to alleviate the distortion of the constellation (step 104). For example, in a case where the current transmission power is PN, the power is changed to PN-1. Thereafter, the processing of step 102 is executed again. Then, when the transmission power with which the BER is cleared is found as a result of repeating steps 102 and 104, this routine ends at that point.
Conclusion
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