DETAILED ACTION
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 .
This office action is in response to Applicant’s preliminary amendment filed on 2/1/2024.
Claims 1-7 are currently pending.
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 (i.e., changing from AIA to pre-AIA ) 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 1-7 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Kang et al. (US 2022/0294514 A1; hereafter KANG).
With respect to claim 1, KANG discloses a terminal (UE of FIG. 8) comprising:
a receiving section (106 in FIG. 11) that computes a radio link quality corresponding to one or more reference signals (S901, S902, S903 in FIG. 9; paragraphs [0237], [0242], [0243]); and
a control section (102 in FIG. 11) that detects a predicted beam failure on the basis of a predicted radio link quality at a future time computed based on the radio link quality (S901, S902, S903 in FIG. 9; paragraphs [0237], [0242], [0243]).
With respect to claim 2, KANG further discloses the terminal according to claim 1, wherein the control section detects the predicted beam failure assuming that the future time during a timer running is the same (S901, S902, S903 in FIG. 9; paragraphs [0237], [0242], [0243]).
With respect to claim 3, KANG further discloses the terminal according to claim 1, wherein the control section performs control to transmit a random access channel (paragraph [0104]) for predicted beam failure recovery triggered based on detection of the predicted beam failure (S901, S902, S903 in FIG. 9; paragraphs [0237], [0242], [0243]).
With respect to claim 4, KANG further discloses the terminal according to claim 3, wherein the control section performs control to transmit information related to a time when the predicted beam failure recovery is to be performed (S901, S902, S903 in FIG. 9; paragraphs [0237], [0242], [0243]).
With respect to claim 5, KANG discloses a radio communication method (Abstract; Title) for a terminal (UE of FIG. 8), the radio communication method comprising:
computing a radio link quality corresponding to one or more reference signals (S901, S902, S903 in FIG. 9; paragraphs [0237], [0242], [0243]); and
detecting a predicted beam failure on the basis of a predicted radio link quality at a future time computed based on the radio link quality (S901, S902, S903 in FIG. 9; paragraphs [0237], [0242], [0243]).
With respect to claim 6, KANG discloses a base station (TRP of FIG. 8) comprising:
a transmitting section (206 in FIG. 11) that transmits, to a terminal, configuration information for detection of a predicted beam failure, on the basis of a predicted radio link quality at a future time computed based on a radio link quality corresponding to one or more reference signals (S901, S902, S903 in FIG. 9; paragraphs [0237], [0242], [0243]);
and a receiving section (206 in FIG. 11) that receives, from the terminal, a random access channel (paragraph [0104]) for predicted beam failure recovery triggered based on the detection of the predicted beam failure (S901, S902, S903 in FIG. 9; paragraphs [0237], [0242], [0243]).
With respect to claim 7, KANG further discloses the terminal according to claim 2, wherein the control section performs control to transmit a random access channel (paragraph [0104]) for predicted beam failure recovery triggered based on detection of the predicted beam failure (S901, S902, S903 in FIG. 9; paragraphs [0237], [0242], [0243]).
Conclusion
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/BRIAN T O CONNOR/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2465 January 4, 2026