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 .
Specification
The title of the invention is not descriptive. A new title is required that is clearly indicative of the invention to which the claims are directed.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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 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.
The factual inquiries for establishing a background for determining obviousness under 35 U.S.C. 103 are summarized as follows:
1. Determining the scope and contents of the prior art.
2. Ascertaining the differences between the prior art and the claims at issue.
3. Resolving the level of ordinary skill in the pertinent art.
4. Considering objective evidence present in the application indicating obviousness or nonobviousness.
Claim(s) 1 - 12 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over 3GPP document R1-2100383 in further view of 3GPP document R1-2100705.
R1-2100383 teaches a method of HARQ feedback in a wireless communication system. R1-2100383 does not specify a repetition factor when feedback is disabled. However, R1-2100705 teaches a repetition factor when feedback is disabled. It would have been obvious to one skilled in the art at the time of the filing to modify the teachings of R1-2100383 to incorporate the known technique of a repetition factor when feedback is disabled as taught by R1-2100705. It would have been obvious to one skilled in the art at the time of filing to modify the teachings of R1-2100383 to incorporate the known technique of setting a repetition factor as taught by R1-2100705 in order to obtain the predictable result of clear reception of data.
The combination teaches:
[Claim 1] A base station, comprising:
control circuitry, which, in operation, determines an indication pattern based on a configuration regarding feedback for a retransmission process and configures the indication pattern in a signal indicating a number of assignments of data in the retransmission process (C-DAI and T-DAI count only PDSCH with feedback-enabled HARQ processes, Alt-1 under Proposal 3, R1-2100383); and
transmission circuitry, which, in operation, transmits the indication pattern in the signal, wherein
at least one of a plurality of patterns associated with a first candidate value for a value related to the number of assignments of data in a retransmission process in which the feedback is enabled is associated with a second candidate value not included in the first candidate value (C-DAI and T-DAIC-DAI and T-DAI are given are given a reserved value in regards to feedback-disabled HARQ processes, Alt-2 under Proposal 3, R1-2100383), and
the control circuitry determines that at least one of the plurality of patterns is the indication pattern, when indicating that the value related to the number of assignments of data in a retransmission process in which the feedback is disabled is the second candidate value (UE may report PDSCH decoding results using a bit-map which allows a gNB to configure the repetition factor, when feedback is disabled, there is a recommended repetition factor, R1-2100705, p. 3).
[Claim 2] The base station according to claim 1, wherein the first candidate value is an integer value equal to or greater than 1, and the second candidate value is 0 (1 or 0 are standard values in a bitmap).
[Claim 3] The base station according to claim 1, wherein the signal is a signal indicating a downlink assignment indicator (DAI) (C-DAI and T-DAI, Alt-1 under Proposal 3, R1-2100383).
[Claim 4] The base station according to claim 3, wherein the plurality of patterns corresponding to a number of bits used for indication of the DAI is respectively associated with a plurality of the first candidate values (UE may report PDSCH decoding results using a bit-map which allows a gNB to configure the repetition factor, when feedback is disabled, there is a recommended repetition factor, R1-2100705, p. 3), and
at least one of the plurality of patterns is associated with both one of the first candidate values and the second candidate value (UE may report PDSCH decoding results using a bit-map which allows a gNB to configure the repetition factor, when feedback is disabled, there is a recommended repetition factor, R1-2100705, p. 3).
[Claim 5] The base station according to claim 3, wherein the control circuitry associates the first candidate value and the second candidate value with the plurality of patterns using arithmetic that is based on a number of the plurality of patterns corresponding to a number of bits used for indication of the DAI (UE may report PDSCH decoding results using a bit-map which allows a gNB to configure the repetition factor, when feedback is disabled, there is a recommended repetition factor, R1-2100705, p. 3).
[Claim 6] The base station according to claim 1, wherein the control circuitry controls transmission of control information on the retransmission process in which the feedback is disabled (UE may report PDSCH decoding results using a bit-map which allows a gNB to configure the repetition factor, when feedback is disabled, there is a recommended repetition factor, R1-2100705, p. 3).
[Claim 7] A terminal, comprising:
reception circuitry, which, in operation, receives an indication pattern determined based on a configuration regarding feedback for a retransmission process, in a signal indicating a number of assignments of data in the retransmission process (C-DAI and T-DAI count only PDSCH with feedback-enabled HARQ processes, Alt-1 under Proposal 3, R1-2100383); and
control circuitry, which, in operation, controls reception of the data based on the indication pattern,
wherein a predetermined pattern among a plurality of patterns associated with a first candidate value for a value related to the number of assignments of data in a retransmission process in which the feedback is enabled is associated with a second candidate value not included in the first candidate value (C-DAI and T-DAIC-DAI and T-DAI are given are given a reserved value in regards to feedback-disabled HARQ processes, Alt-2 under Proposal 3, R1-2100383), and
the control circuitry determines, when the indication pattern included in control information on a retransmission process in which the feedback is disabled indicates the predetermined pattern, the value related to the number of assignments of data indicated by the predetermined pattern, based on the control information on the retransmission process in which the feedback is enabled (UE may report PDSCH decoding results using a bit-map which allows a gNB to configure the repetition factor, when feedback is disabled, there is a recommended repetition factor, R1-2100705, p. 3).
[Claim 8] The terminal according to claim 7, wherein the control circuitry determines that the value indicated by the predetermined pattern is the second candidate value when at least one of a first condition and/or a second condition is satisfied, the first condition being that control information assigning a radio resource of the retransmission process in which the feedback is enabled is not received before the signal, and the second condition being that the control information including a signal in which a different pattern from the predetermined pattern is configured is not received before the signal (UE may report PDSCH decoding results using a bit-map which allows a gNB to configure the repetition factor, when feedback is disabled, there is a recommended repetition factor, R1-2100705, p. 3).
[Claim 9] The terminal according to claim 8, wherein the control circuitry determines that the value indicated by the predetermined pattern is a value associated with the predetermined pattern among a plurality of the first candidate values, when neither the first condition nor the second condition is satisfied (UE may report PDSCH decoding results using a bit-map which allows a gNB to configure the repetition factor, when feedback is disabled, there is a recommended repetition factor, R1-2100705, p. 3).
[Claim 10] The terminal according to claim 7, wherein the control circuitry controls reception of control information on the retransmission process in which the feedback is disabled (UE may report PDSCH decoding results using a bit-map which allows a gNB to configure the repetition factor, when feedback is disabled, there is a recommended repetition factor, R1-2100705, p. 3).
[Claim 11] A communication method, comprising:
determining, by a base station, an indication pattern based on a configuration regarding feedback for a retransmission process (C-DAI and T-DAI count only PDSCH with feedback-enabled HARQ processes, Alt-1 under Proposal 3, R1-2100383);
configuring, by the base station, the indication pattern in a signal indicating a number of assignments of data in the retransmission process;
transmitting, by the base station, the indication pattern in the signal;
associating, by the base station, at least one of a plurality of patterns associated with a first candidate value for a value related to the number of assignments of data in a retransmission process in which the feedback is enabled, with a second candidate value not included in the first candidate value (C-DAI and T-DAI count only PDSCH with feedback-enabled HARQ processes, Alt-1 under Proposal 3, R1-2100383); and
determining, by the base station, that at least one of the plurality of patterns is the indication pattern, when indicating that the value related to the number of assignments of data in a retransmission process in which the feedback is disabled is the second candidate value (UE may report PDSCH decoding results using a bit-map which allows a gNB to configure the repetition factor, when feedback is disabled, there is a recommended repetition factor, R1-2100705, p. 3).
[Claim 12] A communication method, comprising:
receiving, by a terminal, an indication pattern determined based on a configuration regarding feedback for a retransmission process in a signal indicating a number of assignments of data in the retransmission process (C-DAI and T-DAI count only PDSCH with feedback-enabled HARQ processes, Alt-1 under Proposal 3, R1-2100383);
controlling, by the terminal, reception of the data based on the indication pattern; associating, by the terminal, a predetermined pattern of a plurality of patterns associated with a first candidate value for a value related to the number of assignments of data in a retransmission process in which the feedback is enabled, with a second candidate value not included in the first candidate value (C-DAI and T-DAI count only PDSCH with feedback-enabled HARQ processes, Alt-1 under Proposal 3, R1-2100383); and
determining, by the terminal, when the indication pattern included in control information on a retransmission process in which the feedback is disabled indicates the predetermined pattern, the value related to the number of assignments of data indicated by the predetermined pattern, based on the control information on the retransmission process in which the feedback is enabled (UE may report PDSCH decoding results using a bit-map which allows a gNB to configure the repetition factor, when feedback is disabled, there is a recommended repetition factor, R1-2100705, p. 3).
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
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PETER G. SOLINSKY
Examiner
Art Unit 2463
/Peter G Solinsky/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2463
/ASAD M NAWAZ/Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 2463