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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 .
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Response to Amendment
The amendment filed 4/13/2026 has been entered
Claims 1, 3, 5-7, 9, 11-13, 16-17, and 20 are rejected.
Claims 2, 8, 14, and 18 are objected
Claims 4, 10, 15, and 19 are canceled.
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, 5-7, 9, 11-13, 16-17, and 20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C 103 as being unpatentable over "3GPP TSG-RAN WG2 Meeting #102, Busan, South Korea, 21-25 May 2018, R2-1806772, Nokia, Nokia Shanghai Bell, Finalizing IDLE mode measurements for euCA" (hereinafter as “R2-1806772”) in view of “3GPP TSG-RAN WG2 Meeting #105, Athens, Greece, 25 February – 1 March 2019, R2-1900261, Vivo, Measurement in Idle and Inactive States” (herein after as “R2-1900261”).
Regarding Claim 1, “R2-1806772” teaches a method operating a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
receiving a dedicated message including information associated with a first list including at least one frequency to be measured (“R2-1806772, Page 3, observation 1, the information on which IDLE mode measurements UEs should do can be provided by UE-specific information in RRCConnectionRelease, Page 4, section 3.2, paragraph 1, in case of UE-specific configuration (i.e. dedicated signaling), NW gives to UE only those carrier frequencies that it knows the UE can support);
receiving system information including information associated with a second list including at least one frequency to be measured via a broadcast signaling (“R2-1806772”, Page 3, observation 1, the information on which IDLE mode measurements UEs can be provided as same information to all UEs in SIB5, observation 2, using cell-specific configuration allows the operator to control which frequencies UEs measure in each cell);
identifying whether a first frequency included in the first list is same as one of the at least one frequency included in the second list (“R2-1806772”, Page 4, section 3.2, paragraph 2, the UE can be provided with a “CA measurement configuration” within RRCConnectionRelease that is different from SIB5 configuration, and which overrides any SIB5 configurations, hence this overriding would be in a case where the same frequency is in both the RRCConnection and the SIB5 configuration); and
in case that the first frequency is same as a second frequency included in the second list, configuration information for measurement on the first frequency is not included in the dedicated message, and configuration information for measurement on the second frequency is included in the system information, performing measurement on the first frequency in an state, based on the configuration information for measurement on the second frequency included in the system information (“R2-1806772”, Page 2, section 2, paragraph 2, network may request UE to measure inter-frequency carriers in RRC_IDLE mode, the UE then performs the requested measurements, Page 4, section 3.2, paragraph 2, the UE can be provided with a “CA measurement configuration” within RRCConnectionRelease that is different from SIB5 configuration, and which overrides any SIB5 configurations, hence this overriding would be in a case where the same frequency is in both the RRCConnection and the SIB5 configuration, however if there is no configuration for a particular frequency listed in the RRCConnectionRelease then obviously the SIB5 frequency would be used for that frequency).
“R2-1806772” does not explicitly teach the below limitation:
(in case that the first frequency is same as a second frequency included in the second list, configuration information for measurement on the first frequency is not included in the dedicated message, and configuration information for measurement on the second frequency is included in the system information, performing measurement on the first frequency in an) inactive (state, based on the configuration information for measurement on the second frequency included in the system information);
However “R2-1900261” teaches the below limitation:
(in case that the first frequency is same as a second frequency included in the second list, configuration information for measurement on the first frequency is not included in the dedicated message, and configuration information for measurement on the second frequency is included in the system information, performing measurement on the first frequency in an) inactive (state, based on the configuration information for measurement on the second frequency included in the system information) (“R2-1900261”, Proposal 1, early measurement reporting is configured to UEs in RRC_IDLE and RRC_Inactive states);
It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify the invention of “R2-1806772” by adding inactive mode measurement as taught by “R2-1900261”. Because “R2-1806772” and “R2-1900261” teach idle mode measurement, and specifically “R2-1900261” teaches inactive mode measurement for the benefit of the analogous art of early measurement reporting being configured to UEs in RRC_IDLE and RRC_Inactive states (“R2-1900261”, Proposal 1).
Regarding Claim 3, “R2-1806772” and “R2-1900261” further teach further comprising:
entering the idle state or the inactive state based on the dedicated message (“R2-1806772”, page 3, observation 1, the information on idle mode measurements UEs should do can be provided by UE-specific information in RRCConnectionRelease, page 2, section 2, paragraph 2, network may request UE to measure carriers in RRC_IDLE via indicating a measurement configuration to UE when releasing RRC connection, the UE then performs the requested measurements).
Regarding Claim 5, “R2-1806772” and “R2-1900261” further teach wherein in case that the first frequency is included in the first list and the dedicated message further includes configuration information for measurement on the first frequency, the performing the measurement comprises performing measurement on the first frequency based on the configuration information for measurement on the first frequency in the dedicated message even if a different measurement configuration is included for the first frequency in the system information (“R2-1806772”, page 4, section 3.2, paragraph 2, UE can be provided with a “CA measurement configuration” within RRCConnectionRelease that is different from SIB5 configuration, and which overrides any SIB5 configuration, this would be a situation where the same frequency is in both the dedicated and broadcast messages, with the configuration in the dedicated message taking precedence).
Regarding Claim 6, “R2-1806772” and “R2-1900261” further teach wherein the terminal operates in one of a Carrier Aggregation (CA) or Dual Connectivity (DC) mode prior to entering the idle state or the inactive state (“R2-1806772, page 4, section 32, paragraph 2, the UE can be provided with a “CA measurement configuration” within RRCConnectionRelease that is different from SIB5 configuration).
Regarding Claim 7, “R2-1806772” teaches a method of operating a base station (BS) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
transmitting, to a terminal, a dedicated message including information associated with a first list including at least one frequency to be measured (“R2-1806772, Page 3, observation 1, the information on which IDLE mode measurements UEs should do can be provided by UE-specific information in RRCConnectionRelease, Page 4, section 3.2, paragraph 1, in case of UE-specific configuration (i.e. dedicated signaling), NW gives to UE only those carrier frequencies that it knows the UE can support);
transmitting, to the terminal, system information including information associated with a second list including at least one frequency to be measured via a broadcast signaling (“R2-1806772”, Page 3, observation 1, the information on which IDLE mode measurements UEs can be provided as same information to all UEs in SIB5, observation 2, using cell-specific configuration allows the operator to control which frequencies UEs measure in each cell); and
receiving, from the terminal, a result of measurement on a first frequency included in the first list and same as one of the at least one frequency included in the second list, wherein in case that the first frequency is same as a second frequency included in the second list, configuration information for measurement on the first frequency is not included in the dedicated message, and configuration information for measurement on the second frequency is included in the system information, the measurement on the first frequency is performed by the terminal in an state of the terminal based on the configuration information for measurement on the second frequency included in the system information (“R2-1806772”, Page 2, section 2, paragraph 2, network may request UE to measure inter-frequency carriers in RRC_IDLE mode, the UE then performs the requested measurements, Page 4, section 3.2, paragraph 2, the UE can be provided with a “CA measurement configuration” within RRCConnectionRelease that is different from SIB5 configuration, and which overrides any SIB5 configurations, hence this overriding would be in a case where the same frequency is in both the RRCConnection and the SIB5 configuration, however if there is no configuration for a particular frequency listed in the RRCConnectionRelease then obviously the SIB5 frequency would be used for that frequency).
“R2-1806772” does not explicitly teach the below limitation:
(receiving, from the terminal, a result of measurement on a first frequency included in the first list and same as one of the at least one frequency included in the second list, wherein in case that the first frequency is same as a second frequency included in the second list, configuration information for measurement on the first frequency is not included in the dedicated message, and configuration information for measurement on the second frequency is included in the system information, the measurement on the first frequency is performed by the terminal in an) inactive (state of the terminal based on the configuration information for measurement on the second frequency included in the system information);
However “R2-1900261” teaches the below limitation:
(receiving, from the terminal, a result of measurement on a first frequency included in the first list and same as one of the at least one frequency included in the second list, wherein in case that the first frequency is same as a second frequency included in the second list, configuration information for measurement on the first frequency is not included in the dedicated message, and configuration information for measurement on the second frequency is included in the system information, the measurement on the first frequency is performed by the terminal in an) inactive (state of the terminal based on the configuration information for measurement on the second frequency included in the system information) (“R2-1900261”, Proposal 1, early measurement reporting is configured to UEs in RRC_IDLE and RRC_Inactive states);
It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify the invention of “R2-1806772” by adding inactive mode measurement as taught by “R2-1900261”. Because “R2-1806772” and “R2-1900261” teach idle mode measurement, and specifically “R2-1900261” teaches inactive mode measurement for the benefit of the analogous art of early measurement reporting being configured to UEs in RRC_IDLE and RRC_Inactive states (“R2-1900261”, Proposal 1).
Regarding Claim 9, “R2-1806772” and “R2-1900261” further teach wherein the dedicated message is used to enter the idle state or the inactive state by the terminal (“R2-1806772”, page 3, observation 1, the information on idle mode measurements UEs should do can be provided by UE-specific information in RRCConnectionRelease, page 2, section 2, paragraph 2, network may request UE to measure carriers in RRC_IDLE via indicating a measurement configuration to UE when releasing RRC connection, the UE then performs the requested measurements).
Regarding Claim 11, “R2-1806772” and “R2-1900261” further teach wherein the first frequency is included in the first list and the dedicated message further includes measurement configuration information for the first frequency, and wherein the result of measurement on the first frequency included in the first list and same as the one of the at least one frequency included in the second list comprises (“R2-1806772”, page 4, section 3.2, paragraph 2, UE can be provided with a “CA measurement configuration” within RRCConnectionRelease that is different from SIB5 configuration, and which overrides any SIB5 configuration, this would be a situation where the same frequency is in both the dedicated and broadcast messages, with the configuration in the dedicated message taking precedence):
the result of measurement on the first frequency based on the measurement configuration information for measurement on the first frequency in the dedicated message even if a different measurement configuration is included for the first frequency in the system information (“R2-1806772”, page 4, section 3.2, paragraph 2, UE can be provided with a “CA measurement configuration” within RRCConnectionRelease that is different from SIB5 configuration, and which overrides any SIB5 configuration, this would be a situation where the same frequency is in both the dedicated and broadcast messages, with the configuration in the dedicated message taking precedence).
Regarding Claim 12, “R2-1806772” and “R2-1900261” further teach wherein the terminal operates in one of a Carrier Aggregation (CA) or Dual Connectivity (DC) mode prior to entering the idle state or the inactive state (“R2-1806772”, page 4, section 3.2, paragraph 2, UE can be provided with a “CA measurement configuration” within RRCConnectionRelease that is different from SIB5 configuration, and which overrides any SIB5 configuration, this would be a situation where the same frequency is in both the dedicated and broadcast messages, with the configuration in the dedicated message taking precedence).
Regarding Claim 13, “R2-1806772” teaches a terminal in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising:
a transceiver (“R2-1806772”, Page 2, section 2, paragraph 2, network may request UE to measure inter-frequency carriers in RRC_IDLE mode, the UE then performs the requested measurements, inherently a UE would have a transceiver and a processor in order to do these actions); and
at least one processor configured to (“R2-1806772”, Page 2, section 2, paragraph 2, network may request UE to measure inter-frequency carriers in RRC_IDLE mode, the UE then performs the requested measurements, inherently a UE would have a transceiver and a processor in order to do these actions):
control the transceiver to receive a dedicated message including information associated with a first list including at least one frequency to be measured (“R2-1806772, Page 3, observation 1, the information on which IDLE mode measurements UEs should do can be provided by UE-specific information in RRCConnectionRelease, Page 4, section 3.2, paragraph 1, in case of UE-specific configuration (i.e. dedicated signaling), NW gives to UE only those carrier frequencies that it knows the UE can support),
control the transceiver to receive system information including information associated with a second list including at least one frequency to be measured via a broadcast signaling (“R2-1806772”, Page 3, observation 1, the information on which IDLE mode measurements UEs can be provided as same information to all UEs in SIB5, observation 2, using cell-specific configuration allows the operator to control which frequencies UEs measure in each cell),
identify whether a first frequency included in the first list is same as one of the at least one frequency included in the second list (“R2-1806772”, Page 4, section 3.2, paragraph 2, the UE can be provided with a “CA measurement configuration” within RRCConnectionRelease that is different from SIB5 configuration, and which overrides any SIB5 configurations, hence this overriding would be in a case where the same frequency is in both the RRCConnection and the SIB5 configuration), and
in case that the first frequency is same as a second frequency included in the second list, configuration information for measurement on the first frequency is not included in the dedicated message, and configuration information for measurement on the second frequency is included in the system information, perform measurement on the first frequency in an state based on the configuration information for measurement on the second frequency included in the system information (“R2-1806772”, Page 2, section 2, paragraph 2, network may request UE to measure inter-frequency carriers in RRC_IDLE mode, the UE then performs the requested measurements, Page 4, section 3.2, paragraph 2, the UE can be provided with a “CA measurement configuration” within RRCConnectionRelease that is different from SIB5 configuration, and which overrides any SIB5 configurations, hence this overriding would be in a case where the same frequency is in both the RRCConnection and the SIB5 configuration, however if there is no configuration for a particular frequency listed in the RRCConnectionRelease then obviously the SIB5 frequency would be used for that frequency).
“R2-1806772” does not explicitly teach the below limitation:
(in case that the first frequency is same as a second frequency included in the second list, configuration information for measurement on the first frequency is not included in the dedicated message, and configuration information for measurement on the second frequency is included in the system information, perform measurement on the first frequency in an) inactive (state based on the configuration information for measurement on the second frequency included in the system information);
However “R2-1900261” teaches the below limitation:
(in case that the first frequency is same as a second frequency included in the second list, configuration information for measurement on the first frequency is not included in the dedicated message, and configuration information for measurement on the second frequency is included in the system information, perform measurement on the first frequency in an) inactive (state based on the configuration information for measurement on the second frequency included in the system information) (“R2-1900261”, Proposal 1, early measurement reporting is configured to UEs in RRC_IDLE and RRC_Inactive states);
It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify the invention of “R2-1806772” by adding inactive mode measurement as taught by “R2-1900261”. Because “R2-1806772” and “R2-1900261” teach idle mode measurement, and specifically “R2-1900261” teaches inactive mode measurement for the benefit of the analogous art of early measurement reporting being configured to UEs in RRC_IDLE and RRC_Inactive states (“R2-1900261”, Proposal 1).
Regarding Claim 16, “R2-1806772” and “R2-1900261” further teach wherein in case that the first frequency is included in the first list and the dedicated message further includes measurement configuration information for measurement on the first frequency, the at least one processor is further configured to (“R2-1806772”, page 4, section 3.2, paragraph 2, UE can be provided with a “CA measurement configuration” within RRCConnectionRelease that is different from SIB5 configuration, and which overrides any SIB5 configuration, this would be a situation where the same frequency is in both the dedicated and broadcast messages, with the configuration in the dedicated message taking precedence):
perform measurement on the first frequency based on the measurement configuration information for measurement on the first frequency in the dedicated message even if a different measurement configuration is included for the first frequency in the system information (“R2-1806772”, page 4, section 3.2, paragraph 2, UE can be provided with a “CA measurement configuration” within RRCConnectionRElease that is different from SIB5 configuration, and which overrides any SIB5 configuration, this would be a situation where the same frequency is in both the dedicated and broadcast messages, with the configuration in the dedicated message taking precedence).
Regarding Claim 17, “R2-1806772” teaches a base station in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising:
a transceiver (“R2-1806772”, page 4, observation 4, the UE-specific configuration in RRCConnectionRelease allows eNB to custom the measured frequencies according to UEs support (CA) band combination, inherently the eNB would have a transceiver and a processor in order to do this); and
at least one processor configured to (“R2-1806772”, page 4, observation 4, the UE-specific configuration in RRCConnectionRelease allows eNB to custom the measured frequencies according to UEs support (CA) band combination, inherently the eNB would have a transceiver and a processor in order to do this):
control the transceiver to transmit, to a terminal, a dedicated message including information associated with a first list including at least one frequency to be measured (“R2-1806772, Page 3, observation 1, the information on which IDLE mode measurements UEs should do can be provided by UE-specific information in RRCConnectionRelease, Page 4, section 3.2, paragraph 1, in case of UE-specific configuration (i.e. dedicated signaling), NW gives to UE only those carrier frequencies that it knows the UE can support),
control the transceiver to transmit, to the terminal, system information including information associated with a second list including at least one frequency to be measured via a broadcast signaling (“R2-1806772”, Page 3, observation 1, the information on which IDLE mode measurements UEs can be provided as same information to all UEs in SIB5, observation 2, using cell-specific configuration allows the operator to control which frequencies UEs measure in each cell), and
control the transceiver to receive, from the terminal, a result of measurement on a first frequency included in the first list and same as one of the at least on frequency included in the second list, wherein in case that the first frequency is same as a second frequency included in the second list, configuration information for measurement on the first frequency is not included in the dedicated message, and configuration information for measurement on the second frequency is included in the system information, the measurement on the first frequency is performed by the terminal in an state of the terminal based on the configuration information for measurement on the second frequency included in the system information (“R2-1806772”, Page 2, section 2, paragraph 2, network may request UE to measure inter-frequency carriers in RRC_IDLE mode, the UE then performs the requested measurements, Page 4, section 3.2, paragraph 2, the UE can be provided with a “CA measurement configuration” within RRCConnectionRelease that is different from SIB5 configuration, and which overrides any SIB5 configurations, hence this overriding would be in a case where the same frequency is in both the RRCConnection and the SIB5 configuration, however if there is no configuration for a particular frequency listed in the RRCConnectionRelease then obviously the SIB5 frequency would be used for that frequency).
“R2-1806772” does not explicitly teach the below limitation:
(control the transceiver to receive, from the terminal, a result of measurement on a first frequency included in the first list and same as one of the at least on frequency included in the second list, wherein in case that the first frequency is same as a second frequency included in the second list, configuration information for measurement on the first frequency is not included in the dedicated message, and configuration information for measurement on the second frequency is included in the system information, the measurement on the first frequency is performed by the terminal) in an) inactive (state of the terminal based on the configuration information for measurement on the second frequency included in the system information);
However “R2-1900261” teaches the below limitation:
(control the transceiver to receive, from the terminal, a result of measurement on a first frequency included in the first list and same as one of the at least on frequency included in the second list, wherein in case that the first frequency is same as a second frequency included in the second list, configuration information for measurement on the first frequency is not included in the dedicated message, and configuration information for measurement on the second frequency is included in the system information, the measurement on the first frequency is performed by the terminal) in an) inactive (state of the terminal based on the configuration information for measurement on the second frequency included in the system information) (“R2-1900261”, Proposal 1, early measurement reporting is configured to UEs in RRC_IDLE and RRC_Inactive states);
It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify the invention of “R2-1806772” by adding inactive mode measurement as taught by “R2-1900261”. Because “R2-1806772” and “R2-1900261” teach idle mode measurement, and specifically “R2-1900261” teaches inactive mode measurement for the benefit of the analogous art of early measurement reporting being configured to UEs in RRC_IDLE and RRC_Inactive states (“R2-1900261”, Proposal 1).
Regarding Claim 20, “R2-1806772” and “R2-1900261” further teach wherein the first frequency is included in the first list and the dedicated message further includes measurement configuration information for measurement on the first frequency, and wherein the result of measurement on the first frequency included in the first list and same as the one of the at least one frequency included in the second list comprises (“R2-1806772”, page 4, section 3.2, paragraph 2, UE can be provided with a “CA measurement configuration” within RRCConnectionRElease that is different from SIB5 configuration, and which overrides any SIB5 configuration, this would be a situation where the same frequency is in both the dedicated and broadcast messages, with the configuration in the dedicated message taking precedence):
the result of measurement on the first frequency based on the measurement configuration information for measurement on the first frequency in the dedicated message even if a different measurement configuration is included for the first frequency in the system information (“R2-1806772”, page 4, section 3.2, paragraph 2, UE can be provided with a “CA measurement configuration” within RRCConnectionRelease that is different from SIB5 configuration, and which overrides any SIB5 configuration, this would be a situation where the same frequency is in both the dedicated and broadcast messages, with the configuration in the dedicated message taking precedence).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claim(s) 2, 8, 14, and 18 are objected to as being dependent upon rejected base claims, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
The following is an examiner’s statement of reasons for objected the claim(s):
In interpreting the claim(s), in light of the specification filed on 5/5/2023, the examiner finds the claimed invention to be patentably distinct from the prior art(s) of record.
The following is an examiner’s statement of reason(s) for objecting to the claim(s) to be allowed:
Regarding claim(s) 2, 8, 14, and 18, “R2-1806772” does not teach the limitation of not performing idle or inactive mode measurement if a frequency is in the dedicated or UE-specific early measurement list but not in the cell-specific early measurement list, hence only performing the early measurement for a particular frequency when the particular frequency is in both the UE-specific measurement list and the cell-specific measurement list. The reason for not performing the measurement for a frequency in the UE-specific list which is not in the cell-specific list is that the cell-specific list comprises frequencies that are available to be measured in the current cell. Hence, just because a frequency is in the UE-specific list for early measurement, it would be unnecessary and a waste of resources to perform the early measurement if the particular frequency is not available in the cell, i.e. if the particular frequency in the UE-specific list is also not in the cell-specific list. “R2-1806772” teaches (page 4 section 3.2 paragraph 2 amongst others) that if the frequency is in both lists to then give priority to the measurement configuration for the frequency in the UE_specific list as opposed to the configuration for the frequency in the cell-specific list. “R2-1806772” is silent with the scenario of the frequency being in the UE-specific list but not the cell-specific list. “R2-1900261” in the first paragraph of Section 2.3 teaches the scenario of all aggregable frequencies being included in the system information (cell-specific list) and there being a subset of frequencies being sent to low capability UEs (UE-specific list), hence this is a reverse scenario of frequencies in the cell-specific list but not in the UE-specific list, whereas the claimed limitation is the scenario of frequencies in the UE-specific list but not in the cell-specific list. Section 2.3 paragraph 3 of “R2-1900261” teaches that the list of frequencies to measure configured through dedicated signaling is only valid in a given area, and therefore unnecessary measurement can be avoided if a valid area is configured, said valid area could be configured via dedicated signaling (Proposal 3). Although somewhat similarly trying to avoid measurements if they are not valid / available in a given cell or area, this does not explicitly teach the amended limitation of avoiding early measurement if the particular frequency is in the UE-specific list but not in the cell-specific list.
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments have been fully considered but are respectfully moot as new grounds of rejection are used. Please see updated rejection.
Conclusion
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