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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 .
Priority
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 63/396,781, filed on August 10, 2022.
Acknowledgement
3. Acknowledgment is made of Applicant’s submission of the amendment on October 11, 2023. Claims 1-20 are pending. This communication is considered fully responsive and sets forth below.
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4. Acknowledgment is made of Applicant’s submission of information disclosure statement (IDS), dated on January 5, 2024. The submission is in compliance with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97. Accordingly, the information disclosure statement is being considered by the examiner.
Examiner's Notes
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Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
6. 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.
7. 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)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
(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.
8. Claims 1-3, 12, 13, and 19 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Jung et al. (US 2020/0107353).
Regarding claim 1, Jung et al. teach the method for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE) with a base station in a wireless system (paragraph [0009] lines 1-21; Examiner’s Notes: UE 110 illustrated in FIG. 1 in the prior art teaches the limitation of “a user equipment (UE);”
network entity/base station 120 illustrated in FIG. 1 in the prior art teaches the limitation of “a base station;”
in fact, the method performed by UE 110 with base station 120 in the wireless system, as illustrated in FIG. 1, in the prior art teaches this preamble), comprising:
receiving, from the base station, a downlink control information (DCI) including an association indication contained in an association field of the DCI to indicate an association between one or more phase tracking reference signal (PTRS) ports and one or more demodulation reference signals (DMRS) ports (paragraph [0070] lines 1-16; Examiner’s Notes: the DCI information/field, e.g., in DCI format 0_1A, indicating PTRS-DMRS association in the prior art teaches the limitation of “an association field of the DCI to indicate an association between one or more phase tracking reference signal (PTRS) ports and one or more demodulation reference signals (DMRS) ports;”
in fact, receiving, from base station 120, the DCI including the DCI information/field, e.g., in DCI format 0_1A, indicating PTRS-DMRS association between PTRS ports and DMRS ports, as shown in FIG. 1 in the prior art teaches the limitation of “receiving, from the base station, a downlink control information (DCI) including an association indication contained in an association field of the DCI to indicate an association between one or more phase tracking reference signal (PTRS) ports and one or more demodulation reference signals (DMRS) ports” in the instant application),
wherein the association indication is for configuration of uplink (UL) transmissions using a number of UL antenna elements of the UE (paragraph [0066] lines 1-8; Examiner’s Notes: the set/number of antenna ports regards to UE, e.g., UE 110 as illustrated in FIG. 1, in the prior art teaches the limitation of “a number of UL antenna elements of the UE;”
in fact, the indication of PTRS-DMRS association regards to the configuration of UL, e.g., PUSCH transmissions, using the set/number of antenna ports of UE, e.g., UE 110 as illustrated in FIG. 1, in the prior art teaches the limitation of “wherein the association indication is for configuration of uplink (UL) transmissions using a number of UL antenna elements of the UE” in the instant application), and
wherein the association field has a bit width determined based on an antenna architecture of the UE (paragraph [0067] lines 1-12; Examiner’s Notes: the bit width of the field regards to PTRS-DMRS association in the prior art teaches the limitation of “the association field has a bit width;”
in fact, indicating/determining the bit width of the PTRS-DMRS association field regards to the UE in the prior art teaches the limitation of “wherein the association field has a bit width determined based on an antenna architecture of the UE” in the instant application),
the antenna architecture including the number of UL antenna elements of the UE (paragraph [0067] lines 1-12; Examiner’s Notes: the set/number of UL antenna ports/elements of the UE, e.g., for a PUSCH, in the prior art teaches the limitation of “the antenna architecture including the number of UL antenna elements of the UE” in the instant application); and
determining a DMRS port associated with a PTRS port based on the association indication contained in the association field and the antenna architecture (paragraph [0070] lines 1-16; Examiner’s Notes: indicating/determining the DMRS port associated with the PTRS port based on the PTRS-DMRS association and the antenna ports/elements in the prior art teaches the limitation of “determining a DMRS port associated with a PTRS port based on the association indication contained in the association field and the antenna architecture” in the instant application).
Regarding claim 2, Jung et al. further teach the method, wherein the association indication is contained in the association field of the DCI in a DCI format 0_1 or DCI format 0_2 (paragraph [0070] lines 1-11; Examiner’s Notes: the DCI format 0_1A in the prior art teaches the limitation of “a DCI format 0_1;”
in fact, the DCI information/field, e.g., in DCI format 0_1A, indicating PTRS-DMRS association in the prior art teaches the limitation of “wherein the association indication is contained in the association field of the DCI in a DCI format 0_1 or DCI format 0_2” in the instant application).
Regarding claim 3, Jung et al. further teach the method, wherein the antenna architecture of the UE further includes a non-coherent antenna architecture, a fully coherent antenna architecture, or a partially coherent antenna architecture including multiple antenna panels (paragraphs [0066] lines 1-8 & [0067] lines 1-12; Examiner’s Notes: the antenna ports regards to the non-coherent joint transmission in the prior art teaches the limitation of “a non-coherent antenna architecture;”
in fact, the UE’s antenna ports of the non-coherent joint transmission including antenna panels in the prior art teaches the limitation of “wherein the antenna architecture of the UE further includes a non-coherent antenna architecture, a fully coherent antenna architecture, or a partially coherent antenna architecture including multiple antenna panels” in the instant application).
Regarding claim 12, Jung et al. teach the user equipment (UE) in a wireless system (paragraphs [0009] lines 1-21 & [0108] lines 1-15; Examiner’s Notes: both UE 110 illustrated in FIG. 1 and UE 400 in FIG. 4 in the prior art teaches the limitation of “user equipment (UE);”
in fact, UE 110 in the wireless system, as illustrated in FIG. 1, in the prior art teaches the limitation of “user equipment (UE) in a wireless system” in the instant application), comprising:
a transceiver (paragraph [0108] lines 1-15; Examiner’s Notes: transceiver 470 in UE 400 in FIG. 4 in the prior art teaches the limitation of “transceiver” in the instant application) configured to communicate with a base station (paragraph [0009] lines 1-21; Examiner’s Notes: network entity/base station 120 illustrated in FIG. 1 in the prior art teaches the limitation of “a base station;”
in fact, the method performed by UE 110 with base station 120 in the wireless system, as illustrated in FIG. 1, in the prior art teaches this limitation); and
a processor (paragraph [0108] lines 1-15; Examiner’s Notes: controller 420 in UE 400 in FIG. 4 in the prior art teaches the limitation of “processor” in the instant application) communicatively coupled to the transceiver and configured to:
receive, from the base station, a downlink control information (DCI) including an association indication contained in an association field of the DCI to indicate an association between one or more phase tracking reference signal (PTRS) ports and one or more demodulation reference signals (DMRS) ports (paragraph [0070] lines 1-16; Examiner’s Notes: the DCI information/field, e.g., in DCI format 0_1A, indicating PTRS-DMRS association in the prior art teaches the limitation of “an association field of the DCI to indicate an association between one or more phase tracking reference signal (PTRS) ports and one or more demodulation reference signals (DMRS) ports;”
in fact, receiving, from base station 120, the DCI including the DCI information/field, e.g., in DCI format 0_1A, indicating PTRS-DMRS association between PTRS ports and DMRS ports, as shown in FIG. 1 in the prior art teaches the limitation of “receive, from the base station, a downlink control information (DCI) including an association indication contained in an association field of the DCI to indicate an association between one or more phase tracking reference signal (PTRS) ports and one or more demodulation reference signals (DMRS) ports” in the instant application),
wherein the association indication is for configuration of uplink (UL) transmissions using a number of UL antenna elements of the UE (paragraph [0066] lines 1-8; Examiner’s Notes: the set/number of antenna ports regards to UE, e.g., UE 110 as illustrated in FIG. 1, in the prior art teaches the limitation of “a number of UL antenna elements of the UE;”
in fact, the indication of PTRS-DMRS association regards to the configuration of UL, e.g., PUSCH transmissions, using the set/number of antenna ports of UE, e.g., UE 110 as illustrated in FIG. 1, in the prior art teaches the limitation of “wherein the association indication is for configuration of uplink (UL) transmissions using a number of UL antenna elements of the UE” in the instant application), and
wherein the association field has a bit width determined based on an antenna architecture of the UE (paragraph [0067] lines 1-12; Examiner’s Notes: the bit width of the field regards to PTRS-DMRS association in the prior art teaches the limitation of “the association field has a bit width;”
in fact, indicating/determining the bit width of the PTRS-DMRS association field regards to the UE in the prior art teaches the limitation of “wherein the association field has a bit width determined based on an antenna architecture of the UE” in the instant application),
the antenna architecture including the number of UL antenna elements (paragraph [0067] lines 1-12; Examiner’s Notes: the set/number of UL antenna ports/elements of the UE, e.g., for a PUSCH, in the prior art teaches the limitation of “the antenna architecture including the number of UL antenna elements” in the instant application); and
determine a DMRS port associated with a PTRS port based on the association indication contained in the association field and the antenna architecture (paragraph [0070] lines 1-16; Examiner’s Notes: indicating/determining the DMRS port associated with the PTRS port based on the PTRS-DMRS association and the antenna ports/elements in the prior art teaches the limitation of “determine a DMRS port associated with a PTRS port based on the association indication contained in the association field and the antenna architecture” in the instant application).
Regarding claim 13, Jung et al. further teach the UE, wherein the antenna architecture of the UE further includes a non-coherent antenna architecture, a fully coherent antenna architecture, or a partially coherent antenna architecture including multiple antenna panels (paragraphs [0066] lines 1-8 & [0067] lines 1-12; Examiner’s Notes: the antenna ports regards to the non-coherent joint transmission in the prior art teaches the limitation of “a non-coherent antenna architecture;”
in fact, the UE’s antenna ports of the non-coherent joint transmission including antenna panels in the prior art teaches the limitation of “wherein the antenna architecture of the UE further includes a non-coherent antenna architecture, a fully coherent antenna architecture, or a partially coherent antenna architecture including multiple antenna panels” in the instant application).
Regarding claim 19, Jung et al. teach the non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor of a user equipment (UE) (paragraphs [0009] lines 1-21 & [0108] lines 1-15; Examiner’s Notes: both UE 110 illustrated in FIG. 1 and UE 400 in FIG. 4 in the prior art teaches the limitation of “user equipment (UE);”
memory 450 in UE 400 in FIG. 4 in the prior art teaches the limitation of “non-transitory computer-readable medium” in the instant application;
controller 420 in UE 400 in FIG. 4 in the prior art teaches the limitation of “a processor” in the instant application), cause the UE to perform operations, the operations comprising:
receiving, from the base station, a downlink control information (DCI) including an association indication contained in an association field of the DCI to indicate an association between one or more phase tracking reference signal (PTRS) ports and one or more demodulation reference signals (DMRS) ports (paragraph [0070] lines 1-16; Examiner’s Notes: the DCI information/field, e.g., in DCI format 0_1A, indicating PTRS-DMRS association in the prior art teaches the limitation of “an association field of the DCI to indicate an association between one or more phase tracking reference signal (PTRS) ports and one or more demodulation reference signals (DMRS) ports;”
in fact, receiving, from base station 120, the DCI including the DCI information/field, e.g., in DCI format 0_1A, indicating PTRS-DMRS association between PTRS ports and DMRS ports, as shown in FIG. 1 in the prior art teaches the limitation of “receiving, from the base station, a downlink control information (DCI) including an association indication contained in an association field of the DCI to indicate an association between one or more phase tracking reference signal (PTRS) ports and one or more demodulation reference signals (DMRS) ports” in the instant application),
wherein the association indication is for configuration of uplink (UL) transmissions using a number of UL antenna elements of the UE (paragraph [0066] lines 1-8; Examiner’s Notes: the set/number of antenna ports regards to UE, e.g., UE 110 as illustrated in FIG. 1, in the prior art teaches the limitation of “a number of UL antenna elements of the UE;”
in fact, the indication of PTRS-DMRS association regards to the configuration of UL, e.g., PUSCH transmissions, using the set/number of antenna ports of UE, e.g., UE 110 as illustrated in FIG. 1, in the prior art teaches the limitation of “wherein the association indication is for configuration of uplink (UL) transmissions using a number of UL antenna elements of the UE” in the instant application), and
wherein the association field has a bit width determined based on an antenna architecture of the UE (paragraph [0067] lines 1-12; Examiner’s Notes: the bit width of the field regards to PTRS-DMRS association in the prior art teaches the limitation of “the association field has a bit width;”
in fact, indicating/determining the bit width of the PTRS-DMRS association field regards to the UE in the prior art teaches the limitation of “wherein the association field has a bit width determined based on an antenna architecture of the UE” in the instant application),
the antenna architecture including the number of UL antenna elements (paragraph [0067] lines 1-12; Examiner’s Notes: the set/number of UL antenna ports/elements of the UE, e.g., for a PUSCH, in the prior art teaches the limitation of “the antenna architecture including the number of UL antenna elements” in the instant application); and
determining a DMRS port associated with a PTRS port based on the association indication contained in the association field and the antenna architecture (paragraph [0070] lines 1-16; Examiner’s Notes: indicating/determining the DMRS port associated with the PTRS port based on the PTRS-DMRS association and the antenna ports/elements in the prior art teaches the limitation of “determining a DMRS port associated with a PTRS port based on the association indication contained in the association field and the antenna architecture” in the instant application).
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
9. 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.
10. Claims 4-7, 14-16, and 20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Jung et al. (US 2020/0107353).
Regarding claim 4, Jung et al. teach the partially coherent antenna architecture including antenna panels with antenna elements (paragraphs [0066] lines 1-8 & [0067] lines 1-12; Examiner’s Notes: simultaneously operating UE antenna panels with antenna ports/elements in the prior art teaches this limitation in the instant application).
Jung et al. teach the claimed invention except for specifically indicating “two antenna panels, each antenna panel including four antenna elements; or four antenna panels, each antenna panel including two antenna elements.”
It would have been an obvious matter of design choice to select “two antenna panels, each antenna panel including four antenna elements; or four antenna panels, each antenna panel including two antenna elements,” since such a choice/modification would have involved a mere change in the size/number of antenna panels and the size/number of antenna elements. A change in size is generally recognized as being within the level of ordinary skill in the art. In re Rose, 105 USPQ 237 (CCPA 1955).
Regarding claim 5, Jung et al. teach the multiple antenna panels (paragraph [0067] lines 1-12; Examiner’s Notes: the UE antenna panels in the prior art teaches the multiple antenna panels in the instant application).
Jung et al. teach the claimed invention without specifically indicating “the multiple antenna panels are vertically stacked or horizontally stacked.”
It would have been an obvious matter of design choice to select the multiple antenna panels vertically stacked or horizontally stacked, since such a choice is generally recognized as being within the level of ordinary skill in the art. In re Rose, 105 USPQ 237 (CCPA 1955).
Regarding claim 6, Jung et al. teach the bit width of the association field of the DCI and the number of bits for the association indication (paragraphs [0066] lines 1-8 & [0067] lines 1-12; Examiner’s Notes: the bit width of the DCI field regards to PTRS-DMRS association in the prior art teaches the limitation of “the bit width of the association field of the DCI;”
the number of bits for indicating the PTRS-DMRS association in the prior art teaches the limitation of “the number of bits for the association indication” in the instant application).
Jung et al. teach the claimed invention except for specifically indicating the size difference, e.g., “wherein the bit width of the association field of the DCI is greater than a number of bits for the association indication.”
It would have been an obvious matter of design choice to select the size difference, e.g., “wherein the bit width of the association field of the DCI is greater than a number of bits for the association indication,” since such a choice would have involved a mere change in the size of the bit width of the association field of the DCI and a number of bits for the association indication. A change/selection in size is generally recognized as being within the level of ordinary skill in the art. In re Rose, 105 USPQ 237 (CCPA 1955).
Regarding claim 7, Jung et al. further teach the method, wherein the base station is a first base station (paragraph [0009] lines 1-21; Examiner’s Notes: network entity/base station 120 illustrated in FIG. 1 in the prior art teaches the limitation of “a first base station” in the instant application),
the association indication is a first association indication for the first base station (paragraph [0070] lines 1-16; Examiner’s Notes: the PTRS-DMRS association indication for the base station 120 illustrated in FIG. 1 in the prior art teaches the limitation of “the association indication is a first association indication for the first base station” in the instant application), and
the association field of the DCI includes a second association indication to indicate a second association between one or more PTRS ports and one or more DMRS ports for configuration of UL transmissions from the UE to a second base station (paragraph [0066] lines 1-8; Examiner’s Notes: network entity/base station 125 illustrated in FIG. 1 in the prior art teaches the limitation of “a second base station”
the DCI information/field, e.g., in DCI format 0_1A, indicating PTRS-DMRS association in the prior art teaches the limitation of “a second association indication to indicate a second association between one or more PTRS ports and one or more DMRS ports;”
in fact, the DCI information/field, e.g., in DCI format 0_1A, indicating PTRS-DMRS association regards to the configuration of UL, e.g., PUSCH transmissions, from UE 110 to base station 125, as illustrated in FIG. 1, in the prior art teaches the limitation of “the association field of the DCI includes a second association indication to indicate a second association between one or more PTRS ports and one or more DMRS ports for configuration of UL transmissions from the UE to a second base station” in the instant application).
Regarding claim 14, Jung et al. teach the UE, including the partially coherent antenna architecture including antenna panels with antenna elements (paragraphs [0066] lines 1-8 & [0067] lines 1-12; Examiner’s Notes: simultaneously operating UE antenna panels with antenna ports/elements in the prior art teaches this limitation in the instant application).
Jung et al. teach the claimed invention except for specifically indicating “two antenna panels, each antenna panel including four antenna elements; or four antenna panels, each antenna panel including two antenna elements.”
It would have been an obvious matter of design choice to select “two antenna panels, each antenna panel including four antenna elements; or four antenna panels, each antenna panel including two antenna elements,” since such a choice/modification would have involved a mere change in the size/number of antenna panels and the size/number of antenna elements. A change in size is generally recognized as being within the level of ordinary skill in the art. In re Rose, 105 USPQ 237 (CCPA 1955).
Regarding claim 15, Jung et al. teach the bit width of the association field of the DCI and the number of bits for the association indication (paragraphs [0066] lines 1-8 & [0067] lines 1-12; Examiner’s Notes: the bit width of the DCI field regards to PTRS-DMRS association in the prior art teaches the limitation of “the bit width of the association field of the DCI;”
the number of bits for indicating the PTRS-DMRS association in the prior art teaches the limitation of “the number of bits for the association indication” in the instant application).
Jung et al. teach the claimed invention except for specifically indicating the size difference, e.g., “wherein the bit width of the association field of the DCI is greater than a number of bits for the association indication.”
It would have been an obvious matter of design choice to select the size difference, e.g., “wherein the bit width of the association field of the DCI is greater than a number of bits for the association indication,” since such a choice would have involved a mere change in the size of the bit width of the association field of the DCI and a number of bits for the association indication. A change/selection in size is generally recognized as being within the level of ordinary skill in the art. In re Rose, 105 USPQ 237 (CCPA 1955).
Regarding claim 16, Jung et al. further teach the UE, wherein the base station is a first base station (paragraph [0009] lines 1-21; Examiner’s Notes: network entity/base station 120 illustrated in FIG. 1 in the prior art teaches the limitation of “a first base station” in the instant application),
the association indication is a first association indication for the first base station (paragraph [0070] lines 1-16; Examiner’s Notes: the PTRS-DMRS association indication for the base station 120 illustrated in FIG. 1 in the prior art teaches the limitation of “the association indication is a first association indication for the first base station” in the instant application), and
the association field of the DCI includes a second association indication to indicate a second association between one or more PTRS ports and one or more DMRS ports for configuration of UL transmissions from the UE to a second base station (paragraph [0066] lines 1-8; Examiner’s Notes: network entity/base station 125 illustrated in FIG. 1 in the prior art teaches the limitation of “a second base station”
the DCI information/field, e.g., in DCI format 0_1A, indicating PTRS-DMRS association in the prior art teaches the limitation of “a second association indication to indicate a second association between one or more PTRS ports and one or more DMRS ports;”
in fact, the DCI information/field, e.g., in DCI format 0_1A, indicating PTRS-DMRS association regards to the configuration of UL, e.g., PUSCH transmissions, from UE 110 to base station 125, as illustrated in FIG. 1, in the prior art teaches the limitation of “the association field of the DCI includes a second association indication to indicate a second association between one or more PTRS ports and one or more DMRS ports for configuration of UL transmissions from the UE to a second base station” in the instant application).
Regarding claim 20, Jung et al. teach the non-transitory computer-readable medium, wherein the antenna architecture of the UE further includes a non-coherent antenna architecture, a fully coherent antenna architecture, or a partially coherent antenna architecture including multiple antenna panels (paragraphs [0066] lines 1-8 & [0067] lines 1-12; Examiner’s Notes: the antenna ports regards to the non-coherent joint transmission in the prior art teaches the limitation of “a non-coherent antenna architecture;”
in fact, the UE’s antenna ports of the non-coherent joint transmission including antenna panels in the prior art teaches the limitation of “wherein the antenna architecture of the UE further includes a non-coherent antenna architecture, a fully coherent antenna architecture, or a partially coherent antenna architecture including multiple antenna panels” in the instant application); and
Jung et al. further teach the partially coherent antenna architecture including antenna panels with antenna elements (paragraphs [0066] lines 1-8 & [0067] lines 1-12; Examiner’s Notes: simultaneously operating UE antenna panels with antenna ports/elements in the prior art teaches this limitation in the instant application).
Jung et al. teach the claimed invention except for specifically indicating “two antenna panels, each antenna panel including four antenna elements; or four antenna panels, each antenna panel including two antenna elements.”
It would have been an obvious matter of design choice to select “two antenna panels, each antenna panel including four antenna elements; or four antenna panels, each antenna panel including two antenna elements,” since such a choice/modification would have involved a mere change in the size/number of antenna panels and the size/number of antenna elements. A change in size is generally recognized as being within the level of ordinary skill in the art. In re Rose, 105 USPQ 237 (CCPA 1955).
Allowable Subject Matter
11. Claims 8-11, 17, and 18 are objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim 1 or 12, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claim(s).
Regarding claims 8-11, the prior art in single or in combination fails to teach "determining a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) antenna port associated with the PTRS port based on the antenna architecture of the UE; and transmitting to the base station a PTRS through the PUSCH antenna port and the DMRS port associated with the PTRS port” in combination with other limitation of the claim(s).
Regarding claims 17 and 18, the prior art in single or in combination fails to teach "wherein the processor is further configured to: determine a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) antenna port associated with the PTRS port based on the antenna architecture of the UE; and transmit to the base station a PTRS through the PUSCH antenna port and the DMRS port associated with the PTRS port” in combination with other limitation of the claim(s).
Conclusion
12. The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to
Amerga et al. (US 2013/0294318) is generally directed to various aspects of the method for transmitting a downlink signal at a base station in a wireless communication system includes generating a user equipment (UE)-specific reference signal sequence and mapping the generated sequence to resource elements (REs) predetermined according to antenna port groups;
Ying et al. (US 2018/0279327) is cited for the UE that includes receiving circuitry configured to receive a radio resource control message including first information used for indicating a periodicity, wherein the receiving circuitry is also configured to receive on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), downlink control information (DCI) with CRC scrambled by a first Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI), the DCI including information indicating a time domain resource.
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/WEI ZHAO/ Primary Examiner
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