Detailed Action
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
This is a Non-final action for application number 18/410,545 in response to an original application filed on 01/11/2024.
Claims 1-10 are currently pending and have been considered below.
Claims 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 are independent claims.
Information Disclosure Statement
The information disclosure statement (IDS), submitted on 01/11/2024 and 03/07/2024, are in compliance with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97. Accordingly, the information disclosure statement is being considered by the examiner.
Priority
Acknowledgment is made of applicant’s claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. 119 (a)-(d). The certified copy has been filed on 02/20/2024.
Claim Objections
Claims 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 are objected to because of the following informalities: [. Appropriate correction is required.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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 1-10 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Wang et al. (US 2023/0074899 A1).
Regarding claims 1, 3 and 7, a cellular communication system, [Wang et al., Figure 7 shows a cellular communication system] comprising: a relay node, [Figure 7, 1st Relay and 2nd Relay], a first user equipment, [Figure 7, UE1] and a second user equipment, [Figure 7, UE1] wherein the relay node relays data between the first user equipment and the second user equipment, [As shown in FIG. 6, the UE1 and UE2 establish unicast connection and forward data through an L2 first relay (relay 1), (Wang et al., Paragraph 68)],
and the relay node determines an egress RLC channel based on identification information regarding to communication between the first user equipment and the second user equipment, [The UE1 and the UE2 maintain the end-to-end PC5-S/PC5-RRC and end-to-end service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) or PDCP, and forward data through a PC5 backhaul (BH) RLC bearer with the relay 1, (Wang et al., Paragraph 68)], and performs the relay of a layer 2 relay by using the egress RLC channel, [As shown in FIG. 6, the UE1 and UE2 establish unicast connection and forward data through an L2 first relay (relay 1), See Figure 7, Ref # (Wang et al., Paragraph 68)].
Regarding claims 2, 4 and 8, the cellular communication system wherein the relay node includes a function of a user equipment, [Relay transmission of layer 2 (access layer) is routing forward of control plane and user plane data in the access layer by relay UE, which allows operators (i.e., core network elements and base stations) to manage remote UE more efficiently, (Wang et al., Paragraph 28)].
Regarding claims 5 and 9, a relay node, [Figure 5, Ref # Relay 1], comprising a transceiver circuitry and a processing circuitry operatively associated with the transceiver circuitry, [The block diagram of any logic process in the drawings of the present disclosure may represent program steps, or may represent interconnected logic circuits, modules and functions, or may represent a combination of program steps and logic circuits, modules and functions, (Wang et al., Paragraph 236)], and configured to execute process of: relaying data between a first user equipment and a second user equipment, [As shown in FIG. 6, the UE1 and UE2 establish unicast connection and forward data through an L2 first relay (relay 1), (Wang et al., Paragraph 68)], wherein the relaying includes determining an egress RLC channel based on identification information regarding to communication between the first user equipment and the second user equipment, [The UE1 and the UE2 maintain the end-to-end PC5-S/PC5-RRC and end-to-end service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) or PDCP, and forward data through a PC5 backhaul (BH) RLC bearer with the relay 1, (Wang et al., Paragraph 68)], and performing the relay of a layer 2 relay by using the egress RLC channel, [As shown in FIG. 6, the UE1 and UE2 establish unicast connection and forward data through an L2 first relay (relay 1), See Figure 7, Ref # (Wang et al., Paragraph 68)].
Regarding claims 6 and 10, the relay node wherein the relay node includes a function of a user equipment, [Relay transmission of layer 2 (access layer) is routing forward of control plane and user plane data in the access layer by relay UE, which allows operators (i.e., core network elements and base stations) to manage remote UE more efficiently, (Wang et al., Paragraph 28)].
Conclusion
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/SHUKRI TAHA/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2478