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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.
Claim(s) 1, 8, and 20 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by US 2025/0358850 A1 to Hoang et al. (hereinafter “Hoang”).
As per claim 1, Hoang discloses a method for verifying sidelink resources, comprising: determining, by user equipment (UE), pre-selected sidelink resources and/or reserved sidelink resources, the sidelink resources being used for aperiodic sidelink transmission (Hoang Fig. 3, 5, 6, and [0112] A WTRU (e.g., a Tx WTRU) may select a resource selection window and a set of candidate slots in the resource selection window. The WTRU may make the selection(s) based on a determination that the overlapping region (e.g., the number of overlapping slots) between the window of candidate slots and the Rx WTRU's active window is larger than a threshold. A WTRU (e.g., a Tx WTRU) may select a resource selection window and the set of candidate slots in the resource selection window. The WTRU may make the selection(s) based on a determination that a first slot of the window of the candidate slots (e.g., n+Y1) occurs within the active window of the Rx WTRU. The WTRU may select the set of candidate slots to satisfy that the overlapping region between the window of candidate slots and the Rx WTRU's active window is larger than a threshold. The threshold of the number of the overlapping slots may be determined based one or more of the following: a (pre-)configured per resource pool, a DRX configuration, a CBR of the resource pool, a QoS of the TB (e.g., priority), or an HARQ type of the TB (e.g., whether the TB is HARQ enabled or HARQ disabled). [0113] FIG. 3 illustrates a resource selection window for a TB associated with a DRX Rx WTRU. As illustrated in FIG. 3, a WTRU may trigger resource selection at slot n in the resource selection window [n+T1, n+T2], which may be the active window of the Rx WTRU. The WTRU may select the candidate window (e.g., [n+Y1, n+Y2]) and/or the set of Y candidate slots such that the overlapping window and/or the set of overlapping slots is greater than a threshold.); and performing, by the UE, re-evaluation on the pre-selected sidelink resources and/or pre-emption checking on the reserved sidelink resources based on all available periodic-based partial sensing (PBPS) and/or contiguous partial sensing (CPS) results (Hoang [0259] The WTRU may determine whether to trigger resource re-evaluation and/or pre-emption for a pre-selected and/or reserved resource. In examples, the WTRU may determine whether to trigger resource re-evaluation and/or pre-emption for a pre-selected and/or reserved resource based on one or more of the following: the time gap between the resource selection slot and the slot of the first selected resource of re-evaluation; or the possibility of having a CPS window for resource re-evaluation. [0260] The WTRU may determine whether to trigger resource re-evaluation/pre-emption for a pre-selected/reserved resource based on the time gap between the resource selection slot and the slot of the first selected resource for re-evaluation. The WTRU may refrain from triggering (e.g., not trigger) resource re-evaluation, for example, if the time gap between resource selection slot and the slot of the first selected resource for re-evaluation is smaller than a threshold. Otherwise, the WTRU may trigger resource re-evaluation, for example, if the time gap between the resource selection slot and the slot of the first selected resource for re-evaluation is greater than the threshold. The threshold may be fixed (e.g., 31 slots) and/or (pre-)configured, which may be determined based on the QoS of the TB. [0262] The WTRU may determine the sensing type for resource re-evaluation and/or pre-emption. In examples, the WTRU may perform CPS (e.g., CPS only) for resource re-evaluation and/or pre-emption. The WTRU may perform PBPS (e.g., only PBPS) for resource re-evaluation and/or pre-emption. The WTRU may perform both CPS and PBPS for pre-emption and resource re-evaluation. The WTRU may be limited in initiating (e.g., not be allowed to initiate) a PBPS (e.g., new PBPS) for resource re-evaluation and/or pre-emption. The WTRU may reuse the PBPS sensing results from a PBPS process (e.g., an existing PBPS process), which may target another TB and/or another resource allocation process. [0263] The WTRU may trigger sensing for resource re-evaluation and/or pre-emption. In examples, the WTRU may trigger CPS and/or PBPS for resource re-evaluation/pre-emption. The trigger may be based on one or more of the following: the resource selection slot; the first transmission slot in the first period; the arrival of the TB; the first pre-selected and/or reserved resource of resource re-evaluation and/or pre-emption; or the QoS of the TB.); wherein the aperiodic sidelink transmission is defined by a resource reservation periodicity set to zero (Hoang Fig. 5and 6 and [0009] A Tx WTRU may perform sensing to detect periodic resource reservation. A Tx WTRU may be (pre-)configured a set of reservation intervals and to perform sensing and/or to extract the sensing result (e.g., for periodic sensing and/or detection of periodic reservation). A Tx WTRU may determine a subset of the reservation intervals based on the traffic type (e.g., whether the WTRU performs periodic reservation for the selected resource) and/or the QoS of the TB. If the Tx WTRU performs periodic reservation for the selected resource, the Tx WTRU may sense and/or extract the sensing result from the (pre-)configured reservation periods (e.g., each of the pre-configured reservation periods). If the Tx WTRU does not perform periodic reservation, it may determine a set of reservation periods to sense and/or extract the sensing result based on the QoS of the TB. [0146] FIG. 5 illustrates an exemplary periodic sensing scenario. As illustrated in FIG. 5, a resource may support two resource reservation intervals (e.g., 100 ms and 150 ms). To select transmission resources in a window of Y candidate slots, the WTRU may monitor the windows 504 and 502. The windows 502 and 504 are 150 ms and 100 ms respectively from the window of Y candidate slots. The periodic sensing and monitoring may enable the WTRU to detect a reservation of the resources in the set of candidate resources made by the transmissions in the 504 and 502 windows. [0147] The WTRU may determine the subset of reservation intervals and the number of periods to monitor and/or may extract the sensing result. The determination may be made based on one or more of the following: a traffic type (e.g., periodic traffic or aperiodic traffic); a QoS of the TB; a CBR of the resource pool; one or more reservation intervals of the periodic traffic; a determination of whether the periodic partial sensing is used for resource allocation, pre-emption, or resource re-evaluation; or whether the SL DRX is (pre-)configured for the WTRU. Regarding periodic traffic type, the WTRU may perform semi-persistent resource reservation for one or more selected resources, for example, to reserve the transmission resource for the TB in a subsequent interval. For example, for periodic traffic, a WTRU may monitor the (pre-)configured reservation intervals (e.g., all the (pre-)configured reservation intervals). For aperiodic traffic, a WTRU may skip periodic reservation (e.g., no reservation interval may be monitored) or the WTRU may monitor a subset of the reservation intervals. [0148] In the case of aperiodic traffic, a WTRU may determine the reservation interval to monitor based on the QoS of the TB (e.g., PDB). For example, for a TB with high PDB (e.g., above a threshold), the WTRU may monitor a large number of reservation intervals including long intervals and/or short intervals. For a TB with low PDB, the WTRU may monitor (e.g., only monitor) a short reservation interval or not monitor any interval.).
As per claim 8, Hoang discloses a device for verifying sidelink resources, applicable to user equipment (UE) (Hoang Fig. 1B), the device comprising: a memory storing computer-executable instructions (Hoang Fig. 1B and [0406]); and a processor, configured to call and execute the computer-executable instructions in the memory to execute operations (Hoang Fig. 1B and [0046]) of: determining pre-selected sidelink resources and/or reserved sidelink resources, the sidelink resources being used for aperiodic sidelink transmission (Hoang Fig. 3, 5, 6, and [0112] A WTRU (e.g., a Tx WTRU) may select a resource selection window and a set of candidate slots in the resource selection window. The WTRU may make the selection(s) based on a determination that the overlapping region (e.g., the number of overlapping slots) between the window of candidate slots and the Rx WTRU's active window is larger than a threshold. A WTRU (e.g., a Tx WTRU) may select a resource selection window and the set of candidate slots in the resource selection window. The WTRU may make the selection(s) based on a determination that a first slot of the window of the candidate slots (e.g., n+Y1) occurs within the active window of the Rx WTRU. The WTRU may select the set of candidate slots to satisfy that the overlapping region between the window of candidate slots and the Rx WTRU's active window is larger than a threshold. The threshold of the number of the overlapping slots may be determined based one or more of the following: a (pre-)configured per resource pool, a DRX configuration, a CBR of the resource pool, a QoS of the TB (e.g., priority), or an HARQ type of the TB (e.g., whether the TB is HARQ enabled or HARQ disabled). [0113] FIG. 3 illustrates a resource selection window for a TB associated with a DRX Rx WTRU. As illustrated in FIG. 3, a WTRU may trigger resource selection at slot n in the resource selection window [n+T1, n+T2], which may be the active window of the Rx WTRU. The WTRU may select the candidate window (e.g., [n+Y1, n+Y2]) and/or the set of Y candidate slots such that the overlapping window and/or the set of overlapping slots is greater than a threshold.); and performing re-evaluation on the pre-selected sidelink resources and/or pre-emption checking on the reserved sidelink resources based on all available periodic-based partial sensing (PBPS) and/or contiguous partial sensing (CPS) results (Hoang [0259] The WTRU may determine whether to trigger resource re-evaluation and/or pre-emption for a pre-selected and/or reserved resource. In examples, the WTRU may determine whether to trigger resource re-evaluation and/or pre-emption for a pre-selected and/or reserved resource based on one or more of the following: the time gap between the resource selection slot and the slot of the first selected resource of re-evaluation; or the possibility of having a CPS window for resource re-evaluation. [0260] The WTRU may determine whether to trigger resource re-evaluation/pre-emption for a pre-selected/reserved resource based on the time gap between the resource selection slot and the slot of the first selected resource for re-evaluation. The WTRU may refrain from triggering (e.g., not trigger) resource re-evaluation, for example, if the time gap between resource selection slot and the slot of the first selected resource for re-evaluation is smaller than a threshold. Otherwise, the WTRU may trigger resource re-evaluation, for example, if the time gap between the resource selection slot and the slot of the first selected resource for re-evaluation is greater than the threshold. The threshold may be fixed (e.g., 31 slots) and/or (pre-)configured, which may be determined based on the QoS of the TB. [0262] The WTRU may determine the sensing type for resource re-evaluation and/or pre-emption. In examples, the WTRU may perform CPS (e.g., CPS only) for resource re-evaluation and/or pre-emption. The WTRU may perform PBPS (e.g., only PBPS) for resource re-evaluation and/or pre-emption. The WTRU may perform both CPS and PBPS for pre-emption and resource re-evaluation. The WTRU may be limited in initiating (e.g., not be allowed to initiate) a PBPS (e.g., new PBPS) for resource re-evaluation and/or pre-emption. The WTRU may reuse the PBPS sensing results from a PBPS process (e.g., an existing PBPS process), which may target another TB and/or another resource allocation process. [0263] The WTRU may trigger sensing for resource re-evaluation and/or pre-emption. In examples, the WTRU may trigger CPS and/or PBPS for resource re-evaluation/pre-emption. The trigger may be based on one or more of the following: the resource selection slot; the first transmission slot in the first period; the arrival of the TB; the first pre-selected and/or reserved resource of resource re-evaluation and/or pre-emption; or the QoS of the TB.); wherein the aperiodic sidelink transmission is defined by a resource reservation periodicity set to zero (Hoang Fig. 5 and 6 and [0009] A Tx WTRU may perform sensing to detect periodic resource reservation. A Tx WTRU may be (pre-)configured a set of reservation intervals and to perform sensing and/or to extract the sensing result (e.g., for periodic sensing and/or detection of periodic reservation). A Tx WTRU may determine a subset of the reservation intervals based on the traffic type (e.g., whether the WTRU performs periodic reservation for the selected resource) and/or the QoS of the TB. If the Tx WTRU performs periodic reservation for the selected resource, the Tx WTRU may sense and/or extract the sensing result from the (pre-)configured reservation periods (e.g., each of the pre-configured reservation periods). If the Tx WTRU does not perform periodic reservation, it may determine a set of reservation periods to sense and/or extract the sensing result based on the QoS of the TB. [0146] FIG. 5 illustrates an exemplary periodic sensing scenario. As illustrated in FIG. 5, a resource may support two resource reservation intervals (e.g., 100 ms and 150 ms). To select transmission resources in a window of Y candidate slots, the WTRU may monitor the windows 504 and 502. The windows 502 and 504 are 150 ms and 100 ms respectively from the window of Y candidate slots. The periodic sensing and monitoring may enable the WTRU to detect a reservation of the resources in the set of candidate resources made by the transmissions in the 504 and 502 windows. [0147] The WTRU may determine the subset of reservation intervals and the number of periods to monitor and/or may extract the sensing result. The determination may be made based on one or more of the following: a traffic type (e.g., periodic traffic or aperiodic traffic); a QoS of the TB; a CBR of the resource pool; one or more reservation intervals of the periodic traffic; a determination of whether the periodic partial sensing is used for resource allocation, pre-emption, or resource re-evaluation; or whether the SL DRX is (pre-)configured for the WTRU. Regarding periodic traffic type, the WTRU may perform semi-persistent resource reservation for one or more selected resources, for example, to reserve the transmission resource for the TB in a subsequent interval. For example, for periodic traffic, a WTRU may monitor the (pre-)configured reservation intervals (e.g., all the (pre-)configured reservation intervals). For aperiodic traffic, a WTRU may skip periodic reservation (e.g., no reservation interval may be monitored) or the WTRU may monitor a subset of the reservation intervals. [0148] In the case of aperiodic traffic, a WTRU may determine the reservation interval to monitor based on the QoS of the TB (e.g., PDB). For example, for a TB with high PDB (e.g., above a threshold), the WTRU may monitor a large number of reservation intervals including long intervals and/or short intervals. For a TB with low PDB, the WTRU may monitor (e.g., only monitor) a short reservation interval or not monitor any interval.).
As per claim 20, Hoang discloses a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to execute operations (Hoang Fig. 1B and [0406]) of: determining pre-selected sidelink resources and/or reserved sidelink resources, the sidelink resources being used for aperiodic sidelink transmission (Hoang Fig. 3, 5, 6, and [0112] A WTRU (e.g., a Tx WTRU) may select a resource selection window and a set of candidate slots in the resource selection window. The WTRU may make the selection(s) based on a determination that the overlapping region (e.g., the number of overlapping slots) between the window of candidate slots and the Rx WTRU's active window is larger than a threshold. A WTRU (e.g., a Tx WTRU) may select a resource selection window and the set of candidate slots in the resource selection window. The WTRU may make the selection(s) based on a determination that a first slot of the window of the candidate slots (e.g., n+Y1) occurs within the active window of the Rx WTRU. The WTRU may select the set of candidate slots to satisfy that the overlapping region between the window of candidate slots and the Rx WTRU's active window is larger than a threshold. The threshold of the number of the overlapping slots may be determined based one or more of the following: a (pre-)configured per resource pool, a DRX configuration, a CBR of the resource pool, a QoS of the TB (e.g., priority), or an HARQ type of the TB (e.g., whether the TB is HARQ enabled or HARQ disabled). [0113] FIG. 3 illustrates a resource selection window for a TB associated with a DRX Rx WTRU. As illustrated in FIG. 3, a WTRU may trigger resource selection at slot n in the resource selection window [n+T1, n+T2], which may be the active window of the Rx WTRU. The WTRU may select the candidate window (e.g., [n+Y1, n+Y2]) and/or the set of Y candidate slots such that the overlapping window and/or the set of overlapping slots is greater than a threshold.); and performing re-evaluation on the pre-selected sidelink resources and/or pre-emption checking on the reserved sidelink resources based on all available periodic-based partial sensing (PBPS) and/or contiguous partial sensing (CPS) results (Hoang [0259] The WTRU may determine whether to trigger resource re-evaluation and/or pre-emption for a pre-selected and/or reserved resource. In examples, the WTRU may determine whether to trigger resource re-evaluation and/or pre-emption for a pre-selected and/or reserved resource based on one or more of the following: the time gap between the resource selection slot and the slot of the first selected resource of re-evaluation; or the possibility of having a CPS window for resource re-evaluation. [0260] The WTRU may determine whether to trigger resource re-evaluation/pre-emption for a pre-selected/reserved resource based on the time gap between the resource selection slot and the slot of the first selected resource for re-evaluation. The WTRU may refrain from triggering (e.g., not trigger) resource re-evaluation, for example, if the time gap between resource selection slot and the slot of the first selected resource for re-evaluation is smaller than a threshold. Otherwise, the WTRU may trigger resource re-evaluation, for example, if the time gap between the resource selection slot and the slot of the first selected resource for re-evaluation is greater than the threshold. The threshold may be fixed (e.g., 31 slots) and/or (pre-)configured, which may be determined based on the QoS of the TB. [0262] The WTRU may determine the sensing type for resource re-evaluation and/or pre-emption. In examples, the WTRU may perform CPS (e.g., CPS only) for resource re-evaluation and/or pre-emption. The WTRU may perform PBPS (e.g., only PBPS) for resource re-evaluation and/or pre-emption. The WTRU may perform both CPS and PBPS for pre-emption and resource re-evaluation. The WTRU may be limited in initiating (e.g., not be allowed to initiate) a PBPS (e.g., new PBPS) for resource re-evaluation and/or pre-emption. The WTRU may reuse the PBPS sensing results from a PBPS process (e.g., an existing PBPS process), which may target another TB and/or another resource allocation process. [0263] The WTRU may trigger sensing for resource re-evaluation and/or pre-emption. In examples, the WTRU may trigger CPS and/or PBPS for resource re-evaluation/pre-emption. The trigger may be based on one or more of the following: the resource selection slot; the first transmission slot in the first period; the arrival of the TB; the first pre-selected and/or reserved resource of resource re-evaluation and/or pre-emption; or the QoS of the TB.); wherein the aperiodic sidelink transmission is defined by a resource reservation periodicity set to zero (Hoang Fig. 5 and 6 and [0009] A Tx WTRU may perform sensing to detect periodic resource reservation. A Tx WTRU may be (pre-)configured a set of reservation intervals and to perform sensing and/or to extract the sensing result (e.g., for periodic sensing and/or detection of periodic reservation). A Tx WTRU may determine a subset of the reservation intervals based on the traffic type (e.g., whether the WTRU performs periodic reservation for the selected resource) and/or the QoS of the TB. If the Tx WTRU performs periodic reservation for the selected resource, the Tx WTRU may sense and/or extract the sensing result from the (pre-)configured reservation periods (e.g., each of the pre-configured reservation periods). If the Tx WTRU does not perform periodic reservation, it may determine a set of reservation periods to sense and/or extract the sensing result based on the QoS of the TB. [0146] FIG. 5 illustrates an exemplary periodic sensing scenario. As illustrated in FIG. 5, a resource may support two resource reservation intervals (e.g., 100 ms and 150 ms). To select transmission resources in a window of Y candidate slots, the WTRU may monitor the windows 504 and 502. The windows 502 and 504 are 150 ms and 100 ms respectively from the window of Y candidate slots. The periodic sensing and monitoring may enable the WTRU to detect a reservation of the resources in the set of candidate resources made by the transmissions in the 504 and 502 windows. [0147] The WTRU may determine the subset of reservation intervals and the number of periods to monitor and/or may extract the sensing result. The determination may be made based on one or more of the following: a traffic type (e.g., periodic traffic or aperiodic traffic); a QoS of the TB; a CBR of the resource pool; one or more reservation intervals of the periodic traffic; a determination of whether the periodic partial sensing is used for resource allocation, pre-emption, or resource re-evaluation; or whether the SL DRX is (pre-)configured for the WTRU. Regarding periodic traffic type, the WTRU may perform semi-persistent resource reservation for one or more selected resources, for example, to reserve the transmission resource for the TB in a subsequent interval. For example, for periodic traffic, a WTRU may monitor the (pre-)configured reservation intervals (e.g., all the (pre-)configured reservation intervals). For aperiodic traffic, a WTRU may skip periodic reservation (e.g., no reservation interval may be monitored) or the WTRU may monitor a subset of the reservation intervals. [0148] In the case of aperiodic traffic, a WTRU may determine the reservation interval to monitor based on the QoS of the TB (e.g., PDB). For example, for a TB with high PDB (e.g., above a threshold), the WTRU may monitor a large number of reservation intervals including long intervals and/or short intervals. For a TB with low PDB, the WTRU may monitor (e.g., only monitor) a short reservation interval or not monitor any interval.).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 2-7 and 9-19 are objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
Conclusion
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FAIYAZKHAN GHAFOERKHAN
Primary Examiner
Art Unit 2476
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