DETAILED ACTION
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 .
This office action is in response to Applicant’s preliminary amendment filed on 3/18/2024.
Claims 1-20 are currently pending.
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Receipt is acknowledged of certified copies of papers required by 37 CFR 1.55.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis (i.e., changing from AIA to pre-AIA ) for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
The following is a quotation of 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 1-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Parichehrehteroujeni et al. (US 2023/0040285 A1; hereafter PARICH).
With respect to claim 1, PARICH discloses a mobility management method (Abstract And Title), comprising:
receiving, by a first network device (720, Source Node in FIG. 7), a conditional handover success message from a second network device (730, Target Node in FIG. 7), wherein the second network device (730, Target Node in FIG. 7) is a network device of a target cell, and the target cell belongs to a conditional handover candidate cell (CHO decision, step 2 of FIG. 7) configured by the first network device (720, Source Node in FIG. 7) for a terminal device (710, UE in FIG. 7); and
sending, by the first network device (720, Source Node in FIG. 7), conditional handover configuration information to the second network device (730, Target Node in FIG. 7).
With respect to claim 2, PARICH further discloses 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises: releasing (Step 10 of FIG.7; paragraph [0165]), by the first network device (720, Source Node in FIG. 7), the conditional handover configuration information (Step 10 of FIG.7; paragraph [0165]).
With respect to claim 3, PARICH further discloses 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises: receiving, by the first network device (720, Source Node in FIG. 7), the conditional handover configuration information (paragraphs [0158] and [0159]) from the second network device (730, Target Node in FIG. 7).
With respect to claim 4, PARICH further discloses 4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the method further comprises: receiving, by the first network device (720, Source Node in FIG. 7), a mobility report from the second network device (730, Target Node in FIG. 7), wherein the mobility report (Step 1, Meas Report in FIG. 7) is from the terminal device (710, UE in FIG. 7).
With respect to claim 5, PARICH further discloses 5. The method according to claim 3, wherein the method further comprises: receiving, by the first network device (720, Source Node in FIG. 7) from the second network device (730, Target Node in FIG. 7), analysis information obtained based on a mobility report (Step 1, Meas Report in FIG. 7), wherein the mobility report is from the terminal device (710, UE in FIG. 7).
With respect to claim 6, PARICH further discloses 6. The method according to claim 1, wherein in response to the terminal device detecting a radio link failure (paragraphs [0028] and [0039]) or no radio link failure between the terminal device and the conditional handover target candidate cell, the first network device (720, Source Node in FIG. 7) receives the conditional handover configuration information (paragraphs [0158] and [0159]) from the second network device (730, Target Node in FIG. 7).
With respect to claim 7, PARICH further discloses 7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the conditional handover configuration information comprises conditional handover information (paragraphs [0158] and [0159]) that is of one or more candidate cells (paragraphs [0032], [0033], and [0034]).
With respect to claim 8, PARICH discloses a mobility management method (Abstract And Title), comprising:
sending, by a second network device (730, Target Node in FIG. 7), a conditional handover success message to a first network device (720, Source Node in FIG. 7), wherein the second network device (730, Target Node in FIG. 7) is a network device of a target cell, and the target cell belongs to a conditional handover candidate cell (CHO decision, step 2 of FIG. 7) configured by the first network device (720, Source Node in FIG. 7) for a terminal device (710, UE in FIG. 7); and
receiving, by the second network device (730, Target Node in FIG. 7), conditional handover configuration information of the terminal device from the first network device (720, Source Node in FIG. 7).
With respect to claim 9, PARICH further discloses 9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the method further comprises:
receiving, by the second network device (730, Target Node in FIG. 7), a mobility report (Step 1, Meas Report in FIG. 7) of the terminal device (710, UE in FIG. 7) from a receiving network device, wherein the receiving network device is a network device that receives the mobility report (Step 1, Meas Report in FIG. 7) from the terminal device (710, UE in FIG. 7).
With respect to claim 10, PARICH further discloses 10. The method according to claim 8, wherein the method further comprises: sending, by the second network device (730, Target Node in FIG. 7), the conditional handover configuration information (paragraphs [0158] and [0159]) to the first network device (720, Source Node in FIG. 7).
With respect to claim 11, PARICH further discloses 11. The method according to claim 9, wherein the method further comprises: sending, by the second network device (730, Target Node in FIG. 7), the mobility report (Step 1, Meas Report in FIG. 7) to the first network device (720, Source Node in FIG. 7).
With respect to claim 12, PARICH further discloses 12. The method according to claim 8, wherein in response to the terminal device detecting a radio link failure (paragraphs [0028] and [0039]) or no radio link failure between the terminal device (710, UE in FIG. 7) and the conditional handover candidate cell, the second network device (730, Target Node in FIG. 7) sends the conditional handover configuration information (paragraphs [0158] and [0159]) to the first network device (720, Source Node in FIG. 7).
With respect to claim 13, PARICH further discloses 13. The method according to claim 8, wherein the conditional handover configuration information comprises conditional handover information (paragraphs [0158] and [0159]) that is of one or more candidate cells (paragraphs [0032], [0033], and [0034]).
With respect to claim 14, PARICH discloses a communication system, comprising:
a first network device (720, Source Node in FIG. 7); and
a second network device (730, Target Node in FIG. 7), wherein the first network device (720, Source Node in FIG. 7) is configured to receive a conditional handover success message from the second network device (730, Target Node in FIG. 7) and send conditional handover configuration information (CHO decision, step 2 of FIG. 7) to the second network device (730, Target Node in FIG. 7),
wherein the second network device (730, Target Node in FIG. 7) is a network device of a target cell, and wherein the target cell belongs to a conditional handover candidate cell configured (CHO decision, step 2 of FIG. 7) by the first network device (720, Source Node in FIG. 7) for a terminal device (710, UE in FIG. 7).
With respect to claim 15, PARICH further discloses 15. The system according to claim 14, wherein the first network device (720, Source Node in FIG. 7) is further configured to release the conditional handover configuration information (Step 10 of FIG.7; paragraph [0165]).
With respect to claim 16, PARICH further discloses 16. The system according to claim 14, wherein the first network device (720, Source Node in FIG. 7) is further configured to receive the conditional handover configuration information (paragraphs [0158] and [0159]) from the second network device (730, Target Node in FIG. 7).
With respect to claim 17, PARICH further discloses 17. The system according to claim 16, wherein the first network device (720, Source Node in FIG. 7) is further configured to receive a mobility report (Step 1, Meas Report in FIG. 7) from the second network device (730, Target Node in FIG. 7), and wherein the mobility report (Step 1, Meas Report in FIG. 7) is from the terminal device (710, UE in FIG. 7).
With respect to claim 18, PARICH further discloses 18. The system according to claim 14, wherein in response to the terminal device detecting a radio link failure (paragraphs [0028] and [0039]) or no radio link failure between the terminal device (710, UE in FIG. 7) and the conditional handover candidate cell,
the second network device (730, Target Node in FIG. 7) is configured to send the conditional handover configuration information (paragraphs [0158] and [0159]) to the first network device (720, Source Node in FIG. 7).
With respect to claim 19, PARICH further discloses 19. The system according to claim 14, wherein the first network device (720, Source Node in FIG. 7) is configured to receive, from the second network device (730, Target Node in FIG. 7), analysis information obtained based on a mobility report, and wherein the mobility report is from the terminal device (710, UE in FIG. 7).
With respect to claim 20, PARICH further discloses 20. The system according to claim 14, wherein the conditional handover configuration information comprises conditional handover information (paragraphs [0158] and [0159]) that is of one or more candidate cells (paragraphs [0032], [0033], and [0034]).
Conclusion
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/BRIAN T O CONNOR/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2465 January 22, 2026