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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 .
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.
Claim(s) 18, 20 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Hong (US20250088926).
Regarding claim 18, Hong teaches A user equipment (UE) ([0100] “the UE may receive an RRC message from a base station or a TRP”), comprising: a transceiver that transmits and receives radio frequency (RF) signal in a wireless network ([0270] “ the controller 1410 controls the operation of measuring the channel state for the serving cell or the candidate target cell using the candidate target cell configuration information. The transmitter 1420 transmits the measured channel state or channel quality information to the base station based on the information for transmission of the measurement result included in the candidate target cell configuration information”, [0271] “urther, the receiver 1430 may receive instruction information instructing to perform the LTM operation included in the MAC CE”));
a command module that receives a cell switch command from the wireless network, wherein the cell switch command indicates a layer-1/layer-2 triggered mobility (LTM) to switch a UE serving cell from a source cell to a target cell ([0106] “when the base station determines to change the cell of the corresponding UE based on the L1 measurement result information received from the UE”, [0108] “Through the MAC CE, the UE should obtain information about the target cell to instruct to perform an LTM operation and to perform the cell change”, (Examiner’s note: cell change== cell switch);
a partial reset module that performs a partial MAC reset for a cell switch procedure by LTM based on the cell switch command ([0109] “The UE may perform a cell change operation to a target cell based on the MAC CE and may perform the step of controlling to perform a preset MAC reset operation for an LTM operation (S830)”, (Examiner’s Note: preset MAC reset == partial MAC reset);
and a cell switch controller that switches the UE serving cell to the target cell upon a success of the cell switch procedure by LTM ([0262] “and a controller 1410 performing a cell change operation to the target cell based on the MAC CE while controlling to perform a preset MAC reset operation for the LTM operation”, [0121] “Through the above-described operations, the UE may quickly perform the cell change operation at the L1/L2 level”, (Examiner’s Note: above described operations is the LTM cell switch procedures, once they are done the UE perform the cell change to target cell described in L1).
Regarding claim 20, Hong teaches wherein the partial MAC reset keeps one or more Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) processes initiated by the source cell for the cell switch procedure ([0171] “The corresponding procedure may add the HARQ entity for the target cell/candidate cell/second TRP/second TRP-associated cell/non-serving cell. Alternatively, the corresponding procedure may add a cell for the target cell/candidate cell/second TRP/second TRP-associated cell/non-serving cell”, [0172] “ the MAC entity of the source cell/first TRP/first TRP-associated cell/serving cell may not be reset. The corresponding MAC entity configuration may be maintained. The MAC entity for the target cell/candidate cell/second TRP/second TRP-associated cell/non-serving cell may be established”)
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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 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.
The factual inquiries for establishing a background for determining obviousness under 35 U.S.C. 103 are summarized as follows:
1. Determining the scope and contents of the prior art.
2. Ascertaining the differences between the prior art and the claims at issue.
3. Resolving the level of ordinary skill in the pertinent art.
4. Considering objective evidence present in the application indicating obviousness or nonobviousness.
Claim(s) 1-5, 19 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Hong (US20250088926) in view of Abraham et al. (US20240147334).
Regarding claim 1, Hong teaches A method for a user equipment (UE) ([0100] “the UE may receive an RRC message from a base station or a TRP”) connected with a source distributed unit (DU) of a source cell in a wireless network ([0148] “Further, the MAC entity of the base station is the same in the intra DU cell change scenario. When the L1/L2 signaling-based LTM operation is performed in the intra CU (Intra DU), it may be possible to transmit and receive data”), comprising:
receiving, by the UE, a cell switch command from the wireless network ([0103] “The UE may perform the step of receiving a medium access control control element (MAC CE) indicating to perform an LTM operation to the target cell (S820)”, [0108] “Through the MAC CE, the UE should obtain information about the target cell to instruct to perform an LTM operation and to perform the cell change”, (Examiner’s note: cell change== cell switch)),
wherein the cell switch command indicates a layer-1/layer-2 triggered mobility (LTM) to switch a UE serving cell from the source cell to a target cell ([0106] “when the base station determines to change the cell of the corresponding UE based on the L1 measurement result information received from the UE”, [0108] “Through the MAC CE, the UE should obtain information about the target cell to instruct to perform an LTM operation and to perform the cell change”, (Examiner’s note: cell change== cell switch);
performing a partial MAC reset for a cell switch procedure by LTM based on the cell switch command ([0109] “The UE may perform a cell change operation to a target cell based on the MAC CE and may perform the step of controlling to perform a preset MAC reset operation for an LTM operation (S830)”, (Examiner’s Note: preset MAC reset == partial MAC reset), wherein the partial MAC reset keeps a set of MAC procedures without resetting, and wherein the set of MAC procedures comprises a logical channel prioritization procedure ([0115] “the preset MAC reset operation for the LTM operation may include an operation of maintaining a logical channel Bj parameter value. For example, the preset MAC reset operation for the LTM operation does not include the step of changing the logical channel Bj parameter value to 0, but includes an operation of maintaining the logical channel Bj parameter value set before the MAC reset”), a buffer status reporting procedure ([0114] “According to another embodiment, the preset MAC reset operation for the LTM operation may include an operation of maintaining the BSR when there is a triggered buffer status report (BSR). In other words, if the BSR is triggered, the preset MAC reset operation for the LTM operation may maintain the BSR rather than canceling the BSR”),
and switching the UE serving cell to the target cell upon a success of the cell switch procedure by LTM ([0121] “Through the above-described operations, the UE may quickly perform the cell change operation at the L1/L2 level”, (Examiner’s Note: above described operations is the LTM cell switch procedures, once they are done the UE perform the cell change to target cell described in L1).
Hong does not explicitly teach a recommended bit rate query procedure, and a positioning measurement gap activation/deactivation request procedure.
Abraham teaches a recommended bit rate query procedure, and a positioning measurement gap activation/deactivation request procedure ([0155] “Further, the LTM controller (240) performs the MAC operation including the complete MAC reset and the partial MAC reset. In an example, the MAC operation can be, for example, but not limited to the cancelation of the UL MAC procedure. The UL MAC procedure includes the triggered scheduling request procedure, the triggered buffer status reporting procedure, the triggered power headroom reporting procedure, the triggered consistent LBT failure, the triggered BFR, the triggered side-link buffer status reporting procedure, the triggered pre-emptive buffer status reporting procedure, the triggered timing advance reporting procedure, the triggered recommended bit rate query procedure, the triggered configured uplink grant confirmation, the triggered configured side-link grant confirmation, the triggered desired guard symbol query, the triggered positioning measurement gap activation request procedure, the triggered positioning measurement gap deactivation request procedure, the triggered Small SDT procedure, and the reset of all counters of a beam failure indication or the consistent listen before transmission failure”, (Examiner’s Note: the MAC operation is partial MAC reset, during the MAC reset the device can chose to cancel the reset for the MAC procedures”).
It would have been obvious for one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to have modified Hong, to incorporate Abraham. One of ordinary skill in the art would have been motivated to make this modification in order to allow improvement to the system connection.
Regarding claim 2, Hong teaches wherein the cell switch procedure by LTM is for an intra-DU cell switch ([0148] “Further, the MAC entity of the base station is the same in the intra DU cell change scenario. When the L1/L2 signaling-based LTM operation is performed in the intra CU (Intra DU), it may be possible to transmit and receive data”).
Regarding claim 3, Hong teaches wherein the partial MAC reset is always performed for the cell switch procedure by LTM, triggered by configuration from the wireless network through radio resource control (RRC) message, or triggered by indication in the cell switch command ([0106] “when the base station determines to change the cell of the corresponding UE based on the L1 measurement result information received from the UE”, [0108] “Through the MAC CE, the UE should obtain information about the target cell to instruct to perform an LTM operation and to perform the cell change”, (Examiner’s note: cell change== cell switch).
Regarding claim 4, Hong teaches wherein the partial MAC rest further comprising stopping an ongoing random access procedure ([0277] “ MAC reset operation for the LTM operation may include an operation of stopping the random access procedure when there is an ongoing random access procedure”), canceling triggered procedures of a power headroom reporting ([0152] “If any, cancel the triggered power headroom reporting procedure”), canceling triggered beam failure recovery (BFR) procedures ([0278] “ canceling the triggered beam failure recovery (BFR) and resetting the beam failure instance (BFI) counter value”),
Hong does not teach cancel the triggered power headroom reporting procedure.
Abraham teaches cancel the triggered power headroom reporting procedure ([0155] “The UL MAC procedure includes the triggered scheduling request procedure, the triggered buffer status reporting procedure, the triggered power headroom reporting procedure, the triggered consistent LBT failure”).
It would have been obvious for one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to have modified Hong, to incorporate Abraham. One of ordinary skill in the art would have been motivated to make this modification in order to allow improvement to the system connection.
Regarding claim 5, Hong teaches wherein the partial MAC reset further comprising stopping a scheduling request (SR) procedure towards the source cell ([0175] “As another example, during the LTM operation or during any period defined in the corresponding handover, if any, the triggered scheduling request procedure/triggered buffer state reporting procedure/triggered power headroom reporting procedure/triggered BFR/triggered Configured uplink grant confirmation may be maintained”).
Regarding claim 19, Hong teaches wherein the partial reset keeps a set of MAC procedures without resetting, and wherein the set of MAC procedures comprises a logical channel prioritization procedure ([0115] “the preset MAC reset operation for the LTM operation may include an operation of maintaining a logical channel Bj parameter value. For example, the preset MAC reset operation for the LTM operation does not include the step of changing the logical channel Bj parameter value to 0, but includes an operation of maintaining the logical channel Bj parameter value set before the MAC reset”), a buffer status reporting procedure ([0114] “According to another embodiment, the preset MAC reset operation for the LTM operation may include an operation of maintaining the BSR when there is a triggered buffer status report (BSR). In other words, if the BSR is triggered, the preset MAC reset operation for the LTM operation may maintain the BSR rather than canceling the BSR”),
Hong does not explicitly teach a recommended bit rate query procedure, and a positioning measurement gap activation/deactivation request procedure.
Abraham teaches a recommended bit rate query procedure, and a positioning measurement gap activation/deactivation request procedure ([0155] “Further, the LTM controller (240) performs the MAC operation including the complete MAC reset and the partial MAC reset. In an example, the MAC operation can be, for example, but not limited to the cancelation of the UL MAC procedure. The UL MAC procedure includes the triggered scheduling request procedure, the triggered buffer status reporting procedure, the triggered power headroom reporting procedure, the triggered consistent LBT failure, the triggered BFR, the triggered side-link buffer status reporting procedure, the triggered pre-emptive buffer status reporting procedure, the triggered timing advance reporting procedure, the triggered recommended bit rate query procedure, the triggered configured uplink grant confirmation, the triggered configured side-link grant confirmation, the triggered desired guard symbol query, the triggered positioning measurement gap activation request procedure, the triggered positioning measurement gap deactivation request procedure, the triggered Small SDT procedure, and the reset of all counters of a beam failure indication or the consistent listen before transmission failure”, (Examiner’s Note: the MAC operation is partial MAC reset, during the MAC reset the device can chose to cancel the reset for the MAC procedures”).
It would have been obvious for one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to have modified Hong, to incorporate Abraham. One of ordinary skill in the art would have been motivated to make this modification in order to allow improvement to the system connection.
Claim(s) 7-17 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Hong in view of Lin et al. (US20250261048).
Regarding claim 7, Hong A method for a user equipment (UE) ([0100] “the UE may receive an RRC message from a base station or a TRP”) connected with a source cell in a wireless network ([0148] “Further, the MAC entity of the base station is the same in the intra DU cell change scenario. When the L1/L2 signaling-based LTM operation is performed in the intra CU (Intra DU), it may be possible to transmit and receive data”), comprising:
receiving, by the UE, a cell switch command from the wireless network ([0103] “The UE may perform the step of receiving a medium access control control element (MAC CE) indicating to perform an LTM operation to the target cell (S820)”, [0108] “Through the MAC CE, the UE should obtain information about the target cell to instruct to perform an LTM operation and to perform the cell change”, (Examiner’s note: cell change== cell switch)),
wherein the cell switch command initiates a cell switch procedure by layer-1/layer-2 triggered mobility (LTM) to switch a UE serving cell from the source cell to a target cell ([0106] “when the base station determines to change the cell of the corresponding UE based on the L1 measurement result information received from the UE”, [0108] “Through the MAC CE, the UE should obtain information about the target cell to instruct to perform an LTM operation and to perform the cell change”, (Examiner’s note: cell change== cell switch);
keeping one or more Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) processes initiated by the source cell during a MAC reset for the cell switch procedure ([0109] “The UE may perform a cell change operation to a target cell based on the MAC CE and may perform the step of controlling to perform a preset MAC reset operation for an LTM operation (S830)”, (Examiner’s Note: preset MAC reset == partial MAC reset), [0170] “when the corresponding procedure performs an LTM operation through the same MAC entity, the data processing procedure-related parameter may not be reset (maintained)”), [0172] “ the MAC entity of the source cell/first TRP/first TRP-associated cell/serving cell may not be reset. The corresponding MAC entity configuration may be maintained. The MAC entity for the target cell/candidate cell/second TRP/second TRP-associated cell/non-serving cell may be established”);
and associating one or more HARQ entities of the source cell to one or more component carriers (CCs) of the target cell ([0171] “The corresponding procedure may add the HARQ entity for the target cell/candidate cell/second TRP/second TRP-associated cell/non-serving cell. Alternatively, the corresponding procedure may add a cell for the target cell/candidate cell/second TRP/second TRP-associated cell/non-serving cell”, [0037] “the cell may refer to coverage of a signal transmitted from a transmission/reception point, a component carrier having coverage of a signal transmitted from a transmission/reception point (or a transmission point), or a transmission/reception point itself”)
Hong does not explicitly teach associating one or more HARQ entities of the source cell to one or more component carriers (CCs) of the target cell after switching the UE serving cell to the target cell.
Lin teaches associating one or more HARQ entities of the source cell to one or more component carriers (CCs) of the target cell after switching the UE serving cell to the target cell ([0214] “After completing partially resetting MAC, the terminal accesses the target cell. In some embodiments, in a case where the target cell is configured with CG, to prevent the data cached in the HARQ buffer from being overwritten”, [0246] “Illustratively, HPID #1 is configured to be associated with CG resources, and the corresponding HARQ buffer contains cached data. After the handover is completed”).
It would have been obvious for one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to have modified Hong, to incorporate Lin. One of ordinary skill in the art would have been motivated to make this modification in order to allow reuse of HARQ.
Regarding claim 8, Hong does not teach wherein a code block/code block group (CB/CBG) of a same transport block (TB) from the source cell and the target cell are associated to a same HARQ process when the UE is configured non-carrier aggregation (non-CA) or when CA is configured and Pcell change while there is no secondary cell (SCell) change for the cell switch procedure.
Lin teaches wherein a code block/code block group (CB/CBG) of a same transport block (TB) from the source cell and the target cell are associated to a same HARQ process when the UE is configured non-carrier aggregation (non-CA) or when CA is configured and Pcell change while there is no secondary cell (SCell) change for the cell switch procedure ([0299] “The third signaling is used to instruct the UE to switch to the target cell/cell group. The third signaling is carried in at least one of the MAC CE or the DCI. The first HARQ entity is at least one of the HARQ entity corresponding to the PCell or the HARQ entity corresponding to the SCell. In some embodiments, the SCell is not released and remains active before and after the handover”).
It would have been obvious for one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to have modified Hong, to incorporate Lin. One of ordinary skill in the art would have been motivated to make this modification in order to allow reuse of HARQ.
Regarding claim 9, Hong does not teach wherein a TB received from the source cell and the target cell is combined for downlink (DL) HARQ process and no HARQ soft buffer flushing during the cell switch procedure.
Lin teaches wherein a TB received from the source cell and the target cell is combined for downlink (DL) HARQ process and no HARQ soft buffer flushing during the cell switch procedure([0213-214] “For example, the second serving cell is the source primary cell (source PCell) before the handover, and this cell is marked as serving cell 1. After receipt of the first signaling, by partially resetting MAC, the terminal retains the data of the HARQ entity corresponding to serving cell 1 in the HARQ buffer… After completing partially resetting MAC, the terminal accesses the target cell. In some embodiments, in a case where the target cell is configured with CG, to prevent the data cached in the HARQ buffer from being overwritten, the terminal may suspend use of the CG for new data transmission”).
It would have been obvious for one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to have modified Hong, to incorporate Lin. One of ordinary skill in the art would have been motivated to make this modification in order to allow reuse of HARQ.
Regarding claim 10, Hong does not teach wherein the UE keeps a value of new data indication (NDI) of an uplink (UL) HARQ process during the cell switch procedure.
Lin teaches wherein the UE keeps a value of new data indication (NDI) of an uplink (UL) HARQ process during the cell switch procedure ([0048] “set the NDIs for all uplink hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) processes to the value 0, [0213-214] “For example, the second serving cell is the source primary cell (source PCell) before the handover, and this cell is marked as serving cell 1. After receipt of the first signaling, by partially resetting MAC, the terminal retains the data of the HARQ entity corresponding to serving cell 1 in the HARQ buffer… After completing partially resetting MAC, the terminal accesses the target cell. In some embodiments, in a case where the target cell is configured with CG, to prevent the data cached in the HARQ buffer from being overwritten, the terminal may suspend use of the CG for new data transmission”, (Examiner’s Note:since the HARQ isnt reset the NDI doesn’t get changed to 0, and is maintained in the cache).
It would have been obvious for one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to have modified Hong, to incorporate Lin. One of ordinary skill in the art would have been motivated to make this modification in order to allow reuse of HARQ.
Regarding claim 11, Hong teaches wherein the UE deactivates a configured scheduling of the one or more HARQ processes for the cell switch procedure upon detecting at least one conditions comprising reception of the cell switch command, an explicit indication for configured scheduling deactivation in a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or in a MAC control element (CE) ([0152] “ when the cell change/handover is triggered/initiated/executed/applied based on L1L2 signaling/execution indication information/TCI state/execution condition/event/related procedure/operation, when the execution condition is met by evaluating the execution condition/event configured in the UE, when the specific procedure/operation (e.g., measurement, event detection, condition satisfaction, TCI state update application, etc.) is performed in the UE according to reception of L1/L2 signaling and for the corresponding configuration, when L1/L2 signaling … Set NDIs for uplink HARQ process to 0, If there is an ongoing random access procedure, stop it”, [0007] “ receiving a medium access control control element (MAC CE) indicating to perform the LTM operation to a target cell, and performing a cell change operation to the target cell based on the MAC CE while controlling to perform a preset MAC reset operation for the LTM operation”).
Regarding claim 12, Hong teaches further comprising obtaining association information to associate the one or more HARQ entities of the source cell to one or more CCs of the target cell, and wherein CA is configured for the UE with a source primary cell (PCell) and one or more source secondary cells (SCells) for a source cell group and the target cell is configured with a target PCell and one or more target SCells for a target cell group ([0171] “the corresponding procedure may include an HARQ entity for the source cell and an HARQ entity for the target cell separately (when the LTM operation is performed through the same MAC entity). The corresponding procedure may add the HARQ entity for the target cell/candidate cell/second TRP/second TRP-associated cell/non-serving cell. Alternatively, the corresponding procedure may add a cell for the target cell/candidate cell/second TRP/second TRP-associated cell/non-serving cell. For example, the corresponding procedure may add a cell configuration for the corresponding target cell/candidate cell/second TRP/second TRP-associated cell to the cell group configuration. As another example, the corresponding procedure may include information for indicating that the corresponding cell is the target cell/candidate cell/second TRP/second TRP-associated cell in the SCell configuration and configure/indicate the same to the UE. As another example, the corresponding procedure may add a cell configuration for the target cell/candidate cell/second TRP/second TRP-associated cell to the corresponding MAC configuration (e.g., MAC-CellGroupConfig)”).
Regarding claim 13, Hong teaches wherein the association information is the linkage between CCs of the source cell group and the target cell group when the target PCell is a source SCell, and wherein the UE associates one or more HARQ entities to corresponding target CCs based on the linkage (([0171] “the corresponding procedure may include an HARQ entity for the source cell and an HARQ entity for the target cell separately (when the LTM operation is performed through the same MAC entity). The corresponding procedure may add the HARQ entity for the target cell/candidate cell/second TRP/second TRP-associated cell/non-serving cell. Alternatively, the corresponding procedure may add a cell for the target cell/candidate cell/second TRP/second TRP-associated cell/non-serving cell… [0196] “As another example, the corresponding candidate/target cell configuration may include one or more pieces of information among the cell group configuration (CellGroupConfig), the special cell configuration (SpCellConfig), information for identifying the corresponding cell (e.g., PCI, PCI index, serving cell index, arbitrary cell identifier, ID, configuration identification information, or TCI state ID associated with the corresponding cell”)).
Regarding claim 14, Hong does not teach wherein the associate information is derived from the HARQ processes ID mapping information between the source cell and the target cell received from the wireless network.
Lin teaches wherein the associate information is derived from the HARQ processes ID mapping information between the source cell and the target cell received from the wireless network ([0246] “HPID #1 is configured to be associated with CG resources, and the corresponding HARQ buffer contains cached data. After the handover is completed, the UE reinitializes the CG resources of serving cell #2 and reuses the CG resources associated with HPID to retransmit the data in the HARQ buffer”).
It would have been obvious for one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to have modified Hong, to incorporate Lin. One of ordinary skill in the art would have been motivated to make this modification in order to allow reuse of HARQ.
Regarding claim 15, Hong does not teach wherein the HARQ process ID mapping information is received by a radio resource control (RRC) message or a MAC control element (CE).
Lin teaches wherein the HARQ process ID mapping information is received by a radio resource control (RRC) message ([0124] “The first serving cell is indicated by at least one of the upper layer or the LTM handover command. Illustratively, the upper layer includes the RRC layer.
Retaining data of an HARQ entity corresponding to a second serving cell in an HARQ buffer”) or a MAC control element (CE).
It would have been obvious for one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to have modified Hong, to incorporate Lin. One of ordinary skill in the art would have been motivated to make this modification in order to allow reuse of HARQ.
Regarding claim 16, Hong teaches wherein the UE derives the association information based on the difference of current slot/symbol/SFN ([0258] “When the UE transmits the PUCCH having the HARQ ACK information corresponding to the PDSCH carrying the corresponding activation MAC CE/indication/instruction in slot n, the mapping between the TCI state and the codepoint of the corresponding field included in the DCI may be applied in a specific application time calculated using the parameter indicated by the base station after the corresponding slot n”).
Regarding claim 17, Hong teaches does not teach wherein the one or more HARQ processes are performed by a dynamic scheduling or a configured scheduling.
Lin teaches wherein the one or more HARQ processes are performed by a dynamic scheduling or a configured scheduling ([0273] “he terminal may perform data retransmission based on the dynamic scheduling of the target cell to prevent the data in the HARQ buffer from being overwritten.”).
It would have been obvious for one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to have modified Hong, to incorporate Lin. One of ordinary skill in the art would have been motivated to make this modification in order to allow reuse of HARQ.
Claim(s) 6 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Hong in view of Abraham further in view of Wang et al. (US20200084790).
Regarding claim 6, Hong, Abraham does not teach comprising triggering an SR procedure by a pending BSR procedure toward the target cell when the UE switches to the target cell.
Wang teaches comprising triggering an SR procedure by a pending BSR procedure toward the target cell when the UE switches to the target cell ([0097] “As a third alternative, the information may be carried by an existing MAC CE (e.g., BSR) in message 3. The BSR may comprise the buffer status for the LCHs which have triggered pending SRs”).
It would have been obvious for one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to have modified the combination of Hong,Abraham to incorporate Wang. One of ordinary skill in the art would have been motivated to make this modification in order to allow improvement in effectiveness of processing SR.
Conclusion
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