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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.
Claim(s) 21-36 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Cirik et al. (US 2022/0408475 A1).
Cirik teaches the DCI including a TCI field indicating two TCI states (Figure 23), where the UE may receive downlink receptions (e.g. PDSCH) in a downlink BWP according to a configured numerology for the downlink BWP in paragraph 0122).
With respect to the claims, references to the prior art appear in parenthesis.
Claims
21. (New) A method performed by a user equipment (UE) (Cirik, US 2022/0408475 A1) , the method comprising:
receiving, from a base station, configuration information including first information indicating at least one transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state for a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) reception (Activation command activating at least two TCI states in paragraph 0223) ;
receiving, from the base station, first downlink control information (DCI) including a TCI field indicating two TCI states (MAC CE format in Figure 23 with TCI State ID1 and TCI State ID2) ;
receiving, from the base station, a second DCI for scheduling the PDSCH reception (DCI used for scheduling PDSCH in paragraph 0195) ;
if the first information indicates a TCI state among the two TCI states, receiving a PDSCH based on the TCI state among the two TCI states (“The wireless device may determine/select, based on a predefined rule, a selected TCI state among the at least two TCI states when the coreset is activated with the at least two TCI states” in paragraph 0227) ; and if the first information indicates both of the two TCI states, receiving PDSCHs based on the two TCI states (“the wireless device may determine the selected TCI state based on at least two TCI state indexes of the at least two TCI states” in paragraph 0227) .
22. (New) The method of claim 21, wherein, if the first information indicates a first TCI state among the two TCI states , the PDSCH is received based on the first TCI state , and wherein, if the first information indicates a second TCI state among the two TCI states, the PDSCH is received based on the second TCI state (“The wireless device may determine/select, based on a predefined rule, a selected TCI state among the at least two TCI states when the coreset is activated with the at least two TCI states” in paragraph 0227) .
23. (New) The method of claim 21, further comprising: transmitting, to the base station, a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ)- acknowledgement (ACK) corresponding to a PDSCH scheduled by the first DCI (HARQ acknowledgements are uplink control Information to acknowledge the received DL-SCH blocks in paragraph 0201) , wherein the two TCI states correspond to a joint TCI state (Predefined rules for using both of the two activated TCI states in paragraph 0227) .
24. (New) The method of claim 21, further comprising:
receiving, from the base station, a third DCI including a TCI field indicating two TCI states (Activation command activating at least two TCI states in paragraph 0223) ;
receiving, from the base station, a fourth DCI for scheduling a reception of at least one PDSCH, wherein the fourth DCI includes a TCI selection field (DCI used for scheduling PDSCH in paragraph 0195); and
receiving the at least one PDSCH based on at least one TCI state among the two TCI states indicated by the TCI field of the third DCI (“the wireless device may determine the selected TCI state based on at least two TCI state indexes of the at least two TCI states” in paragraph 0227) , wherein the at least one TCI state is identified based on the TCI selection field (Carrier aggregation in paragraph 0130 and Figure 10A, such that the multiple transmissions of the same process).
25. (New) A method performed by a base station (Cirik, US 2022/0408475 A1) , the method comprising:
transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), configuration information including first information indicating at least one transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state for a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) reception (Activation command activating at least two TCI states in paragraph 0223) ;
transmitting, to the UE, first downlink control information (DCI) including a TCI field indicating two TCI states (MAC CE format in Figure 23 with TCI State ID1 and TCI State ID2);
transmitting, to the UE, a second DCI for scheduling the PDSCH reception (DCI used for scheduling PDSCH in paragraph 0195);
if the first information indicates a TCI state among the two TCI states, transmitting, to the UE, a PDSCH based on the TCI state among the two TCI states (“The wireless device may determine/select, based on a predefined rule, a selected TCI state among the at least two TCI states when the coreset is activated with the at least two TCI states” in paragraph 0227); and
if the first information indicates both of the two TCI states, transmitting, to the UE, one of PDSCHs which are based on the two TCI states (“the wireless device may determine the selected TCI state based on at least two TCI state indexes of the at least two TCI states” in paragraph 0227).
26. (New) The method of claim 25, wherein, if the first information indicates a first TCI state among the two TCI states, the PDSCH is transmitted based on the first TCI state , and wherein, if the first information indicates a second TCI state among the two TCI states, the PDSCH is transmitted based on the second TCI state (“The wireless device may determine/select, based on a predefined rule, a selected TCI state among the at least two TCI states when the coreset is activated with the at least two TCI states” in paragraph 0227).
27. (New) The method of claim 25, further comprising: receiving, from the UE, a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ)-acknowledgement (ACK) corresponding to a PDSCH scheduled by the first DCI (HARQ acknowledgements are uplink control Information to acknowledge the received DL-SCH blocks in paragraph 0201), wherein the two TCI states correspond to a joint TCI state (Predefined rules for using both of the two activated TCI states in paragraph 0227) .
28. (New) The method of claim 25, further comprising:
transmitting, to the UE, a third DCI including a TCI field indicating two TCI states (Activation command activating at least two TCI states in paragraph 0223) ;
transmitting, to the UE, a fourth DCI for scheduling at least one PDSCH, wherein the fourth DCI includes a TCI selection field (DCI used for scheduling PDSCH in paragraph 0195) ; and
transmitting, to the UE, one of the at least one PDSCH which is based on at least one TCI state among the two TCI states indicated by the TCI field of the third DCI (“the wireless device may determine the selected TCI state based on at least two TCI state indexes of the at least two TCI states” in paragraph 0227), wherein the at least one TCI state is identified based on the TCI selection field (Carrier aggregation in paragraph 0130 and Figure 10A, such that the multiple transmissions of the same process)..
29. (New) A user equipment (UE) (Cirik, US 2022/0408475 A1) comprising: at least one transceiver; at least one processor communicatively coupled to the at least one transceiver; and at least one memory, communicatively coupled to the at least one processor, storing instructions executable by the at least one processor individually or in any combination to cause the UE to:
receive, from a base station, configuration information including first information indicating at least one transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state for a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) reception (Activation command activating at least two TCI states in paragraph 0223) ,
receive, from the base station, first downlink control information (DCI) including a TCI field indicating two TCI states (MAC CE format in Figure 23 with TCI State ID1 and TCI State ID2),
receive, from the base station, a second DCI for scheduling the PDSCH reception (DCI used for scheduling PDSCH in paragraph 0195),
if the first information indicates a TCI state among the two TCI states, receive a PDSCH based on the TCI state among the two TCI states (“The wireless device may determine/select, based on a predefined rule, a selected TCI state among the at least two TCI states when the coreset is activated with the at least two TCI states” in paragraph 0227), and
if the first information indicates both of the two TCI states, receive PDSCHs based on the two TCI states (“the wireless device may determine the selected TCI state based on at least two TCI state indexes of the at least two TCI states” in paragraph 0227).
30. (New) The UE of claim 29, wherein, if the first information indicates a first TCI state among the two TCI states, the PDSCH is received based on the first TCI state, and wherein, if the first information indicates a second TCI state among the two TCI states, the PDSCH is received based on the second TCI state (“The wireless device may determine/select, based on a predefined rule, a selected TCI state among the at least two TCI states when the coreset is activated with the at least two TCI states” in paragraph 0227).
31. (New) The UE of claim 29, wherein the instructions further cause the UE to: transmit, to the base station, a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ)-acknowledgement (ACK) corresponding to a PDSCH scheduled by the first DCI (HARQ acknowledgements are uplink control Information to acknowledge the received DL-SCH blocks in paragraph 0201), and wherein the two TCI states correspond to a joint TCI state (Predefined rules for using both of the two activated TCI states in paragraph 0227) .
32. (New) The UE of claim 29, wherein the instructions further cause the UE to:
receive, from the base station, a third DCI including a TCI field indicating two TCI states (Activation command activating at least two TCI states in paragraph 0223) ,
receive, from the base station, a fourth DCI for scheduling a reception of at least one PDSCH, wherein the fourth DCI includes a TCI selection field (DCI used for scheduling PDSCH in paragraph 0195), and
receive the at least one PDSCH based on at least one TCI state among the two TCI states indicated by the TCI field of the third DCI (“the wireless device may determine the selected TCI state based on at least two TCI state indexes of the at least two TCI states” in paragraph 0227), wherein the at least one TCI state is identified based on the TCI selection field (Carrier aggregation in paragraph 0130 and Figure 10A, such that the multiple transmissions of the same process)..
33. (New) A base station (Cirik, US 2022/0408475 A1) comprising: at least one transceiver; at least one processor communicatively coupled to the at least one transceiver; and at least one memory, communicatively coupled to the at least one processor, storing instructions executable by the at least one processor individually or in any combination to cause the base station to:
transmit, to a user equipment (UE), configuration information including first information indicating at least one transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state for a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) reception (Activation command activating at least two TCI states in paragraph 0223) ,
transmit, to the UE, first downlink control information (DCI) including a TCI field indicating two TCI states (MAC CE format in Figure 23 with TCI State ID1 and TCI State ID2),
transmit, to the UE, a second DCI for scheduling the PDSCH reception (DCI used for scheduling PDSCH in paragraph 0195),
if the first information indicates a TCI state among the two TCI states, transmit, to the UE, a PDSCH based on the TCI state among the two TCI states (“The wireless device may determine/select, based on a predefined rule, a selected TCI state among the at least two TCI states when the coreset is activated with the at least two TCI states” in paragraph 0227), and
if the first information indicates both of the two TCI states, transmit, to the UE, one of PDSCHs which are based on the two TCI states (“the wireless device may determine the selected TCI state based on at least two TCI state indexes of the at least two TCI states” in paragraph 0227).
34. (New) The base station of claim 33, wherein, if the first information indicates a first TCI state among the two TCI states, the PDSCH is transmitted based on the first TCI state, and wherein, if the first information indicates a second TCI state among the two TCI states, the PDSCH is transmitted based on the second TCI state (“The wireless device may determine/select, based on a predefined rule, a selected TCI state among the at least two TCI states when the coreset is activated with the at least two TCI states” in paragraph 0227).
35. (New) The base station of claim 33, wherein the instructions further cause the base station to: receive, from the UE, a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ)-acknowledgement (ACK) corresponding to a PDSCH scheduled by the first DCI (HARQ acknowledgements are uplink control Information to acknowledge the received DL-SCH blocks in paragraph 0201) , and wherein the two TCI states correspond to a joint TCI state (Predefined rules for using both of the two activated TCI states in paragraph 0227) .
36. (New) The base station of claim 33, wherein the instructions further cause the base station to:
transmit, to the UE, a third DCI including a TCI field indicating two TCI states (Activation command activating at least two TCI states in paragraph 0223) ,
transmit, to the UE, a fourth DCI for scheduling at least one PDSCH, wherein the fourth DCI includes a TCI selection field (DCI used for scheduling PDSCH in paragraph 0195) , and
transmit, to the UE, one of the at least one PDSCH which is based on at least one TCI state among the two TCI states indicated by the TCI field of the third DCI (“the wireless device may determine the selected TCI state based on at least two TCI state indexes of the at least two TCI states” in paragraph 0227, and wherein the at least one TCI state is identified based on the TCI selection field (Carrier aggregation in paragraph 0130 and Figure 10A, such that the multiple transmissions of the same process)..
Conclusion
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MELVIN C. MARCELO
Primary Examiner
Art Unit 2463
/MELVIN C MARCELO/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2463 April 1, 2026
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