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 Office Action is in response to the submission filed 2025-10-20 (herein referred to as the Reply) where claim(s) 1-9, 14-20 are pending for consideration.
35 USC §102 - Claim Rejections
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)(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.
(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) is/are rejected under AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) and U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being unpatentable over YANG_680 (EP3780680)
Claim(s) 1
YANG_680 teaches
a processor coupled to a memory, wherein the memory is configured to store a computer program, and the processor is configured to execute the computer program stored in the memory to cause the communication apparatus to perform operations comprising:
obtaining channel information from one or more of Transmitting the station deployment file package to the second communication network device via the first communication link, from a first communication network device. <FIG(s). 3; para. 0025-0026, 0033>.
a baseband processing unit, In some embodiments, the first communication network device is a main control board such as a 4G baseband board. < FIG(s). 3; para. 0017-0021, 0025-0026>.
wherein the channel information is stored in one or more of
the baseband processing unit, In some embodiments, the first communication network device is a main control board such as a 4G baseband board. Accordingly 4G baseband board stores the station deployment file package (via the OMC) at lease some finite duration before sending it to the second communication network device < FIG(s). 3; para. 0017-0021, 0025-0026>.
establishing a channel between a base station and a network management device based on the channel information, the station deployment file package further includes: configuration information of a second link; the configuration information of the second link being read by the second communication network device when the second communication network device executes the station deployment and being configured for the second communication network device to configure a communication link between the second communication network device and a second OMC corresponding to the second communication network device (e.g., the 5G OMC in FIG 3) <FIG(s). 2, 3; para. 0037-0045>.
wherein the base station comprises one or more of the baseband processing unit, In some embodiments, the first communication network device and the second communication network device may be single-board devices within a same BBU frame. Consequently, the base station also comprises the 4G baseband board. <FIG(s). 2; para. 0022-0023, 0032, 0046-0047>.
35 USC §103 - Claim Rejections
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 of this title, 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 set forth in Graham v. John Deere Co., 383 U.S. 1, 148 USPQ 459 (1966), that are applied 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 non-obviousness.
Claim(s) is/are rejected under AIA 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over YANG_680 (EP3780680) in view of FAGADAR-COSMA_319 (US20140321319)
Claim(s) 2
YANG_680 teaches wherein after establishing the channel between the base station and the network management device <FIG(s). 2, 3; para. 0037-0045> where implicitly taught operations can occur after the channel.
YANG_680 does not explicitly teach
wherein after establishing the channel between the base station and the network management device, the operations further comprise:
obtaining deployment information; and
performing a deployment operation based on the deployment information.
However in a similar endeavor, FAGADAR-COSMA_319 teaches
obtaining deployment information; and performing a deployment operation based on the deployment information. Cloud management system obtaining deployment information from said another PE router, the cloud management system further deploying the suitable VPLS service on the PE router using the deployment information. <para. 0015-0018; Claim 1>.
Before the effective filing date of the claim invention, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in art to have modified the system/techniques disclosed by YANG_680 with the embodiment(s) disclosed by FAGADAR-COSMA_319. One of ordinary skill in the art would have been motivated to make this modification in order to provide a solution in which the operator of the cloud management system need not be aware of the specifics of the VPLS services that are being facilitated by the SP. <para. 0013>.
Claim(s) is/are rejected under AIA 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over YANG_680 (EP3780680) in view of FAGADAR-COSMA_319 (US20140321319), and further view of CHOI_479 (US20160316479)
Claim(s) 3
Yang_860 in view of FAGADAR-COSMA_319 teaches information that is particularly deployment information.
YANG_680 does not explicitly teach
wherein obtaining the information further comprises:
sending a first request to a network management device,
wherein the first request is used to obtain the information; and
receiving the information from the network management device.
However in a similar endeavor, CHOI_479 teaches
wherein obtaining the information further comprises:
sending a first request to a network management device, wherein the first request is used to obtain the information; and receiving the information from the network management device. an RRC information request message contain information about the first RRUs to the second BBU, and receiving an RRC information response message containing information about the second RRUs from the second BBU. <para. 0014>.
Before the effective filing date of the claim invention, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in art to have modified the system/techniques disclosed by YANG_680 and FAGADAR-COSMA_319 with the embodiment(s) disclosed by CHOI_479. One of ordinary skill in the art would have been motivated to make this modification in order to reduce measurement operation of a UE in a heterogeneous network environment, particularly, a cloud network environment. <para. 0018>.
Claim(s) is/are rejected under AIA 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over YANG_680 (EP3780680) in view of FAGADAR-COSMA_319 (US20140321319), and further view of POTLURI_168 (US20210303168)
Claim(s) 5
YANG_680 does not explicitly teach
wherein the deployment information comprises one or more of the following information:
software information,
a configuration file, or
a license file.
However in a similar endeavor, POTLURI_168 teaches
wherein the deployment information comprises one or more of the following information:
a configuration file, or deployment information includes configuration information <FIG(s). 5; para. 0031, 0078; Abstract, Claim 1>.
Before the effective filing date of the claim invention, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in art to have modified the system/techniques disclosed by YANG_680 and FAGADAR-COSMA_319 with the embodiment(s) disclosed by POTLURI_168. One of ordinary skill in the art would have been motivated to make this modification in order to provide improved network deployment techniques that reduce incorrect attempts and saves computing resources <para. 0018-0010>.
Claim(s) is/are rejected under AIA 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over YANG_680 (EP3780680) in view of FAGADAR-COSMA_319 (US20140321319), and further view of SHEVENELL_111 (US20110219111)
Claim(s) 5
YANG_680 does not explicitly teach
wherein the deployment information comprises one or more of the following information:
software information,
a configuration file, or
a license file.
However in a similar endeavor, SHEVENELL_111 teaches
wherein the deployment information comprises one or more of the following information:
software information, deployment information may include information relating to software installed/running on certain portions of a network <para. 0026>.
Before the effective filing date of the claim invention, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in art to have modified the system/techniques disclosed by YANG_680 and FAGADAR-COSMA_319 with the embodiment(s) disclosed by SHEVENELL_111. One of ordinary skill in the art would have been motivated to make this modification in order to provide more effective/efficient/optimized testing of a network or portions thereof <para. 0026>.
Claim(s) is/are rejected under AIA 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over YANG_680 (EP3780680) in view of MITHYANTHA_317 (US20130336317)
Claim(s) 9
YANG_680 does not explicitly teach
wherein the channel information comprises one or more of the following information:
an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the BBU corresponding to the channel information,
an identifier of a virtual local area network VLAN, or
routing information,
wherein the routing information comprises a next-hop route IP address of the BBU corresponding to the channel information and IP information of the network management device, and
the IP information of the network management device comprises an IP address of the network management device or an IP network segment of the network management device.
However in a similar endeavor, MITHYANTHA_317 teaches
wherein the channel information comprises one or more of the following information:
an identifier of a virtual local area network VLAN, or Channel information including the interface identifier, VLAN identifier, MAC identifier, or other information. <para. 0260>.
Before the effective filing date of the claim invention, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in art to have modified the system/techniques disclosed by YANG_680 with the embodiment(s) disclosed by MITHYANTHA_317. One of ordinary skill in the art would have been motivated to make this modification in order to provide techniques for distributing multicast routing packets in a cluster environment utilizing link aggregation. <para. 0004>.
Claim(s) is/are rejected under AIA 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over YANG_680 (EP3780680) in view of HUANG_018 (US20220217018)
Claim(s) 14
YANG_680 teaches
A base station, comprising:
a base band unit (BBU); and In some embodiments, the first communication network device is a main control board such as a 4G baseband board. In some embodiments, the first communication network device and the second communication network device may be single-board devices within a same BBU frame. Consequently, the base station also comprises the 4G baseband board. <FIG(s). 2; para. 0022-0023, 0032, 0046-0047>.
obtain channel information
wherein the channel information is stored in one or more of
the baseband processing unit, In some embodiments, the first communication network device is a main control board such as a 4G baseband board. Accordingly 4G baseband board stores the station deployment file package (via the OMC) at lease some finite duration before sending it to the second communication network device < FIG(s). 3; para. 0017-0021, 0025-0026>. Furthermore since in some embodiments, the first communication network device and the second communication network device may be single-board devices within a same BBU frame. Consequently, the base station also comprises the 4G baseband board stores the station deployment file package <FIG(s). 2, 3; para. 0022-0023, 0032, 0046-0047>.
establish a channel between the base station and a network management device based on the channel information. the station deployment file package further includes: configuration information of a second link; the configuration information of the second link being read by the second communication network device when the second communication network device executes the station deployment and being configured for the second communication network device to configure a communication link between the second communication network device and a second OMC corresponding to the second communication network device (e.g., the 5G OMC in FIG 3) <FIG(s). 2, 3; para. 0037-0045>.
YANG_680 does not explicitly teach
A base station, comprising:
a remote radio unit (RRU) and/or
an active antenna unit (AAU),
obtain channel information from one or more of the RRU or the AAU; and
However in a similar endeavor, HUANG_018 teaches
A base station, comprising:
a base band unit (BBU); and distributed base station system having a BBU and an RRU connected to the BBU over a front haul connection. <para. 0017>.
a remote radio unit (RRU) distributed base station system having a BBU and an RRU connected to the BBU over a front haul connection. <para. 0017>.
obtain channel information from one or more of the RRU or the AAU; and BBU system is operative for receiving, from the RRU, information on the channel estimation matrix Ĥ and on the interference covariance estimation matrix {circumflex over (R)}. <FIG(s). 1, 2, 3; para. 0017, 0041, 0044>.
Before the effective filing date of the claim invention, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in art to have modified the system/techniques disclosed by YANG_680 with the embodiment(s) disclosed by HUANG_018. One of ordinary skill in the art would have been motivated to make this modification in order to provide solutions that balances the complexity of the RRU to the capacity limitations on the fronthaul. <para. 0008>.
Claim(s) is/are rejected under AIA 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over YANG_680 (EP3780680) in view of HUANG_018 (US20220217018), and further view of FAGADAR-COSMA_319 (US20140321319)
Claim(s) 15
As discussed in the base claim, YANG_680 in view of HUANG_018 teaches a device that is a BBU.
YANG_680 does not explicitly teach
wherein a device is further configured to:
obtain deployment information after establishing the channel between the base station and the network management device; and
perform a deployment operation based on the deployment information.
However in a similar endeavor, FAGADAR-COSMA_319 teaches
wherein a device is further configured to:
obtain deployment information after establishing the channel between the base station and the network management device; and perform a deployment operation based on the deployment information. Cloud management system obtaining deployment information from said another PE router, the cloud management system further deploying the suitable VPLS service on the PE router using the deployment information. <para. 0015-0018; Claim 1>.
Before the effective filing date of the claim invention, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in art to have modified the system/techniques disclosed by YANG_680 and HUANG_018 with the embodiment(s) disclosed by FAGADAR-COSMA_319. One of ordinary skill in the art would have been motivated to make this modification in order to provide a solution in which the operator of the cloud management system need not be aware of the specifics of the VPLS services that are being facilitated by the SP. <para. 0013>.
Claim(s) is/are rejected under AIA 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over YANG_680 (EP3780680) in view of HUANG_018 (US20220217018), in view of FAGADAR-COSMA_319 (US20140321319), and further view of CHOI_479 (US20160316479)
Claim(s) 16
As discussed in the base claim, YANG_680 in view of HUANG_018 teaches a device that is a BBU and Yang_860 in view of FAGADAR-COSMA_319 teaches information that is particularly deployment information.
YANG_680 does not explicitly teach
wherein a device is configured to:
send a first request to the network management device,
wherein the first request is used to obtain the information; and
receive the information from the network management device.
However in a similar endeavor, CHOI_479 teaches
wherein a device is configured to:
send a first request to the network management device, wherein the first request is used to obtain the information; and receive the information from the network management device. an RRC information request message contain information about the first RRUs to the second BBU, and receiving an RRC information response message containing information about the second RRUs from the second BBU. <para. 0014>.
Before the effective filing date of the claim invention, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in art to have modified the system/techniques disclosed by YANG_680, HUANG_018 and FAGADAR-COSMA_319 with the embodiment(s) disclosed by CHOI_479. One of ordinary skill in the art would have been motivated to make this modification in order to reduce measurement operation of a UE in a heterogeneous network environment, particularly, a cloud network environment. <para. 0018>.
Claim(s) is/are rejected under AIA 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over YANG_680 (EP3780680) in view of HUANG_018 (US20220217018), in view of FAGADAR-COSMA_319 (US20140321319), and further view of POTLURI_168 (US20210303168)
Claim(s) 18
YANG_680 does not explicitly teach
wherein the deployment information comprises one or more of the following information: software information, a configuration file, or a license file.
However in a similar endeavor, POTLURI_168 teaches
wherein the deployment information comprises one or more of the following information: software information, a configuration file, or a license file. deployment information includes configuration information <FIG(s). 5; para. 0031, 0078; Abstract, Claim 1>.
Before the effective filing date of the claim invention, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in art to have modified the system/techniques disclosed by YANG_680, HUANG_018 and FAGADAR-COSMA_319 with the embodiment(s) disclosed by POTLURI_168. One of ordinary skill in the art would have been motivated to make this modification in order to provide improved network deployment techniques that reduce incorrect attempts and saves computing resources <para. 0018-0010>.
Claim(s) is/are rejected under AIA 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over YANG_680 (EP3780680) in view of HUANG_018 (US20220217018), in view of FAGADAR-COSMA_319 (US20140321319), and further view of SHEVENELL_111 (US20110219111)
Claim(s) 18
YANG_680 does not explicitly teach
wherein the deployment information comprises one or more of the following information: software information, a configuration file, or a license file.
However in a similar endeavor, SHEVENELL_111 teaches
wherein the deployment information comprises one or more of the following information: software information, a configuration file, or a license file. deployment information may include information relating to software installed/running on certain portions of a network <para. 0026>.
Before the effective filing date of the claim invention, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in art to have modified the system/techniques disclosed by YANG_680, HUANG_018 and FAGADAR-COSMA_319 with the embodiment(s) disclosed by SHEVENELL_111. One of ordinary skill in the art would have been motivated to make this modification in order to provide more effective/efficient/optimized testing of a network or portions thereof <para. 0026>.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claim(s) is/are indicated as having allowable subject matter and objected to.
Claim(s) 4, 6-8 and 17, 19, 20
The claim(s) is/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.
In addition to the explicit reasons given herein, allowability is also determined in view of the combination of references required for obviousness, the inter-relationship between other claimed limitations, and the claimed invention as a whole. Accordingly, amendments that do not incorporate the allowable claims into the base/intervening claims in its entirely, are not allowable. This includes amendments that incorporate the allowable claims into the base/intervening claims in part or in a non-narrowing manner (i.e., changing the scope of the subject matter).
Response to Arguments
The following arguments in the Reply have been fully considered but they are not persuasive:
Prior Art: Yang teaches the first network communication device, that sends the station deployment file package containing channel information is embodied as a 4G BBU and therefore teaches a BBU that stores channel information.
The Reply’s arguments with respect to the other matters have been considered but are moot because the arguments do not apply to the rejection(s), which was necessitated by the Applicant’s amendments, being used in the current rejection.
Conclusion
Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. See MPEP § 706.07(a). Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
A shortened statutory period for reply to this final action is set to expire THREE MONTHS from the mailing date of this action. In the event a first reply is filed within TWO MONTHS of the mailing date of this final action and the advisory action is not mailed until after the end of the THREE-MONTH shortened statutory period, then the shortened statutory period will expire on the date the advisory action is mailed, and any extension fee pursuant to 37 CFR 1.136(a) will be calculated from the mailing date of the advisory action. In no event, however, will the statutory period for reply expire later than SIX MONTHS from the date of this final action.
Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the examiner should be directed to ANDRE TACDIRAN whose telephone number is 571-272-1717. The examiner can normally be reached on M-TH, 10-5PM EST. If attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are unsuccessful, the examiner’s supervisor, Jeffrey Rutkowski can be reached on 571-270-1215. The fax phone number for the organization where this application or proceeding is assigned is 571-273-8300.
/ANDRE TACDIRAN/
Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2415
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