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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 . Claims 1-20 are currently pending.
Specification
The title of the invention is not descriptive. A new title is required that is clearly indicative of the invention to which the claims are directed.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(b):
(b) CONCLUSION.—The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor regards as the invention.
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph:
The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.
Claims 1-5, 11-15, and 19 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor (or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the applicant), regards as the invention.
Claim 1 at line 4 recites the limitation "the first DCE". There is no antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 4 at line 2 recites the limitation "the target cell". There is no antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 11 at line 5 recites the limitation "the target DCI". There is no antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 14 at line 2 recites the limitation "the target cell". There is no antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 19 at line 2 recites the limitation "the target cell". There is no antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Dependent claims 2-5 and 12-15 are rejected based on the virtue of their dependency on the rejected base claims 1 and 11.
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) 1-20 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Rastegardoost et al. (US 20220007399 A1).
Regarding claim 1, Rastegardoost et al. disclose a communication method comprising: determining target downlink control information (DCI) belonging to a first DCI set indicating a target physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) belonging to a first PDSCH set, wherein the first DCE set is associated with the first DCI set (paragraph [0398]; UE may receive a first DCI scheduling a PDSCH with non-numerical K1 value. A second DCI may schedule a second PDSCH with a numerical K1 value. The UE may receive the second DCI after the first DCI) (paragraph [0397]; the second (next) DCI may trigger HARQ feedback transmission for one or more PDSCH groups comprising a group of the PDSCH); determining first information based on data information included in the target PDSCH; or determining the first information based on a demodulation reference signal DMRS corresponding to the target PDSCH, wherein the first information includes channel state information of the target PDSCH (paragraph [0160]; The base station may transmit a downlink DMRS and a corresponding PDSCH. The UE may use the one or more downlink DMRSs for coherent demodulation/channel estimation of the PDSCH) (paragraph [0178]; the UE may measure a quality of a link using one or more CSI-RS resources, and/or one or more demodulation reference signals (DMRSs). The quality of link may be based on a CSI value measured on RS resources. The base station may indicate that an RS resource is quasi co-located (QCLed) with one or more DM-RSs of a channel (PDSCH)); and sending the first information (paragraph [0156]; The UE may estimate a downlink channel state and/or generate a CSI report. The UE may provide the CSI report to the base station).
Regarding claim 2, Rastegardoost et al. further suggest wherein the determining the target DCI belonging to that the first DCI set indicating the target PDSCH with belonging to the first PDSCH set includes: determining acknowledgment (ACK) feedback information or negative acknowledgment (NACK) feedback information corresponding to at least two PDSCHs in the first PDSCH set is located in one time unit (paragraph [0401]; The UE may be scheduled to report one-shot feedback and one or more other HARQ-ACK feedbacks in a same slot/subframe), wherein the ACK feedback information indicates that decoding of a corresponding PDSCH succeeds, and the NACK feedback information indicates that decoding of a corresponding PDSCH fails; and DCI for scheduling a PDSCH in the first PDSCH set belongs to the first DCI set, or a PDSCH scheduled by using DCI in the first DCI set belongs to the first PDSCH set (paragraph [0251]; For a HARQ-ACK information bit, a UE may generate an ACK, e.g. if the UE correctly decodes a transport block. For a HARQ-ACK information bit, a UE may generate a NACK if the UE does not correctly decode the transport block) (paragraph [0394]; The one or more PDSCHs may be associated with a PDSCH group (e.g. a pre-defined PDSCH group, e.g. group #0). The first DCI format may not indicate an NFI value for the PDSCH group. The UE may determine the NFI value based on a second DCI format (e.g. DCI format 1_1) indicating the NFI value for the PDSCH group).
Regarding claim 3, Rastegardoost et al. further suggest wherein the determining the target DCI belonging to the first DCI set indicating the target PDSCH includes determining PDSCHs in the first PDSCH set are sorted according to a preset rule, wherein the target DCI indicates a location of the target PDSCH in the first PDSCH set (paragraph [0465]; The SPS PDSCH and/or the DL DCI-1 and/or the PDSCH-1 may be within a first channel occupancy. The UE may receive a third DCI, e.g. DL DCI-2. The third DCI may schedule one or more DL assignments, e.g. PDSCH-2 in FIG. 26. The third DCI and/or PDSCH-2 may be received in a next (second) channel occupancy, e.g. after the first channel occupancy (location/position of PDSCH-1 and PDSCH-2)) ([0278]; A value of a counter downlink assignment indicator (cDAI) field in a DCI format may denote an accumulative number, e.g. of {serving cell, PDCCH monitoring occasion}-pair(s), in which PDSCH reception(s) associated with a DCI format is present, up to a current serving cell and current PDCCH monitoring occasion, e.g. first in ascending order (sorted) of serving cell index and then in ascending order of PDCCH monitoring occasion index) ([0469]; appending may be in an increasing order of DL SPS configuration indexes. For example, the appending may be in an increasing order of time (sorted), e.g. from oldest postponed SPS PDSCH occasion to newest postponed SPS PDSCH occasion).
Regarding claim 4, Rastegardoost et al. further suggest wherein the determining the target DCI further includes indicating the target cell, wherein the target PDSCH is one or more PDSCHs in the first PDSCH set that are located in the target cell (paragraph [535]; The wireless device may receive a first DCI comprising/indicating a non-numerical value of HARQ feedback timing for one or more PDSCH receptions of the second cell. The wireless device may receive the first DCI in the second cell (self-carrier scheduling) or the first cell (cross-carrier scheduling) or a third cell (e.g. another Scell or a PScell /Scell of a second cell group)) (paragraph [0539]; The wireless device receives DCI-1 in Cell-1 (e.g. PCell or PUCCH SCell). DCI-1 schedules PDSCH-1 in Cell-2 (adjacent/neighboring)).
Regarding claim 5, Rastegardoost et al. further suggest wherein the communication method further comprises: receiving second information from the network device, wherein the second information is used to enable the terminal device to determine the first information based on the target DCI (paragraph [0160]; The base station may transmit a downlink DMRS (second information) and a corresponding PDSCH. The UE may use the one or more downlink DMRSs for coherent demodulation/channel estimation of the PDSCH) (paragraph [0178]; the UE may measure a quality of a link (CSI) using one or more CSI-RS resources, and/or one or more demodulation reference signals (DMRSs)).
Regarding claim 6, Rastegardoost et al. disclose a communication method, wherein the method comprises: sending target DCI belonging to a first DCI set indicating a target PDSCH belonging to a first PDSCH set, wherein the first DCI set is associated with the first PDSCH set (paragraph [0398]; UE may receive a first DCI scheduling a PDSCH with non-numerical K1 value. A second DCI may schedule a second PDSCH with a numerical K1 value. The UE may receive the second DCI after the first DCI) (paragraph [0397]; the second (next) DCI may trigger HARQ feedback transmission for one or more PDSCH groups comprising a group of the PDSCH); and receiving first information, wherein the first information includes channel state information of the target PDSCH (paragraph [0156]; The UE may estimate a downlink channel state and/or generate a CSI report. The UE may provide the CSI report to the base station) (paragraph [0160]; The base station may transmit a downlink DMRS and a corresponding PDSCH. The UE may use the one or more downlink DMRSs for coherent demodulation/channel estimation of the PDSCH) (paragraph [0178]; the UE may measure a quality of a link using one or more CSI-RS resources, and/or one or more demodulation reference signals (DMRSs). The quality of link may be based on a CSI value measured on RS resources. The base station may indicate that an RS resource is quasi co-located (QCLed) with one or more DM-RSs of a channel (PDSCH)).
Regarding claim 7, Rastegardoost et al. further suggest wherein that the sending the target DCI belonging to the first DCI set indicating a target PDSCH associated with the first PDSCH set includes: sending ACK feedback information or negative acknowledgment NACK feedback information corresponding to at least two PDSCHs in the first PDSCH set located in one time unit (paragraph [0401]; The UE may be scheduled to report one-shot feedback and one or more other HARQ-ACK feedbacks in a same slot/subframe), wherein the ACK feedback information indicates that decoding of a corresponding PDSCH succeeds, and the NACK feedback information indicates that decoding of a corresponding PDSCH fails; and DCI for scheduling a PDSCH in the first PDSCH set belongs to the first DCI set, or a PDSCH scheduled by using DCI in the first DCI set belongs to the first PDSCH set (paragraph [0251]; For a HARQ-ACK information bit, a UE may generate an ACK, e.g. if the UE correctly decodes a transport block. For a HARQ-ACK information bit, a UE may generate a NACK if the UE does not correctly decode the transport block) (paragraph [0394]; The one or more PDSCHs may be associated with a PDSCH group (e.g. a pre-defined PDSCH group, e.g. group #0). The first DCI format may not indicate an NFI value for the PDSCH group. The UE may determine the NFI value based on a second DCI format (e.g. DCI format 1_1) indicating the NFI value for the PDSCH group).
Regarding claim 8, Rastegardoost et al. further suggest wherein that the sending the target DCI indicating the target PDSCH includes: sending PDSCHs in the first PDSCH set are sorted according to a preset rule, wherein the target DCI indicates a location of the target PDSCH in the first PDSCH set (paragraph [0465]; The SPS PDSCH and/or the DL DCI-1 and/or the PDSCH-1 may be within a first channel occupancy. The UE may receive a third DCI, e.g. DL DCI-2. The third DCI may schedule one or more DL assignments, e.g. PDSCH-2 in FIG. 26. The third DCI and/or PDSCH-2 may be received in a next (second) channel occupancy, e.g. after the first channel occupancy (location/position of PDSCH-1 and PDSCH-2)) ([0278]; A value of a counter downlink assignment indicator (cDAI) field in a DCI format may denote an accumulative number, e.g. of {serving cell, PDCCH monitoring occasion}-pair(s), in which PDSCH reception(s) associated with a DCI format is present, up to a current serving cell and current PDCCH monitoring occasion, e.g. first in ascending order (sorted) of serving cell index and then in ascending order of PDCCH monitoring occasion index) ([0469]; appending may be in an increasing order of DL SPS configuration indexes. For example, the appending may be in an increasing order of time (sorted), e.g. from oldest postponed SPS PDSCH occasion to newest postponed SPS PDSCH occasion).
Regarding claim 9, Rastegardoost et al. further suggest wherein the sending the target DCI includes sending the target DCI indicating a target cell, and the target PDSCH is one or more PDSCHs in the first PDSCH set that are located in the target cell (paragraph [535]; The wireless device may receive a first DCI comprising/indicating a non-numerical value of HARQ feedback timing for one or more PDSCH receptions of the second cell. The wireless device may receive the first DCI in the second cell (self-carrier scheduling) or the first cell (cross-carrier scheduling) or a third cell (e.g. another Scell or a PScell /Scell of a second cell group)) (paragraph [0539]; The wireless device receives DCI-1 in Cell-1 (e.g. PCell or PUCCH SCell). DCI-1 schedules PDSCH-1 in Cell-2 (adjacent/neighboring)).
Regarding claim 10, Rastegardoost et al. further suggest wherein the communication method further comprises: sending second information, wherein the second information is used to enable the terminal device to determine the first information based on the target DCI (paragraph [0160]; The base station may transmit a downlink DMRS (second information) and a corresponding PDSCH. The UE may use the one or more downlink DMRSs for coherent demodulation/channel estimation of the PDSCH) (paragraph [0178]; the UE may measure a quality of a link (CSI) using one or more CSI-RS resources, and/or one or more demodulation reference signals (DMRSs)).
Regarding claim 11, Rastegardoost et al. disclose a communication apparatus, comprising: memory storing a program; and one or more processors, coupled to the memory, wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute the program to perform: determining DCI, wherein the target DCI indicates a target PDSCH (paragraph [0398]; UE may receive a first DCI scheduling a PDSCH with non-numerical K1 value. A second DCI may schedule a second PDSCH with a numerical K1 value. The UE may receive the second DCI after the first DCI); determining first information based on data information included in the target PDSCH; or determining the first information based on a demodulation reference signal DMRS corresponding to the target PDSCH, wherein the first information includes channel state information of the target PDSCH (paragraph [0160]; The base station may transmit a downlink DMRS and a corresponding PDSCH. The UE may use the one or more downlink DMRSs for coherent demodulation/channel estimation of the PDSCH) (paragraph [0178]; the UE may measure a quality of a link using one or more CSI-RS resources, and/or one or more demodulation reference signals (DMRSs). The quality of link may be based on a CSI value measured on RS resources. The base station may indicate that an RS resource is quasi co-located (QCLed) with one or more DM-RSs of a channel (PDSCH)); and sending the first information (paragraph [0156]; The UE may estimate a downlink channel state and/or generate a CSI report. The UE may provide the CSI report to the base station); wherein the target PDSCH belongs to a first PDSCH set, the target DCI belongs to a first DCI set, and the first DCI set is associated with the first PDSCH set (paragraph [0397]; the second (next) DCI may trigger HARQ feedback transmission for one or more PDSCH groups comprising a group of the PDSCH).
Regarding claim 12, Rastegardoost et al. further suggest wherein the first DCI set is associated with the first PDSCH set includes: acknowledgment (ACK) feedback information or negative acknowledgment (NACK) feedback information corresponding to at least two PDSCHs in the first PDSCH set is located in one time unit (paragraph [0401]; The UE may be scheduled to report one-shot feedback and one or more other HARQ-ACK feedbacks in a same slot/subframe), wherein the ACK feedback information indicates that decoding of a corresponding PDSCH succeeds, and the NACK feedback information indicates that decoding of a corresponding PDSCH fails; and DCI for scheduling a PDSCH in the first PDSCH set belongs to the first DCI set, or a PDSCH scheduled by using DCI in the first DCI set belongs to the first PDSCH set (paragraph [0251]; For a HARQ-ACK information bit, a UE may generate an ACK, e.g. if the UE correctly decodes a transport block. For a HARQ-ACK information bit, a UE may generate a NACK if the UE does not correctly decode the transport block) (paragraph [0394]; The one or more PDSCHs may be associated with a PDSCH group (e.g. a pre-defined PDSCH group, e.g. group #0). The first DCI format may not indicate an NFI value for the PDSCH group. The UE may determine the NFI value based on a second DCI format (e.g. DCI format 1_1) indicating the NFI value for the PDSCH group).
Regarding claim 13, Rastegardoost et al. further suggest wherein the target PDSCH includes: PDSCHs in the first PDSCH set sorted according to a preset rule, wherein the target DCI indicates a location of the target PDSCH in the first PDSCH set (paragraph [0465]; The SPS PDSCH and/or the DL DCI-1 and/or the PDSCH-1 may be within a first channel occupancy. The UE may receive a third DCI, e.g. DL DCI-2. The third DCI may schedule one or more DL assignments, e.g. PDSCH-2 in FIG. 26. The third DCI and/or PDSCH-2 may be received in a next (second) channel occupancy, e.g. after the first channel occupancy (location/position of PDSCH-1 and PDSCH-2)) ([0278]; A value of a counter downlink assignment indicator (cDAI) field in a DCI format may denote an accumulative number, e.g. of {serving cell, PDCCH monitoring occasion}-pair(s), in which PDSCH reception(s) associated with a DCI format is present, up to a current serving cell and current PDCCH monitoring occasion, e.g. first in ascending order (sorted) of serving cell index and then in ascending order of PDCCH monitoring occasion index) ([0469]; appending may be in an increasing order of DL SPS configuration indexes. For example, the appending may be in an increasing order of time (sorted), e.g. from oldest postponed SPS PDSCH occasion to newest postponed SPS PDSCH occasion).
Regarding claim 14, Rastegardoost et al. further suggest wherein the target DCI further indicates the target cell, and the target PDSCH is one or more PDSCHs in the first PDSCH set that are located in the target cell (paragraph [535]; The wireless device may receive a first DCI comprising/indicating a non-numerical value of HARQ feedback timing for one or more PDSCH receptions of the second cell. The wireless device may receive the first DCI in the second cell (self-carrier scheduling) or the first cell (cross-carrier scheduling) or a third cell (e.g. another Scell or a PScell /Scell of a second cell group)) (paragraph [0539]; The wireless device receives DCI-1 in Cell-1 (e.g. PCell or PUCCH SCell). DCI-1 schedules PDSCH-1 in Cell-2 (adjacent/neighboring)).
Regarding claim 15, Rastegardoost et al. further suggest wherein the one or more processors are further configured to perform: receiving second information from the network device, wherein the second information is used to enable the terminal device to determine the first information based on the target DCI (paragraph [0160]; The base station may transmit a downlink DMRS (second information) and a corresponding PDSCH. The UE may use the one or more downlink DMRSs for coherent demodulation/channel estimation of the PDSCH) (paragraph [0178]; the UE may measure a quality of a link (CSI) using one or more CSI-RS resources, and/or one or more demodulation reference signals (DMRSs)).
Regarding claim 16, Rastegardoost et al. disclose a communication apparatus, comprising: memory storing a program; and one or more processors, coupled to the memory, wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute the program to cause the processor to perform: sending target DCI, wherein the target DCI indicates a target PDSCH (paragraph [0398]; UE may receive a first DCI scheduling a PDSCH with non-numerical K1 value. A second DCI may schedule a second PDSCH with a numerical K1 value. The UE may receive the second DCI after the first DCI) (paragraph [0397]; the second (next) DCI may trigger HARQ feedback transmission for one or more PDSCH groups comprising a group of the PDSCH); and receiving first information, wherein the first information includes channel state information of the target PDSCH; wherein the target PDSCH belongs to a first PDSCH set, the target DCI belongs to a first DCI set, and the first DCI set is associated with the first PDSCH set (paragraph [0156]; The UE may estimate a downlink channel state and/or generate a CSI report. The UE may provide the CSI report to the base station) (paragraph [0160]; The base station may transmit a downlink DMRS and a corresponding PDSCH. The UE may use the one or more downlink DMRSs for coherent demodulation/channel estimation of the PDSCH) (paragraph [0178]; the UE may measure a quality of a link using one or more CSI-RS resources, and/or one or more demodulation reference signals (DMRSs). The quality of link may be based on a CSI value measured on RS resources. The base station may indicate that an RS resource is quasi co-located (QCLed) with one or more DM-RSs of a channel (PDSCH)) (paragraph [0397]; the second (next) DCI may trigger HARQ feedback transmission for one or more PDSCH groups comprising a group of the PDSCH).
Regarding claim 17, Rastegardoost et al. further suggest wherein that the first DCI set is associated with the first PDSCH set includes: ACK feedback information or negative acknowledgment NACK feedback information corresponding to at least two PDSCHs in the first PDSCH set is located in one time unit (paragraph [0401]; The UE may be scheduled to report one-shot feedback and one or more other HARQ-ACK feedbacks in a same slot/subframe), wherein the ACK feedback information indicates that decoding of a corresponding PDSCH succeeds, and the NACK feedback information indicates that decoding of a corresponding PDSCH fails; and DCI for scheduling a PDSCH in the first PDSCH set belongs to the first DCI set, or a PDSCH scheduled by using DCI in the first DCI set belongs to the first PDSCH set (paragraph [0251]; For a HARQ-ACK information bit, a UE may generate an ACK, e.g. if the UE correctly decodes a transport block. For a HARQ-ACK information bit, a UE may generate a NACK if the UE does not correctly decode the transport block) (paragraph [0394]; The one or more PDSCHs may be associated with a PDSCH group (e.g. a pre-defined PDSCH group, e.g. group #0). The first DCI format may not indicate an NFI value for the PDSCH group. The UE may determine the NFI value based on a second DCI format (e.g. DCI format 1_1) indicating the NFI value for the PDSCH group).
Regarding claim 18, Rastegardoost et al. further suggest wherein the target PDSCH includes: PDSCHs in the first PDSCH set sorted according to a preset rule, wherein the target DCI indicates a location of the target PDSCH in the first PDSCH set (paragraph [0465]; The SPS PDSCH and/or the DL DCI-1 and/or the PDSCH-1 may be within a first channel occupancy. The UE may receive a third DCI, e.g. DL DCI-2. The third DCI may schedule one or more DL assignments, e.g. PDSCH-2 in FIG. 26. The third DCI and/or PDSCH-2 may be received in a next (second) channel occupancy, e.g. after the first channel occupancy (location/position of PDSCH-1 and PDSCH-2)) ([0278]; A value of a counter downlink assignment indicator (cDAI) field in a DCI format may denote an accumulative number, e.g. of {serving cell, PDCCH monitoring occasion}-pair(s), in which PDSCH reception(s) associated with a DCI format is present, up to a current serving cell and current PDCCH monitoring occasion, e.g. first in ascending order (sorted) of serving cell index and then in ascending order of PDCCH monitoring occasion index) ([0469]; appending may be in an increasing order of DL SPS configuration indexes. For example, the appending may be in an increasing order of time (sorted), e.g. from oldest postponed SPS PDSCH occasion to newest postponed SPS PDSCH occasion).
Regarding claim 19, Rastegardoost et al. further suggest wherein the target DCI further indicates the target cell, and the target PDSCH is one or more PDSCHs in the first PDSCH set that are located in the target cell (paragraph [535]; The wireless device may receive a first DCI comprising/indicating a non-numerical value of HARQ feedback timing for one or more PDSCH receptions of the second cell. The wireless device may receive the first DCI in the second cell (self-carrier scheduling) or the first cell (cross-carrier scheduling) or a third cell (e.g. another Scell or a PScell /Scell of a second cell group)) (paragraph [0539]; The wireless device receives DCI-1 in Cell-1 (e.g. PCell or PUCCH SCell). DCI-1 schedules PDSCH-1 in Cell-2 (adjacent/neighboring)).
Regarding claim 20, Rastegardoost et al. further suggest wherein the one or more processors are further configured to perform: sending second information, wherein the second information is used to enable the terminal device to determine the first information based on the target DCI (paragraph [0160]; The base station may transmit a downlink DMRS (second information) and a corresponding PDSCH. The UE may use the one or more downlink DMRSs for coherent demodulation/channel estimation of the PDSCH) (paragraph [0178]; the UE may measure a quality of a link (CSI) using one or more CSI-RS resources, and/or one or more demodulation reference signals (DMRSs)).
Conclusion
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HOANG-CHUONG Q. VU
Primary Examiner
Art Unit 2476
/HOANG-CHUONG Q VU/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2476