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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 ..
Continued Examination Under 37 CFR 1.114
A request for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, including the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e), was filed in this application after final rejection. Since this application is eligible for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, and the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e) has been timely paid, the finality of the previous Office action has been withdrawn pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114. Applicant's submission filed on 04/29/2026 has been entered.
Information Disclosure Statement
The information disclosure statements (IDS) submitted on 06/22/2026 has been placed in record and considered by the examiner.
Summary
This action is in reply to Applicant's Amendments and Remarks filed on 04/29/2026.
Claims 1, 7-9, 15-17 and 21-22 are pending.
Claims 2-6, 10-14 and 18-20 are canceled.
Response to Arguments
Applicant's arguments dated 04/29/2026 with respect to claims 1, 7-9, 15-17 and 21-22 have been fully considered but they are not persuasive.
Applicant presented argument that Huawei does not teach "wherein Preserve,re-ev further comprises a data periodicity value that is determined by the UE from the configured one or more SL resource pool supported periodicity values based on UE traffic", because the k values of Huawei are not "data periodicity values" as recited for claim 1, and similarly for claims 9 and 7. (REMARKS, Pages 6-7)
The Examiner respectfully disagrees.
The Examiner understands from Applicant’s REMARKS that the amendment requires a length of data periodicity values.
The Examiner presents that Huawei also discloses –
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2.1.1.3 Insufficient sensing results handling
….. a UE implementation can adjust the density of Y candidate slots as well as the number of Y candidate slots based on a long term learning of the overall conditions (traffic, environment, etc.) as well as other assistance info (speed, location, etc.), …..
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2.1.2 Contiguous partial sensing (CPS)
2.2.2.1 CPS triggering condition
At RAN1#104-e, the following agreement were made:
In a resource pool (pre-)configured with at least partial sensing, if UE performs contiguous partial sensing and resource (re-)selection is triggered in slot n, support the following option:
Option 1: For the purpose of resource (re-)selection, the UE monitors slots between [n+TA, n+TB] and performs identification of candidate resources, in or after slot n+TB, based on all available sensing results, including periodic-based partial sensing results (if applicable).
Pages 7-8:
2.1.2.2 CPS window determination
At RAN1#105-e, the following agreement were made:
In contiguous partial sensing for resource (re)selection, TA and TB values can be zero, positive or negative
TA and TB values or range depend on different operating scenarios or conditions (e.g., periodic/aperiodic traffic, predictability of triggering slot n, remaining PDB, re-evaluation/pre-emption checking, HARQ feedback, CBR/CR parameter, power saving, etc)
For the case that periodic reservation is enabled in the resource pool, the partial sensing RA needs to consider periodic reservation in addition to aperiodic reservation. Hence the design of partial sensing RA, including, e.g. determination candidate slots and partial sensing occasions, etc., needs to take into account both periodic and aperiodic reservations. Although the resource (re-)selection is triggered at slot n, in order to perform sensing at partial sensing occasions
t
y
0
-
k
*
P
r
e
s
e
r
v
e
S
L
, the set of Y candidate slots has to be determined in advance in order to perform sensing before slot n. In this case, for initial selection, the contiguous partial sensing window only needs to cover the most relevant 31 slots to the most recent possible selected candidate slot (i.e.
t
y
0
S
L
) from the selection window, i.e. irrelevant of slot n, where
t
p
r
o
c
,
0
+
T
1
represents the time gap between the last sensing slot and the most recent possible selected candidate slot, with
t
p
r
o
c
,
0
, and
T
1
as same definition as in Rel-16, which is shown in Error! Reference source not found.. Given that a SCI can reserve any resource within 31 slots, the contiguous partial sensing window needs to contain 31 slots in total to cover all possible aperiodic SCI reservation, otherwise, some SCIs may be missed, which results in unreliable resource exclusion. It is also noted, when the sl-ResourceReservePeriodList includes smaller periodicity values of less than 31 slots, the PBPS sensing occasions corresponding to these smaller periodicity values would be also coincidently sensed by CPS which spans 31 slots. That is, the partial sensing occasions are determined as a union set of slots
t
y
0
-
k
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e
s
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and a window [
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L
-
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,
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y
0
S
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-
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r
o
c
,
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]. As a consequence, the
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A
is determined as the remaining resource of all the candidate single-slot resources, i.e. the resources belong to the set of Y candidates, after resource exclusion based on both PBPS and CPS.
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Proposal 7: When a resource (re)selection procedure is triggered, if UE performs both periodic-based and contiguous partial sensing for the resource (re)selection procedure, the sensing results of the two schemes apply to the same resource selection window [n+T1, n+T2] and the same set of Y candidate slots.
Only one candidate resource set (
S
A
) is to be initialized based on the Y candidate slots selected for partial sensing.
A UE monitors slots between slots [
t
y
0
S
L
-
31
,
t
y
0
S
L
-
t
p
r
o
c
,
0
-
T
1
] for continuous partial sensing.
In reference to slot n, CPS window is defined as follows:
n
+
T
A
=
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y
0
S
L
-
31
n
+
T
B
=
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The reported
S
A
for MAC layer is determined as the remaining resource of all the candidate single-slot resources (resources belong to the set of Y candidates) after resource exclusion based on both PBPS and CPS.
It is obvious to a person skill in art, based on disclosure from Section 2.1.1.3 Option 1, Proposal 7 and Figure 5 and corresponding description cited above, that for Preserve,re-ev further comprises a data periodicity length value of Y candidate slots that is determined by the UE from the configured one or more SL resource pool supported periodicity values based on UE traffic monitored.
Therefore Huawei teaches “wherein Preserve,re-ev further comprises a data periodicity value that is determined by the UE from the configured one or more SL resource pool supported periodicity values”, as required by amended claim 9, and similarly claims 1 and 17.
Accordingly, claim 9 and similarly independent claims 1 and 17 with substantially similar features as in claim 9, are rejected.
Dependent claims 7-8, 15-16 and 21-22, being dependent on claims 1, 9 and 17, are also rejected for the same as above.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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.
This application currently names joint inventors. In considering patentability of the claims the examiner presumes that the subject matter of the various claims was commonly owned as of the effective filing date of the claimed invention(s) absent any evidence to the contrary. Applicant is advised of the obligation under 37 CFR 1.56 to point out the inventor and effective filing dates of each claim that was not commonly owned as of the effective filing date of the later invention in order for the examiner to consider the applicability of 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(2)(C) for any potential 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) prior art against the later invention.
Claims 1, 7-9, 15-17 and 21-22 are rejected under AIA 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Huawei et al. (R1-2106477 “Sidelink resource allocation to reduce power consumption”, of IDS, hereinafter ‘HUAWEI’) in view of Yue et al. (US 20240031999 A1 with priority of us-provisional-application US 63171006, of, IDS, hereinafter ‘YUE’).
Regarding claim 9, HUAWEI teaches an apparatus of a user equipment (UE) (Section 2.1.1 Periodic-based partial sensing (PBPS):
UE) that performs one of resource re-evaluation and resource pre-emption with periodic partial sensing (Pages 1-3, Section 2 Discussions,
Figure 1. Multiple (most recent two) partial sensing occasions per priority for a given candidate resource.
Page 17, Section 2.3 Re-evaluation and pre-emption check)
the UE to:
determine one or more periodicity values
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used for the one of the resource re-evaluation and the resource pre-emption in a SL resource pool, wherein
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comprises one or more SL resource pool supported periodicity values (Pages 1-2, Section 2.1.1 Periodic-based partial sensing (PBPS)
When a resource pool is configured to enable periodic reservation, periodic-based partial sensing shall be always performed if a UE utilizes partial sensing RA for PSCCH/PSSCH transmission of which traffic types can be either periodic or aperiodic, and no additional conditions shall be applied to disable PBPS.
2.1.1.1 Remaining details on determination on Preserve
At RAN1#105-e, the following agreement are made:
For the set of Preserve values in periodic-based partial sensing,
o If no (pre-)configuration (i.e., by default), Preserve corresponds to all values from the (pre-)configured set sl-ResourceReservePeriodList.
o Otherwise, a single set of Preserve values can be (pre-)configured, where the set of Preserve values are restricted to a subset of the (pre-)configured set sl-ResourceReservePeriodList
This is per mode 2 Tx resource pool (pre-)configuration
A UE by implementation may also monitor other sl-ResourceReservePeriodList values not part of the restricted subset …..
On determination of Preserve , in order to maximize PPR performance, Preserve should correspond to all values from the (pre-)configured set sl-ResourceReservePeriodList. Furthermore, the network may provide a subset value, from network point of view, to allow UEs to reduce power consumption whilst obtain reliable sensing result to meet their QoS requirements.
Pages 17-18, Section 2.3 Re-evaluation and pre-emption check
At RAN#103-e, the following agreements were made:
• Re-evaluation and pre-emption checking are supported by UEs that perform sensing
Timeline of mode 2 resource allocation includes sensing, identification of candidate resources (i.e. determination of S_A) and report to MAC layer, re-evaluation/pre-emption on a set of resource provided by MAC layer, update of S_A, etc., as shown in Figure 14.
See Figure 14 monitor all slots after sensing window for re-evaluation/pre-emption on selected resources);
identify a trigger for the one of the resource re-evaluation and the resource pre-emption (Page 3, Figure 1, resource (re)selection trigger received in slot n,
Page 2, Section 2.1.1.2 2.1.1.2 Remaining details on determination on k
o By default, the UE monitors the most recent sensing occasion for a given reservation periodicity before the resource (re)selection trigger slot n or the first slot of the set of Y candidate slots subject to processing time restriction.); and
perform the one of the resource re-evaluation and the resource pre-emption according to resource reservation information received during one or more sensing occasions prior to a slot
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that is a first slot of periodic-based candidate slots within a resource selection window, wherein the one or more sensing occasions occur according to one or more periodicities corresponding to the
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measured back from the slot
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(Page 3, Figure 1, resource (re)selection trigger received in slot n, and sensing occasions before ty0, that is a first slot of periodic-based candidate slots Y within a resource selection window for resource re-evaluation and the resource pre-emption,
Page 2, Section 2.1.1.2 2.1.1.2 Remaining details on determination on k
o By default, the UE monitors the most recent sensing occasion for a given reservation periodicity before the resource (re)selection trigger slot n or the first slot of the set of Y candidate slots subject to processing time restriction.
Pages 9-12 Section 2.2.1 2.2.1 Random selection with priority handling
Page 10, Rel-17 already supports different RA types to be configured in the same resource pool.
Page 11, Figure 7 RP configurations for ... Case 2.
− Case 2 – All UEs (for P-UE & V-UE), regardless of type of RA, are in the same TX resource pool, i.e. configurations provides a single resource pool.
Pages 11-12:
In a resource pool configured for mixed full-sensing and reduced-sensing, a full-sensing UE can monitor all SCIs including those originated from reduced-sensing UEs, and decides whether to re-select its own resources based on re-evaluation and pre-emption checks. ….. ..In Rel-16, pre-emption can be enabled/disabled per resource pool with a priority handling design, where a pre-emption priority threshold is configured for the resource pool. With this configuration, only a PSSCH with a priority value smaller than the priority threshold is allowed to pre-empt resources in the resource pool. This can be re-used in a resource pool configured for mixed full-sensing and reduced-sensing RAs to prevent that full sensing UEs must always back off or collide in presence of a reduced sensing UE which may have a quite different service profiles.
(Construed that a full-sensing UE monitors all SCIs (Sidelink Control Information) during sensing period for performing the one of the resource re-evaluation and the resource pre-emption based on priority according to resource reservation information received during one or more sensing occasions prior to a slot tyo or slot
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Pages 17-18, Section 2.3 Re-evaluation and pre-emption check
At RAN#103-e, the following agreements were made:
• Re-evaluation and pre-emption checking are supported by UEs that perform sensing
At RAN1#105-e, the following agreement are made:
Relationship to re-evaluation and pre-emption operation for periodic-based partial sensing to be discussed separately
FFS details including whether monitoring of periodic sensing occasions between triggering slot n and the first slot of the selected Y candidate slots subject to processing time restriction is performed as part of resource (re)selection or re-evaluation and pre-emption checking
Timeline of mode 2 resource allocation includes sensing, identification of candidate resources (i.e. determination of SA) and report to MAC layer, re-evaluation/pre-emption on a set of resource provided by MAC layer, update of SA, etc., as shown in Figure 14. For Rel-17, the timing reference on determination of SA is changed to slot ty0 subject to processing timing restriction rather than slot n as in Rel-16, and therefore re-evaluation and pre-emption check are performed after determination of SA. In addition, a UE does not need to monitor every slot for e-evaluation and pre-emption check taking into account power consumption reduction. In order to detect periodic reservation after ty0-processing time, only sensing occasions corresponding to Preserve are monitored.
See Page 18, Figure 14. See Figure 14 monitor all slots after sensing window for re-evaluation/pre-emption on selected resources),
wherein the one or more sensing occasions are identified using period definition data
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for the one of the resource re-evaluation and resource pre-emption that indicates one or more periods of each of the one or more periodicities during which the one or more sensing occasions occur (
Pages 2-3 Section 2.1.1.2 Remaining details on determination on k
For the case k is (pre-)configured, UE additionally monitors PBPS occasions in addition to monitoring the most recent partial sensing slot for a given traffic periodicity for a candidate resource, i.e. this means a UE can monitor the multiple most recent partial sensing slots per traffic periodicity. For example, assuming the resource pool provides reservation periods
P
1
and
P
2
, and setting k = most recent two (
k
=
1
and
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=
2
), which means most two recent slots for each
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1
and
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2
need to be monitored, that is, for a given candidate slot
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L
, the corresponding partial sensing occasions are determined as
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-
k
×
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s
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for preserve = P1. P2 and k = most recent two, as shown in Figure 1. With the assumption that the physical value
P
1
and
P
2
are converted to logical slots as
p
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'
=
15
slots and
p
2
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=
20
slots respectively, a UE should monitor at slot
t
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-
1
×
15
S
L
and
t
y
-
1
×
20
S
L
to check if candidate resource in slot
t
y
was periodically reserved by other UEs,
Pages 17-18, Section 2.3 Re-evaluation and pre-emption check
For Rel-17, the timing reference on determination of SA is changed to slot ty0 subject to processing timing restriction rather than slot n as in Rel-16, and therefore re-evaluation and pre-emption check are performed after determination of SA. …. In order to detect periodic reservation after ty0 - processing time, only sensing occasions corresponding to Preserve are monitored. . On the other hand, to detect aperiodic reservation after ty0 - processing time a UE only needs to monitor 31 slots prior to the set of Y candidate slots starting from
t
y
1
for re-evaluation and pre-emption check, because resource exclusion on slot
t
y
0
is already performed by PBPS and CPS during
S
A
determination, as shown in Figure 15.
(HUAWEI using Figure 14 and Figure 15 showing monitoring/sensing for PBPS+CPS periods to determine candidate resource set SA, then continue monitoring or sensing for re-evaluation and/or pre-emption check on selected resources for further periods corresponding to P_resv and 31 slots which are resources for re-evaluation and/or pre-emption, which corresponds to period definition data Kre-ev for the one of the resource re-evaluation and resource pre-emption.
See also Proposal 11 disclosing Preserve and a maximum of 31 slots for periodic and aperiodic reservations after tyo – processing time after candidate resource set SA determination indicating Preserve and a maximum of 31 slots as sensing period for re-evaluation and/or pre-emption check corresponding to Kre-ev,as defined in amended claim 9)),
wherein the one or more configured SL resource pool supported periodicity values comprises periodicity values used with the SL resource pool for resource selection (
Page 1, Section 2.1.1 Periodic-based partial sensing (PBPS)
When a resource pool is configured to enable periodic reservation, periodic-based partial sensing shall be always performed if a UE utilizes partial sensing RA for PSCCH/PSSCH transmission of which traffic types can be either periodic or aperiodic, and no additional conditions shall be applied to disable PBPS.
2.1.1.1 Remaining details on determination on Preserve
At RAN1#105-e, the following agreement are made:
For the set of Preserve values in periodic-based partial sensing,
o If no (pre-)configuration (i.e., by default), Preserve corresponds to all values from the (pre-)configured set sl-ResourceReservePeriodList.
o Otherwise, a single set of Preserve values can be (pre-)configured, where the set of Preserve values are restricted to a subset of the (pre-)configured set sl-ResourceReservePeriodList).
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On determination of
P
reserve
, in order to maximize PPR performance,
P
reserve
should correspond to all values from the (pre-)configured set sl-ResourceReservePeriodList.
Pages 2-3 Section 2.1.1.2: Remaining details on determination on k
At RAN1#105-e, the following agreement are made:
For the k value in periodic-based partial sensing for resource (re)selection,
o By default, the UE monitors the most recent sensing occasion for a given reservation periodicity before the resource (re)selection trigger slot n or the first slot of the set of Y candidate slots subject to processing time restriction.
o If (pre-)configured, UE additionally monitors periodic sensing occasions that correspond to a set of values which can be (pre-)configured with at least one value
(Construed that one or more SL resource pool supported periodicity values comprises periodicity values used for resource selection)), and
wherein Preserve,re-ev further comprises a data periodicity value that is determined by the UE from the configured one or more SL resource pool supported periodicity values based on UE traffic (
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2.1.1.3 Insufficient sensing results handling
….. a UE implementation can adjust the density of Y candidate slots as well as the number of Y candidate slots based on a long term learning of the overall conditions (traffic, environment, etc.) as well as other assistance info (speed, location, etc.), …..
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2.1.2 Contiguous partial sensing (CPS)
2.2.2.1 CPS triggering condition
At RAN1#104-e, the following agreement were made:
In a resource pool (pre-)configured with at least partial sensing, if UE performs contiguous partial sensing and resource (re-)selection is triggered in slot n, support the following option:
Option 1: For the purpose of resource (re-)selection, the UE monitors slots between [n+TA, n+TB] and performs identification of candidate resources, in or after slot n+TB, based on all available sensing results, including periodic-based partial sensing results (if applicable).
Pages 7-8:
2.1.2.2 CPS window determination
At RAN1#105-e, the following agreement were made:
In contiguous partial sensing for resource (re)selection, TA and TB values can be zero, positive or negative
TA and TB values or range depend on different operating scenarios or conditions (e.g., periodic/aperiodic traffic, predictability of triggering slot n, remaining PDB, re-evaluation/pre-emption checking, HARQ feedback, CBR/CR parameter, power saving, etc)
For the case that periodic reservation is enabled in the resource pool, the partial sensing RA needs to consider periodic reservation in addition to aperiodic reservation. Hence the design of partial sensing RA, including, e.g. determination candidate slots and partial sensing occasions, etc., needs to take into account both periodic and aperiodic reservations. Although the resource (re-)selection is triggered at slot n, in order to perform sensing at partial sensing occasions
t
y
0
-
k
*
P
r
e
s
e
r
v
e
S
L
, the set of Y candidate slots has to be determined in advance in order to perform sensing before slot n. In this case, for initial selection, the contiguous partial sensing window only needs to cover the most relevant 31 slots to the most recent possible selected candidate slot (i.e.
t
y
0
S
L
) from the selection window, i.e. irrelevant of slot n, where
t
p
r
o
c
,
0
+
T
1
represents the time gap between the last sensing slot and the most recent possible selected candidate slot, with
t
p
r
o
c
,
0
, and
T
1
as same definition as in Rel-16, which is shown in Error! Reference source not found.. Given that a SCI can reserve any resource within 31 slots, the contiguous partial sensing window needs to contain 31 slots in total to cover all possible aperiodic SCI reservation, otherwise, some SCIs may be missed, which results in unreliable resource exclusion. It is also noted, when the sl-ResourceReservePeriodList includes smaller periodicity values of less than 31 slots, the PBPS sensing occasions corresponding to these smaller periodicity values would be also coincidently sensed by CPS which spans 31 slots. That is, the partial sensing occasions are determined as a union set of slots
t
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0
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k
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and a window [
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-
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,
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-
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c
,
0
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]. As a consequence, the
S
A
is determined as the remaining resource of all the candidate single-slot resources, i.e. the resources belong to the set of Y candidates, after resource exclusion based on both PBPS and CPS.
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Proposal 7: When a resource (re)selection procedure is triggered, if UE performs both periodic-based and contiguous partial sensing for the resource (re)selection procedure, the sensing results of the two schemes apply to the same resource selection window [n+T1, n+T2] and the same set of Y candidate slots.
Only one candidate resource set (
S
A
) is to be initialized based on the Y candidate slots selected for partial sensing.
A UE monitors slots between slots [
t
y
0
S
L
-
31
,
t
y
0
S
L
-
t
p
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c
,
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] for continuous partial sensing.
In reference to slot n, CPS window is defined as follows:
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=
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n
+
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=
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-
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The reported
S
A
for MAC layer is determined as the remaining resource of all the candidate single-slot resources (resources belong to the set of Y candidates) after resource exclusion based on both PBPS and CPS.
(It is obvious to a person skill in art, based on Option 1, Proposal 7 and Figure 5 and corresponding description cited above, that for Preserve,re-ev further comprises a data periodicity length value of Y candidate slots that is determined by the UE from the configured one or more SL resource pool supported periodicity values based on UE traffic monitored)).
HUAWEI does not expressly disclose an apparatus of a user equipment (UE) that performs one of resource re-evaluation and resource pre-emption with periodic partial sensing, comprising:
one or more processors, and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors.
In an analogous art, YUE teaches an apparatus of a user equipment (UE)
(Fig. 1, mobile devices 120, Fig. 2, UEs,
Fig. 16 Processing Device 1600,
[0167] …. the processing system 1600 is in a user-side device accessing a wireless or wireline telecommunications network, such as a mobile station, a user equipment (UE), a personal computer (PC), a tablet, a wearable communications device (e.g., a smartwatch, etc.), or any other device adapted to access a telecommunications network.), that performs one of resource re-evaluation and resource pre-emption with periodic partial sensing (Fig. 10,
[0145] For a sensing UE with periodic traffic, as shown in FIG. 10, when resource (re)selection is triggered at slot n, the UE will select a resource from a set of Y candidate slots within a resource selection window [n+T1, n+T2]. The starting slot of the Y candidate slots is at slot ty0. If a UE performs contiguous based partial sensing, it monitors the slots between [TCPSst, TCPSend], with a problem of how to select TCPSst and TCPSend.
[0148] It is possible that there is an overlap between the slots for contiguous partial sensing and the slots in periodic based partial sensing. Based on the sensing results from contiguous partial sensing and periodic partial sensing if available, UE selects the resource from the set of Y candidate slots within the resource selection window. After selecting the resource, the UE then performs re-evaluation and pre-emption if configured.), comprising:
one or more processors, and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors (Fig. 16, Processing Device 1600 with Processor 1604, Memory 1606,
[0166] …the processing system 1600 includes a processor 1604, a memory 1606, …. as shown in FIG. 16. The processor 1604 …. adapted to perform computations and/or other processing related tasks, and the memory 1606 …. adapted to store programming and/or instructions for execution by the processor 1604. In an embodiment, the memory 1606 includes a non-transitory computer readable medium.
Supported by US 63171006 Figure 1 [0004-0006] UEs for LTE/NR sidelink (UE with Processor and memory is obvious), Figure 9, [0067-0070, 0081, 0086).
Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time the invention was made to take the technique of contiguous based partial sensing for Aperiodic Traffic of YUE to the system of contiguous partial sensing for combined periodic and aperiodic traffic of HUAWEI in order to take the advantage of method for sidelink communications using UE coordination mechanism where the UE shares resource for the other UEs to use in their resource selection for efficient sensing and power consumption (YUE: [0002, 0003, 0154]).
Regarding claim 1, the claim is interpreted mutatis mutandis of claim 9 and rejected for the same reason as set forth for claim 9.
Regarding claim 17, the claim is interpreted mutatis mutandis of claim 9 and rejected for the same reason as set forth for claim 9.
Regarding claim 7, HUAWEI teaches the method of claim 1, wherein the one or more periods includes a first period of each of the one or more periodicities occurring prior to a restriction time for the one or more sensing occasions (
Page 2, Section 2.1.1.2 2.1.1.2 Remaining details on determination on k
o By default, the UE monitors the most recent sensing occasion for a given reservation periodicity before the resource (re)selection trigger slot n or the first slot of the set of Y candidate slots subject to processing time restriction
In periodic-based partial sensing for resource (re)selection, the UE at least monitors in periodic sensing occasion(s) for a given reservation periodicity before the first slot of the selected Y candidate slots subject to processing time restriction for the identification of candidate resources.
o The processing time restriction includes Tproc,0SL and Tproc,1SL.).
Regarding claim 8, HUAWEI teaches the method of claim 1, wherein
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used to identify sensing occasions for resource selection (
Pages 2-3 Section 2.1.1.2 Remaining details on determination on k
For the case k is (pre-)configured, UE additionally monitors PBPS occasions in addition to monitoring the most recent partial sensing slot for a given traffic periodicity for a candidate resource, i.e. this means a UE can monitor the multiple most recent partial sensing slots per traffic periodicity. For example, assuming the resource pool provides reservation periods
P
1
and
P
2
, and setting k = most recent two (
k
=
1
and
k
=
2
), which means most two recent slots for each
P
1
and
P
2
need to be monitored, that is, for a given candidate slot
t
y
S
L
, the corresponding partial sensing occasions are determined as
t
y
-
k
×
p
r
e
s
e
r
v
e
S
L
for preserve = P1. P2 and k = most recent two, as shown in Figure 1).
Regarding claim 15, the claim is interpreted and rejected for the same reason as set forth for claim 7.
Regarding claim 16, the claim is interpreted and rejected for the same reason as set forth for claim 8.
Regarding claim 21, the claim is interpreted and rejected for the same reason as set forth for claim 7.
Regarding claim 22, the claim is interpreted and rejected for the same reason as set forth for claim 8.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure:
Ko et al. (US 20240430867 A1), describing METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING RESOURCE ON BASIS OF PARTIAL SENSING IN NR V2X
Hoang et al. (US 12048011 B2), describing Partial Sensing-based Resource Allocation
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