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This communication is in response to the claims filed on 11/06/2023.
Application No: 18/502,609
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
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 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.
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 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 nonobviousness.
Claims 1-3, 5-7, 9-11, 13-17 and 19-20 are rejected under 35 U. S. C. 103 as being unpatentable over XuKai et al. (US 20200314858 A1) in view of NohHoondong et al. ( US 20200328849 A1).
Regarding claim 1, XuKai teaches a wireless device ([0205], Fig. 1, e.g. FIG. 1 is an example Radio Access Network (RAN) architecture as per an aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure. As illustrated in this example, a RAN node may be a next generation Node B (gNB) (e.g. 120A, 120B) providing New Radio (NR) user plane and control plane protocol terminations towards a first wireless device (e.g. 110A). In an example, a RAN node may be a next generation evolved Node B (ng-eNB) (e.g. 120C, 120D), providing Evolved UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) user plane and control plane protocol terminations towards a second wireless device (e.g. 110B). The first wireless device may communicate with a gNB over a Uu interface. The second wireless device may communicate with a ng-eNB over a Uu interface), comprising:
one or more processors; and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors ([0228], e.g. The wireless device 110 may comprise at least one communication interface 310 (e.g. a wireless modem, an antenna, and/or the like), at least one processor 314, and at least one set of program code instructions 316 stored in non-transitory memory 315 and executable by the at least one processor 314), cause the wireless device to:
receive, via a first control resource set (coreset) pool of a plurality of coreset pools ([0376], e.g. The wireless device may receive multiple CORESETs with difference IDs from a same TRP. [0377] The wireless device may determine, based on the multiple DCI from multiple CORESETs, one or more TCI states of the multiple CORESETs activated by a MAC CE. The wireless device may determine one or more TCI states based on the multiple DCI from the multiple CORESETs (transmitted from multiple TRPs or a same TRP). [0374] The two CORSETs may be transmitted from a same TRP (e.g., CORESET0 with PDCCH0 and CORESET1 with PDCCH1 may be transmitted from TRP0). In an example, CORESET0 and CORESET1 may be with different CORESET IDs (i.e. pool of a plurality of coreset pools)),
a first downlink control information (DCI) indicating no feedback timing for transmission of feedback information of the first DCI ([0259], e.g. In an example, a gNB may transmit a downlink control information comprising a downlink assignment to a wireless device via one or more PDCCHs. The downlink assignment may comprise parameters indicating at least modulation and coding format; resource allocation; and/or HARQ information related to DL-SCH (i.e. DCI indicating no feedback timing for transmission of feedback information of the first DCI). In an example, a resource allocation may comprise parameters of resource block allocation; and/or slot allocation. In an example, a gNB may dynamically allocate resources to a wireless device via a Cell-Radio Network Temporary Identifier (C-RNTI) on one or more PDCCHs. [0263] In an example, a base station may transmit DCI/control signaling via PDCCH. The DCI may take a format in a plurality of formats (i.e. with or without feedback information formats). A DCI may comprise downlink and/or uplink scheduling information (e.g., resource allocation information, HARQ related parameters, MCS), request for CSI (e.g., aperiodic CQI reports), request for SRS, uplink power control commands for one or more cells, one or more timing information (e.g., TB transmission/reception timing, HARQ feedback timing (i.e. DCI may include no feedback timing information or may include feedback timing for transmission of information of the first DCI based on [0259 and 0263]));
receive a second DCI indicating a first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) ([0212], e.g. The wireless device may receive a Downlink Control Information (DCI) via Physical Downlink Control CHannel (PDCCH) indicating an uplink grant. In an example, the uplink grant may be for a first TTI/numerology and may indicate uplink resources for transmission of a transport block).
XuKai teaches that a wireless device receives one or more messages. The one or more messages comprise configuration parameters of the cell. The configuration parameters indicate a plurality of control resource sets for multiple transmission reception points. However XuKai differs from the claimed invention in not specifically and clearly describing wherein
transmit the feedback information of the first DCI via the first PUCCH, based on the first PUCCH being associated with the first coreset pool via which the first DCI is received.
However, in the analogous field of endeavor, NohHoondong teaches wherein
transmit the feedback information of the first DCI via the first PUCCH ([0244], e.g. When the base station transmits an indication of a configuration of concatenating HARQ-ACK codebook for all TRPs to the terminal via higher layer signaling, the terminal may determine a slot to which the PUCCH carrying the HARQ-ACK feedback bits based on a PDSCH-to-HARQ_feedback timing indicator indicating a slot interval between the PDSCH scheduled by the DCI transmitted by each TRP and the corresponding HARQ-ACK feedback. The terminal may also determine the HARQ-ACK codebook bits based on the HARQ-ACK feedback information corresponding to the PDSCH scheduled by the DCI scheduling PUCCHs mapped to the same slot),
based on the first PUCCH being associated with the first coreset pool via which the first DCI is received ([0329], e.g. The PDCCH #1 for TRP #1 19-00 is determined by a CORESET and search space configuration in the frequency domain, and the spatial domain configuration of the CORESET for the PDCCH may be determined by the TCI state reference to DL RS # X as denoted by reference number 19-40 (i.e. based on the first PUCCH being associated with the first coreset pool via which the first DCI is received). When the DL RS # X is a CSI-RS, the base station may use the parameter qcl-InfoPeriodicCSI-RS to refer to TCI-StateID during NZP-CSI-RS-Resource configuration to the terminal via an RRC message).
Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the invention to implement the method of NohHoondong within the method of XuKai. The motivation to combine references is that the combined system provides a communication scheme and system for converging a 5.sup.th generation (5G) communication system for supporting a data rate higher than that of a 4.sup.th generation (4G) system with an internet of things (IoT) technology. The disclosure is applicable to intelligent services (e.g., smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail, and security and safety-related services) based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology (See NohHoondong [abstract, 0050, 0051]).
Regarding claim 2, XuKai in view of NohHoondong teaches all the limitations of claim 1. XuKai further teaches wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the wireless device to: receive the first DCI from a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring occasion of a first search space associated with a first coreset, wherein the first coreset is associated with the first coreset pool ([0263], e.g. In an example, a wireless device may monitor a group common search space which may be used by base station for transmitting DCIs that are intended for a group of UEs. In an example, a group common DCI may correspond to an RNTI which is commonly configured for a group of UEs. In an example, a wireless device may monitor a UE-specific search space (i.e. receive first DCI from a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring occasion of a search space), [0359] The wireless device may receive the DCI from a common search space or a UE specific search space of a control resource set (CORESET). [0374] The two CORSETs may be transmitted from two different TRPs (e.g., CORESET0 transmitted from TRP0 and CORESET1 transmitted from TRP1). The two CORSETs may be transmitted from a same TRP (e.g., CORESET0 with PDCCH0 and CORESET1 with PDCCH1 may be transmitted from TRP0). In an example, CORESET0 and CORESET1 may be with different CORESET IDs. (i.e. a first search space associated with a first coreset, wherein the first coreset is associated with the first coreset pool)).
Regarding claim 3, XuKai in view of NohHoondong teaches all the limitations of claim 1. XuKai further teaches wherein t wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the wireless device to: receive a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising a configuration parameter indicating that the first PUCCH is associated with the first coreset pool ([0371], e.g. In an example, FIG. 25 illustrates an example of PUCCH resources determination procedure with embodiments of the present disclosure. In an example, a wireless device may receive one or more RRC messages from a base station at time T1. The one or more RRC messages may comprise configuration parameters of a plurality of TCI states for the wireless device. [0374] In an example, PDCCH0 and PDCCH1 may be transmitted on different frequency resources (e.g., bandwidth part, subband, PRB, or RE, etc) from TRP0 and TRP1. In an example, PDCCH0 may be associated with CORESET0. In an example, PDCCH1 may be associated with CORESET1 (i.e. a configuration parameter indicating that the first PUCCH is associated with the first coreset pool)).
Regarding claim 5, XuKai in view of NohHoondong teaches all the limitations of claim 1. NohHoondong further teaches wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the wireless device to:
receive a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising one or more parameters indicating ([0077], e.g. In NR, the base station may configure the initial BWP as the bandwidth of a control resource set (CORESET) #0 (or a common search space (CCS)) for the terminal via the master information block (MIB). The base station may configure the initial BWP (i.e., a first BWP) of the terminal and transmit one or more BWP configuration information items (i.e. configuration parameters via RRC message), which may be indicated via downlink control information (DCI), to the terminal, via radio resource control (RRC) signaling):
a first coreset is associated with the first coreset pool and a second coreset is associated with a second coreset pool ([0010], e.g. generating a first hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) codebook associated with physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) corresponding to a first control resource set (CORESET) with a first index value; generating a second HARQ-ACK codebook associated with PDSCH corresponding to a second CORESET with a second index value); and
configuration of a separate hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) mode corresponding to separate reporting of first HARQ-ACK information associated with the first coreset of the first coreset pool and second HARQ-ACK information associated with the second coreset of the second coreset pool ([0269], e.g. Alternatively, the terminal may transmit the HARQ-ACK codebook scheduled on the PUCCH resource indicated by the DCI received in a specific CORESET (i.e. configuration of a separate hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) mode) or/and search space configured by the base station. [0270] The terminal may preferentially transmit specific UCI contents designated by the base station. When the UCI scheduled on PUCCH #1 16-05 is a HARQ-ACK codebook and the UCI scheduled on the PUCCH #2 16-10 is CSI, the terminal may transmit PUCCH #1 resource based HARQ-ACK codebook transmission based on priority. However, a PUCCH #2 resource based CSI transmission may be not performed).
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The motivation to combine reference of AklNaeem and NohHoondong within the method of XuKai before the effective filing date of the invention is that the new method provides that the IoT services designed to support a large number of terminals (e.g., 1,000,000 terminals/km.sup.2) within a cell in consideration of the nature of the IoT terminals that are attached to various sensors and devices for providing a communication function. By the nature of the IoT services, the mMTC terminals will likely be located in coverage holes such as a basement of a building, which requires broader coverage in comparison with other services being supported in the 5G communication system. The mMTC terminals that are characterized by their low prices and battery replacement difficulty are designed to have very long battery lifetime (See NohHoondong [0052]).
Regarding claim 6, XuKai in view of NohHoondong teaches all the limitations of claim 1. XuKai further teaches wherein
the second DCI further indicates the first PUCCH being associated with the first coreset pool ([0383], e.g. The N.sub.CCE may be a number of CCEs in a CORESET of a PDCCH reception with the DCI. [0385] The wireless device may receive, from the base station, multiple DCI transmitted from one or more of the plurality of CORESETs. The wireless device may determine one or more CORESET IDs based on the multiple DCI (e.g., transmitted from the one or more CORESET). The wireless device may determine one or more PUCCH resources based on the one or more CORESET IDs (i.e. from the DCI and CORSET identifications mapping, it can be determined that the second DCI indicates the first PUCCH being associated with the first coreset pool); and
the second DCI comprises a feedback timing indicator field indicating a slot comprising the first PUCCH ([0263], e.g. A DCI may comprise downlink and/or uplink scheduling information (e.g., resource allocation information, HARQ related parameters, MCS), request for CSI (e.g., aperiodic CQI reports), request for SRS, uplink power control commands for one or more cells, one or more timing information (e.g., TB transmission/reception timing, HARQ feedback timing, etc). [0371] The wireless device may receive, from the base station, multiple DCI indicating one or more TCI states of the multiple TCI states at time T3. The wireless device may determine one or more PUCCH resources based on the one or more TCI states (indicated by the multiple DCI) at time T4. The wireless device may transmit uplink control information with the one or more PUCCH resources on a PUCCH resource set at time T5 (i.e. the second DCI comprises a slot comprising the first PUCCH)).
Regarding claim 7, XuKai in view of NohHoondong teaches all the limitations of claim 1. XuKai further teaches wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the wireless device to: select the first PUCCH, from among the first PUCCH and a second PUCCH associated with a second coreset pool, and based on the first PUCCH being associated with the first coreset pool ([0379], e.g. he wireless device may receive, from the base station, multiple DCI transmitted from the multiple CORESETs from multiple TRPs (or from a same TRP) at time T3. The wireless device may determine one or more PUCCH resources based on the one or more TCI states (activated by the MAC CE) at time T4. The wireless device may transmit uplink control information with the one or more PUCCH resources on a PUCCH resource set at time T5).
Regarding claim 9, XuKai teaches a base station ([0205], Fig. 1, e.g. FIG. 1 is an example Radio Access Network (RAN) architecture as per an aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure. As illustrated in this example, a RAN node may be a next generation Node B (gNB) (e.g. 120A, 120B) providing New Radio (NR) user plane and control plane protocol terminations towards a first wireless device (e.g. 110A). [0288] FIG. 11B is an example diagram of a protocol structure of multiple base stations with CA and/or multi connectivity as per an aspect of an embodiment. The multiple base stations may comprise a master node, MN 1130 (e.g. a master node, a master base station, a master gNB, a master eNB, and/or the like) and a secondary node, SN 1150 (e.g. a secondary node, a secondary base station, a secondary gNB, a secondary eNB, and/or the like). A master node 1130 and a secondary node 1150 may co-work to communicate with a wireless device 110), comprising:
one or more processors; and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors ([0214], e.g. The base station 2, 120B, may comprise at least one communication interface 320B, at least one processor 321B, and at least one set of program code instructions 323B stored in non-transitory memory 322B and executable by the at least one processor 321B), cause the base station to:
transmit, to a wireless device and via a first control resource set (coreset) pool of a plurality of coreset pools ([0376], e.g. The wireless device may receive multiple CORESETs with difference IDs from a same TRP (i.e. transmit from a base station). [0377] The wireless device may determine, based on the multiple DCI from multiple CORESETs, one or more TCI states of the multiple CORESETs activated by a MAC CE. The wireless device may determine one or more TCI states based on the multiple DCI from the multiple CORESETs (transmitted from multiple TRPs or a same TRP). [0374] The two CORSETs may be transmitted from a same TRP (e.g., CORESET0 with PDCCH0 and CORESET1 with PDCCH1 may be transmitted from TRP0). In an example, CORESET0 and CORESET1 may be with different CORESET IDs (i.e. pool of a plurality of coreset pools). [0385] The wireless device may receive, from the base station, multiple DCI transmitted from one or more of the plurality of CORESETs. The wireless device may determine one or more CORESET IDs based on the multiple DCI (e.g., transmitted from the one or more CORESET). The wireless device may determine one or more PUCCH resources based on the one or more CORESET IDs),
a first downlink control information (DCI) indicating no feedback timing for receiving feedback information of the first DCI ([0259], e.g. In an example, a gNB may transmit a downlink control information comprising a downlink assignment to a wireless device via one or more PDCCHs. The downlink assignment may comprise parameters indicating at least modulation and coding format; resource allocation; and/or HARQ information related to DL-SCH (i.e. DCI indicating no feedback timing for transmission of feedback information of the first DCI). In an example, a resource allocation may comprise parameters of resource block allocation; and/or slot allocation. In an example, a gNB may dynamically allocate resources to a wireless device via a Cell-Radio Network Temporary Identifier (C-RNTI) on one or more PDCCHs. [0263] In an example, a base station may transmit DCI/control signaling via PDCCH. The DCI may take a format in a plurality of formats (i.e. with or without feedback information formats). A DCI may comprise downlink and/or uplink scheduling information (e.g., resource allocation information, HARQ related parameters, MCS), request for CSI (e.g., aperiodic CQI reports), request for SRS, uplink power control commands for one or more cells, one or more timing information (e.g., TB transmission/reception timing, HARQ feedback timing (i.e. DCI may include no feedback timing information or may include feedback timing for transmission of information of the first DCI based on [0259 and 0263]));
transmit, to the wireless device, a second DCI indicating a first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) ([0212], e.g. The wireless device may receive a Downlink Control Information (DCI) via Physical Downlink Control CHannel (PDCCH) indicating an uplink grant. In an example, the uplink grant may be for a first TTI/numerology and may indicate uplink resources for transmission of a transport block).
XuKai teaches that a wireless device receives one or more messages. The one or more messages comprise configuration parameters of the cell. The configuration parameters indicate a plurality of control resource sets for multiple transmission reception points. However XuKai differs from the claimed invention in not specifically and clearly describing wherein
receive, from the wireless device, the feedback information of the first DCI via the first PUCCH, based on the first PUCCH being associated with the first coreset pool via which the first DCI is transmitted.
However, in the analogous field of endeavor, NohHoondong teaches wherein
receive, from the wireless device, the feedback information of the first DCI via the first PUCCH ([0244], e.g. When the base station transmits an indication of a configuration of concatenating HARQ-ACK codebook for all TRPs to the terminal via higher layer signaling, the terminal may determine a slot to which the PUCCH carrying the HARQ-ACK feedback bits based on a PDSCH-to-HARQ_feedback timing indicator indicating a slot interval between the PDSCH scheduled by the DCI transmitted by each TRP and the corresponding HARQ-ACK feedback. The terminal may also determine the HARQ-ACK codebook bits based on the HARQ-ACK feedback information corresponding to the PDSCH scheduled by the DCI scheduling PUCCHs mapped to the same slot. [0246] When the terminal is capable of transmitting (i.e. transmit to a base station) multiple PUCCHs mapped to at least one same symbol in a slot, per-TRP HARQ-ACK codebooks or a HARQ-ACK codebook may be configured by bundling the per-TRP HARQ-ACK codebooks for all TRPs depending on whether the multiple PUCCH resources are overlapped at symbol level),
based on the first PUCCH being associated with the first coreset pool via which the first DCI is transmitted ([0329], e.g. The PDCCH #1 for TRP #1 19-00 is determined by a CORESET and search space configuration in the frequency domain, and the spatial domain configuration of the CORESET for the PDCCH may be determined by the TCI state reference to DL RS # X as denoted by reference number 19-40 (i.e. based on the first PUCCH being associated with the first coreset pool via which the first DCI is received). When the DL RS # X is a CSI-RS, the base station may use the parameter qcl-InfoPeriodicCSI-RS to refer to TCI-StateID during NZP-CSI-RS-Resource configuration to the terminal via an RRC message).
Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the invention to implement the method of NohHoondong within the method of XuKai. The motivation to combine references is that the combined system provides a communication scheme and system for converging a 5.sup.th generation (5G) communication system for supporting a data rate higher than that of a 4.sup.th generation (4G) system with an internet of things (IoT) technology. The disclosure is applicable to intelligent services (e.g., smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail, and security and safety-related services) based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology (See NohHoondong [abstract, 0050, 0051]).
Regarding claim 10, XuKai in view of NohHoondong teaches all the limitations of claim 9. XuKai further teaches wherein when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the base station to: transmit the first DCI using a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring occasion of a first search space associated with a first coreset, wherein the first coreset is associated with the first coreset pool ([0263], e.g. In an example, a wireless device may monitor a group common search space which may be used by base station for transmitting DCIs that are intended for a group of UEs. In an example, a group common DCI may correspond to an RNTI which is commonly configured for a group of UEs. In an example, a wireless device may monitor a UE-specific search space (i.e. receive first DCI from a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring occasion of a search space), [0359] The wireless device may receive the DCI from a common search space or a UE specific search space of a control resource set (CORESET). [0374] The two CORSETs may be transmitted from two different TRPs (e.g., CORESET0 transmitted from TRP0 and CORESET1 transmitted from TRP1). The two CORSETs may be transmitted from a same TRP (e.g., CORESET0 with PDCCH0 and CORESET1 with PDCCH1 may be transmitted from TRP0). In an example, CORESET0 and CORESET1 may be with different CORESET IDs. (i.e. a first search space associated with a first coreset, wherein the first coreset is associated with the first coreset pool)).
Regarding claim 11, XuKai in view of NohHoondong teaches all the limitations of claim 9. XuKai further teaches wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the base station to: transmit a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising a configuration parameter indicating that the first PUCCH is associated with the first coreset pool ([0371], e.g. In an example, FIG. 25 illustrates an example of PUCCH resources determination procedure with embodiments of the present disclosure. In an example, a wireless device may receive one or more RRC messages from a base station at time T1. The one or more RRC messages may comprise configuration parameters of a plurality of TCI states for the wireless device. [0374] In an example, PDCCH0 and PDCCH1 may be transmitted on different frequency resources (e.g., bandwidth part, subband, PRB, or RE, etc) from TRP0 and TRP1. In an example, PDCCH0 may be associated with CORESET0. In an example, PDCCH1 may be associated with CORESET1 (i.e. a configuration parameter indicating that the first PUCCH is associated with the first coreset pool)).
Regarding claim 13, XuKai in view of NohHoondong teaches all the limitations of claim 9. NohHoondong further teaches wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the base station to: transmit a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising one or more parameters indicating ([0077], e.g. In NR, the base station may configure the initial BWP as the bandwidth of a control resource set (CORESET) #0 (or a common search space (CCS)) for the terminal via the master information block (MIB). The base station may configure the initial BWP (i.e., a first BWP) of the terminal and transmit one or more BWP configuration information items (i.e. configuration parameters via RRC message), which may be indicated via downlink control information (DCI), to the terminal, via radio resource control (RRC) signaling):
a first coreset is associated with the first coreset pool and a second coreset is associated with a second coreset pool ([0010], e.g. generating a first hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) codebook associated with physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) corresponding to a first control resource set (CORESET) with a first index value; generating a second HARQ-ACK codebook associated with PDSCH corresponding to a second CORESET with a second index value); and
configuration of a separate hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) mode corresponding to separate reporting of first HARQ-ACK information associated with the first coreset of the first coreset pool and second HARQ-ACK information associated with the second coreset of the second coreset pool ([0269], e.g. Alternatively, the terminal may transmit the HARQ-ACK codebook scheduled on the PUCCH resource indicated by the DCI received in a specific CORESET (i.e. configuration of a separate hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) mode) or/and search space configured by the base station. [0270] The terminal may preferentially transmit specific UCI contents designated by the base station. When the UCI scheduled on PUCCH #1 16-05 is a HARQ-ACK codebook and the UCI scheduled on the PUCCH #2 16-10 is CSI, the terminal may transmit PUCCH #1 resource based HARQ-ACK codebook transmission based on priority. However, a PUCCH #2 resource based CSI transmission may be not performed).
The motivation to combine reference of AklNaeem and NohHoondong within the method of XuKai before the effective filing date of the invention is that the new method provides that the IoT services designed to support a large number of terminals (e.g., 1,000,000 terminals/km.sup.2) within a cell in consideration of the nature of the IoT terminals that are attached to various sensors and devices for providing a communication function. By the nature of the IoT services, the mMTC terminals will likely be located in coverage holes such as a basement of a building, which requires broader coverage in comparison with other services being supported in the 5G communication system. The mMTC terminals that are characterized by their low prices and battery replacement difficulty are designed to have very long battery lifetime (See NohHoondong [0052]).
Regarding claim 14, XuKai in view of NohHoondong teaches all the limitations of claim 9. XuKai further teaches wherein the second DCI indicates: the first PUCCH being associated with the first coreset pool, a second PUCCH being associated with a second coreset pool ([0383], e.g. The N.sub.CCE may be a number of CCEs in a CORESET of a PDCCH reception with the DCI. [0385] The wireless device may receive, from the base station, multiple DCI transmitted from one or more of the plurality of CORESETs. The wireless device may determine one or more CORESET IDs based on the multiple DCI (e.g., transmitted from the one or more CORESET). The wireless device may determine one or more PUCCH resources based on the one or more CORESET IDs (i.e. from the DCI and CORSET identifications mapping, it can be determined that the second DCI indicates the first PUCCH being associated with the first coreset pool); and
the second DCI comprises a feedback timing indicator field indicating a slot comprising the first PUCCH ([0263], e.g. A DCI may comprise downlink and/or uplink scheduling information (e.g., resource allocation information, HARQ related parameters, MCS), request for CSI (e.g., aperiodic CQI reports), request for SRS, uplink power control commands for one or more cells, one or more timing information (e.g., TB transmission/reception timing, HARQ feedback timing, etc). [0371] The wireless device may receive, from the base station, multiple DCI indicating one or more TCI states of the multiple TCI states at time T3. The wireless device may determine one or more PUCCH resources based on the one or more TCI states (indicated by the multiple DCI) at time T4. The wireless device may transmit uplink control information with the one or more PUCCH resources on a PUCCH resource set at time T5 (i.e. the second DCI comprises a slot comprising the first PUCCH)).
Regarding claim 15, XuKai teaches a non-transitory computer-readable medium ([0205], Fig. 1, e.g. FIG. 1 is an example Radio Access Network (RAN) architecture as per an aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure. As illustrated in this example, a RAN node may be a next generation Node B (gNB) (e.g. 120A, 120B) providing New Radio (NR) user plane and control plane protocol terminations towards a first wireless device (e.g. 110A). [0227] The wireless device 110 may comprise at least one communication interface 310 (e.g. a wireless modem, an antenna, and/or the like), at least one processor 314, and at least one set of program code instructions 316 stored in non-transitory memory 315 and executable by the at least one processor 314), comprising instructions that,
when executed by one or more processors of a wireless device ([0227], e.g. at least one processor 314, and at least one set of program code instructions 316 stored in non-transitory memory 315 and executable by the at least one processor 314), cause the wireless device to:
receive, via a first control resource set (coreset) pool of a plurality of coreset pools ([0376], e.g. The wireless device may receive multiple CORESETs with difference IDs from a same TRP. [0377] The wireless device may determine, based on the multiple DCI from multiple CORESETs, one or more TCI states of the multiple CORESETs activated by a MAC CE. The wireless device may determine one or more TCI states based on the multiple DCI from the multiple CORESETs (transmitted from multiple TRPs or a same TRP). [0374] The two CORSETs may be transmitted from a same TRP (e.g., CORESET0 with PDCCH0 and CORESET1 with PDCCH1 may be transmitted from TRP0). In an example, CORESET0 and CORESET1 may be with different CORESET IDs (i.e. pool of a plurality of coreset pools)),
a first downlink control information (DCI) indicating no feedback timing for transmission of feedback information of the first DCI ([0259], e.g. In an example, a gNB may transmit a downlink control information comprising a downlink assignment to a wireless device via one or more PDCCHs. The downlink assignment may comprise parameters indicating at least modulation and coding format; resource allocation; and/or HARQ information related to DL-SCH (i.e. DCI indicating no feedback timing for transmission of feedback information of the first DCI). In an example, a resource allocation may comprise parameters of resource block allocation; and/or slot allocation. In an example, a gNB may dynamically allocate resources to a wireless device via a Cell-Radio Network Temporary Identifier (C-RNTI) on one or more PDCCHs. [0263] In an example, a base station may transmit DCI/control signaling via PDCCH. The DCI may take a format in a plurality of formats (i.e. with or without feedback information formats). A DCI may comprise downlink and/or uplink scheduling information (e.g., resource allocation information, HARQ related parameters, MCS), request for CSI (e.g., aperiodic CQI reports), request for SRS, uplink power control commands for one or more cells, one or more timing information (e.g., TB transmission/reception timing, HARQ feedback timing (i.e. DCI may include no feedback timing information or may include feedback timing for transmission of information of the first DCI based on [0259 and 0263]));
receive a second DCI indicating a first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) ([0212], e.g. The wireless device may receive a Downlink Control Information (DCI) via Physical Downlink Control CHannel (PDCCH) indicating an uplink grant. In an example, the uplink grant may be for a first TTI/numerology and may indicate uplink resources for transmission of a transport block).
XuKai teaches that a wireless device receives one or more messages. The one or more messages comprise configuration parameters of the cell. The configuration parameters indicate a plurality of control resource sets for multiple transmission reception points. However XuKai differs from the claimed invention in not specifically and clearly describing wherein
transmit the feedback information of the first DCI via the first PUCCH, based on the first PUCCH being associated with the first coreset pool via which the first DCI is received.
However, in the analogous field of endeavor, NohHoondong teaches wherein
transmit the feedback information of the first DCI via the first PUCCH ([0244], e.g. When the base station transmits an indication of a configuration of concatenating HARQ-ACK codebook for all TRPs to the terminal via higher layer signaling, the terminal may determine a slot to which the PUCCH carrying the HARQ-ACK feedback bits based on a PDSCH-to-HARQ_feedback timing indicator indicating a slot interval between the PDSCH scheduled by the DCI transmitted by each TRP and the corresponding HARQ-ACK feedback. The terminal may also determine the HARQ-ACK codebook bits based on the HARQ-ACK feedback information corresponding to the PDSCH scheduled by the DCI scheduling PUCCHs mapped to the same slot),
based on the first PUCCH being associated with the first coreset pool via which the first DCI is received ([0329], e.g. The PDCCH #1 for TRP #1 19-00 is determined by a CORESET and search space configuration in the frequency domain, and the spatial domain configuration of the CORESET for the PDCCH may be determined by the TCI state reference to DL RS # X as denoted by reference number 19-40 (i.e. based on the first PUCCH being associated with the first coreset pool via which the first DCI is received). When the DL RS # X is a CSI-RS, the base station may use the parameter qcl-InfoPeriodicCSI-RS to refer to TCI-StateID during NZP-CSI-RS-Resource configuration to the terminal via an RRC message).
Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the invention to implement the method of NohHoondong within the method of XuKai. The motivation to combine references is that the combined system provides a communication scheme and system for converging a 5.sup.th generation (5G) communication system for supporting a data rate higher than that of a 4.sup.th generation (4G) system with an internet of things (IoT) technology. The disclosure is applicable to intelligent services (e.g., smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail, and security and safety-related services) based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology (See NohHoondong [abstract, 0050, 0051]).
Regarding claim 16, XuKai in view of NohHoondong teaches all the limitations of claim 15. XuKai further teaches wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the wireless device to: receive the first DCI from a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring occasion of a first search space associated with a first coreset, wherein the first coreset is associated with the first coreset pool ([0263], e.g. In an example, a wireless device may monitor a group common search space which may be used by base station for transmitting DCIs that are intended for a group of UEs. In an example, a group common DCI may correspond to an RNTI which is commonly configured for a group of UEs. In an example, a wireless device may monitor a UE-specific search space (i.e. receive first DCI from a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring occasion of a search space), [0359] The wireless device may receive the DCI from a common search space or a UE specific search space of a control resource set (CORESET). [0374] The two CORSETs may be transmitted from two different TRPs (e.g., CORESET0 transmitted from TRP0 and CORESET1 transmitted from TRP1). The two CORSETs may be transmitted from a same TRP (e.g., CORESET0 with PDCCH0 and CORESET1 with PDCCH1 may be transmitted from TRP0). In an example, CORESET0 and CORESET1 may be with different CORESET IDs. (i.e. a first search space associated with a first coreset, wherein the first coreset is associated with the first coreset pool)).
Regarding claim 17, XuKai in view of NohHoondong teaches all the limitations of claim 15. XuKai further teaches wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the wireless device to: receive a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising a configuration parameter indicating the first PUCCH is associated with the first coreset pool ([0371], e.g. In an example, FIG. 25 illustrates an example of PUCCH resources determination procedure with embodiments of the present disclosure. In an example, a wireless device may receive one or more RRC messages from a base station at time T1. The one or more RRC messages may comprise configuration parameters of a plurality of TCI states for the wireless device. [0374] In an example, PDCCH0 and PDCCH1 may be transmitted on different frequency resources (e.g., bandwidth part, subband, PRB, or RE, etc) from TRP0 and TRP1. In an example, PDCCH0 may be associated with CORESET0. In an example, PDCCH1 may be associated with CORESET1 (i.e. a configuration parameter indicating that the first PUCCH is associated with the first coreset pool)).
Regarding claim 19, XuKai in view of NohHoondong teaches all the limitations of claim 15. NohHoondong further teaches wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the wireless device to: receive a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising one or more parameters indicating ([0077], e.g. In NR, the base station may configure the initial BWP as the bandwidth of a control resource set (CORESET) #0 (or a common search space (CCS)) for the terminal via the master information block (MIB). The base station may configure the initial BWP (i.e., a first BWP) of the terminal and transmit one or more BWP configuration information items (i.e. configuration parameters via RRC message), which may be indicated via downlink control information (DCI), to the terminal, via radio resource control (RRC) signaling):
a first coreset is associated with the first coreset pool and a second coreset is associated with a second coreset pool ([0010], e.g. generating a first hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) codebook associated with physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) corresponding to a first control resource set (CORESET) with a first index value; generating a second HARQ-ACK codebook associated with PDSCH corresponding to a second CORESET with a second index value); and
configuration of a separate hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) mode corresponding to separate reporting of first HARQ-ACK information associated with the first coreset of the first coreset pool and second HARQ-ACK information associated with the second coreset of the second coreset pool ([0269], e.g. Alternatively, the terminal may transmit the HARQ-ACK codebook scheduled on the PUCCH resource indicated by the DCI received in a specific CORESET (i.e. configuration of a separate hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) mode) or/and search space configured by the base station. [0270] The terminal may preferentially transmit specific UCI contents designated by the base station. When the UCI scheduled on PUCCH #1 16-05 is a HARQ-ACK codebook and the UCI scheduled on the PUCCH #2 16-10 is CSI, the terminal may transmit PUCCH #1 resource based HARQ-ACK codebook transmission based on priority. However, a PUCCH #2 resource based CSI transmission may be not performed).
The motivation to combine reference of AklNaeem and NohHoondong within the method of XuKai before the effective filing date of the invention is that the new method provides that the IoT services designed to support a large number of terminals (e.g., 1,000,000 terminals/km.sup.2) within a cell in consideration of the nature of the IoT terminals that are attached to various sensors and devices for providing a communication function. By the nature of the IoT services, the mMTC terminals will likely be located in coverage holes such as a basement of a building, which requires broader coverage in comparison with other services being supported in the 5G communication system. The mMTC terminals that are characterized by their low prices and battery replacement difficulty are designed to have very long battery lifetime (See NohHoondong [0052]).
Regarding claim 20, XuKai in view of NohHoondong teaches all the limitations of claim 15. XuKai further teaches wherein
the second DCI indicates that the first PUCCH being associated with the first coreset pool ([0383], e.g. The N.sub.CCE may be a number of CCEs in a CORESET of a PDCCH reception with the DCI. [0385] The wireless device may receive, from the base station, multiple DCI transmitted from one or more of the plurality of CORESETs. The wireless device may determine one or more CORESET IDs based on the multiple DCI (e.g., transmitted from the one or more CORESET). The wireless device may determine one or more PUCCH resources based on the one or more CORESET IDs (i.e. from the DCI and CORSET identifications mapping, it can be determined that the second DCI indicates the first PUCCH being associated with the first coreset pool); and
the second DCI comprises a feedback timing indicator field indicating a slot comprising the first PUCCH ([0263], e.g. A DCI may comprise downlink and/or uplink scheduling information (e.g., resource allocation information, HARQ related parameters, MCS), request for CSI (e.g., aperiodic CQI reports), request for SRS, uplink power control commands for one or more cells, one or more timing information (e.g., TB transmission/reception timing, HARQ feedback timing, etc). [0371] The wireless device may receive, from the base station, multiple DCI indicating one or more TCI states of the multiple TCI states at time T3. The wireless device may determine one or more PUCCH resources based on the one or more TCI states (indicated by the multiple DCI) at time T4. The wireless device may transmit uplink control information with the one or more PUCCH resources on a PUCCH resource set at time T5 (i.e. the second DCI comprises a slot comprising the first PUCCH)); and
the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the wireless device to: select the first PUCCH, from among the first PUCCH and the second PUCCH associated with a second coreset pool, and based on the first PUCCH being associated with the first coreset pool ([0379], e.g. he wireless device may receive, from the base station, multiple DCI transmitted from the multiple CORESETs from multiple TRPs (or from a same TRP) at time T3. The wireless device may determine one or more PUCCH resources based on the one or more TCI states (activated by the MAC CE) at time T4. The wireless device may transmit uplink control information with the one or more PUCCH resources on a PUCCH resource set at time T5).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 4, 8, 12 and 18 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, and amending claims to overcome any objection(s) and /or rejection(s) set forth in this Office action.
Prior Art Record
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent
to applicant’s disclosure.
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/MAHENDRA R PATEL/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2645