DETAILED ACTION
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 .
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 101
35 U.S.C. 101 reads as follows:
Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent therefor, subject to the conditions and requirements of this title.
Claim 20 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 because the claimed invention is directed to non-statutory subject matter. The claim does not fall within at least one of the four categories of patent eligible subject matter because it is directed to a computer-readable storage medium without restricting the computer-readable storage medium to non-transitory embodiments only. The applicant’s specification (paragraphs [0116], [0122]) lists examples of a computer-readable storage medium. However, the examples listed are non-exhaustive and do not completely exclude transitory embodiments. Therefore, the examiner is interpreting the computer-readable medium as encompassing transitory signals and non-transitory embodiments. Claim 1 is therefore rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 for including transitory signals under its scope. The applicant can overcome this rejection by adding the modifier "non-transitory" before computer-readable storage medium.
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 1-10 and 20 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.
Claims 1 and 20 recite the limitation “receiving, from a wireless transmit receive unit, WTRU, via a communication in a first frequency band, one or more of channel state information, CSI, location information, and mobility information.” This limitation contradicts aspects of the specification. Figures 5-12 and paragraphs [0004], [0077]-[0078], [0085], [0090], [0092]-[0093], [0100], [0105], [0107], [0109] disclose receiving in a first frequency band, the channel state information CSI and one or more of location information and mobility information (i.e., 2 pieces of information, one of them being at least being the CSI). Claims 1 and 20 contradict the figures and disclosure by indicating receiving only one or more of the pieces of information (i.e., the CSI, the mobility information, or the location information). The determined beam pair is based on the received information, further suggesting in the claims 1 and 20 that this (determining beam pair prediction information) is performed based on CSI information, mobility, or location (i.e., just 1 of the pieces of information), which again contradicts the figures and disclosure in which the determining of beam pair prediction is performed using CSI and one or more of the mobility information and location information (see steps 510, 610, 710, 810, 910, 1010, 1110, and 1210 in figs. 5-12). Claims 1 and 20 are therefore indefinite because it is unclear as to who the beam pair prediction information is determined from only one of channel state information, location information, and mobility information. For the purposes of proper examination of the claim, the examiner is interpreting the claim limitation as a base station receiving channel state information CSI), location information, and/or mobility information.
Claims 2-10 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph, as being indefinite by virtue of being dependent on claim 1.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 11-19 are allowed.
The following is an examiner’s statement of reasons for allowance: Regarding claim 11, Nonaka et al US 20220200672 discloses a base station apparatus comprising circuitry including a transmitter, a receiver, a processor, and memory, the base station apparatus configured to: receive, from a wireless transmit receive unit, WTRU, via a communication in a first frequency band, channel state information, CSI; determine beam pair prediction information including one or more beam pair information to establish a communication; and transmit, to the WTRU in the first frequency band, configuration information for communication. The instant invention discloses receive, from a wireless transmit receive unit, WTRU, via a communication in a first frequency band, channel state information, CSI, location information, and mobility information; determine beam pair prediction information including one or more beam pair information to establish a communication in a second frequency band between the base station and the WTRU based on the received information, wherein the communication in the second frequency band occurs at a higher frequency band than the communication in the first frequency band; transmit, to the WTRU in the first frequency band, configuration information for communication in the second frequency band; transmit, in the second frequency band, at least one synchronization signal block according to the beam pair prediction information; receive feedback from the WTRU; and perform one of transmit an acknowledge to the WTRU or update the beam pair prediction information based on the feedback. The above novel features, “in combination” with the other recited limitations in the claim, are not taught, suggested, or made obvious by Nonaka et or any other prior art of record, alone, or in combination.
Claims 12-19 are allowed by virtue of being dependent on claim 11.
Any comments considered necessary by applicant must be submitted no later than the payment of the issue fee and, to avoid processing delays, should preferably accompany the issue fee. Such submissions should be clearly labeled “Comments on Statement of Reasons for Allowance.”
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
Tullberg WO 2020005121 A1 discloses a method performed by a first radio node for handling a beam pair with a second radio node comprising performing a beam pair switch from the first beam pair to a second beam pair between the first radio node and the second radio node. When there is enough time, the first radio node switches to the second beam pair before the predicted time to failure.
Wang et al US 20240022302 discloses a network entity receiving a CSI report from a terminal device, and parsing the CSI report based on a beam reporting type.
Bhamri et al US 20230396307 discloses a transceiver receiving a configuration of multiple beams.
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/OLUMIDE AJIBADE AKONAI/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3648