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 § 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.
Claims 1-5 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Liu et al. (US Pub. 2023/0188283).
Regarding claims 1 and 3, Liu teaches a terminal (see UE 130 in Figure 31 comprising: a transmitting unit that transmits an uplink signal through an uplink (“perform uplink transmission over the carrier with the TRP0 312, TRP1 314 and TRPn 322” in [0075]); and a control unit that controls transmission timing of the uplink signal (“After receipt of the TAs of the different TAGs, i.e., TAG1, TAG2 and TAG3, the UE 302 may perform uplink transmission over the carrier with the TRP0 312, TRP1 314 and TRPn 322 according to uplink transmission timing adjusted based on their respective TAs” in [0075]);
wherein the control unit controls the transmission timing using timing value (“After receipt of the TAs of the different TAGs, i.e., TAG1, TAG2 and TAG3, the UE 302 may perform uplink transmission over the carrier with the TRP0 312, TRP1 314 and TRPn 322 according to uplink transmission timing adjusted based on their respective TAs” in [0075]) configured for each timing advance group (“the UE 302 is configured with TAG1 for communication with the TRP0 312. … the UE 302 is configured with TAG 2 for communication with the TRP1 314” in [0075]) assigned in a cell (see cell 310 in Figure 3).
Regarding claim 2, Liu teaches the timing value for each timing advance group is configured by signaling of a higher layer (“The TA command may be carried in an MAC CE” in [0075]).
Regarding claim 4, Liu teaches a base station (see base station 110 in Figure 1) comprising: a reception unit that receives an uplink signal from a terminal (see UE 130 in Figure 1) through an uplink (“perform uplink transmission over the carrier with the TRP0 312, TRP1 314 and TRPn 322” in [0075]); and a control unit that causes the terminal to configure a timing value (“After receipt of the TAs of the different TAGs, i.e., TAG1, TAG2 and TAG3, the UE 302 may perform uplink transmission over the carrier with the TRP0 312, TRP1 314 and TRPn 322 according to uplink transmission timing adjusted based on their respective TAs” in [0075]) for each timing advance group (“the UE 302 is configured with TAG1 for communication with the TRP0 312. … the UE 302 is configured with TAG 2 for communication with the TRP1 314” in [0075]) assigned in a cell (see cell 310 in Figure 3), wherein the control unit causes the terminal to control transmission timing of the uplink signal using the timing value (“After receipt of the TAs of the different TAGs, i.e., TAG1, TAG2 and TAG3, the UE 302 may perform uplink transmission over the carrier with the TRP0 312, TRP1 314 and TRPn 322 according to uplink transmission timing adjusted based on their respective TAs” in [0075]).
Regarding claim 5, Liu teaches a communication system comprising a radio base station (see base station 110 in Figure 1) and a terminal (see UE 130 in Figure 1), the radio base station comprising: a reception unit that receives an uplink signal from the terminal through an uplink (“perform uplink transmission over the carrier with the TRP0 312, TRP1 314 and TRPn 322” in [0075]); and a control unit of the radio base station that causes the terminal to configure a timing value (“After receipt of the TAs of the different TAGs, i.e., TAG1, TAG2 and TAG3, the UE 302 may perform uplink transmission over the carrier with the TRP0 312, TRP1 314 and TRPn 322 according to uplink transmission timing adjusted based on their respective TAs” in [0075]) for each timing advance group (“the UE 302 is configured with TAG1 for communication with the TRP0 312. … the UE 302 is configured with TAG 2 for communication with the TRP1 314” in [0075]) assigned in a cell (see cell 310 in Figure 3), the terminal comprising: a transmitting unit that transmits an uplink signal to the radio base station through an uplink (“perform uplink transmission over the carrier with the TRP0 312, TRP1 314 and TRPn 322” in [0075]); and a control unit of the terminal that controls transmission timing of the uplink signal using the time value (“After receipt of the TAs of the different TAGs, i.e., TAG1, TAG2 and TAG3, the UE 302 may perform uplink transmission over the carrier with the TRP0 312, TRP1 314 and TRPn 322 according to uplink transmission timing adjusted based on their respective TAs” in [0075]).
Conclusion
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/CLEMENCE S HAN/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2414