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Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis (i.e., changing from AIA to pre-AIA ) for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
A person shall be entitled to a patent unless –
(a)(2) the claimed invention was described in a patent issued under section 151, or in an application for patent published or deemed published under section 122(b), in which the patent or application, as the case may be, names another inventor and was effectively filed before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claim(s) 1-20 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Abraham et al. (Pub. No. US 2013/0315139) (pp 22]).
Regarding claim 1. Abraham teaches a method (Abraham, the Abstract), comprising:
receiving, by a first wireless device from a second wireless device, via a first link, an acknowledgment message indicating:
an error in a first data unit being transmitted by the first wireless device to the second wireless device via a second link (Abraham, pp [22]-[25]: multiple data streams are exchanged between a source STA and destination STA where errors are detected from a MPDU); and
a third link between the first wireless device and the second wireless device (Abraham, pp [22]-[25]: multiple data streams are exchanged between a source STA and destination STA where errors are detected from a MPDU); and
based on the acknowledgment message, transmitting, to the second wireless device and via the third link, a second data unit comprising at least part of the first data unit indicated by the error (Abraham, pp [22]-[25]: An acknowledgment may then be sent by the receiver device indicating each MPDU in the first data stream that is received with errors).
Regarding claim 9. Abraham teaches a method (Abraham, the Abstract), comprising:
transmitting, by a first wireless device to a second wireless device, via a first link, a first data unit (Abraham, pp [22]-[25]: multiple data streams are exchanged between a source STA and destination STA where errors are detected from a MPDU);
during transmission of the first data unit, receiving, from the second wireless device and via a second link, a second data unit indicating an error in the first data unit (Abraham, pp [22]-[25]: multiple data streams are exchanged between a source STA and destination STA where errors are detected from a MPDU); and
during transmission of the first data unit and based on the second data unit, transmitting, to the second wireless device and via a third link, a third data unit comprising at least part of the first data unit (Abraham, pp [22]-[25]: An acknowledgment may then be sent by the receiver device indicating each MPDU in the first data stream that is received with errors).
Regarding claim 16. Abraham teaches a method (Abraham, the Abstract), comprising:
determining, by a first wireless device and during reception of a first data unit from a second wireless device via a first link, an error in the first data unit (Abraham, pp [22]-[25]: multiple data streams are exchanged between a source STA and destination STA where errors are detected from a MPDU); and
before an end of reception of the first data unit, transmitting to the second wireless device, via a second link, a second data unit (Abraham, pp [22]-[25]: multiple data streams are exchanged between a source STA and destination STA where errors are detected from a MPDU), indicating:
the error in the first data unit (Abraham, pp [22]-[25]: errors are detected from a MPDU);; and
one or more links between the first wireless device and the second wireless device (Abraham, pp [22]-[25]: multiple data streams are exchanged between a source STA and destination STA where errors are detected from a MPDU).
Regarding claim 2. Abraham teaches the method of claim 1, wherein:
the acknowledgment message comprises an acknowledgment frame, the first data unit comprises a first physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) (Abraham, pp [22]-[23]); and
the second data unit comprises a second PPDU (Abraham, pp [22]-[23]).
Regarding claim 3. Abraham teaches the method of claim 1, wherein the first data unit comprises a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU), and wherein the error comprises at least one of:
an error in a physical layer (PHY) header of the PPDU (Abraham, pp [22]-[23], [25], [29], [57]); or
an error in a medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (MPDU) of the PPDU (Abraham, pp [22]-[23], [25], [29], [57]);
Regarding claim 4. Abraham teaches the method of claim 1, wherein the acknowledgment message further indicates one or more links other than the third link (Abraham, Figs. 7, 8 and 9, pp [87]-[89]: multiple data streams).
Regarding claim 5. Abraham teaches the method of claim 1, wherein:
the first link corresponds to a first frequency channel (Abraham, Figs. 7, 8 and 9, pp [87]-[89]: multiple data streams);
the second link corresponds to a second frequency channel different from the first frequency channel (Abraham, Figs. 7, 8 and 9, pp [87]-[89]: multiple data streams); and
the third link corresponds to a third frequency channel different from the first frequency channel and different from the second frequency channel (Abraham, Figs. 7, 8 and 9, pp [87]-[89]: multiple data streams).
Regarding claim 6. Abraham teaches the method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting the second data unit concurrently with transmitting the first data unit (Abraham, pp [22]-[23], [25]: concurrent data streams).
Regarding claim 7. Abraham teaches the method of claim 1, further comprising:
transmitting, to the second wireless device and via the first link, a response message to the acknowledgment message (Abraham, Fig. 16, pp [113]-[116]).
Regarding claim 8. Abraham teaches the method of claim 1, further comprising:
monitoring, during transmission of the first data unit, the first link for the acknowledgment message (Abraham, Fig. 16, pp [113]-[116]).
Regarding claim 10. Abraham teaches the method of claim 9, wherein the second data unit further indicates the third link (Abraham, Figs. 7, 8 and 9, pp [87]-[89]: multiple data streams).
Regarding claim 11. Abraham teaches the method of claim 9, wherein the second data unit further indicates a plurality of links comprising the third link, and wherein the method further comprises:
transmitting, to the second wireless device and via the first link, a response message indicating a selection of the third link among the plurality of links (Abraham, Figs. 7, 8 and 9, pp [87]-[89]: multiple data streams).
Regarding claim 12. Abraham teaches the method of claim 9, wherein:
the first link corresponds to a first frequency channel (Abraham, Figs. 7, 8 and 9, pp [87]-[89]: multiple data streams);
the second link corresponds to a second frequency channel different from the first frequency channel (Abraham, Figs. 7, 8 and 9, pp [87]-[89]: multiple data streams); and
the third link corresponds to a third frequency channel different from the first frequency channel and different from the second frequency channel (Abraham, Figs. 7, 8 and 9, pp [87]-[89]: multiple data streams).
Regarding claim 13. Abraham teaches the method of claim 9, wherein the first data unit comprises a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU), and wherein the error comprises at least one of:
an error in a physical layer (PHY) header of the PPDU (Abraham, pp [22]-[23], [25], [29], [57]); or
an error in a medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (MPDU) of the PPDU (Abraham, pp [22]-[23], [25], [29], [57]).
Regarding claim 14. Abraham teaches the method of claim 9, wherein the third data unit comprises a part, of the first data unit, that comprises the error during the transmission of the first data unit.
Regarding claim 15. Abraham teaches the method of claim 9, further comprising:
monitoring the first link for the second data unit, during transmission of the first data unit (Abraham, Figs. 7, 8 and 9, pp [87]-[89]: multiple data streams).
Regarding claim 17. Abraham teaches the method of claim 16, further comprising:
determining, based on link measurements performed by the first wireless device, the one or more links (Abraham, Figs. 7, 8 and 9, pp [87]-[89]: multiple data streams).
Regarding claim 18. Abraham teaches the method of claim 16, wherein the one or more links are different from at least one of:
the first link, or the second link (Abraham, Figs. 7, 8 and 9, pp [87]-[89]: multiple data streams).
Regarding claim 19. Abraham teaches the method of claim 16, further comprising:
receiving, from the second wireless device, during reception of the first data unit and via one of the one or more links, a third data unit comprising at least part of the first data unit (Abraham, Figs. 7, 8 and 9, pp [87]-[89]: multiple data streams).
Regarding claim 20. Abraham teaches the method of claim 16, wherein the first data unit comprises a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU), and wherein the error comprises at least one of:
an error in a physical layer (PH Y) header of the PPDU (Abraham, pp [22]-[23], [25], [29], [57]); or
an error in a medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (MPDU) of the PPDU (Abraham, pp [22]-[23], [25], [29], [57]).
References related but not used in the rejection above
Kim et al. (Pub. No. US 2017/0353887), teaches a method and device for transmitting a frame including error check bits for a header in a wireless LAN are disclosed. The method for transmitting a frame in a wireless LAN can comprise the steps of: generating, by an STA, a frame to be transmitted to an AP; and transmitting, by the STA, the frame to the AP, wherein the frame is an A-MPDU, the A-MPDU includes an A-MPDU header subframe and an A-MPDU subframe, the A-MPDU header subframe includes a first MPDU, the A-MPDU subframe includes a second MPDU, the first MPDU, as an MPDU, includes a first MAC header, expect for a MAC body, and the second MPDU, as an MPDU, can include the MAC body and a second MAC header.
Vermani et al. (Pub. No. US 2022/0140942) teaches methods, devices and systems for interpreting reserved bits and values associated with different releases of a wireless communication protocol. A wireless communication device may determine whether to terminate or continue reception of a physical layer protocol convergence protocol (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) if it detects a reserved bit in the physical layer preamble set to an unsupported value (such as a value different than what is defined by a version or release of the wireless communication protocol supported by the wireless communication device). A wireless communication device may determine whether to terminate or continue reception of a PPDU if it detects a field in the physical layer preamble set to a reserved value (such as defined by a version or release of the wireless communication protocol supported by the wireless communication device).
Conclusion
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/HUY C HO/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2644