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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 .
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The information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on 02/05/2024 and 02/12/2025 have been considered. The submission is in compliance with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97.
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 1-8, 10-12, 27, 39, 58, 61-64, 66 and 69 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.
Independent claim 1 recites the limitation "a signal" in line 6. It is not clear if the claim limitation “a signal” is related to the claim limitation “a signal” in line 3. If these claim limitations are related, Applicant is advised to revise the claim limitation “a signal” in line 6 to “[[a]] the signal”. If these claim limitations are not related, Applicant is advised to either (1) revise the claim limitations so they differ from each other or (2) respond back to make it on record to clarify that these two claim limitations are different from each other. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
In the examination of the claims, the examiner has interpreted that these claim limitations are not related to each and are separate/distinct signals.
Independent claim 27 recites the limitation "a signal" in line 5. It is not clear if the claim limitation “a signal” is related to the claim limitation “a signal” in line 4. If these claim limitations are related, Applicant is advised to revise the claim limitation “a signal” in line 5 to “[[a]] the signal”. If these claim limitations are not related, Applicant is advised to either (1) revise the claim limitations so they differ from each other or (2) respond back to make it on record to clarify that these two claim limitations are different from each other. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
In the examination of the claims, the examiner has interpreted that these claim limitations are not related to each and are separate/distinct signals.
Independent claim 58 recites the limitation "a signal" in lines 5-6. It is not clear if the claim limitation “a signal” is related to the claim limitation “a signal” in lines 3-4. If these claim limitations are related, Applicant is advised to revise the claim limitation “a signal” in lines 5-6 to “[[a]] the signal”. If these claim limitations are not related, Applicant is advised to either (1) revise the claim limitations so they differ from each other or (2) respond back to make it on record to clarify that these two claim limitations are different from each other. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
In the examination of the claims, the examiner has interpreted that these claim limitations are not related to each and are separate/distinct signals.
Dependent claims 2-8, 10-12, 39, 61-64, 66 and 69 are also rejected by virtue of their respective dependencies to each of the independent claims rejected above.
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) 1-8, 10-11, 27, 39, 58, 61-64, 66 and 69 rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Wang et al. (US 2022/0361267; hereinafter Wang).
Regarding claim 1, Wang shows a wireless network communication method (Figures 8-9 shows a wireless network communication method.), comprising:
establishing, by a mobile terminal, a link with a first network element (Figure 8, step 831; Par. 0049; remote UE 801 initiates establishment of a link with relay UE 802 by sending an RRC message of Relay Channel Establishment Request to relay UE 802.),
wherein establishing, by the mobile terminal, the link with the first network element comprises: transmitting a signal in a specific form on a specific channel, so that the first network element detects the signal in the specific form on the specific channel (Figures 8-9; Par. 0049; remote UE 801 sends a RRC message: Relay channel establishment Request to relay UE 802. A PC5-S message (e.g. service request) is encapsulated in this RRC message indicating the service request for a particular application based on relaying. Within this message, the required sidelink radio bearer (SLRB) (i.e. link being established) and/or corresponding QoS flow to support Layer-3 IP routing for the UE pair indicated by a pair of IP address/prefix is included. The RRC message is transmitted on a PC5 channel.)
wherein the link is used by the first network element to relay a signal between the mobile terminal and a second network element (Figures 8-9; Par. 0049; relay UE 802 routes traffic between remote UE 801 and remote UE 803 based on information (i.e. required SLRB) included in the Relay channel establishment Request.).
Regarding claim 2, Wang shows wherein the specific channel satisfies at least one of the following conditions:
the specific channel is selected by the mobile terminal from a plurality of pre-defined channels (Examiner elects this claim limitation for prosecution: Figures 8-9; Par. 0050; one or more SLRB is established between the remote UE 801 and relay UE 802 for traffic between remote UE 801 and remote UE 803. In order for relay UE 802 to perform transmission prioritization for received data flow for a particular SLRB e.g. the SLRB between remote UE 801 and relay UE 802, the end-to-end SLRB ID can be inserted into the packet header (i.e. IP header, SDAP header or PDCP header). Relay UE 802 knows the QoS information for the end-to-end SLRB. Relay UE 802 performs transmission prioritization e.g. at LCP of MAC for next hop transmission for data flow.);
a time window of the specific channel is determined according to a type of the first network element or a length of the signal in the specific form;
a frequency domain start position or a frequency domain center position of the specific channel is determined according to the type of the first network element;
the frequency domain start position of the specific channel is determined according to a value of a start symbol of the signal in the specific form;
a frequency domain range of the specific channel is determined according to the type of the first network element or the length of the signal in the specific form;
a frequency domain spacing of the specific channel is determined according to the type of the first network element; a sub-carrier spacing of the specific channel is determined according to a carrier frequency;
a start sub-carrier of the specific channel is determined according to the carrier frequency;
the specific channel is selected by the second network element from a plurality of pre-defined channels;
a time window of the specific channel is specified by the second network element;
a frequency domain position of the specific channel is specified by the second network element;
a frequency domain range of the specific channel is specified by the second network element; and
a start time of the specific channel is determined by a half-frame time of a synchronization signal block of a cell where the second network element is located.
Regarding claim 3, Wang shows wherein the signal in the specific form satisfies at least one of the following conditions:
a composition structure of the signal in the specific form is determined according to a type of the first network element;
a type of the signal in the specific form is determined according to a type of the mobile terminal;
a sequence of the signal in the specific form is determined according to the type of the first network element or a frequency domain position of the specific channel;
a length of the signal in the specific form is determined according to a frequency domain range of the specific channel or a time window of the specific channel;
a length of a preamble portion of the signal in the specific form is determined according to the type of the first network element;
the signal in the specific form contains identifier information of the mobile terminal;
the signal in the specific form contains capability information of the mobile terminal;
a sequence of the signal in the specific form is determined by the second network element according to an index number of a cell served by the second network element or identifier information of the first network element, wherein the identifier information of the first network element is notified by the second network element to the mobile terminal;
the sequence of the signal in the specific form is determined by the second network element according to an integer configured by the second network element for the mobile terminal, wherein the integer and the sequence have a mapping relationship; and
the signal in the specific form contains identifier information of the mobile terminal (Examiner elects this claim limitation for prosecution: Figures 8-9; Par. 0048-0049; A PC5-S message (e.g. service request) is encapsulated in this RRC message indicating the service request for a particular application based on relaying. Within this message, the required SLRB and/or corresponding QoS flow to support Layer-3 IP routing for the UE pair indicated by a pair of IP address/prefix is included.).
Regarding claim 4, Wang shows wherein after transmitting, by the mobile terminal, the signal in the specific form on the specific channel, the method further comprises:
receiving, by the mobile terminal, acknowledgment information sent by the first network element, wherein the acknowledgment information sent by the first network element is used for acknowledging that the first network element has detected the signal in the specific form or has detected the mobile terminal (Figures 8-9; Par. 0049; At step 833, in response to the Relay channel establishment Request, the relay UE 802 sends a PC5 RRC message or Relay Channel (SLRB) establishment Command to remote UE 801.).
Regarding claim 5, Wang shows wherein the acknowledgment information sent by the first network element satisfies at least one of the following conditions:
the acknowledgment information sent by the first network element contains identifier information of the first network element (Examiner elects this claim limitation for prosecution: Par. 0035; Relay UE ID is also included Relay Channel Establishment Command to indicate that the Relay Channel is established for a pair of remote UE and relay UE specific to one PC5 link.);
the acknowledgment information sent by the first network element contains identifier information of the mobile terminal;
the acknowledgment information sent by the first network element is another signal transmitted in the specific form (Examiner elects this claim limitation for prosecution: Figures 8-9; Par. 0049; At step 833, in response to the Relay channel establishment Request, the relay UE 802 sends a PC5 RRC message or Relay Channel (SLRB) establishment Command to remote UE 801.);
the acknowledgment information sent by the first network element is a signal transmitted in a form of a message (Examiner elects this claim limitation for prosecution: Figures 8-9; Par. 0049; At step 833, in response to the Relay channel establishment Request, the relay UE 802 sends a PC5 RRC message or Relay Channel (SLRB) establishment Command to remote UE 801.);
the acknowledgment information sent by the first network element is a signal transmitted in a form of a signaling (Examiner elects this claim limitation for prosecution: Figures 8-9; Par. 0049; At step 833, in response to the Relay channel establishment Request, the relay UE 802 sends a PC5 RRC message or Relay Channel (SLRB) establishment Command to remote UE 801.);
the acknowledgment information sent by the first network element is a signal transmitted via a dedicated channel;
first acknowledgment information sent by the first network element is a signal transmitted via a channel customized for the mobile terminal; and
the first acknowledgment information sent by the first network element is a signal transmitted via a broadcast channel.
Regarding claim 6, Wang shows wherein the method further comprises: sending, by the mobile terminal, first request information to the first network element, wherein the first request information is used for representing that the mobile terminal requests the first network element to enable a service for the mobile terminal (Figures 8-9; Par. 0049; remote UE 801 sends a RRC message: Relay channel establishment Request to relay UE 802 from AS layer perspective. A PC5-S message (e.g. service request) is encapsulated in this RRC message indicating the service request for a particular application based on relaying.) or disable a service for the mobile terminal.
Regarding claim 7, Wang shows wherein the first request information is contained in the signal in the specific form transmitted by the mobile terminal (Examiner elects this claim limitation for prosecution: Figures 8-9; Par. 0049; remote UE 801 sends a RRC message: Relay channel establishment Request to relay UE 802 from AS layer perspective. A PC5-S message (e.g. service request) is encapsulated in this RRC message indicating the service request for a particular application based on relaying.), or the first request information is contained in another signal different from the signal in the specific form transmitted by the mobile terminal, and said another signal is separately transmitted to the first network element.
Regarding claim 8, Wang shows wherein after sending, by the mobile terminal, the first request information to the first network element, the method further comprises: receiving, by the mobile terminal, first response information sent by the first network element, wherein the first response information is used for representing that the first network element accepts a request of the mobile terminal (Examiner elects this claim limitation for prosecution: Figures 8-9; Par. 0049; At step 833, in response to the Relay channel establishment Request, the relay UE 802 sends a PC5 RRC message or Relay Channel (SLRB) establishment Command to remote UE 801.) or rejects the request of the mobile terminal.
Regarding claim 10, Wang shows wherein the first response information and the-acknowledgment information sent by the first network element to the mobile terminal after receiving, from the mobile terminal, the signal in the specific form on the specific channel are contained in the same signal and sent to the mobile terminal (Examiner elects this claim limitation for prosecution: Figures 8-9; Par. 0049; At step 833, in response to the Relay channel establishment Request, the relay UE 802 sends a PC5 RRC message or Relay Channel (SLRB) establishment Command to remote UE 801.), or the first response information and the acknowledgment information sent by the first network element are contained in different signals, and the different signals are separately transmitted to the mobile terminal,
wherein the acknowledgment information sent by the first network element is used for acknowledging that the first network element has detected the signal in the specific form (Examiner elects this claim limitation for prosecution: Figures 8-9; Par. 0049; At step 833, in response to the Relay channel establishment Request, the relay UE 802 sends a PC5 RRC message or Relay Channel (SLRB) establishment Command to remote UE 801.) or has detected the mobile terminal.
Regarding claim 11, Wang shows wherein the service comprises at least one of:
relaying, by the first network element, the signal sent by the mobile terminal to the second network element (Examiner elects this claim limitation for prosecution: Figures 8-9; Par. 0049; relay UE 802 routes traffic between remote UE 801 and remote UE 803 based on information (i.e. required SLRB) included in the Relay channel establishment Request.);
relaying, by the first network element, the signal sent by the second network element to the mobile terminal;
amplifying, by the first network element, the signal sent by the mobile terminal, and then relaying the amplified signal to the second network element;
amplifying, by the first network element, the signal sent by the second network element, and then relaying the amplified signal to the mobile terminal;
sending, by the first network element, position information of the mobile terminal to the second network element;
sending, by the first network element, the position information of the mobile terminal to the mobile terminal; and
providing, by the first network element, an emergency call for the mobile terminal.
Regarding claim 27, Wang shows a wireless network communication method (Figures 8-9 shows a wireless network communication method.), comprising:
establishing, by a first network element, a link with a mobile terminal (Figure 8, step 831; Par. 0049; relay UE 802 performs establishment of a link with remote UE 801 upon receiving an RRC message of Relay Channel Establishment Request from the remote UE 80.),
wherein establishing, by the first network element, the link with the mobile terminal comprises: detecting, on a specific channel, a signal in a specific form transmitted by the mobile terminal (Figures 8-9; Par. 0049; relay UE 802 receives a RRC message: Relay channel establishment Request from remote UE 801. A PC5-S message (e.g. service request) is encapsulated in this RRC message indicating the service request for a particular application based on relaying. Within this message, the required sidelink radio bearer (SLRB) (i.e. link being established) and/or corresponding QoS flow to support Layer-3 IP routing for the UE pair indicated by a pair of IP address/prefix is included. The RRC message is transmitted on a PC5 channel.); and
relaying, by the first network element, a signal between the mobile terminal and a second network element according to the link (Figures 8-9; Par. 0049; relay UE 802 routes traffic between remote UE 801 and remote UE 803 based on information (i.e. required SLRB) included in the Relay channel establishment Request.).
Regarding claim 39, Wang shows wherein after detecting, by the first network element, the signal in the specific form transmitted by the mobile terminal on the specific channel (Figures 8-9; Par. 0049; relay UE 802 receives a RRC message: Relay channel establishment Request from remote UE 801.), the method further comprises:
receiving, by the first network element, fourth instruction information sent by the second network element, wherein the fourth instruction information is used for instructing the first network element to detect the signal in the specific form on the specific channel (Figures 8-9; Par. 0049; after the relay UE 802 receives a RRC message: Relay channel establishment Request from remote UE 801, remote UE 803 acknowledges with a PC5 RRC message of Relay Channel Establishment Complete message to relay UE 802.).
Regarding claim 58, Wang shows a wireless network communication method (Figures 6 and 9 shows a wireless network communication method.), comprising:
sending, by a second network element, first instruction information to a mobile terminal (Figure 6; Par. 0041; gNB 603 sends a Relay Channel Establishment Command to relay UE 602 to configure Sidelink Relay Channel (i.e. SLRB) with the intention to establish the necessary relay channel (i.e. SLRB) for sidelink relay. At step 651, relay UE 602 applies the relay channel (i.e. SLRB) configuration and sends a PC5 RRC message including Relay Channel Establishment Command to remote UE 601 to establish the PC5 Relay channel (i.e. SLRB) for relaying.),
wherein the first instruction information is used for instructing the mobile terminal to transmit a signal in a specific form on a specific channel, so that a first network element detects the signal in the specific form on the specific channel (Figure 6; Par. 0041; remote UE acknowledges relay UE 602 via a PC5 RRC message including Relay Channel SLRB Establishment Complete message. In one embodiment, at step 653, relay UE 602 responds a Sidelink Configuration Complete (e.g. in RRC Reconfiguration complete) as an acknowledgement of the configuration to gNB 603.),
wherein the first network element is used for relaying a signal between the mobile terminal and the second network element (Figures 6 and 9; Par. 0041-0043; relay UE 602 routes traffic between remote UE 601 and gNB 603 based on information (i.e. required SLRB).).
Regarding claim 61, Wang shows wherein the method further comprises: receiving, by the second network element, acknowledgment information sent by the first network element, wherein the acknowledgment information sent by the first network element is used for acknowledging that the first network element has detected the signal in the specific form or has detected the mobile terminal (Figure 6; Par. 0042; at step 653, relay UE 602 responds a Sidelink Configuration Complete (e.g. in RRC Reconfiguration complete) as an acknowledgement of the configuration to gNB 603. In one embodiment, when the configuration provided by BS at step 641 includes Uu Radio Bearer configuration between relay UE 602 and gNB 603 feedbacks the radio reconfigure completion indication is included at step 653.).
Regarding claim 62, Wang shows wherein the acknowledgment information sent by the first network element satisfies at least one of the following conditions:
the acknowledgment information sent by the first network element contains identifier information of the first network element (Examiner elects this claim limitation for prosecution: Par. 0035; Relay UE ID is also included Relay Channel Establishment Command to indicate that the Relay Channel is established for a pair of remote UE and relay UE specific to one PC5 link.); and
the acknowledgment information sent by the first network element contains identifier information of the mobile terminal.
Regarding claim 63, Wang shows wherein the method further comprises: sending, by the second network element, third instruction information to the first network element, wherein the third instruction information is used for instructing the first network element to enable a service for the mobile terminal (Figure 6; Par. 0041; gNB 603 sends a Relay Channel Establishment Command to relay UE 602 to configure Sidelink Relay Channel (i.e. SLRB) with the intention to establish the necessary relay channel (i.e. SLRB) for sidelink relay.) or disable a service for the mobile terminal.
Regarding claim 64, Wang shows wherein after sending, by the second network element, the third instruction information to the first network element, the method further comprises: receiving, by the second network element, second response information sent by the first network element, wherein the second response information is used for representing that the first network element accepts an instruction of the second network element (Examiner elects this claim limitation for prosecution: Figure 6; Par. 0042; at step 653, relay UE 602 responds a Sidelink Configuration Complete (e.g. in RRC Reconfiguration complete) as an acknowledgement of the configuration to gNB 603. In one embodiment, when the configuration provided by BS at step 641 includes Uu Radio Bearer configuration between relay UE 602 and gNB 603 feedbacks the radio reconfigure completion indication is included at step 653.) or rejects an instruction of the second network element.
Regarding claim 66, Wang shows wherein the method further comprises: receiving, by the second network element, second request information sent by the mobile terminal, wherein the second request information is used for representing that the mobile terminal requests the second network element to instruct the first network element to enable a service for the mobile terminal or disable a service for the mobile terminal (Figure 6; Par. 0040; At step 631, remote UE 601 sends NAS message (i.e. service request) encapsulated in PC5 RRC as NAS PDU to relay UE 602. Relay UE 602 resolves the PC5 RRC message and forwards the NAS PDU as a Uu RRC message to the gNB 603 according to the appropriate indication in the received PC5 RRC message. The Service Request indicates a request from remote UE 601 to establish the necessary QoS flow to support the communication between remote UE 601 and gNB 603.).
Regarding claim 69, Wang shows wherein after receiving, by the second network element, the second request information sent by the mobile terminal, the method further comprises: sending, by the second network element, third response information to the mobile terminal, wherein the third response information is used for representing that the second network element accepts a request of the mobile terminal or rejects the request of the mobile terminal (Figure 6; Par. 0040; At step 632, the network sends NAS message (i.e. service accept) to gNB 603, forwarded by relay UE 602 as a RRC message. The service accept message indicates an acknowledgement from the network for the service request.).
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.
Claim 12 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Wang in view of an alternative embodiment of Wang.
Regarding claim 12, Wang shows all of the elements except wherein before transmitting, by the mobile terminal, the signal in the specific form on the specific channel, the method further comprises: receiving, by the mobile terminal, first instruction information sent by the second network element, wherein the first instruction information is used for instructing the mobile terminal to transmit the signal in the specific form on the specific channel.
However, the above-mentioned claim limitations are well-established in the art as evidenced by an alternative embodiment of Wang. Specifically, alternative embodiment of Wang shows wherein before transmitting, by the mobile terminal, the signal in the specific form on the specific channel, the method further comprises: receiving, by the mobile terminal, first instruction information sent by the second network element, wherein the first instruction information is used for instructing the mobile terminal to transmit the signal in the specific form on the specific channel (Figure 6; Par. 0040; At step 632, the network sends NAS message (i.e. service accept) to gNB 603, forwarded by relay UE 602 as a RRC message. The service accept message indicates an acknowledgement from the network for the service request.).
In view of the above, having the system of Wang, then given the well-established teaching of the alternative embodiment of Wang, it would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify the system of Wang as taught by the alternative embodiment of Wang, in order to provide motivation for meeting the required improvements to establish sidelink relay channels to support the sidelink relay communication (Par. 0004-0005 of Wang).
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
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/REDENTOR PASIA/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2413