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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 § 103
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 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.
Claim(s) 1-14 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Faxer US 20240056147 in view of Hao US 20200358503 further in view of Wei US 20190081676
1. A method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), receiving first control signaling indicating a channel state information (Faxer: FIG. 18 depicts a method 1000 by a wireless device 110) comprising:
[[a memory coupled with the processor]]
receiving first control signaling indicating a channel state information reporting configuration for a set of channel state information reference signal resources that correspond to a first number of antenna ports for the set of channel state information reference signal resources (Faxer: [0182, 0188] fig. 18, step 1002 with the wireless device 110 obtaining an overlapping CSI-RS resource definition comprising an M port CSI-RS resource definition and an N port CSI-RS resource definition), the channel state information reporting configuration indicating a threshold number of antenna ports (Faxer: [0012] The supported number of antenna ports in NR are {1, 2, 4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32});
receiving second control signaling indicating an antenna port configuration for a second number of antenna ports that is less than the first number of antenna ports (Faxer: [0182, 0188] obtaining an overlapping N-port CSI-RS resource definition that overlaps with and/or is included in an M-port CSI-RS resource definition. A number N of ports associated with the overlapping N-port CSI-RS resource definition is less than a number M of ports associated with the M-port CSI-RS resource definition); and
transmitting feedback information based at least in part on the first control signaling and the second control signaling (Faxer: [0183] fig. 18, At step 1004, the wireless device 110 calculates CSI based on the overlapping CSI-RS definition. The wireless device 110 calculates the CSI be according to any of the first, second, and/or third group of embodiments described above. At step 1006, the wireless device 110 reports the CSI to a network node 160) and on a determination of the second number of antenna ports relative to the threshold number of antenna ports (Faxer: [0012, 0088] The supported number of antenna ports in NR are {1, 2, 4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32}).
Faxer merely discloses “memory coupled with the processor”& the term “threshold”
Hao teaches the term memory coupled with the processor (Hao: [0010] one processor coupled with a memory).
Thus, it would have been obvious to one skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claim invention to include the above recited limitation into Faxer’s invention in order to perform channel measurements, and/or based on CSI-RS ports the BS schedules the UE to perform interference measurements, as taught by Hao.
Wei teaches the term threshold (Wei: [0090] budget or threshold N.sub.CSI-RS-Port=32)
Wei further teaches receiving first control signaling indicating a channel state information reporting configuration for a set of channel state information reference signal resources that correspond to a first number of antenna ports for the set of channel state information reference signal resources (Wei: fig. 9A [0088] CSI processes #1 (K=1. N.sub.k=16)), the channel state information reporting configuration indicating a threshold number of antenna ports (Wei: [0088-0090] budget or threshold N.sub.CSI-RS-Port=32);
receiving second control signaling indicating an antenna port configuration for a second number of antenna ports that is less than the first number of antenna ports (Wei: [0088-0090] CSI process #2 (K=1, N.sub.k=8) …note: e.g., 8 is smaller than 16); and
transmitting feedback information based at least in part on the first control signaling and the second control signaling and on a determination of the second number of antenna ports relative to the threshold number of antenna ports (Wei: [0090] Considering the total number of CSI-RS ports combined across the unreported CSI processes (e.g., CSI processes #1, #2. and #4, 16+8+8), and the triggering budget or threshold N.sub.CSI-RS-Port=32, the CSI requests for CSI processes #1, #2, and #4 fall within the triggering budget, UE 901 may accurately measure and report CSI for those requests….Further at subframe 6, UE 901 transmits accurate CSI reports for CSI processes #1, #2, and #4 to base station 900).
Thus, it would have been obvious to one skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claim invention to include the above recited limitation into Faxer’s invention in order to compares the total number of CSI-RS antenna ports to the triggering budget or threshold before applying CSI feedback, as taught by Wei.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising: determining the second number of antenna ports relative to the threshold number of antenna ports, wherein transmitting the feedback information is further based at least in part on comparing the second number of antenna ports relative to the threshold (Faxer: [0093, 0201, 0219] wireless device capability signaling where the wireless device indicates to the network the maximum number of antenna ports for codebook calculations used for CSI reporting; Hao: [0077, 0084]).
3. The method of claim 2, wherein determining the second number of antenna ports relative to the threshold comprises: determining that the second number of antenna ports is greater than or equal to the threshold, the threshold comprising a maximum number of antenna ports in a code division multiplexing group associated with the set of channel state information reference signal resources, wherein transmitting the feedback information is further based at least in part on determining that the second number of antenna ports is greater than or equal to the threshold (Faxer: [0088-0091] Then the 8 ports may be selected from 2 of 8 CDM groups; Hao:[0089-0091]).
4. The method of claim 1, further comprising: determining that the second number of antenna ports is a multiple of the threshold number of antenna ports, the threshold comprising a maximum number of antenna ports in a code division multiplexing group associated with the set of channel state information reference signal resources, wherein transmitting the feedback information is further based at least in part on determining that the second number of antenna ports is the multiple of the maximum number of antenna ports in the code division multiplexing group associated with the set of channel state information reference signal resources (Faxer: [0088-0091] selected from 2 of 8 CDM groups; Hao:[0089-0091]).
5. The method of claim 1, further comprising: determining a subset of channel state information reference signal resources from the set of channel state information reference signal resources based at least in part on an order of code division multiplexing group indices, wherein the subset of channel state information reference signal resources corresponds to the second number of antenna ports that is less than the first number of antenna ports; and performing a channel state information measurement based at least in part on the subset of channel state information reference signal resources, wherein transmitting the feedback information is further based at least in part on the channel state information measurement (Faxer: [0088-0091] N=8 and M=32, and CDM4 was configured for the 32 ports; Hao:[0089-0091]).
6. The method of claim 5, wherein determining the subset of channel state information reference signal resources is based at least in part on an increasing order of the code division multiplexing group indices, and the increasing order begins with a lowest code division multiplexing group index and ends with a highest code division multiplexing group index (Faxer: [0088-0091] first 4 CDM groups are on one polarization while antenna ports in the last 4 CDM groups are on a different polarization; Hao:[0089-0091]).
7. The method of claim 5, wherein determining the subset of channel state information reference signal resources is based at least in part on a decreasing order of the code division multiplexing group indices, and the decreasing order begins with a highest code division multiplexing group index and ends with a lowest code division multiplexing group index (Faxer: [0083, 0088-0091] port selection on particular CDM group).
8. The method of claim 5, further comprising: receiving third control signaling indicating a code division multiplexing group configuration, the code division multiplexing group configuration indicating the order of code division multiplexing group indices, the third control signaling comprising a radio resource control message, wherein determining the subset of channel state information reference signal resources from the set of channel state information reference signal resources is further based at least in part on receiving the code division multiplexing group configuration (Faxer: [0083, 0088-0091] port ordering (ordering N-port and M-port) when the bitmaps for indicated the selected ports).
9. The method of claim 5, further comprising: determining an order of channel state information reference signal antenna port indices associated with the subset of channel state information reference signal resources, wherein the order of channel state information reference signal antenna port indices begins with a lowest channel state information reference signal port index in a code division multiplexing group associated with the subset of channel state information reference signal resources, wherein performing the channel state information measurement is further based at least in part on determining the order of channel state information reference signal antenna port indices associated with the subset of channel state information reference signal resources (Faxer: [0088-0091] mapping between the CSI-RS resources and the ports; Hao: fig. 10).
10. The method of claim 5, further comprising: determining a relationship between a set of channel state information reference signal antenna ports and the subset of channel state information reference signal resources, wherein performing the channel state information measurement is further based at least in part on determining the relationship between the set of channel state information reference signal antenna ports and the subset of channel state information reference signal resources (Hao:[0086] DCI). Thus, it would have been obvious to one skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claim invention to include the above recited limitation into Faxer’s invention in order to the provide the CSI report trigger to be configured via a DCI, as taught by Hao.
11. The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving third control signaling indicating at least one subset of antenna ports of a set of antenna ports associated with one or more subsets of channel state information reference signal resources of the set of channel state information reference signal resources, the third control signaling comprising a medium access control-control element, or a downlink control information, or both; and performing a channel state information measurement based at least in part on the one or more subsets of channel state information reference signal resources of the set of channel state information reference signal resources and the at least one subset of antenna ports of the set of antenna ports (Hao:[0086] DCI). Thus, it would have been obvious to one skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claim invention to include the above recited limitation into Faxer’s invention in order to the provide the CSI report trigger to be configured via a DCI, as taught by Hao.
12. The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving third control signaling indicating a plurality of subset of antenna ports of a set of antenna ports associated with one or more subsets of channel state information reference signal resources of the set of channel state information reference signal resources, the third control signaling comprising a radio resource control message; receiving fourth control signaling indicating a first selection of one or more subsets of antenna ports of the plurality of subsets of antenna ports, the fourth control signaling comprising a first medium access control-control element; and receiving fifth control signaling indicating a second selection of at least one subset of antenna ports of the one or more subsets of antenna ports of the plurality of subset of antenna ports, the fifth control signaling comprising a second medium access control-control element, wherein transmitting the feedback information is further based at least in part on the second selection of at least one subset of antenna ports of the one or more subsets of antenna ports of the plurality of subset of antenna ports (Faxer: [0012, 0083] port sub-selection, Hao: fig. 11-12, unit 1200).
13. The method of claim 1, wherein one or both of the first control signaling and the second control signaling comprises radio resource control message, a medium access control-control element, or a downlink control information, or a combination thereof (Faxer: [0016, 0019] RRC, Hao:[0086] DCI).
14. The method of claim 1, wherein the second number of antenna ports correspond to channel state information reference signal transmissions (Faxer: [0047] N-port CSI, Hao:[0086]).
Regarding claims 15-30, the independent claim and each dependent claim are related to the same limitation set for hereinabove in claims 1-14, where the difference used is an “apparatus” with a processor and a memory (Hao: a processor coupled with a memory [0010]) and the wordings of the claims were interchanged within the claim itself or some of the claims were presented as a combination of two or more previously presented limitations. This change does not affect the limitation of the above treated claims. Adding these phrases to the claims arid interchanging the wording did not introduce new limitations to these claims. Therefore, these claims were rejected for similar reasons as stated above.
Response to Amendment
Applicant's arguments with respect to claim(s) 1-30 have been considered but are moot in view of the new ground(s) of rejection.
Conclusion
Applicant's amendment necessitated the new ground(s) of rejection presented in this Office action. Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. See MPEP § 706.07(a). Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a). A shortened statutory period for reply to this final action is set to expire THREE MONTHS from the mailing date of this action. In the event a first reply is filed within TWO MONTHS of the mailing date of this final action and the advisory action is not mailed until after the end of the THREE-MONTH shortened statutory period, then the shortened statutory period will expire on the date the advisory action is mailed, and any extension fee pursuant to 37 CFR 1.136(a) will be calculated from the mailing date of the advisory action. In no event, however, will the statutory period for reply expire later than SIX MONTHS from the date of this final action.
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/SULAIMAN NOORISTANY/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2415
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