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The title of the invention is not descriptive. A new title is required that is clearly indicative of the invention to which the claims are directed.
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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) 7-10 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by US 2023/0085104 A1 by Park.
Regarding claim 7, Park teaches A terminal (see at least Fig. 29, ¶ [0031] and ¶ [0333]), comprising:
a reception section (see at least Fig. 29, ¶ [0031] and ¶ [0333]; transceiver) that receives an index indicating a configuration of a physical random access channel (see at least ¶ [0206]; “In operation S1610, a base station may provide an RC UE with upper layer parameters for various random access procedures that include the aforementioned MsgA repetition transmission configuration through SIB1 or dedicated RRC signaling. For example, a PRACH configuration, a RO configuration, a preamble (group and/or index) configuration, an MsgA time and/or frequency configuration, an SSB-to-RO mapping configuration, a PUSCH configuration associated with a PRACH transmission, a PO configuration, a PUSCH DMRS resource (port and/or sequence) configuration, a repetition level configuration, an SSB/CSI-RS measurement-related configuration, and the like may be provided to the RC UE.”); and
a transmission section (see at least Fig. 29, ¶ [0031] and ¶ [0333]; transceiver) that repeatedly transmits a message transmitted in an additional physical random access channel with a number of repetitions having a one-to-one correspondence with the index (see at least ¶ [0236]; “As described above, when the repetition level is determined, the UE may select a resource corresponding to the determined repetition level (e.g., RO, preamble (e.g., preamble group and index), PO, PUSCH DMRS resource (e.g., DMRS port and sequence)) and may perform a PRACH and/or PUSCH transmission (i.e., MsgA transmission) on the selected resource.”).
Regarding claim 8, Park teaches A base station (see at least Fig. 29, ¶ [0031] and ¶ [0321]), comprising:
a transmission section (see at least Fig. 29, ¶ [0031] and ¶ [0321]; transceiver) that transmits an index indicating a configuration of a physical random access channel (see at least ¶ [0206]; “In operation S1610, a base station may provide an RC UE with upper layer parameters for various random access procedures that include the aforementioned MsgA repetition transmission configuration through SIB1 or dedicated RRC signaling. For example, a PRACH configuration, a RO configuration, a preamble (group and/or index) configuration, an MsgA time and/or frequency configuration, an SSB-to-RO mapping configuration, a PUSCH configuration associated with a PRACH transmission, a PO configuration, a PUSCH DMRS resource (port and/or sequence) configuration, a repetition level configuration, an SSB/CSI-RS measurement-related configuration, and the like may be provided to the RC UE.”); and
a reception section (see at least Fig. 29, ¶ [0031] and ¶ [0321]; transceiver) that receives a message transmitted in an additional physical random access channel and repeated with a number of repetitions having a one-to-one correspondence with the index (see at least ¶ [0236]; “As described above, when the repetition level is determined, the UE may select a resource corresponding to the determined repetition level (e.g., RO, preamble (e.g., preamble group and index), PO, PUSCH DMRS resource (e.g., DMRS port and sequence)) and may perform a PRACH and/or PUSCH transmission (i.e., MsgA transmission) on the selected resource.”).
Regarding claim 9, Park teaches A radio system (see at least Fig. 29 and ¶ [0031]), comprising:
a base station (see at least Fig. 29, ¶ [0031] and ¶ [0321]) that includes:
a transmission section transmitting an index indicating a configuration of a physical random access channel (see at least ¶ [0206]; “In operation S1610, a base station may provide an RC UE with upper layer parameters for various random access procedures that include the aforementioned MsgA repetition transmission configuration through SIB1 or dedicated RRC signaling. For example, a PRACH configuration, a RO configuration, a preamble (group and/or index) configuration, an MsgA time and/or frequency configuration, an SSB-to-RO mapping configuration, a PUSCH configuration associated with a PRACH transmission, a PO configuration, a PUSCH DMRS resource (port and/or sequence) configuration, a repetition level configuration, an SSB/CSI-RS measurement-related configuration, and the like may be provided to the RC UE.”); and
a reception section receiving a message transmitted in an additional physical random access channel and repeated with a number of repetitions having a one-to-one correspondence with the index (see at least ¶ [0236]; “As described above, when the repetition level is determined, the UE may select a resource corresponding to the determined repetition level (e.g., RO, preamble (e.g., preamble group and index), PO, PUSCH DMRS resource (e.g., DMRS port and sequence)) and may perform a PRACH and/or PUSCH transmission (i.e., MsgA transmission) on the selected resource.”); and
a terminal (see at least Fig. 29, ¶ [0031] and ¶ [0333]) that includes:
a reception section receiving the index (see at least ¶ [0206]; “In operation S1610, a base station may provide an RC UE with upper layer parameters for various random access procedures that include the aforementioned MsgA repetition transmission configuration through SIB1 or dedicated RRC signaling. For example, a PRACH configuration, a RO configuration, a preamble (group and/or index) configuration, an MsgA time and/or frequency configuration, an SSB-to-RO mapping configuration, a PUSCH configuration associated with a PRACH transmission, a PO configuration, a PUSCH DMRS resource (port and/or sequence) configuration, a repetition level configuration, an SSB/CSI-RS measurement-related configuration, and the like may be provided to the RC UE.”); and
a transmission section repeatedly transmitting a message transmitted in an additional physical random access channel with a number of repetitions having a one-to- one correspondence with the index (see at least ¶ [0236]; “As described above, when the repetition level is determined, the UE may select a resource corresponding to the determined repetition level (e.g., RO, preamble (e.g., preamble group and index), PO, PUSCH DMRS resource (e.g., DMRS port and sequence)) and may perform a PRACH and/or PUSCH transmission (i.e., MsgA transmission) on the selected resource.”).
Regarding claim 10, Park teaches A communication method, comprising:
receiving, by a terminal, an index indicating a configuration of a physical random access channel (see at least ¶ [0206]; “In operation S1610, a base station may provide an RC UE with upper layer parameters for various random access procedures that include the aforementioned MsgA repetition transmission configuration through SIB1 or dedicated RRC signaling. For example, a PRACH configuration, a RO configuration, a preamble (group and/or index) configuration, an MsgA time and/or frequency configuration, an SSB-to-RO mapping configuration, a PUSCH configuration associated with a PRACH transmission, a PO configuration, a PUSCH DMRS resource (port and/or sequence) configuration, a repetition level configuration, an SSB/CSI-RS measurement-related configuration, and the like may be provided to the RC UE.”); and
transmitting, by the terminal, repeatedly a message transmitted in an additional physical random access channel with a number of repetitions having a one-to-one correspondence with the index (see at least ¶ [0236]; “As described above, when the repetition level is determined, the UE may select a resource corresponding to the determined repetition level (e.g., RO, preamble (e.g., preamble group and index), PO, PUSCH DMRS resource (e.g., DMRS port and sequence)) and may perform a PRACH and/or PUSCH transmission (i.e., MsgA transmission) on the selected resource.”).
Conclusion
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/NATASHA W COSME/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2465
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