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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) 1-16 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Shrivastava et al. (US 2025/0150970; hereinafter Shrivastava).
Regarding claim 1, Shrivastava shows an information transmission method (Figures 5-6 shows a method performed in part by a UE of Figure 3.), wherein the method comprises:
receiving, by a radio frequency apparatus (Figure 3 shows the UE.), indication information from a network control apparatus (Figures 5-6; Par. 0021, 0060; receiving, by the UE, power saving signal including a wake-up signal (WUS) from a BS.), wherein the indication information is usable to indicate a usage status of a first resource, and the usage status is whether a first module carries data on the first resource (Figures 5-6; Par. 0052, 0054, 0060; if the WUS operation is enabled, the UE 206 may monitor the PDCCH for the downlink control information based on the WUS received from the BS 202 before the ON-duration of the DRX cycle. If the WUS received from the BS 202 indicates the absence of the PDCCH, the UE 206 enters into a sleep state/power saving state by skipping the monitoring of the PDCCH in the ON-duration of the DRX cycle. An occurrence of the WUS with respect to the DRX cycle may be dependent on a slot format.); and
turning off, by the radio frequency apparatus, the first module based on the usage status in response to the usage status being that the first module does not carry data on the first resource (Figures 5-6; Par. 0052, 0054, 0060; If the WUS received from the BS 202 indicates the absence of the PDCCH, the UE 206 enters into a sleep state/power saving state by skipping the monitoring of the PDCCH in the ON-duration of the DRX cycle. The sleep state/power saving state/power efficient state may refer to a state of the UE 206, in which the UE 206 turns OFF its RF transceiver to reduce battery consumption.).
Regarding claim 2, Shrivastava shows wherein the receiving the indication information usable to indicate the first resource includes receiving the indication information usable to indicate a first time resource (Figures 5-6; Par. 0052, 0054, 0060; if the WUS operation is enabled, the UE 206 may monitor the PDCCH for the downlink control information based on the WUS received from the BS 202 before the ON-duration of the DRX cycle. If the WUS received from the BS 202 indicates the absence of the PDCCH, the UE 206 enters into a sleep state/power saving state by skipping the monitoring of the PDCCH in the ON-duration of the DRX cycle. An occurrence of the WUS with respect to the DRX cycle may be dependent on a slot format.); and
the turning off, by the radio frequency apparatus, the first module based on the usage status in response to the usage status being that the first module does not carry data on the first resource includes:
turning off, by the radio frequency apparatus, the first module at a first moment corresponding to the first time resource in response to the usage status being that the first module does not carry data on the first time resource (Figures 5-6; Par. 0052, 0054, 0060; If the WUS received from the BS 202 indicates the absence of the PDCCH, the UE 206 enters into a sleep state/power saving state by skipping the monitoring of the PDCCH in the ON-duration of the DRX cycle. The sleep state/power saving state/power efficient state may refer to a state of the UE 206, in which the UE 206 turns OFF its RF transceiver to reduce battery consumption.).
Regarding claim 3, Shrivastava shows wherein the method further comprises: receiving, by the radio frequency apparatus, first information from the network control apparatus, wherein the first information indicates that the first module does not carry uplink data on the first time resource, and/or the first information indicates that the first module does not carry downlink data on the first time resource (Examiner elects this claim limitation for prosecution. Figures 5-6; Par. 0052, 0054, 0060; if the WUS operation is enabled, the UE 206 may monitor the PDCCH for the downlink control information based on the WUS received from the BS 202 before the ON-duration of the DRX cycle. If the WUS received from the BS 202 indicates the absence of the PDCCH, the UE 206 enters into a sleep state/power saving state by skipping the monitoring of the PDCCH in the ON-duration of the DRX cycle. An occurrence of the WUS with respect to the DRX cycle may be dependent on a slot format.); and
the turning off, by the radio frequency apparatus, the first module at a first moment corresponding to the first time resource includes: turning off, by the radio frequency apparatus at the first moment corresponding to the first time resource, the first module configured to process the uplink data; and/or turning off, by the radio frequency apparatus at the first moment corresponding to the first time resource, the first module configured to process the downlink data (Examiner elects this claim limitation for prosecution. Figures 5-6; Par. 0052, 0054, 0060; If the WUS received from the BS 202 indicates the absence of the PDCCH, the UE 206 enters into a sleep state/power saving state by skipping the monitoring of the PDCCH in the ON-duration of the DRX cycle. The sleep state/power saving state/power efficient state may refer to a state of the UE 206, in which the UE 206 turns OFF its RF transceiver to reduce battery consumption.).
Regarding claim 4, Shrivastava shows wherein the method further comprises: receiving, by the radio frequency apparatus, second information from the network control apparatus, wherein the second information indicates that the first module corresponding to a radio frequency channel does not carry data on the first time resource (Figures 5-6; Par. 0109-0110; On enabling the WUS operation, the CA managing module 406 may receive the WUS from the BS 202. The WUS may include the carrier/SCell identification bitmap. The carrier identification bit map includes information about the applicable activated serving cells (the SpCells, the Scells, or the like of the cell group), and the corresponding set of PDCCH monitoring information. Based on the carrier identification bit map, the CA managing module 406 can determine multiple PDCCH monitoring information corresponding to different activated serving cells/SCells/CCs. In addition, the UE 206 substantiates the WUS information, with at least one of additional information on channel conditions, frequency of operation (e.g. Frequency Range FR1 (below 6 GHZ), Frequency Range FR2 (above 6 GHZ)) on one or more specific carrier cells in determining the mapping of traffic packets to specific carrier cells.); and
the turning off, by the radio frequency apparatus, the first module at a first moment corresponding to the first time resource includes:
turning off, by the radio frequency apparatus at the first moment, the first module corresponding to the radio frequency channel (Figures 5-6; Par. 0052, 0054, 0060; If the WUS received from the BS 202 indicates the absence of the PDCCH, the UE 206 enters into a sleep state/power saving state by skipping the monitoring of the PDCCH in the ON-duration of the DRX cycle. The sleep state/power saving state/power efficient state may refer to a state of the UE 206, in which the UE 206 turns OFF its RF transceiver to reduce battery consumption.).
Regarding claim 5, Shrivastava shows wherein the method further comprises:
receiving, by the radio frequency apparatus, first information and second information from the network control apparatus (Figures 5-6; Par. 0021, 0060, 0109-0110; receiving, by the UE, power saving signal including a wake-up signal (WUS) from a BS. On enabling the WUS operation, the CA managing module 406 may receive the WUS from the BS 202. The WUS may include the carrier/SCell identification bitmap. The carrier identification bit map includes information about the applicable activated serving cells (the SpCells, the Scells, or the like of the cell group), and the corresponding set of PDCCH monitoring information. Based on the carrier identification bit map, the CA managing module 406 can determine multiple PDCCH monitoring information corresponding to different activated serving cells/SCells/CCs. In addition, the UE 206 substantiates the WUS information, with at least one of additional information on channel conditions, frequency of operation (e.g. Frequency Range FR1 (below 6 GHZ), Frequency Range FR2 (above 6 GHZ)) on one or more specific carrier cells in determining the mapping of traffic packets to specific carrier cells.), wherein
the first information indicates that the first module does not carry uplink data on the first time resource, and/or the first information indicates that the first module does not carry downlink data on the first time resource; the second information indicates that the first module corresponding to a radio frequency channel does not carry data on the first time resource (Figures 5-6; Par. 0052, 0054, 0060, 0109-0110; if the WUS operation is enabled, the UE 206 may monitor the PDCCH for the downlink control information based on the WUS received from the BS 202 before the ON-duration of the DRX cycle. If the WUS received from the BS 202 indicates the absence of the PDCCH, the UE 206 enters into a sleep state/power saving state by skipping the monitoring of the PDCCH in the ON-duration of the DRX cycle. An occurrence of the WUS with respect to the DRX cycle may be dependent on a slot format.); and
the turning off, by the radio frequency apparatus, the first module at a first moment corresponding to the first time resource includes:
turning off, by the radio frequency apparatus at the first moment, the first module that is configured to process the uplink data and that corresponds to the radio frequency channel; and/or
turning off, by the radio frequency apparatus at the first moment, the first module that is configured to process the downlink data and that corresponds to the radio frequency channel (Examiner elects this claim limitation for prosecution. Figures 5-6; Par. 0052, 0054, 0060; If the WUS received from the BS 202 indicates the absence of the PDCCH, the UE 206 enters into a sleep state/power saving state by skipping the monitoring of the PDCCH in the ON-duration of the DRX cycle. The sleep state/power saving state/power efficient state may refer to a state of the UE 206, in which the UE 206 turns OFF its RF transceiver to reduce battery consumption.).
Regarding claim 6, Shrivastava shows wherein the receiving the indication information includes receiving status indication information, wherein the status indication information is usable to indicate whether the first module carries data on the first resource (Figures 5-6; Par. 0052, 0054, 0060, 0109-0110; If the WUS received from the BS 202 indicates the presence of the PDCCH, the UE 206 enters into an active state in the ON-duration of the DRX cycle, and monitors the PDCCH for the downlink control information during the active time of the DRX cycle.) and/or the indication information is turning-off indication information, and the turning-off indication information is usable to indicate whether the radio frequency apparatus turns off the first module (Figures 5-6; Par. 0052, 0054, 0060; if the WUS operation is enabled, the UE 206 may monitor the PDCCH for the downlink control information based on the WUS received from the BS 202 before the ON-duration of the DRX cycle. If the WUS received from the BS 202 indicates the absence of the PDCCH, the UE 206 enters into a sleep state/power saving state by skipping the monitoring of the PDCCH in the ON-duration of the DRX cycle. An occurrence of the WUS with respect to the DRX cycle may be dependent on a slot format.).
Regarding claim 7, Shrivastava shows wherein the receiving the indication information usable to indicate a first time resource includes receiving the indication information usable to indicate the first time resource includes any one of the following resources: a subframe resource, a symbol resource, and a slot resource (Figures 5-6; Par. 0052, 0054, 0060; An occurrence of the WUS with respect to the DRX cycle may be dependent on a slot format.).
Regarding claim 8, Shrivastava shows wherein the turning off, by the radio frequency apparatus, the first module includes turning off at least one of the following modules: a baseband processing module, an intermediate frequency processing module, a radio frequency processing module (Figures 5-6; Par. 0052, 0054, 0060; The sleep state/power saving state/power efficient state may refer to a state of the UE 206, in which the UE 206 turns OFF its RF transceiver to reduce battery consumption.), and a power module.
Regarding claim 9, Shrivastava shows an information transmission method (Figures 5-6 shows a method performed in part by a BS of Figure 2.), wherein the method comprises:
determining, by a network control apparatus, indication information (Figures 5-6; Par. 0021, 0052, 0054, 0060; transmitting, by the BS, power saving signal including a wake-up signal (WUS) to the UE. In an example, if the BS 202 enables the power saving approach like the cross-slot scheduling in the PDCCH adaptation signaling, the UE 206 has to monitor the PDCCH in accordance with cross-slot scheduling patterns), wherein the indication information is usable to indicate a usage status of a first resource, and the usage status is whether a first module carries data on the first resource (Figures 5-6; Par. 0052, 0054, 0060; if the WUS operation is enabled, the UE 206 may monitor the PDCCH for the downlink control information based on the WUS received from the BS 202 before the ON-duration of the DRX cycle. If the WUS received from the BS 202 indicates the absence of the PDCCH, the UE 206 enters into a sleep state/power saving state by skipping the monitoring of the PDCCH in the ON-duration of the DRX cycle. An occurrence of the WUS with respect to the DRX cycle may be dependent on a slot format.); and
sending, by the network control apparatus, the indication information to a radio frequency apparatus (Figures 5-6; Par. 0021, 0052, 0054, 0060; transmitting, by the BS, power saving signal including a wake-up signal (WUS) to the UE.).
Regarding claims 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16, these claims are rejected based on the same reasoning as presented in the rejection of claims 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, respectively.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
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