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 .
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 Lunardi, U.S. Patent Publication No. 2023/0319616.
Lunardi teaches:
1.A method comprising:
sending, by a master base station of a wireless device to a secondary base station of the wireless device, a request message comprising one or more available radio access network (RAN) visible quality-of-experience (QoE) metrics that can be collected by the secondary base station from the wireless device, wherein the wireless device is connected to the master base station and the secondary base station (Master Node sends request to Secondary Node to send the QoE measurement configuration to the UE, [0202]-[0204]);
in response to the request message, receiving, by the master base station from the secondary base station, a message comprising at least one first RAN visible QoE metric that can be collected by the secondary base station from the wireless device (first RAN node receives indication from the second RAN node whether the QoE measurement reporting has been accepted or rejected, [0223]); and
sending, by the master base station to the wireless device, a radio resource control (RRC) message, after receiving the message, to reconfigure the wireless device (the sending request may be performed via RRC Reconfiguration, [0221]).
2.The method of claim 1, further comprising sending by the master base station to the secondary base station, a secondary node reconfiguration complete message (the sending request may be performed via RRC Reconfiguration, [0221]).
3.The method of claim 1, wherein the request message comprises:
a secondary node modification request message (the sending request may be performed via RRC Reconfiguration, [0221], reconfiguration is considered to be equivalent to a modification request);
a secondary node addition request message; or
a secondary node release request message.
4.The method of claim 1, wherein the message comprises (Examiner has assumed that these options were in the same format as claim 3 and utilized an “or” rather than an “and”):
a secondary node modification request acknowledge message (first RAN node receives indication from the second RAN node whether the QoE measurement reporting has been accepted or rejected, [0223]);
a secondary node addition request acknowledge message;
a secondary node release request acknowledge message.
5.The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more available RAN visible QoE metric comprises at least one of:
buffer level (UE provides a buffer status report, [0297]);
playout delay for media startup;
an application layer buffer level;
an initial playout delay;
a round-trip time;
a jitter duration;
a correction duration;
an average throughput;
a device information;
rendered viewports;
a codec information;
representation switch events;
play list;
a media presentation description (MPD) information;
an interactivity summary; or
an interactivity event list.
6.The method of claim 1, wherein the secondary base station selects the at least one first RAN visible QoE metric based on the one or more available RAN visible QoE metrics (first RAN node receives indication from the second RAN node whether the QoE measurement reporting has been accepted or rejected, [0223]).
7.The method of claim 1, wherein the request message further comprises a RAN visible QoE metrics query indication (Master Node sends request to Secondary Node to send the QoE measurement configuration to the UE, [0202]-[0204]).
8.The method of claim 1, further comprising sending, by the master base station to the secondary base station, a message to configure dual connectivity for one or more services of the wireless device (UE supports Dual Connectivity, [0188]).
9.The method of claim 8, the one or more services are provided via radio resources of the master base station and the secondary base station (UE supports Dual Connectivity, [0188]).
10.The method of claim 8, the one or more services comprise at least one of:
a streaming service (QoE measurements for streaming services, [0042]);
a multimedia telephony service for IMS (MTSI) service;
a virtual reality (VR) service;
an extended reality (XR) service;
a multimedia broadcast and multicast service (MBMS); or
a multicast broadcast service (MBS).
11.The method of claim 8, the one or more services are associated with a packet flow (resources can be a DRB, [0287]).
12.The method of claim 11, wherein the packet flow comprises at least one of:
a quality-of-service (QoS) flow;
a data radio bearer (DRB) (resources can be a DRB, [0287]); or
a protocol data unit (PDU) session.
13.A master base station of a wireless device, the master base station comprising one or more processors and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the master base station at least to perform:
sending, to a secondary base station of the wireless device, a request message comprising one or more available radio access network (RAN) visible quality-of-experience (QoE) metrics that can be collected by the secondary base station from the wireless device, wherein the wireless device is connected to the master base station and the secondary base station (Master Node sends request to Secondary Node to send the QoE measurement configuration to the UE, [0202]-[0204]);
in response to the request message, receiving, from the secondary base station, a message comprising at least one first RAN visible QoE metric that can be collected by the secondary base station from the wireless device (first RAN node receives indication from the second RAN node whether the QoE measurement reporting has been accepted or rejected, [0223]); and
sending, to the wireless device, a radio resource control (RRC) message, after receiving the message, to reconfigure the wireless device (the sending request may be performed via RRC Reconfiguration, [0221]).
14.The master base station of claim 13, further comprising sending by the master base station to the secondary base station, a secondary node reconfiguration complete message (the sending request may be performed via RRC Reconfiguration, [0221].
15.The master base station of claim 13, wherein the request message further comprises a RAN visible QoE metrics query indication (Master Node sends request to Secondary Node to send the QoE measurement configuration to the UE, [0202]-[0204]).
16.The master base station of claim 13, further comprising sending, by the master base station to the secondary base station, a message to configure dual connectivity for one or more services of the wireless device (UE supports Dual Connectivity, [0188]).
17.The master base station of claim 16, the one or more services are provided via radio resources of the master base station and the secondary base station (the sending request may be performed via RRC Reconfiguration, [0221]).
18.The master base station of claim 16, the one or more services are associated with a packet flow (resources can be a DRB, [0287]).
19.The master base station of claim 18, wherein the packet flow comprises at least one of:
a quality-of-service (QoS) flow;
a data radio bearer (DRB) (resources can be a DRB, [0287]); or
a protocol data unit (PDU) session.
20.A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a master base station of a wireless device, cause the master base station to perform:
sending, to a secondary base station of the wireless device, a request message comprising one or more available radio access network (RAN) visible quality-of-experience (QoE) metrics that can be collected by the secondary base station from the wireless device, wherein the wireless device is connected to the master base station and the secondary base station (Master Node sends request to Secondary Node to send the QoE measurement configuration to the UE, [0202]-[0204]);
in response to the request message, receiving, from the secondary base station, a message comprising at least one first RAN visible QoE metric that can be collected by the secondary base station from the wireless device (first RAN node receives indication from the second RAN node whether the QoE measurement reporting has been accepted or rejected, [0223]); and
sending, to the wireless device, a radio resource control (RRC) message, after receiving the message, to reconfigure the wireless device (the sending request may be performed via RRC Reconfiguration, [0221]).
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
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PETER G. SOLINSKY
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Art Unit 2463
/Peter G Solinsky/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2463
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