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4. Claims 1-20 are provisionally rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over Claims 1-20 of copending Application No.: 18/665,261. Although the claims at issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because the copending application claims limitations are transparently found in the instant application 18/764,089 claims limitation. Application’s merely broadens the independent claim(s) of the copending application by adding some limitation(s) to arrive at the instant application claims. Thus, both set of claims are obvious variant of each other. See table and claim mapping below:
This is a provisional nonstatutory double patenting rejection because the patentably indistinct claims have not in fact been patented.
Copending Application No.: 18/665,261
Instant Application 18/764,089
Claim 1: A user equipment (UE) comprising:
a transceiver configured to:
receive a configuration about a channel state information (CSI) report, the configuration including information about (i) K>1 non-zero power (NZP) CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) resources and (ii) a codebookType, where the codebookType indicates a codebook associated with PCSIRS CSI-RS ports aggregated across the K NZP CSI-RS resources; and
a processor operably coupled to the transceiver, the processor, based on the configuration, configured to determine:
a first set of L vectors, each with a length dependent on PCSIRS, and for each layer l=1, . . . , v, a set of coefficients {cl},
wherein the transceiver is configured to transmit the CSI report including at least one first vector indicator indicating the first set of L vectors and at least one coefficient indicator indicating the set of coefficients {cl}, where v is a number of layers, L≥1, and PCSIRS >32.
Claim 1: A user equipment (UE) comprising: a transceiver configured to:
receive a configuration about a channel state information (CSI) report, the configuration including information about (i) K>1 non-zero power (NZP) CSI-reference signal (RS) resources and (ii) a codebookType, wherein the codebook Type indicates a codebook associated with PCSIRS CSI-RS ports aggregated across the K NZP CSI-RS resources; and
a processor operably coupled to the transceiver, the processor, based on the configuration, configured to:
determine, a number of layers (v); and when v>1: determine a vector br for each pair of consecutive layers (2r−1,2r), and determine one of:
(A) a coefficient cr for each pair of consecutive layers (2r−1,2r), and
(B) a coefficient cl for each layer l,
wherein the transceiver is configured to transmit the CSI report including at least one vector indicator indicating vectors {br} and at least one coefficient indicator indicating coefficients, where r is an index of a pair of consecutive layers, l is an index of a layer, PCSIRS >32, r=1, . . . , [v/2], l=1, . . . , v, and each vector has a length dependent on PCSIRS.
The copending application discloses virtually all the limitations of the instant application with the exception of ‘determine, a number of layers (v); and when v>1: determine a vector br for each pair of consecutive layers (2r−1,2r), and determine one of: (A) a coefficient cr for each pair of consecutive layers (2r−1,2r), and (B) a coefficient cl for each layer l’. It would have been obvious to one of the ordinary skill in the art before the time the invention was filed to provide ‘determine, a number of layers (v); and when v>1: determine a vector br for each pair of consecutive layers (2r−1,2r), and determine one of: (A) a coefficient cr for each pair of consecutive layers (2r−1,2r), and (B) a coefficient cl for each layer l’ as disclosed by the instant claim into the copending claim so as to effectively report channel state information in wireless communication system.
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Claim 9: A base station (BS) comprising: a processor; and
a transceiver operably coupled to the processor, the transceiver configured to: transmit a configuration about a channel state information (CSI) report, the configuration including information about (i) K>1 non-zero power (NZP) CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) resources and (ii) a codebookType, where the codebookType indicates a codebook associated with PCSIRS CSI-RS ports aggregated across the K NZP CSI-RS resources; and
receive the CSI report including at least one first vector indicator indicating a first set of L vectors and at least one coefficient indicator indicating a set of coefficients {cl}, wherein each of the first set of L vectors has a length dependent on PCSIRS, and wherein the set of coefficients {cl} is for each of layer l=1, . . . , v, where v is a number of layers, L≥1, and PCSIRS >32.
Claim 9: A base station (BS) comprising:
a processor; and
a transceiver operably coupled to the processor, the transceiver configured to:
transmit a configuration about a channel state information (CSI) report, the configuration including information about (i) K>1 non-zero power (NZP) CSI-reference signal (RS) resources and (ii) a codebookType, wherein the codebookType indicates a codebook associated with PCSIRS CSI-RS ports aggregated across the K NZP CSI-RS resources; and
receive the CSI report including at least one vector indicator indicating vectors {br} and at least one coefficient indicator indicating coefficients,
wherein, when a number of layers (v)>1: a vector br is determined for each pair of consecutive layers (2r−1,2r), and one of:
(A) a coefficient cr is determined for each pair of consecutive layers (2r−1,2r), and
(B) a coefficient cl is determined for each layer l,
where r is an index of a pair of consecutive layers, l is an index of a layer, PCSIRS >32, r=1, . . . , ┌v/2┐, l=1, . . . , v, and each vector has a length dependent on PCSIRS.
The copending application discloses virtually all the limitations of the instant application with the exception of ‘wherein, when a number of layers (v)>1: a vector br is determined for each pair of consecutive layers (2r−1,2r), and one of: (A) a coefficient cr is determined for each pair of consecutive layers (2r−1,2r), and (B) a coefficient cl is determined for each layer l’. It would have been obvious to one of the ordinary skill in the art before the time the invention was filed to provide ‘wherein, when a number of layers (v)>1: a vector br is determined for each pair of consecutive layers (2r−1,2r), and one of: (A) a coefficient cr is determined for each pair of consecutive layers (2r−1,2r), and (B) a coefficient cl is determined for each layer l’ as disclosed by the instant claim into the copending claim so as to effectively report channel state information in wireless communication system.
Claim 9.
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Claim 12.
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Claim 16.
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Claim 17: A method performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:
receiving a configuration about a channel state information (CSI) report, the configuration including information about (i) K>1 non-zero power (NZP) CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) resources and (ii) a codebookType, where the codebookType indicates a codebook associated with PCSIRS CSI-RS ports aggregated across the K NZP CSI-RS resources;
based on the configuration, determining:
a first set of L vectors, each with a length dependent on PCSIRS, and for each layer l=1, . . . , v, a set of coefficients {cl}; and transmitting the CSI report including at least one first vector indicator indicating the first set of L vectors and at least one coefficient indicator indicating the set of coefficients {cl}, where v is a number of layers, L≥1, and PCSIRS >32.
Claim 17: A method performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:
receiving a configuration about a channel state information (CSI) report, the configuration including information about (i) K>1 non-zero power (NZP) CSI-reference signal (RS) resources and (ii) a codebookType, wherein the codebook Type indicates a codebook associated with PCSIRS CSI-RS ports aggregated across the K NZP CSI-RS resources; and
a processor operably coupled to the transceiver, the processor, based on the configuration, configured to:
determining, a number of layers (v); and when v>1: determine a vector br for each pair of consecutive layers (2r−1,2r), and determine one of:
(A) a coefficient cr for each pair of consecutive layers (2r−1,2r), and
(B) a coefficient cl for each layer l,
wherein the transceiver is configured to transmitting the CSI report including at least one vector indicator indicating vectors {br} and at least one coefficient indicator indicating coefficients, where r is an index of a pair of consecutive layers, l is an index of a layer, PCSIRS >32, r=1, . . . , [v/2], l=1, . . . , v, and each vector has a length dependent on PCSIRS.
The copending application discloses virtually all the limitations of the instant application with the exception of ‘determining, a number of layers (v); and when v>1: determine a vector br for each pair of consecutive layers (2r−1,2r), and determine one of: (A) a coefficient cr for each pair of consecutive layers (2r−1,2r), and (B) a coefficient cl for each layer l’. It would have been obvious to one of the ordinary skill in the art before the time the invention was filed to provide ‘determine, a number of layers (v); and when v>1: determine a vector br for each pair of consecutive layers (2r−1,2r), and determine one of: (A) a coefficient cr for each pair of consecutive layers (2r−1,2r), and (B) a coefficient cl for each layer l’ as disclosed by the instant claim into the copending claim so as to effectively report channel state information in wireless communication system.
Claim 17.
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Claim 18.
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Claim 20.
See Claim 20 .
Conclusion
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