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Double Patenting
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Claims 21, 23 and 25 is/are rejected on the ground of non-statutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claim 1 of U.S. Patent No 12,052,696, claim 1 of U.S. Patent No 11, 647,489, claim 1 of U.S. Patent No 10, 321,457 and 11,102,778. Although the claims at issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because the following table shows mapping of how the claim of the instant application are made obvious by applicant and in views of what was known in the prior art at the time of invention.
US Patent 12,052,696
Instant Application 18/786,435
Claim 1
A wireless communication terminal comprising:
a transceiver; and
a processor,
wherein the processor is configured to:
receive, by using the transceiver, a Medium Access Control (MAC) frame which triggers a simultaneous uplink transmission of a plurality of wireless communication terminals including the wireless communication terminal, from a base wireless communication terminal, wherein the MAC frame includes information on a channel in which the CCA to be performed and indicates whether a clear channel assessment (CCA) is required in a channel,
perform the CCA in the channel in response to receiving the MAC frame when the MAC frame indicates the CCA is required in the channel, and
transmit, based on whether the channel is sensed to be idle by the CCA, a response MAC frame for the MAC frame to the base wireless communication terminal in the channel when a predetermined time elapses after receiving operation of the MAC frame,
wherein the predetermined time has a value which is applied in the simultaneous uplink transmission of the plurality of wireless communication terminals and determined based on a short inter-frame space (SIFS).
Claims 21, 23 and 25
A wireless communication terminal comprising:
a transceiver; and
a processor,
wherein the processor is configured to:
receive, by using the transceiver, a Medium Access Control (MAC) frame which triggers a simultaneous uplink transmission of a plurality of wireless communication terminals including the wireless communication terminal, from a base wireless communication terminal, wherein the MAC frame includes information on a channel in which a clear channel assessment (CCA) to be performed and indicates whether the CCA is required in the channel,
perform the CCA using unit of 20 MHz in the channel in response to receiving the MAC frame when the MAC frame indicates the CCA is required in the channel, and
transmit, based on whether the channel is sensed to be idle by the CCA, a response MAC frame for the MAC frame to the base wireless communication terminal in the channel when a predetermined time elapses after receiving operation of the MAC frame,
wherein the predetermined time has a value which is applied in the simultaneous uplink transmission of the plurality of wireless communication terminals and determined based on a short inter-frame space (SIFS).
US Patent 11, 647,489
Instant Application 18/786,435
Claim 1
A wireless communication terminal comprising: a transceiver; and
a processor,
wherein the processor is configured to:
receive, by using the transceiver, a Medium Access Control (MAC) frame which triggers a simultaneous uplink transmission of a plurality of wireless communication terminals including the wireless communication terminal, from a base wireless communication terminal, wherein the MAC frame indicates whether a clear channel assessment (CCA) is required in a channel, perform the CCA using unit of 20 MHz in the channel in response to receiving the MAC frame when the MAC frame indicates the CCA is required in the channel, and transmit, based on whether the channel is sensed to be idle by the CCA, a response MAC frame for the MAC frame to the base wireless communication terminal in the channel when a predetermined time elapses after receiving operation of the MAC frame, wherein the predetermined time has a value which is applied in the simultaneous uplink transmission of the plurality of wireless communication terminals and determined based on a short inter-frame space (SIFS).
Claims 21, 23 and 25
A wireless communication terminal comprising:
a transceiver; and
a processor,
wherein the processor is configured to:
receive, by using the transceiver, a Medium Access Control (MAC) frame which triggers a simultaneous uplink transmission of a plurality of wireless communication terminals including the wireless communication terminal, from a base wireless communication terminal, wherein the MAC frame includes information on a channel in which a clear channel assessment (CCA) to be performed and indicates whether the CCA is required in the channel,
perform the CCA using unit of 20 MHz in the channel in response to receiving the MAC frame when the MAC frame indicates the CCA is required in the channel, and
transmit, based on whether the channel is sensed to be idle by the CCA, a response MAC frame for the MAC frame to the base wireless communication terminal in the channel when a predetermined time elapses after receiving operation of the MAC frame,
wherein the predetermined time has a value which is applied in the simultaneous uplink transmission of the plurality of wireless communication terminals and determined based on a short inter-frame space (SIFS).
US Patent 10, 321,457
Instant Application 18/786,435
Claim 1
A wireless communication terminal comprising: a transceiver; and
a processor,
wherein the processor is configured to:
receive, by using the transceiver, a Medium Access Control (MAC) frame which triggers a simultaneous uplink transmission of a plurality of wireless communication terminals including the wireless communication terminal, from a base wireless communication terminal,
perform a clear channel assessment (CCA) in at least one of channels in response to receiving the MAC frame, and
transmit, to the base wireless communication terminal, a response MAC frame for the MAC frame based on the CCA, when a predetermined time elapses after receiving operation of the MAC frame,
wherein the predetermined time has a value which is applied in the simultaneous uplink transmission of the plurality of wireless communication terminals.
Claims 21, 23 and 25
A wireless communication terminal comprising:
a transceiver; and
a processor,
wherein the processor is configured to:
receive, by using the transceiver, a Medium Access Control (MAC) frame which triggers a simultaneous uplink transmission of a plurality of wireless communication terminals including the wireless communication terminal, from a base wireless communication terminal, wherein the MAC frame includes information on a channel in which a clear channel assessment (CCA) to be performed and indicates whether the CCA is required in the channel,
perform the CCA using unit of 20 MHz in the channel in response to receiving the MAC frame when the MAC frame indicates the CCA is required in the channel, and
transmit, based on whether the channel is sensed to be idle by the CCA, a response MAC frame for the MAC frame to the base wireless communication terminal in the channel when a predetermined time elapses after receiving operation of the MAC frame,
wherein the predetermined time has a value which is applied in the simultaneous uplink transmission of the plurality of wireless communication terminals and determined based on a short inter-frame space (SIFS).
US Patent 11, 102,778
Instant Application 18/786,435
Claim 1
A wireless communication terminal comprising: a transceiver; and
a processor,
wherein the processor is configured to:
receive, by using the transceiver, a Medium Access Control (MAC) frame which triggers a simultaneous uplink transmission of a plurality of wireless communication terminals including the wireless communication terminal, from a base wireless communication terminal, wherein the MAC frame indicates whether a clear channel assessment (CCA) is required in a channel,
perform the CCA in the channel in response to receiving the MAC frame when the MAC frame indicates the CCA is required in the channel, and
transmit, based on whether the channel is sensed to be idle by the CCA, a response MAC frame for the MAC frame to the base wireless communication terminal in the channel when a predetermined time elapses after receiving operation of the MAC frame,
wherein the predetermined time has a value which is applied in the simultaneous uplink transmission of the plurality of wireless communication terminals.
Claims 21, 23 and 25
A wireless communication terminal comprising:
a transceiver; and
a processor,
wherein the processor is configured to:
receive, by using the transceiver, a Medium Access Control (MAC) frame which triggers a simultaneous uplink transmission of a plurality of wireless communication terminals including the wireless communication terminal, from a base wireless communication terminal, wherein the MAC frame includes information on a channel in which a clear channel assessment (CCA) to be performed and indicates whether the CCA is required in the channel,
perform the CCA using unit of 20 MHz in the channel in response to receiving the MAC frame when the MAC frame indicates the CCA is required in the channel, and
transmit, based on whether the channel is sensed to be idle by the CCA, a response MAC frame for the MAC frame to the base wireless communication terminal in the channel when a predetermined time elapses after receiving operation of the MAC frame,
wherein the predetermined time has a value which is applied in the simultaneous uplink transmission of the plurality of wireless communication terminals and determined based on a short inter-frame space (SIFS).
Conclusion
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