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The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
Priority
Acknowledgment is made of Applicant's claim for priority based on an U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 17/447,339 filed on 09/10/2021.
Information Disclosure Statement
The information disclosure statements (IDS) submitted on 07/29/2024, 11/14/2024, 09/30/2025 and 02/11/2026 have been placed in record and considered by the examiner.
Double Patenting
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Claims 21-40 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1-3, 6-8, 13-14, 17, 23, 28-29 of US Patent US 12177931 B2.
Although the conflicting claims are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because the claimed limitations are similar in scope with obvious wording variations.
Please refer to the table below comparing the instant application with US 12177931 B2.
Instant Application 18/787036
US 12177931 B2
21. A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising: one or more memories; and one or more processors, coupled to the one or more memories, configured to: transmit one or more uplink communications, via a first subscriber entity associated with a dual subscriber operation or a second subscriber entity associated with the dual subscriber operation, using a coexistence management configuration that is based at least in part on a comparison of: one or more communication metrics in association with concurrent communication activities associated with the dual subscriber operation, and the one or more communication metrics in association with non-concurrent communication activities associated with the dual subscriber operation, wherein the one or more communication metrics include a signal to noise ratio, a block error rate, a received signal strength indicator, or an acknowledgement/non-acknowledgement metric.
22. The UE of claim 21, wherein the one or more communication metrics are monitored in real time in association with the concurrent communication activities and in association with the non-concurrent communication activities.
23. The UE of claim 21, wherein: the concurrent communication activities include concurrent communication by the first subscriber entity and the second subscriber entity, and the non-concurrent communication activities include communication by one of the first subscriber entity or the second subscriber entity when the other of the second subscriber entity or the first subscriber entity is inactive.
24. The UE of claim 21, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: obtain one or more parameters associated with the dual subscriber operation, wherein the one or more parameters are based at least in part on the comparison, and wherein the coexistence management configuration is based at least in part on the one or more parameters.
1. A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising: one or more memories; and one or more processors, coupled to the one or more memories, configured to: obtain one or more parameters associated with a dual subscriber operation of the UE that includes communicating using a first subscriber entity and a second subscriber entity, wherein the one or more parameters are based at least in part on a comparison of: one or more communication metrics monitored in real time in association with concurrent communication activities by the first subscriber entity and the second subscriber entity, and the one or more communication metrics monitored in real time in association with communication by one of the first subscriber entity or the second subscriber entity when the other of the second subscriber entity or the first subscriber entity is inactive, wherein the one or more communication metrics include a signal to noise ratio, a block error rate, a received signal strength indicator, or an acknowledgement/non-acknowledgement metric; and transmit one or more uplink communications via one or more of the first subscriber entity or the second subscriber entity using a coexistence management configuration that is based at least in part on the one or more parameters.
2. The UE of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors, to obtain the one or more parameters, are configured to: monitor communications with one or more base stations to monitor UE receive metrics or UE transmit metrics.
25. The UE of claim 24, wherein the one or more processors, to obtain the one or more parameters, are configured to obtain one or more of: metrics of components of the UE, allocation-based metrics of communications via the first subscriber entity and of communications via the second subscriber entity, configuration-based metrics associated with the communications via the first subscriber entity and associated with the communications via the second subscriber entity, service priorities of the communications via the first subscriber entity and of the communications via the second subscriber entity, micro-priorities of the communications via the first subscriber entity and of the communications via the second subscriber entity, coexistence characterization inputs configured for the communications via the first subscriber entity and configured for the communications via the second subscriber entity, coexistence monitoring inputs associated with the communications via the first subscriber entity and associated with the communications via the second subscriber entity, signal reliability associated with the communications via the first subscriber entity and associated with the communications via the second subscriber entity, or degradation limits associated with the communications via the first subscriber entity and associated with the communications via the second subscriber entity.
3. The UE of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors, to obtain the one or more parameters, are configured to obtain one or more of: metrics of components of the UE, allocation-based metrics of communications via the first subscriber entity and of communications via the second subscriber entity, configuration-based metrics associated with the communications via the first subscriber entity and associated with the communications via the second subscriber entity, service priorities of the communications via the first subscriber entity and of the communications via the second subscriber entity, micro-priorities of the communications via the first subscriber entity and of the communications via the second subscriber entity, coexistence characterization inputs configured for the communications via the first subscriber entity and configured for the communications via the second subscriber entity, coexistence monitoring inputs associated with the communications via the first subscriber entity and associated with the communications via the second subscriber entity, signal reliability associated with the communications via the first subscriber entity and associated with the communications via the second subscriber entity, or degradation limits associated with the communications via the first subscriber entity and associated with the communications via the second subscriber entity.
26. The UE of claim 21, wherein the coexistence management configuration comprises application of one or more of: transmit off programming, transmit backoff, low noise amplifier protection via transmit backoff, or low noise amplifier protection via reception power control.
6. The UE of claim 1, wherein the coexistence management configuration comprises application of one or more of: transmit off programming, transmit backoff, low noise amplifier protection via transmit backoff, or low noise amplifier protection via reception power control.
27. The UE of claim 21, wherein the coexistence management configuration is based at least in part on one or more dual subscriber coexistence metrics that comprise one or more of: whether communications via a first allocation associated with the first subscriber entity are harmonics with communications via a second allocation associated with the second subscriber entity, whether intermodulation of communications via the first allocation or communications via the second allocation cause desensing associated with the first subscriber entity or the second subscriber entity, whether transmitting uplink communications via one of the first allocation or the second allocation causes receive blocking for another of the second allocation or the first allocation, or whether transmitting uplink communications via one of the first allocation associated with the first subscriber entity causes low noise amplifier damage at the UE.
7. The UE of claim 1, wherein the one or more parameters comprise one or more dual subscriber coexistence metrics, and wherein one or more of the one or more dual subscriber coexistence metrics comprise one or more of: whether communications via a first allocation associated with the first subscriber entity are harmonics with communications via a second allocation associated with the second subscriber entity, whether intermodulation of communications via the first allocation or communications via the second allocation cause desensing associated with the first subscriber entity or the second subscriber entity, whether transmitting uplink communications via one of the first allocation or the second allocation causes receive blocking for another of the second allocation or the first allocation, or whether transmitting uplink communications via one of the first allocation associated with the first subscriber entity causes low noise amplifier damage at the UE.
28. The UE of claim 21, wherein the dual subscriber operation of the UE comprises a dual-subscriber-dual-active operation.
8. The UE of claim 1, wherein the dual subscriber operation of the UE comprises a dual-subscriber-dual-active operation.
29. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions for wireless communication, the set of instructions comprising: one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a user equipment (UE), cause the UE to: transmit one or more uplink communications, via a first subscriber entity associated with a dual subscriber operation or a second subscriber entity associated with the dual subscriber operation, using a coexistence management configuration that is based at least in part on a comparison of: one or more communication metrics in association with concurrent communication activities associated with the dual subscriber operation, and the one or more communication metrics in association with non-concurrent communication activities associated with the dual subscriber operation, wherein the one or more communication metrics include a signal to noise ratio, a block error rate, a received signal strength indicator, or an acknowledgement/non-acknowledgement metric.
30. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 29, wherein the one or more communication metrics are monitored in real time in association with the concurrent communication activities and in association with the non-concurrent communication activities.
31. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 29, wherein: the concurrent communication activities include concurrent communication by the first subscriber entity and the second subscriber entity, and the non-concurrent communication activities include communication by one of the first subscriber entity or the second subscriber entity when the other of the second subscriber entity or the first subscriber entity is inactive.
32. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 29, wherein the one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the UE to: obtain one or more parameters associated with the dual subscriber operation, wherein the one or more parameters are based at least in part on the comparison, and wherein the coexistence management configuration is based at least in part on the one or more parameters.
13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions for wireless communication, the set of instructions comprising: one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a user equipment (UE), cause the UE to: obtain one or more parameters associated with a dual subscriber operation of the UE that includes communicating using a first subscriber entity and a second subscriber entity, wherein the one or more parameters are based at least in part on a comparison of: one or more communication metrics monitored in real time in association with concurrent communication activities by the first subscriber entity and the second subscriber entity, and the one or more communication metrics monitored in real time in association with communication by one of the first subscriber entity or the second subscriber entity when the other of the second subscriber entity or the first subscriber entity is inactive, wherein the one or more communication metrics include a signal to noise ratio, a block error rate, a received signal strength indicator, or an acknowledgement/non-acknowledgement metric; and transmit one or more uplink communications via one or more of the first subscriber entity or the second subscriber entity using a coexistence management configuration that is based at least in part on the one or more parameters.
14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the one or more instructions, that cause the UE to obtain the one or more parameters, cause the UE to: monitor communications with one or more base stations to monitor UE receive metrics or UE transmit metrics.
33. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 29, wherein the coexistence management configuration comprises application of one or more of: transmit off programming, transmit backoff, low noise amplifier protection via transmit backoff, or low noise amplifier protection via reception power control.
6. The UE of claim 1, wherein the coexistence management configuration comprises application of one or more of: transmit off programming, transmit backoff, low noise amplifier protection via transmit backoff, or low noise amplifier protection via reception power control.
34. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 29, wherein the coexistence management configuration is based at least in part on one or more dual subscriber coexistence metrics that comprise one or more of: whether communications via a first allocation associated with the first subscriber entity are harmonics with communications via a second allocation associated with the second subscriber entity, whether intermodulation of communications via the first allocation or communications via the second allocation cause desensing associated with the first subscriber entity or the second subscriber entity, whether transmitting uplink communications via one of the first allocation or the second allocation causes receive blocking for another of the second allocation or the first allocation, or whether transmitting uplink communications via one of the first allocation associated with the first subscriber entity causes low noise amplifier damage at the UE.
17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the one or more parameters comprise one or more dual subscriber coexistence metrics, and wherein one or more of the one or more dual subscriber coexistence metrics comprise one or more of: whether communications via a first allocation associated with the first subscriber entity are harmonics with communications via a second allocation associated with the second subscriber entity, whether intermodulation of communications via the first allocation or communications via the second allocation cause desensing associated with the first subscriber entity or the second subscriber entity, whether transmitting uplink communications via one of the first allocation or the second allocation causes receive blocking for another of the second allocation or the first allocation, or whether transmitting uplink communications via one of the first allocation associated with the first subscriber entity causes low noise amplifier damage at the UE.
35. A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising: transmitting one or more uplink communications, via a first subscriber entity associated with a dual subscriber operation or a second subscriber entity associated with the dual subscriber operation, using a coexistence management configuration that is based at least in part on a comparison of: one or more communication metrics in association with concurrent communication activities associated with the dual subscriber operation, and the one or more communication metrics in association with non-concurrent communication activities associated with the dual subscriber operation, wherein the one or more communication metrics include a signal to noise ratio, a block error rate, a received signal strength indicator, or an acknowledgement/non-acknowledgement metric.
36. The method of claim 35, wherein the one or more communication metrics are monitored in real time in association with the concurrent communication activities and in association with the non-concurrent communication activities.
37. The method of claim 35, wherein: the concurrent communication activities include concurrent communication by the first subscriber entity and the second subscriber entity, and the non-concurrent communication activities include communication by one of the first subscriber entity or the second subscriber entity when the other of the second subscriber entity or the first subscriber entity is inactive.
38. The method of claim 35, further comprising: obtaining one or more parameters associated with the dual subscriber operation, wherein the one or more parameters are based at least in part on the comparison, and wherein the coexistence management configuration is based at least in part on the one or more parameters.
23. A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising: obtaining one or more parameters associated with a dual subscriber operation of the UE that includes communicating using a first subscriber entity and a second subscriber entity, wherein the one or more parameters are based at least in part on a comparison of: one or more communication metrics monitored in real time in association with concurrent communication activities by the first subscriber entity and the second subscriber entity, and the one or more communication metrics monitored in real time in association with communication by one of the first subscriber entity or the second subscriber entity when the other of the second subscriber entity or the first subscriber entity is inactive, wherein the one or more communication metrics include a signal to noise ratio, a block error rate, a received signal strength indicator, or an acknowledgement/non-acknowledgement metric; and transmitting one or more uplink communications via one or more of the first subscriber entity or the second subscriber entity using a coexistence management configuration that is based at least in part on the one or more parameters.
39. The method of claim 35, wherein the coexistence management configuration comprises application of one or more of: transmit off programming, transmit backoff, low noise amplifier protection via transmit backoff, or low noise amplifier protection via reception power control.
28. The method of claim 23, wherein the coexistence management configuration comprises application of one or more of: transmit off programming, transmit backoff, low noise amplifier protection via transmit backoff, or low noise amplifier protection via reception power control.
40. The method of claim 35, wherein the coexistence management configuration is based at least in part on one or more dual subscriber coexistence metrics that comprise one or more of: whether communications via a first allocation associated with the first subscriber entity are harmonics with communications via a second allocation associated with the second subscriber entity, whether intermodulation of communications via the first allocation or communications via the second allocation cause desensing associated with the first subscriber entity or the second subscriber entity, whether transmitting uplink communications via one of the first allocation or the second allocation causes receive blocking for another of the second allocation or the first allocation, or whether transmitting uplink communications via one of the first allocation associated with the first subscriber entity causes low noise amplifier damage at the UE.
29. The method of claim 23, wherein the one or more parameters comprise one or more dual subscriber coexistence metrics, and wherein one or more of the one or more dual subscriber coexistence metrics comprise one or more of: whether communications via a first allocation associated with the first subscriber entity are harmonics with communications via a second allocation associated with the second subscriber entity, whether intermodulation of communications via the first allocation or communications via the second allocation cause desensing associated with the first subscriber entity or the second subscriber entity, whether transmitting uplink communications via one of the first allocation or the second allocation causes receive blocking for another of the second allocation or the first allocation, or whether transmitting uplink communications via one of the first allocation associated with the first subscriber entity causes low noise amplifier damage at the UE.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure:
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