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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 .
1. This Action is in response to application 18/837,499, filed on 08/09/2024.
2. Claims 1-9 and 26-28 are canceled.
3. Claims 10-25 and 29-32 are pending.
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3. Applicant(s) oath or declaration filed on 08/09/2024 are approved by the office.
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4. The drawings and specifications filed on 08/09/2024 are approved by the office.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of pre-AIA 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)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale, or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
5. Claims 10-25 and 29-32 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Zhou et al. (USPUB 2024/0008050 A1) hereinafter Zhou.
6. Regarding Claim 10, Zhou disclosed a method for switching an initial bandwidth part (BWP), performed by a specific-type terminal in a connected state (see [0114], [0135-0139], [0247-0250] and [0339]), the method comprising:
performing BWP switching according to BWP-related information obtained from system information sent by a network device, wherein the system information comprises at least one of a master information block (MIB) or a system information block 1 (SIB 1) (see Fig.23A, Fig.24, [0135], [0263-0265] and [0358]).
7. Regarding Claim 11, Zhou disclosed the method according to claim 10, wherein performing BWP switching according to the BWP-related information obtained from the system information sent by the network device comprises any of: when there is no random access channel (RACH) on a current active BWP, performing uplink BWP switching and downlink BWP switching according to the BWP-related information obtained from the system information; or when a BWP inactivity timer on a current active BWP expires and the specific-type terminal is not configured with a default downlink BWP, performing downlink BWP switching according to the BWP-related information obtained from the system information (see Fig.9, Fig.22, [0135-0138] and [0255]).
8. Regarding Claim 12, Zhou disclosed the method according to claim 11, wherein when there is no RACH on the current active BWP, performing uplink BWP switching according to the BWP- related information obtained from the system information comprises: when the BWP-related information obtained from the SIB 1 comprises first uplink initial BWP information indicating an uplink initial BWP dedicated to the specific-type terminal, switching an active uplink BWP to the uplink initial BWP indicated by the first uplink initial BWP information (see [0314-0315] and [0358-362]).
9. Regarding Claim 13, Zhou disclosed the method according to claim 11, wherein when there is no RACH on the current active BWP, performing uplink BWP switching according to the BWP- related information obtained from the system information comprises: when the BWP-related information obtained from the SIB 1 comprises first uplink initial BWP information indicating an uplink initial BWP dedicated to the specific-type terminal and the uplink initial BWP indicated by the first uplink initial BWP information has random access resources configured for the specific-type terminal, switching an active uplink BWP to the uplink initial BWP indicated by the first uplink initial BWP information (see [0320] and [0358-362]).
10. Regarding Claim 14, Zhou disclosed the method according to claim 11, wherein when there is no RACH on the current active BWP, performing uplink BWP switching according to the BWP- related information obtained from the system information comprises: when the BWP-related information obtained from the SIB 1 comprises second uplink initial BWP information indicating an uplink initial BWP for a common-type terminal but does not comprise first uplink initial BWP information indicating an uplink initial BWP dedicated to the specific-type terminal, or when the BWP-related information obtained from the SIB1 comprises the first uplink initial BWP information and the second uplink initial BWP information but the uplink initial BWP indicated by the first uplink initial BWP information does not have random access resources configured for the specific-type terminal, switching an active uplink BWP to the uplink initial BWP indicated by the second uplink initial BWP information (see [0320] and [0358-362]).
11. Regarding Claim 15, Zhou disclosed the method according to claim 11, wherein when there is no RACH on the current active BWP, performing downlink BWP switching according to the BWP-related information obtained from the system information comprises: switching an active downlink BWP to a downlink initial BWP with a random access response (RAR) search space of the specific-type terminal (see [0114], [0135-0139], [0247-0250], [0320], [0339] and [0358-0362]).
12. Regarding Claim 16, Zhou disclosed the method according to claim 15, wherein switching the active downlink BWP to the downlink initial BWP with the RAR search space of the specific-type terminal comprises: when the BWP-related information obtained from the SIB 1 comprises first downlink initial BWP information indicating a downlink initial BWP dedicated to the specific-type terminal, and the downlink initial BWP indicated by the first downlink initial BWP information has the RAR search space, switching the active downlink BWP to the downlink initial BWP indicated by the first downlink initial BWP information (see [0114], [0135-0139], [0247-0250], [0320], [0339] and [0358-0362]).
13. Regarding Claim 17, Zhou disclosed the method according to claim 15, wherein switching the active downlink BWP to the downlink initial BWP with the RAR search space of the specific-type terminal comprises: when the BWP-related information obtained from the SIB 1 comprises second downlink initial BWP information indicating a downlink initial BWP for a common-type terminal and first downlink initial BWP information indicating a downlink initial BWP dedicated to the specific- type terminal, the downlink initial BWP indicated by the first downlink initial BWP information does not have the RAR search space, and the downlink initial BWP indicated by the second downlink initial BWP information comprised in the BWP-related information obtained from the SIB1 meets a preset bandwidth requirement, switching the active downlink BWP to the downlink initial BWP indicated by the second downlink initial BWP information comprised in the BWP-related information obtained from the SIB 1 (see [0114], [0135-0139], [0247-0250], [0320], [0339] and [0358-0362]).
14. Regarding Claim 18, Zhou disclosed the method according to claim 15, wherein switching the active downlink BWP to the downlink initial BWP with the RAR search space of the specific-type terminal comprises: when the BWP-related information obtained from the SIB 1 comprises second downlink initial BWP information indicating a downlink initial BWP for a common-type terminal and first downlink initial BWP information indicating a downlink initial BWP dedicated to the specific- type terminal, the downlink initial BWP indicated by the first downlink initial BWP information does not have the RAR search space, and the downlink initial BWP indicated by the second downlink initial BWP information comprised in the BWP-related information obtained from the SIB1 does not meet a preset bandwidth requirement, switching the active downlink BWP to a downlink initial BWP for the common-type terminal indicated by third downlink initial BWP information comprised in the BWP-related information obtained from the MIB (see [0114], [0135-0139], [0247-0250], [0320], [0339] and [0358-0362]).
15. Regarding Claim 19, Zhou disclosed the method according to claim 15, wherein switching the active downlink BWP to the downlink initial BWP with the RAR search space of the specific-type terminal comprises: when the BWP-related information obtained from the SIB 1 does not comprise second downlink initial BWP information indicating a downlink initial BWP for a common-type terminal but comprises first downlink initial BWP information indicating a downlink initial BWP dedicated to the specific-type terminal, and the downlink initial BWP indicated by the first downlink initial BWP information does not have the RAR search space, switching the active downlink BWP to a downlink initial BWP for the common-type terminal indicated by third down link initial BWP information comprised in the BWP-related information obtained from the MIB (see [0114], [0135-0139], [0247-0250], [0320], [0339] and [0358-0362]).
16. Regarding Claim 20, Zhou disclosed the method according to claim 15, wherein switching the active downlink BWP to the downlink initial BWP with the RAR search space of the specific-type terminal comprises: when the BWP-related information obtained from the SIB 1 comprises first downlink initial BWP information indicating a downlink initial BWP dedicated to the specific-type terminal, and the downlink initial BWP indicated by the first downlink initial BWP information does not have the RAR search space, switching the active downlink BWP to the downlink initial BWP for a common-type terminal indicated by third downlink initial BWP information comprised in the BWP-related information obtained from the MIB (see [0114], [0135-0139], [0247-0250], [0320], [0339] and [0358-0362]).
17. Regarding Claim 21, Zhou disclosed the method according to claim 11, wherein when the BWP inactivity timer on the current active BWP expires and the specific-type terminal is not configured with the default downlink BWP, performing downlink BWP switching according to the BWP-related information obtained from the system information comprises: when the BWP-related information obtained from the SIB 1 comprises first downlink initial BWP information indicating a downlink initial BWP dedicated to the specific-type terminal, switching an active downlink BWP to the downlink initial BWP indicated by the first downlink initial BWP information (see [0114], [0135-0139], [0247-0250], [0320], [0339] and [0358-0362]).
18. Regarding Claim 22, Zhou disclosed the method according to claim 11, wherein performing downlink BWP switching according to the BWP-related information obtained from the system information comprises: when the BWP-related information obtained from the SIB 1 comprises second downlink initial BWP information indicating a downlink initial BWP for a common-type terminal but does not comprise first downlink initial BWP information indicating a downlink initial BWP dedicated to the specific-type terminal, and the downlink initial BWP indicated by the second downlink initial BWP information comprised in the BWP-related information obtained from the SIB1 meets a preset bandwidth requirement, switching an active downlink BWP to the downlink initial BWP indicated by the second downlink initial BWP information comprised in the BWP-related information obtained from the SIB 1 (see [0114], [0135-0139], [0247-0250], [0320], [0339] and [0358-0362]).
19. Regarding Claim 23, Zhou disclosed the method according to claim 11, wherein performing downlink BWP switching according to the BWP-related information obtained from the system information comprises: when the BWP-related information obtained from the SIB 1 comprises second downlink initial BWP information indicating a downlink initial BWP for a common-type terminal but does not comprise first downlink initial BWP information indicating a downlink initial BWP dedicated to the specific-type terminal, and the downlink initial BWP indicated by the second downlink initial BWP information comprised in the BWP-related information obtained from the SIB1 does not meet a preset bandwidth requirement, switching an active downlink BWP to a downlink initial BWP for the common-type terminal indicated by third downlink initial BWP information comprised in the BWP-related information obtained from the MIB (see [0114], [0135-0139], [0247-0250], [0320], [0339] and [0358-0362]).
20. Regarding Claim 24, Zhou disclosed the method according to claim 11, wherein performing downlink BWP switching according to the BWP-related information obtained from the system information comprises: when the BWP-related information obtained from the SIB 1 does not comprise second downlink initial BWP information indicating a downlink initial BWP for a common-type terminal and first downlink initial BWP information indicating a downlink initial BWP dedicated to the specific-type terminal, switching an active downlink BWP to a downlink initial BWP for the common-type terminal indicated by third downlink initial BWP information comprised in the BWP-related information obtained from the MIB (see [0114], [0135-0139], [0247-0250], [0320], [0339] and [0358-0362]).
21. Regarding Claim 25, Zhou disclosed the method according to claim 11, wherein performing downlink BWP switching according to the BWP-related information obtained from the system information comprises: when the BWP-related information obtained from the SIB 1 does not comprise first downlink initial BWP information indicating a downlink initial BWP dedicated to the specific- type terminal, switching an active downlink BWP to a downlink initial BWP for a common- type terminal indicated by third downlink initial BWP information comprised in the BWP- related information obtained from the MIB (see [0114], [0135-0139], [0247-0250], [0320], [0339] and [0358-0362]).
22. Regarding Claim 29, Zhou disclosed a specific-type terminal in a connected state, comprising: a transceiver; a memory; a processor connected to the transceiver and the memory respectively, wherein the processor (see [0114], [0135-0139], [0247-0250] and [0339]) is configured to:
perform BWP switching according to BWP-related information obtained from system information sent by a network device, wherein the system information comprises at least one of a master information block (MIB) or a system information block 1 (SIB1) (see Fig.23A, Fig.24, [0135], [0263-0265] and [0358]).
23. Regarding Claim 30, Zhou disclosed a non-transitory computer storage medium storing computer executable instructions which, when executed by a processor, enable a method for switching an initial bandwidth part (BWP) is implemented, the method comprising: performing BWP switching according to BWP-related information obtained from system information sent by a network device, wherein the system information comprises at least one of a master information block (MIB) or a system information block 1 (SIB1) (see [0114], [0135-0139], [0247-0250], [0320], [0339] and [0358-0362]).
24. Regarding Claim 31, Zhou disclosed the method of claim 10, wherein the BWP-related information comprises at least one of: first downlink initial BWP information indicating a downlink initial BWP dedicated to a specific-type terminal, or first uplink initial BWP information indicating an uplink initial BWP dedicated to the specific-type terminal (see [0114], [0135-0139], [0247-0250], [0320], [0339] and [0358-0362]).
25. Regarding Claim 32, Zhou disclosed he method of claim 31, wherein for an asymmetric spectrum, a center frequency point of the uplink initial BWP indicated by the first uplink initial BWP information is aligned with a center frequency point of the downlink initial BWP indicated by the first downlink initial BWP information (see [0114], [0135-0139], [0247-0250], [0320], [0339] and [0358-0362]).
Conclusion
Relevant Prior Art Not Relied Upon
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to Applicant's disclosure. The additional cited art, including but not limited to the excerpts below, further establishes the state of the art at the time of Applicant’s invention and shows the following was known:
Wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may receive a group-specific radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) associated with non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA); receive an indication of whether the group-specific RNTI is associated with contention-based NOMA or contention-free NOMA; and selectively use a group-specific multiple access (MA) signature or a UE-specific MA signature for a NOMA transmission based at least in part on the indication. Numerous other aspects are provided. (Parmar et al. ‘846)
The disclosure relates to reducing Wi-Fi interference from small cells that provide cellular coverage in unlicensed bands. In particular, in response to determining that a small cell is substantially unloaded (e.g., has traffic below a threshold), the small cell may be switched to a reduced interference configuration. For example, the small cell may be switched to a low downlink configuration to reduce interference in a time domain and/or a low bandwidth configuration to reduce interference in a frequency domain. Alternatively (or additionally), the small cell and/or any other small cells that have traffic below the threshold may switch to the same frequency and/or channel number to concentrate all possible interference on the same frequency and/or channel number. Further still, the configuration may be switched in a power domain, where a transmit power associated with the small cell may be adapted based on cellular measurements in combination with Wi-Fi measurements. (Yavuz et al. ‘098)
In nowadays communication technologies, one of the main challenges to overcome is how to translate theoretical algorithms, designed protocols, existing hardware products from different manufacturers and the already knowhow into innovative applications that can produce a benefit for the user and for the commercializing firm. Following this topic, the present paper introduces an application that combines different emerging technologies: wireless mesh networks, multihop routing and adaptation of streaming delivery with the objective to create a tool for effective marketing campaigns. (Catalan et al. “Rate adaptation in 3GPP video streaming using track switching over a multihop WLAN”)
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