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Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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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)(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.
Claim(s) 2-4 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102a1 as being anticipated by CN193356 (hereinafter CN356).
Regarding claim 1, CN356 discloses a wireless communication method (Fig. 1) in a distributed antenna system including a base station (11) and a plurality of antennas (2i, …, 2N,21,22) that communicates with one or more terminal stations (2i, …, 2N,21,22) by spatial multiplexing (13i…13N, 131,132) according to control of the base station, wherein
each of the plurality of antennas includes a plurality of sub-arrays(Abstract, [0025],[0041], which recites the system includes an antenna sub-array composed of antenna units of K and corresponding RF transceivers, a set of antenna array is made up of M sets of sub-arrays),
the base station allocates a plurality of sub-arrays of different antennas to each of one or more candidate terminal stations to be subjected to communication by spatial multiplexing using two or more sub-arrays among the plurality of sub-arrays(Abstract, [0025],[0041], which recites group A is distributed in the antenna array in an area covered by a base station connected with the baseband processor by N-sets of feeding lines and the baseband processor selects suitable emission plans and antenna sub-arrays in the entire covered area of the base station based on the channel environment and service requirement to set up multi-modes of radio communication links), and
the plurality of sub-arrays allocated to the candidate terminal station performs spatial multiplexing transmission to the allocated candidate terminal station(Abstract, [0025],[0041], which recites the baseband processor 11 selects a suitable transmission scheme and antenna subarray (column) in the entire coverage area of the base station according to the channel environment and service requirements of the mobile station, and establishes wireless communication links in various modes (single-input single-output, single-input multiple-output, multiple- input single-output or multiple-input multiple- output) with the mobile station).
Regarding claim 3, CN356 discloses a distributed antenna system(Fig. 1) comprising:
a base station(11); and a plurality of antennas(2i, …, 2N,21,22) that communicates with one or more terminal stations(2i, …, 2N,21,22) by spatial multiplexing (13i…13N, 131,132) according to control of the base station,
wherein each of the plurality of antennas includes a plurality of sub-arrays(Abstract, [0025],[0041], which recites the system includes an antenna sub-array composed of antenna units of K and corresponding RF transceivers, a set of antenna array is made up of M sets of sub-arrays),
the base station includes an allocator configured to allocate a plurality of sub-arrays of different antennas to each of one or more candidate terminal stations to be subjected to communication by spatial multiplexing(Abstract, [0025],[0041], which recites group A is distributed in the antenna array in an area covered by a base station connected with the baseband processor by N-sets of feeding lines and the baseband processor selects suitable emission plans and antenna sub-arrays in the entire covered area of the base station based on the channel environment and service requirement to set up multi-modes of radio communication links) using two or more sub-arrays among the plurality of sub- arrays, and multiplexing transmission to the allocated candidate terminal station(Abstract, [0025],[0041], which recites the baseband processor 11 selects a suitable transmission scheme and antenna subarray (column) in the entire coverage area of the base station according to the channel environment and service requirements of the mobile station, and establishes wireless communication links in various modes (single-input single-output, single-input multiple-output, multiple- input single-output or multiple-input multiple- output) with the mobile station).
Regarding claim 4, CN356 discloses a wireless communication device (Fig. 1) comprising:
a base station(11); and
a plurality of antennas (2i, …, 2N,21,22) that communicates with one or more terminal stations (2i, …, 2N,21,22) by spatial multiplexing according to control of the base station(13i…13N, 131,132),
wherein each of the plurality of antennas includes a plurality of sub-arrays(Abstract, [0025],[0041], which recites the system includes an antenna sub-array composed of antenna units of K and corresponding RF transceivers, a set of antenna array is made up of M sets of sub-arrays),
the base station includes an allocator configured to allocate a plurality of sub-arrays of different antennas to each of one or more candidate terminal stations to be subjected to communication by spatial multiplexing using two or more sub-arrays (Abstract, [0025],[0041], which recites group A is distributed in the antenna array in an area covered by a base station connected with the baseband processor by N-sets of feeding lines and the baseband processor selects suitable emission plans and antenna sub-arrays in the entire covered area of the base station based on the channel environment and service requirement to set up multi-modes of radio communication links) among
the plurality of sub- arrays, and multiplexing transmission to the allocated candidate terminal station(Abstract, [0025],[0041], which recites the baseband processor 11 selects a suitable transmission scheme and antenna subarray (column) in the entire coverage area of the base station according to the channel environment and service requirements of the mobile station, and establishes wireless communication links in various modes (single-input single-output, single-input multiple-output, multiple- input single-output or multiple-input multiple- output) with the mobile station).
Regarding claim 2, CN356 discloses the wireless communication method according to claim 1, wherein the base station extracts a plurality of candidate sub-arrays to be allocated among the plurality of sub- arrays for each of the one or more candidate terminal stations, and allocates a candidate sub-array belonging to an antenna different from an already allocated sub-array among the plurality of extracted candidate sub-arrays to each of the one or more candidate terminal stations for the number of streams to be subjected to the spatial multiplexing(Abstract, [0025],[0041]).
Conclusion
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/DADY CHERY/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2418
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