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Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(b):
(b) CONCLUSION.—The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor regards as the invention.
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph:
The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.
Regarding claim 1, the claim is written in a manner which is unclear and leads to indefiniteness. As written the claim can be read to include 3-4 different variations and with unclear limitations the examination is construed in a manner that leads to unclear claim elements. The claim is broken in multiple elements regarding what could possibly be groupings of elements.
One interpretation is that the or statement is between two groups:
“a positioning channel used to transmit a sidelink-positioning reference signal (SL-PRS)”) or (“transmit an SL-PRS and positioning data information; a positioning data channel used to transmit the positioning data information; and a positioning control channel used to transmit positioning scheduling information”).
The second interpretation is that the groupings are as follows:
(“a positioning channel used to transmit a sidelink-positioning reference signal (SL-PRS) or transmit an SL-PRS and positioning data information”; “a positioning data channel used to transmit the positioning data information”; and “a positioning control channel used to transmit positioning scheduling information.”.
The third interpretation is that the groupings are as follows:
(“a positioning channel used to transmit a sidelink-positioning reference signal
(SL-PRS) or transmit an SL-PRS and positioning data information”); (a positioning channel used to transmit a sidelink-positioning reference signal (SL-PRS) or a positioning data channel used to transmit the positioning data information”); and (“a positioning channel used to transmit a sidelink-positioning reference signal (SL-PRS) or a positioning control channel used to transmit positioning scheduling information”).
In the interest of compact prosecution and the sake of examination the examiner treats the claim as a positioning channel used to transmit a sidelink-positioning reference signal (SL-PRS).
Claims 1-20 include multiple indefinite dependency issues since, as the claims are currently drafted, there are many nested dependent claims that become invalid based upon the drafting of the limitations. Statements throughout the limitations are written in a manner that creates nonexistent elements within the options for the claims. Comprises at least one of the following throughout multiple claims and respective dependents create unsupported alternatives.
Regarding claim 2,the limitation: “selecting the transmission resource for the first channel from the resource pool according to configuration information of the resource pool comprises at least one of the following: selecting a first resource for the positioning channel from the first resource region in a case that the first channel comprises the positioning channel and the positioning control channel, and selecting a second resource for the positioning control channel from the first resource region or a second resource region, wherein the second resource region is a resource set different from the first resource region in the resource pool; wherein the first resource, the second resource are transmission resources in the resource pool; a time division multiplexing (TDM) mode is adopted for the positioning control channel and the positioning channel; the first resource pool is a dedicated sidelink positioning resource pool; a frequency domain of the positioning channel fully occupy a frequency domain bandwidth of the entire resource pool.” Is unclear and indefinite. It is not clear what the limitation is selecting at least one of.
Claim 2 recites the limitation "the first resource region" in line 7. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim. It appears the proper introduction was deleted in the amendment. Change the limitation to a first resource region. Additionally, Claim 2 never forms a complete statement. After the wherein clause the sentence never closes the list of the limitations properly.
Regarding claim 3, the phrase “wherein the positioning scheduling information is used to schedule transmission of the positioning channel and/or the positioning data channel creates open ended choices wherein elements or a prior claim are selected though not present in the dependent claim and vice versa. Additionally, the claim invokes language scheduling information is selected from a list of items: SL-PRS indication information; positioning channel indication information; positioning data channel indication information; source identity ID information; destination ID information; positioning data indicating bit; SL-PRS resource ID; and reserved bit information.
Regarding claim 4, the claim invokes language SL-PRS indication information is selected from a list of items: SL-PRS priority information; SL-PRS frequency domain resource assignment information; SL-PRS time domain resource assignment information; pattern information of a time domain symbol location occupied by the SL-PRS; SL-PRS resource reservation period information; SL-PRS resource reservation period number information; SL-RS port number information; offset slot number information; and first resource region related information. Once again indefiniteness arises due to the possibility of unsupported alternative combinations.
Regarding claim 5, the claim invokes language the SL-PRS frequency domain resource assignment information comprises at least one of the following: SL-PRS start physical resource block (PRB) location information; SL-PRS start sub-channel location information; SL-PRS bandwidth information; SL-PRS comb size information; SL-PRS start resource element (RE) location information; SL-PRS comb offset information; SL-PRS cyclic shift information; SL-PRS orthogonal cover code (OCC) information; and SL-PRS frequency domain pattern index information; and the SL-PRS time domain resource assignment information comprises at least one of the following: location information of a slot occupied by the SL-PRS; start symbol location information of the SL-PRS in the slot; and occupied symbol number information. Once again indefiniteness arises due to the possibility of unsupported alternative combinations.
Regarding claim 6, the positioning channel indication information comprises at least one of the following: positioning channel priority information; positioning channel frequency domain resource assignment information; positioning channel time domain resource assignment information; pattern information of a time domain symbol location occupied by the positioning channel; positioning channel resource reservation period information; positioning channel resource reservation period number information; SL-PRS port number information; offset slot number information; modulation and coding mode information; modulation and coding scheme (MCS) table indication information; new data indication information; repeat time-frequency resource assignment indication information; redundant version information; hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process number information; and first resource region related information. Once again indefiniteness arises due to the possibility of unsupported alternative combinations.
Regarding claim 7, the positioning channel frequency domain resource assignment information comprises at least one of the following: positioning channel start PRB location information; SL-PRS start sub-channel location information; positioning channel bandwidth information; SL-PRS comb size information; SL-PRS start RE location information; SL-PRS comb offset information; SL-PRS cyclic shift information; SL-PRS OCC information; and SL-PRS frequency domain pattern index information; and the positioning channel time domain resource assignment information comprises at least one of the following: location information of a slot occupied by the positioning channel; start symbol location information of the positioning channel in the slot; and occupied symbol number information. Once again indefiniteness arises due to the possibility of unsupported alternative combinations.
Regarding claim 8, the claim invokes language the positioning data channel indication information comprises at least one of the following: positioning data channel priority information; positioning data channel frequency domain resource assignment information; positioning data channel time domain resource assignment information; positioning data channel resource reservation period information; positioning data channel resource reservation period number information; demodulation reference signal (DMRS) port number information; DMRS pattern information; modulation and coding mode information; MCS table indication information; new data indication information; repeat time-frequency resource assignment indication information; redundant version information; HARQ process number information; and first resource region related information. Once again indefiniteness arises due to the possibility of unsupported alternative combinations.
Regarding claim 9, the claim invokes language the positioning data channel frequency domain resource assignment information comprises at least one of the following: positioning data channel start PRB location information; and positioning data channel bandwidth information; and the positioning data channel time domain resource assignment information comprises at least one of the following: location information of a slot occupied by the positioning data channel; start symbol location information of the positioning data channel in the slot; and occupied symbol number information. Once again indefiniteness arises due to the possibility of unsupported alternative combinations.
Regarding claim 10, the claim invokes language the configuration information of the resource pool comprises at least one of the following: positioning channel configuration information; positioning control channel configuration information; positioning data channel configuration information; resource pool frequency domain start PRB location information; resource pool frequency domain occupied PRB number information; resource pool frequency domain sub-channel size information; resource pool occupied sub-channel number information; and adjacent identity information of the positioning control channel and the positioning data channel. Once again indefiniteness arises due to the possibility of unsupported alternative combinations.
Regarding claim 11, the claim invokes language the positioning channel configuration information comprises at least one of the following: time domain offset value information; positioning channel time domain configuration information; positioning channel frequency domain configuration information; SL-PRS sequence information, wherein the sequence information comprises sequence ID information and/or sequence type information; SL-PRS resource type information; an SL-PRS period value; time domain offset value information of the SL-PRS in each SL-PRS period relative to a start location of the period; MCS table information of positioning data; and time-frequency resource location information used to transmit the positioning channel in a single slot of the resource pool. Once again indefiniteness arises due to the possibility of unsupported alternative combinations.
Regarding claim 12, the claim invokes language the positioning channel time domain configuration information comprises at least one of the following: SL-PRS time domain pattern information; positioning channel time domain pattern information; SL-PRS time domain start symbol location information; positioning channel time domain start symbol location information; SL-PRS time domain symbol number information; positioning channel time domain symbol number information; and pattern information of a time domain symbol location occupied by the SL-PRS. Once again indefiniteness arises due to the possibility of unsupported alternative combinations.
Regarding claim 13, the claim invokes language the positioning channel frequency domain configuration information comprises at least one of the following: SL-PRS frequency domain pattern information; SL-PRS frequency domain start PRB location information; positioning channel frequency domain start PRB location information; SL-PRS frequency domain start sub-channel location information; positioning channel frequency domain start sub-channel location information; SL-PRS frequency domain occupied PRB number information; positioning channel frequency domain occupied PRB number information; SL-PRS frequency domain occupied sub-channel number information; positioning channel frequency domain occupied sub-channel number information; and SL-PRS frequency domain shift information. Once again indefiniteness arises due to the possibility of unsupported alternative combinations.
Regarding claim 14, the claim invokes language the positioning control channel configuration information comprises at least one of the following: information of a number of symbols occupied by the positioning control channel in the resource pool in a time domain slot; information of a number of PRBs occupied by the positioning control channel in the resource pool in a frequency domain; initialization ID information of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) sequence of the positioning control channel; reserved bit number information; time-frequency resource location information used to transmit the positioning control channel in a slot of the resource pool; and pattern information of a time domain symbol location occupied by the positioning control channel. Once again indefiniteness arises due to the possibility of unsupported alternative combinations.
Regarding claim 15, the claim invokes language the positioning data channel configuration information comprises at least one of the following: MCS table information of positioning data; information of a number of symbols occupied by one positioning data channel in the resource pool in a single time domain slot; period value information of the positioning data channel; and time-frequency resource location information used to transmit the positioning data channel in a slot of the resource pool. Once again indefiniteness arises due to the possibility of unsupported alternative combinations.
Regarding claim 16, the first mode comprises at least one of the following: mapping an RE of a second OFDM symbol of the first channel repetitively; and mapping a dedicated AGC reference signals (RS). Once again indefiniteness arises due to the possibility of unsupported alternative combinations.
Regarding claim 17, Depends on claim 1.
Regarding claim 18, the claim invokes language an association between the positioning data channel and the positioning control channel comprises at least one of the following: a number of PRBs jointly occupied by the positioning control channel and a first positioning data channel in a frequency domain is less than or equal to a sub-channel size, and the first positioning data channel is a positioning data channel scheduled by the positioning control channel; scheduling granularity of the positioning data channel in a frequency domain is a sub-channel; the number of PRBs jointly occupied by the positioning control channel and the first positioning data channel in the frequency domain is an integer multiple of a sub-channel size; a number of PRBs occupied by the positioning control channel in a frequency domain is less than or equal to the sub-channel size; the number of PRBs occupied by the positioning control channel in the frequency domain is equal to an integer multiple of the sub-channel size; and a start PRB location of the positioning control channel is a start PRB location of each sub- channel. Once again indefiniteness arises due to the possibility of unsupported alternative combinations.
Regarding claim 19, the claim is written in a manner which is unclear and leads to indefiniteness. As written the claim can be read to include 3-4 different variations and with unclear limitations the examination is construed in a manner that leads to unclear claim elements. The claim is broken in multiple elements regarding what could possibly be groupings of elements.
i. One interpretation is that the or statement is between two groups:
“a positioning channel used to transmit a sidelink-positioning reference signal (SL-PRS)”) or (“transmit an SL-PRS and positioning data information; a positioning data channel used to transmit the positioning data information; and a positioning control channel used to transmit positioning scheduling information”).
The second interpretation is that the groupings are as follows:
(“a positioning channel used to transmit a sidelink-positioning reference signal (SL-PRS) or transmit an SL-PRS and positioning data information”; “a positioning data channel used to transmit the positioning data information”; and “a positioning control channel used to transmit positioning scheduling information.”.
The third interpretation is that the groupings are as follows:
(“a positioning channel used to transmit a sidelink-positioning reference signal
(SL-PRS) or transmit an SL-PRS and positioning data information”); (a positioning channel used to transmit a sidelink-positioning reference signal (SL-PRS) or a positioning data channel used to transmit the positioning data information”); and (“a positioning channel used to transmit a sidelink-positioning reference signal (SL-PRS) or a positioning control channel used to transmit positioning scheduling information”).
In the interest of compact prosecution and the sake of examination the examiner treats the claim as a positioning channel used to transmit a sidelink-positioning reference signal (SL-PRS).
Regarding claim 20, the claim is written in a manner which is unclear and leads to indefiniteness. As written the claim can be read to include 3-4 different variations and with unclear limitations the examination is construed in a manner that leads to unclear claim elements. The claim is broken in multiple elements regarding what could possibly be groupings of elements.
One interpretation is that the or statement is between two groups:
“a positioning channel used to transmit a sidelink-positioning reference signal (SL-PRS)”) or (“transmit an SL-PRS and positioning data information; a positioning data channel used to transmit the positioning data information; and a positioning control channel used to transmit positioning scheduling information”).
The second interpretation is that the groupings are as follows:
(“a positioning channel used to transmit a sidelink-positioning reference signal (SL-PRS) or transmit an SL-PRS and positioning data information”; “a positioning data channel used to transmit the positioning data information”; and “a positioning control channel used to transmit positioning scheduling information.”.
The third interpretation is that the groupings are as follows:
(“a positioning channel used to transmit a sidelink-positioning reference signal
(SL-PRS) or transmit an SL-PRS and positioning data information”); (a positioning channel used to transmit a sidelink-positioning reference signal (SL-PRS) or a positioning data channel used to transmit the positioning data information”); and (“a positioning channel used to transmit a sidelink-positioning reference signal (SL-PRS) or a positioning control channel used to transmit positioning scheduling information”).
In the interest of compact prosecution and the sake of examination the examiner treats the claim as a positioning channel used to transmit a sidelink-positioning reference signal (SL-PRS).
a positioning channel used to transmit a sidelink-positioning reference signal (SL-PRS) or transmit an SL-PRS and positioning data information; a positioning data channel used to transmit the positioning data information; and a positioning control channel used to transmit positioning scheduling information.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis (i.e., changing from AIA to pre-AIA ) for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
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.
(a)(2) the claimed invention was described in a patent issued under section 151, or in an application for patent published or deemed published under section 122(b), in which the patent or application, as the case may be, names another inventor and was effectively filed before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claim(s) 1-20 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) and/or (a)(2) as being anticipated by Ko et al., US PGPub 2022/0385423 A1.
Regarding claim 1, Ko et al., shows a method of resource configuration for a sidelink positioning, applied to a first device, comprising:
selecting a transmission resource for a first channel from a resource pool according to configuration information of the resource pool, wherein the first channel comprises at least one of the following: a positioning channel used to transmit a sidelink-positioning reference signal (SL-PRS) (Fig. 20; [0269] i.e. a parameter related to S-PRS may include …)or transmit an SL-PRS and positioning data information; a positioning data channel used to transmit the positioning data information; and a positioning control channel used to transmit positioning scheduling information.
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Regarding claim 2, Ko et al., shows the method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the selecting the transmission resource for the first channel from the resource pool according to configuration information of the resource pool comprises at least one of the following: selecting a first resource for the positioning channel from the first resource region in a case that the first channel comprises the positioning channel and the positioning control channel, and selecting a second resource for the positioning control channel from the first resource region or a second resource region, wherein the second resource region is a resource set different from the first resource region in the resource pool; wherein the first resource, the second resource are transmission resources in the resource pool; a time division multiplexing (TDM) mode is adopted for the positioning control channel and the positioning channel; the first resource pool is a dedicated sidelink positioning resource pool; a frequency domain of the positioning channel fully occupy a frequency domain bandwidth of the entire resource pool [0071].
c. Regarding claim 3, Ko et al., shows the method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the positioning scheduling information is used to schedule transmission of the positioning channel and/or the positioning data channel, and the positioning scheduling information comprises at least one of the following: SL-PRS indication information; positioning channel indication information; positioning data channel indication information; source identity ID information; destination ID information; positioning data indicating bit; SL-PRS resource ID; and reserved bit information ([0157]-[0170] Indicate variable(s) that are associated with the S-PRS).
d. Regarding claim 4, Ko et al., shows the method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the SL-PRS indication information comprises at least one of the following: SL-PRS priority information; SL-PRS frequency domain resource assignment information; SL-PRS time domain resource assignment information; pattern information of a time domain symbol location occupied by the SL-PRS; SL-PRS resource reservation period information; SL-PRS resource reservation period number information; SL-PRS port number information; offset slot number information; and first resource region related information ([0157]-[0170] Indicate variable that are associated with the S-PRS).
e. Regarding claim 5, Ko et al., shows the method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the SL-PRS frequency domain resource assignment information comprises at least one of the following: SL-PRS start physical resource block (PRB) location information; SL-PRS start sub-channel location information; SL-PRS bandwidth information; SL-PRS comb size information; SL-PRS start resource element (RE) location information; SL-PRS comb offset information ([0179] and [0181]]; SL-PRS cyclic shift information; SL-PRS orthogonal cover code (OCC) information; and SL-PRS frequency domain pattern index information; and the SL-PRS time domain resource assignment information comprises at least one of the following: location information of a slot occupied by the SL-PRS; start symbol location information of the SL-PRS in the slot; and occupied symbol number information.
f. Regarding claim 6, Ko et al., shows the method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the positioning channel indication information comprises at least one of the following: positioning channel priority information; positioning channel frequency domain resource assignment information; positioning channel time domain resource assignment information; pattern information of a time domain symbol location occupied by the positioning channel; positioning channel resource reservation period information; positioning channel resource reservation period number information; SL-PRS port number information; offset slot number information; modulation and coding mode information; modulation and coding scheme (MCS) table indication information; new data indication information; repeat time-frequency resource assignment indication information; redundant version information; hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process number information; and first resource region related information [0313].
g. Regarding claim 7, Ko et al., shows the method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the positioning channel frequency domain resource assignment information comprises at least one of the following: positioning channel start PRB location information; SL-PRS start sub-channel location information; positioning channel bandwidth information; SL-PRS comb size information; SL-PRS start RE location information; SL-PRS comb offset information; SL-PRS cyclic shift information; SL-PRS OCC information; and SL-PRS frequency domain pattern index information; and the positioning channel time domain resource assignment information comprises at least one of the following: location information of a slot occupied by the positioning channel; start symbol location information of the positioning channel in the slot; and occupied symbol number information ([0179], [0183], and [0217]).
h. Regarding claim 8, Ko et al., shows the method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the positioning data channel indication information comprises at least one of the following: positioning data channel priority information [0269]; positioning data channel frequency domain resource assignment information; positioning data channel time domain resource assignment information; positioning data channel resource reservation period information; positioning data channel resource reservation period number information; demodulation reference signal (DMRS) port number information; DMRS pattern information; modulation and coding mode information; MCS table indication information; new data indication information; repeat time-frequency resource assignment indication information; redundant version information; HARQ process number information; and first resource region related information ([0153], [0301], and [0315]) .
i. Regarding claim 9, Ko et al., shows the method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the positioning data channel frequency domain resource assignment information comprises at least one of the following: positioning data channel start PRB location information; and positioning data channel bandwidth information; and the positioning data channel time domain resource assignment information comprises at least one of the following: location information of a slot occupied by the positioning data channel; start symbol location information of the positioning data channel in the slot; and occupied symbol number information [0269].
j. Regarding claim 10, Ko et al., shows the method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the configuration information of the resource pool comprises at least one of the following: positioning channel configuration information; positioning control channel configuration information; positioning data channel configuration information; resource pool frequency domain start PRB location information; resource pool frequency domain occupied PRB number information; resource pool frequency domain sub-channel size information; resource pool occupied sub-channel number information; and adjacent identity information of the positioning control channel and the positioning data channel. [0269]
k. Regarding claim 11, Ko et al., shows the method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the positioning channel configuration information comprises at least one of the following: time domain offset value information; positioning channel time domain configuration information; positioning channel frequency domain configuration information; SL-PRS sequence information, wherein the sequence information comprises sequence ID information and/or sequence type information; SL-PRS resource type information; an SL-PRS period value; time domain offset value information of the SL-PRS in each SL-PRS period relative to a start location of the period; MCS table information of positioning data; and time-frequency resource location information used to transmit the positioning channel in a single slot of the resource pool (Fig. 20; [0268]-[0269]).
l. Regarding claim 12, Ko et al., shows the method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the positioning channel time domain configuration information comprises at least one of the following: SL-PRS time domain pattern information; positioning channel time domain pattern information; SL-PRS time domain start symbol location information; positioning channel time domain start symbol location information; SL-PRS time domain symbol number information; positioning channel time domain symbol number information; and pattern information of a time domain symbol location occupied by the SL-PRS (Fig. 20; [0268]-[0269]).
m. Regarding claim 13, Ko et al., shows the method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the positioning channel frequency domain configuration information comprises at least one of the following: SL-PRS frequency domain pattern information; SL-PRS frequency domain start PRB location information; positioning channel frequency domain start PRB location information; SL-PRS frequency domain start sub-channel location information; positioning channel frequency domain start sub-channel location information; SL-PRS frequency domain occupied PRB number information; positioning channel frequency domain occupied PRB number information; SL-PRS frequency domain occupied sub-channel number information; positioning channel frequency domain occupied sub-channel number information; and SL-PRS frequency domain shift information (Fig. 20; [0268]-[0269]).
n. Regarding claim 14, Ko et al., shows the method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the positioning control channel configuration information comprises at least one of the following: information of a number of symbols occupied by the positioning control channel in the resource pool in a time domain slot; information of a number of PRBs occupied by the positioning control channel in the resource pool in a frequency domain; initialization ID information of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) sequence of the positioning control channel; reserved bit number information; time-frequency resource location information used to transmit the positioning control channel in a slot of the resource pool; and pattern information of a time domain symbol location occupied by the positioning control channel ([0268]-[0269]).
o. Regarding claim 15, Ko et al., shows the method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the positioning data channel configuration information comprises at least one of the following: MCS table information of positioning data; information of a number of symbols occupied by one positioning data channel in the resource pool in a single time domain slot; period value information of the positioning data channel; and time-frequency resource location information used to transmit the positioning data channel in a slot of the resource pool ([0268]-[0269]).
p. Regarding claim 16, Ko et al., shows the method as claimed in claim 1, wherein a first orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol on a time domain of the first channel is generated in a first mode, and the first OFDM symbol is used to perform automatic gain control (AGC) processing, wherein the first mode comprises at least one of the following: mapping an RE of a second OFDM symbol of the first channel repetitively; and mapping a dedicated AGC reference signals (RS) ([0071] and [0314]).
q. Regarding claim 17, Ko et al., shows the method as claimed in claim 1, wherein a guard period (GP) is configured after a time domain end symbol of the first channel ([0139] i.e. gap).
r. Regarding claim 18, Ko et al., shows the method as claimed in claim 1, wherein an association between the positioning data channel and the positioning control channel comprises at least one of the following: a number of PRBs jointly occupied by the positioning control channel and a first positioning data channel in a frequency domain is less than or equal to a sub-channel size, and the first positioning data channel is a positioning data channel scheduled by the positioning control channel; scheduling granularity of the positioning data channel in a frequency domain is a sub-channel; the number of PRBs jointly occupied by the positioning control channel and the first positioning data channel in the frequency domain is an integer multiple of a sub-channel size; a number of PRBs occupied by the positioning control channel in a frequency domain is less than or equal to the sub-channel size; the number of PRBs occupied by the positioning control channel in the frequency domain is equal to an integer multiple of the sub-channel size; and a start PRB location of the positioning control channel is a start PRB location of each sub- channel ([0085]-[0086] and [0092]-[0093]).
S. Regarding claim 19, Ko et al., shows a method of resource configuration for a sidelink positioning, applied to a second device, comprising: receiving information transmitted by a first device through a first channel according to configuration information of a resource pool, wherein the first channel comprises at least one of the following: a positioning channel used to transmit an SL-PRS or transmit an SL-PRS and positioning data information (SL-PRS) (Fig. 20; [0269] i.e. a parameter related to S-PRS may include …); a positioning data channel used to transmit the positioning data information; and a positioning control channel used to transmit positioning scheduling information.
t. Regarding claim 20, Ko et al., shows a device, comprising: a transceiver, a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored on the memory and runnable on the processor, wherein the computer program, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: select a transmission resource for a first channel from a resource pool according to configuration information of the resource pool, wherein the first channel comprises at least one of the following: a positioning channel used to transmit a sidelink-positioning reference signal (SL-PRS) or transmit an SL-PRS and positioning data information; a positioning data channel used to transmit the positioning data information; and a positioning control channel used to transmit positioning scheduling information SL-PRS) (Fig. 20 and 27; [0269] i.e. a parameter related to S-PRS may include …).
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Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
Nam et al., US PGPub 2023/0086126 A1, show a Sidelink positioning reference signal method, system, and device for wireless communications. Figs. 2, 7, 8, and 11.
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/Seahvosh Nikmanesh/Examiner, Art Unit 2649
/YUWEN PAN/Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 2649
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