DETAILED ACTION
Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
1. The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
Status of Claims
2. This communication is responsive to Application No. 18/853,337 filed on October 01, 2024. Claims 9, 14-15, 21-24 and 28-32 have been cancelled. Claims 1, 3-8, 10-11, 13, 16, 18-20 and 25-27 have been amended. Accordingly, claims 1-8, 10-13, 16-20 and 25-27 are subject to examination.
Information Disclosure Statement (IDS)
3. The IDS submitted 10/04/24 has been entered and considered by the Examiner.
Claim Objections
4. Following claims are objected to because of the following informalities:
in claim 1, line 8 “point wherein” should be replaced with “point, wherein”;
in claim 11, line 4 “relative the reference” should be replaced with “relative to the reference”;
in claim 12, lines 3-4 “relative the reference” should be replaced with “relative to the reference”;
in claim 16, lines 4-5 “relative the reference” should be replaced with “relative to the reference”; and
in claim 25, line 11 “point wherein” should be replaced with “point, wherein”.
Appropriate correction is required.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
5. 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.
Claims 1-8, 10-13, 16-20 and 25-27 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor, or for pre-AIA the Applicant regards as the invention.
Claim 1 recites “a plurality of access points” (line 2) and “access points” (lines 3-4). It is not clear whether said “access points” is different from or the same as said “plurality of access points”. Hence, renders claim 1 and its dependent claims indefinite.
Claim 3 recites “signal strength measurements” (line 3). It is not clear whether said “signal strength measurements” is different from or the same as “signal strength measurements” as recited in line 14 of claim 1.
Claim 12 recites the limitation "the channel coherence time" in line 3. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim (note: claim/s 1/11 recite/s “a/the respective channel coherence time”).
Claim 13 recites “access points” (line 2). It is not clear whether said “access points” is different from or the same as “plurality of access points” as recited in line 2 of claim 1. In addition, claim 13 recites the limitation "the coherence condition" in line 2. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 25 recites “configured to cause” (lines 4-5). It is not clear whether said “configured to cause” is referring to said “computer program”, “processing unit” or “control node”. In addition, claim 25 recites the limitation "the plurality of access points" in line 9. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim (note: in line 7 of claim 25 recites “access points”). Hence, renders claim 25 indefinite.
Claim 26 recites “a plurality of access points” (line 2) and “access points” (line 4). It is not clear whether said “access points” is different from or the same as said “plurality of access points”. Hence, renders claim 26 and its dependent claim indefinite.
Reason for Allowance
6. Wang (US 2020/0244376 A1) teaches in Figures 3-5 over-the-air (OTA) calibration processes for a distributed multiple input-multiple output (D-MIMO) system. Kundargi (US 2018/0048361 A1) teaches in Figure 5 selecting one antenna as a reference antenna from a plurality of antennas, calculating calibration coefficients of the one antenna with respect to the reference antenna based on calibration pilot symbols and in Figure 7 channel coherence time and channel estimation. Takano (US 2012/0315891 A1) teaches in Figure 11 deciding a target base station and calculating calibration coefficient of the target base station. Hohne (US 2012/0020396 A1) teaches in Figure 3 selecting a transmitter and determining calibration coefficients.
However, the prior art of record when implemented, would not produce said method as claimed in claim 1, said CRM as claimed in claim 25 and said apparatus as claimed in claim 26.
Conclusion
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/SHAWKAT M ALI/
Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2633