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Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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) 1-8 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Dahlen et al. (US 2014/0213258; hereinafter Dahlen).
Regarding claims 1, 4, 7, and 8, Dahlen discloses a method/a UE and network for redirecting a user equipment (UE) from a first network to a second network (Fig. 1; [0015]: steering a mobility of the user equipment to a second network based on network sharing capability), comprising:
receiving, at the UE, a redirection message that redirects the UE from the first network to the second network ([0006], [0034]-[0036]: UE receiving RRC message from the source network regarding two PLMN identities; the source network steering and redirecting UE to another network);
determining, at the UE, band information for the second network ([0034]: UE is configured to be capable of retrieving the information on at least one PLMN identity of the at least two PLMN identities from the transmitted message from the source network); and
redirecting to the second network based on the determined band information ([0036]: steering and redirecting the UE to a RAT or frequency band accordingly in the shared network).
Regarding claims 2, and 5, Dahlen discloses wherein the redirection message includes band information for each of a plurality of mobile network operator (MNO) partners of the first network (Fig. 1; [0029]: the redirecting of UE to the shared network comprise a plurality of Multi-Operator Core Network with plurality of PLMN identities).
Regarding claims 3 and 6, Dahlen discloses wherein determining the band information for the second network is based on one or more of a configuration of the UE, a band support table (Fig. 1; [0029]: the second network is a shared network with plurality of PLMN identities in the Multiple PLMN List), bands based on a location of the UE, and signal strength measurements.
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/CHUCK HUYNH/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2644
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