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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)(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.
Claims 1-5 7-11 and 13-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102 (2) as being anticipated by Lu et Al. 20230342567.
As per claim 1, Lu et al. teach the sensing signal processing method, comprising: ( See ref. Fig. 6 para 0093- 0147 of the specification). receiving, by a first communication device, a first requirement from a second communication device, and determining, by the first communication device, first information based on the first requirement; or receiving, by a first communication device, first information from a second communication device( See ref. Fig. 6 para 0093- 0147 and claims 1-20 of the specification). ; and transmitting, by the first communication device to a third communication device or a fourth communication device, a first sensing signal corresponding to second information ( See ref. Fig. 6 para 0093- 0147 and claims 1-20 of the specification) , wherein the first requirement comprises at least one of the following : a fuzzification requirement related to wireless sensing, a sensing privacy requirement, or a sensing error requirement; the first information or the second information comprises at least one of the following: parameter information of the sensing signal or resource information of the sensing signal; and the first information is the same as or different from the second information ( See ref. Fig. 6 para 0093- 0147 and claims 1-20 of the specification).
As per claim 2, the method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises: receiving, by the first communication device, a second requirement from the second communication device, wherein the second requirement comprises a sensing requirement( See ref. Fig. 6 para 0093- 0147 of the specification).
As per claim 3, the method according to claim 2, wherein the determining, by the first communication device, first information based on the first requirement comprises: determining, by the first communication device, the first information based on the first requirement and the second requirement( See ref. Fig. 6 para 0093- 0147 of the specification).
As per claim 4 the method according to claim 2, wherein the method further comprises: transmitting, by the first communication device, the second requirement to the third communication device( See ref. Fig. 6 para 0093- 0147 of the specification). Find
As per claim 5, the method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises: transmitting, by the first communication device, a sensing measurement quantity that needs to be fed back by the third communication device and/or measurement configuration information to the third communication device( See ref. Fig. 6 para 0093- 0147 of the specification). Find
As per claim 7, the method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises: determining, by the first communication device, a first fuzzification mode based on the first requirement or based on the first requirement and the second requirement; or receiving, by the first communication device, a second fuzzification mode from the second communication device, wherein the first fuzzification mode or the second fuzzification mode is a fuzzification mode for some or all sensing measurement quantities( See ref. Fig. 6 para 0093- 0147 of the specification).
As per claim 8, the method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises: transmitting, by the first communication device, the second information to the third communication device ( See ref. Fig. 6 para 0093- 0147 of the specification).
As per claim 9, the method according to claim 7, wherein the method further comprises: transmitting, by the first communication device, at least one of the first fuzzification mode or the second fuzzification mode to the third communication device( See ref. Fig. 6 para 0093- 0147 of the specification) .
As per claim 10, the method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises: receiving, by the first communication device, a first sensing measurement quantity that is of the first sensing signal and that is transmitted by the third communication device; or receiving, by the first communication device, a sensing result that is of a first sensing measurement quantity and that is transmitted by the third communication device( See ref. Fig. 6 para 0093- 0147 of the specification). .
As per claim 11, the method according to claim 10, wherein after the receiving, by the first communication device, a first sensing measurement quantity that is of the first sensing signal and that is transmitted by the third communication device, the method further comprises: obtaining, by the first communication device, a sensing result based on the first sensing measurement quantity; or transmitting, by the first communication device, the first sensing measurement quantity to the second communication device ( See ref. Fig. 6 para 0093- 0147 of the specification).
As per claim 13, the method according to claim 1, wherein after the first communication device receives a sensing result that is of a first sensing measurement quantity and that is transmitted by the third communication device, the method further comprises: transmitting, by the first communication device, the sensing result to the second communication device( See ref. Fig. 6 para 0093- 0147 of the specification).
As per claim 14, the method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises: receiving, by the first communication device from the fourth communication device, a first sensing measurement quantity of the first sensing signal; and transmitting, by the first communication device, the first sensing measurement quantity to the second communication device ( See ref. Fig. 6 para 0093- 0147 of the specification).
As per claim 15, Lu et al. teach a sensing signal processing method, comprising: ( See ref. Fig. 6 para 0093- 0147 of the specification). transmitting, by a second communication device, a first requirement or first information to a first communication device, wherein the first requirement comprises at least one of the following( See ref. Fig. 6 para 0093- 0147 and claims 1-20 of the specification).: a fuzzification requirement related to wireless sensing, a sensing privacy requirement, or a sensing error requirement( See ref. Fig. 6 para 0093- 0147 of the specification).; and the first information comprises at least one of the following: parameter information of a sensing signal or resource information of the sensing signal ( See ref. Fig. 6 para 0093- 0147 and claims 1-20 of the specification).
As per claim 16, the method according to claim 15, wherein before the transmitting, by a second communication device, first information to a first communication device, the method further comprises: determining, by the second communication device, the first information based on the first requirement ( See ref. Fig. 6 para 0093- 0147 of the specification).
As per claim 17, the method according to claim 15, wherein the method further comprises: receiving, by the second communication device, the first requirement from a core network device; or receiving, by the second communication device, the first requirement from an application, a radio access network device, or a terminal; or receiving, by the second communication device, the first requirement from a network management system of an operator( See ref. Fig. 6 para 0093- 0147 of the specification).
As per claim 18, Lu et al. teach a sensing signal processing method, comprising( See ref. Fig. 6 para 0093- 0147 of the specification).: receiving, by a sensing signal receiving device, a first sensing signal corresponding to second information and transmitted by a first communication device, wherein the second information comprises at least one of the following( See ref. Fig. 6 para 0093- 0147 of the specification).: parameter information of the sensing signal or resource information of the sensing signal; ( See ref. Fig. 6 para 0093- 0147 and claims 1-20 of the specification). and detecting, by the sensing signal receiving device, the first sensing signal to obtain a first sensing measurement quantity, wherein the sensing signal receiving device comprises a third communication device or a fourth communication device( See ref. Fig. 6 para 0093- 0147 and claims 1-20 of the specification).
As per claim 19, the method according to claim 18, wherein the sensing signal receiving device comprises
the third communication device, and the method further comprises: transmitting, by the third communication device, the first sensing measurement quantity to the first communication device and/or a second communication device( See ref. Fig. 6 para 0093- 0147 of the specification).
As per claim 20, the method according to claim 18, wherein the sensing signal receiving device comprises the third communication device, and the method further comprises: obtaining, by the third communication device, a sensing result based on the first sensing measurement quantity; and transmitting, by the third communication device, the sensing result to the first communication device and/or a second communication device ( See ref. Fig. 6 para 0093- 0147 of the specification).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 6 and 12 are objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
Conclusion
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