SENSING MEASUREMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND RELATED DEVICE

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Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA . Priority Acknowledgment is made of applicant’s claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. 119 (a)-(d). The certified copy has been filed in parent Application No. CN 202210389846.3, filed on 13th April 2022. ---------- ---------- ---------- Information Disclosure Statement The information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on 11th December 2025 is in compliance with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97. Accordingly, the information disclosure statement is being considered by the examiner. ========== ========== ========== 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 – 7, 9 – 12 and 15 – 20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Chisci et al (US 2022/0369125 A1). Claim 1. Chisci shows a sensing measurement method (abstract; fig. 7), comprising: receiving, by a first device (fig. 7: UE 110; fig. 11; fig. 13), a first signal and a second signal that are sent by a second device ([0082]: the manufacturing/calibration device may compare the signal power difference, which may be referred to as delta signal power, to a threshold signal power difference; [0090]: the manufacturing/calibration device may measure a first receive signal power of the transmit beam pattern 804 along the beam direction 806, measure a second receive signal power of the sensing beam pattern (e.g. 801 or 803) along a corresponding sensing beam direction (e.g. 808, 810), project the second receive signal power of the sensing beam pattern onto the transmit beam direction 806 to obtain a third receive signal power, and compare the first receive signal power to the third receive power (e.g. computing a signal power difference by subtracting the first receive signal power from the third receive power)); and performing, by the first device, sensing measurement based on the first signal and the second signal (fig. 8B and [0090]: the comparison shown in the scheme 800b may be described as comparing a projection of the signal power (or signal gain or other signal measurement) for each of the candidate sensing beam patterns 801, 802, 803 in the transmit beam direction 806 with a corresponding signal power (or signal gain or other signal measurement) of the transmit beam pattern 804; fig. 10 and [0095]: the beam coverage information 1020 is determined or generated based on the first transmit beam pattern 1004, and the beam coverage information 1030 is determined or generated based on the second transmit beam pattern 1024). Claim 18. Chisci shows a first device (fig. 7: UE 110; fig. 11; fig. 13), comprising a processor (fig. 13: processor), a memory (fig. 13: memory), and a program or instructions stored in the memory and capable of running on the processor (fig. 13: instructions), wherein the program or the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the first device to perform: receiving a first signal and a second signal that are sent by a second device ([0082]: the manufacturing/calibration device may compare the signal power difference, which may be referred to as delta signal power, to a threshold signal power difference; [0090]: the manufacturing/calibration device may measure a first receive signal power of the transmit beam pattern 804 along the beam direction 806, measure a second receive signal power of the sensing beam pattern (e.g. 801 or 803) along a corresponding sensing beam direction (e.g. 808, 810), project the second receive signal power of the sensing beam pattern onto the transmit beam direction 806 to obtain a third receive signal power, and compare the first receive signal power to the third receive power (e.g. computing a signal power difference by subtracting the first receive signal power from the third receive power)); and performing sensing measurement based on the first signal and the second signal (fig. 8B and [0090]: the comparison shown in the scheme 800b may be described as comparing a projection of the signal power (or signal gain or other signal measurement) for each of the candidate sensing beam patterns 801, 802, 803 in the transmit beam direction 806 with a corresponding signal power (or signal gain or other signal measurement) of the transmit beam pattern 804; fig. 10 and [0095]: the beam coverage information 1020 is determined or generated based on the first transmit beam pattern 1004, and the beam coverage information 1030 is determined or generated based on the second transmit beam pattern 1024). Claim 2. Chisci shows the method according to claim 1, wherein after the performing, by the first device, sensing measurement based on the first signal and the second signal (fig. 3), the method further comprises: obtaining a measurement result of the second signal relative to the first signal ([0095]: a manufacturing/calibration device may be configured to generate beam coverage information 1020, 1030 based on a plurality of sensing beam patterns (e. g., 1001, 1002, 1003) of a wireless communication device (e.g. UE 115, BS 105, wireless communication device 110, wireless communication device 210) with respect to a first transmit beam pattern 1004 and a second transmit beam pattern 1024 of the wireless communication device wherein the beam coverage information 1020 is determined or generated based on the first transmit beam pattern 1004, and the beam coverage information 1030 is determined or generated based on the second transmit beam pattern 1024); wherein the measurement result comprises at least one of the following: a delay difference (n/a); a frequency difference (n/a); a phase difference (n/a); a power difference ([0095]: the beam coverage information 1020, 1030, may include signal power and/or signal gain measurements for a respective candidate sensing beam pattern with respect to a transmit beam pattern, signal power difference measurements for a respective beam candidate pattern and transmit beam pattern, signal gain difference measurements for a respective beam candidate and transmit beam pattern, differences in pointing angle between a respective candidate sensing beam pattern and a transmit beam pattern, QCL relations between a respective candidate sensing beam pattern and a transmit beam pattern, signal energy thresholds, signal energy threshold adjustments, beam coverage test results, sensing beam eligibility indications, and/or any other suitable beam coverage parameter); an angle difference (see above); or a channel correlation (n/a). Claim 19. Chisci shows the first device according to claim 18, wherein after performing sensing measurement based on the first signal and the second signal (fig. 3), the program or the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the first device to further perform: obtaining a measurement result of the second signal relative to the first signal ([0095]: a manufacturing/calibration device may be configured to generate beam coverage information 1020, 1030 based on a plurality of sensing beam patterns (e. g., 1001, 1002, 1003) of a wireless communication device (e.g. UE 115, BS 105, wireless communication device 110, wireless communication device 210) with respect to a first transmit beam pattern 1004 and a second transmit beam pattern 1024 of the wireless communication device wherein the beam coverage information 1020 is determined or generated based on the first transmit beam pattern 1004, and the beam coverage information 1030 is determined or generated based on the second transmit beam pattern 1024); wherein the measurement result comprises at least one of the following: a delay difference (n/a); a frequency difference (n/a); a phase difference (n/a); a power difference ([0095]: the beam coverage information 1020, 1030, may include signal power and/or signal gain measurements for a respective candidate sensing beam pattern with respect to a transmit beam pattern, signal power difference measurements for a respective beam candidate pattern and transmit beam pattern, signal gain difference measurements for a respective beam candidate and transmit beam pattern, differences in pointing angle between a respective candidate sensing beam pattern and a transmit beam pattern, QCL relations between a respective candidate sensing beam pattern and a transmit beam pattern, signal energy thresholds, signal energy threshold adjustments, beam coverage test results, sensing beam eligibility indications, and/or any other suitable beam coverage parameter); an angle difference (see above); or a channel correlation (n/a). Claim 3. Chisci shows the method according to claim 2, wherein the first device is a terminal and the second device is a network-side device (fig. 2: UE 215a/b and base station 205a), and after the obtaining a measurement result of the second signal relative to the first signal ([0096]: the beam coverage information 1020 includes beam coverage information for a first candidate sensing beam pattern 1001, a second candidate sensing beam pattern 1002, and a third candidate sensing beam pattern 1003 with respect to a same transmit beam pattern 1004), the method further comprises: sending, by the first device, the measurement result to the second device ([0096]: the manufacturing/calibration device may be configured to determine, for each of the candidate sensing beam patterns 1001, 1002, 1003 with respect to each of the transmit beam patterns 1004, 1024, a signal energy difference (1015, 1016, 1017, 1035, 1036, 1037), and record each of the signal energy differences to a corresponding beam coverage information list 1020, 1030). Claim 4. Chisci shows the method according to claim 1, wherein the first device is a terminal and the second device is a network-side device (fig. 2: UE 215a/b and base station 205a), and before the receiving, by a first device, a first signal and a second signal that are sent by a second device ([0094]: the wireless communication device may indicate, in beam coverage information, the signal energy threshold adjustment, and a network wireless communication device (e.g. BS, UE) may be configured to use the sensing beam pattern for channel sensing before transmitting in transmit beam direction, and apply the signal energy threshold adjustment indicated in the corresponding beam coverage information), the method further comprises: receiving, by the first device, first configuration information sent by the second device ([0115]: the beam coverage module is configured to generate a sensing configuration), wherein the first configuration information comprises at least one of the following: a time-frequency resource for the first signal and/or the second signal ([0051]: the BSs can assign or schedule transmission resources (e.g. in the form of time-frequency resource blocks (RB)) for downlink (DL) and uplink (UL) transmissions in the network); a transmission period of the first signal and/or the second signal ([0051]: UL and DL transmissions occur at different time periods using the same frequency band); a port number of the first signal and/or the second signal (n/a); a random sequence generation parameter of the first signal and/or the second signal (n/a); beam indication information of the first signal and/or the second signal ([0134]: the indication of the transmission beam indicates at least one of a sounding reference signal resource indicator (SRI) associated with the transmission beam, or a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) associated with the transmission beam); first indication information for indicating a sensing measurement mode ([0175]: an indication of each of the plurality of candidate sensing beam directions); second indication information for indicating a type of the measurement result ([0176]: an association between each of the plurality of candidate sensing beam directions and at least one of a signal power difference, a beam gain difference, a QCL relationship, a spatial angular difference, a result of a beam coverage condition); or third indication information for indicating a reporting resource for reporting information ([0157]: the indication of the transmission beam indicates at least one of a sounding reference signal resource indicator (SRI) associated with the transmission beam, or a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) associated with the transmission beam). Claim 5. Chisci shows the method according to claim 1, wherein the first device is a network-side device and the second device is a terminal (fig. 7), and before the receiving, by a first device, a first signal and a second signal that are sent by a second device ([0094]: the wireless communication device may indicate, in beam coverage information, the signal energy threshold adjustment, and a network wireless communication device (e.g. BS, UE) may be configured to use the sensing beam pattern for channel sensing before transmitting in transmit beam direction, and apply the signal energy threshold adjustment indicated in the corresponding beam coverage information), the method further comprises: sending, by the first device, second configuration information to the second device (fig. 7), wherein the second configuration information comprises at least one of the following: a time-frequency resource for the first signal and/or the second signal ([0051]: the BSs can assign or schedule transmission resources (e.g. in the form of time-frequency resource blocks (RB)) for downlink (DL) and uplink (UL) transmissions in the network); a transmission period of the first signal and/or the second signal ([0051]: UL and DL transmissions occur at different time periods using the same frequency band); a port number of the first signal and/or the second signal (n/a); beam indication information of the first signal and/or the second signal ([0134]: the indication of the transmission beam indicates at least one of a sounding reference signal resource indicator (SRI) associated with the transmission beam, or a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) associated with the transmission beam); a random sequence generation parameter of the first signal and/or the second signal (n/a); or a transmission power of the first signal and/or the second signal ([0187]: a signal power difference associated with the respective candidate sensing beam and the one or more first transmission beams). Claim 6. Chisci shows the method according to claim 4, wherein the first configuration information or the second configuration information is carried by at least one of radio resource control (RRC) signaling ([0116]: the RF unit may be configured to process (e.g. perform analog to digital conversion or digital to analog conversion, etc.) modulated/encoded data (e.g. narrow transmission beams, interference test beams, interference test results, RRC configurations, MIB, SIB, PDSCH data and/or PDCCH DCIs, etc.) from the modem subsystem (on outbound transmissions) or of transmissions originating from another source such as a UE 115, 215, and/or wireless communication device), media access control (MAC) control element (CE) signaling (n/a), or downlink control information (DCI) signaling (see above). Claim 7. Chisci shows the method according to claim 1, wherein the first signal and the second signal are frequency division multiplexed ([0032]: the 5G NR may be implemented to use optimized OFDM-based waveforms with scalable numerology and transmission time interval (TTI), having a common, flexible framework to efficiently multiplex services and features with a dynamic, low-latency time division duplex (TDD)/frequency division duplex (FDD) design); or the first signal and the second signal are time division multiplexed (see above); or the first signal and the second signal are code division multiplexed (n/a). Claim 10. Chisci shows the method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises: determining, by the first device, a beam of the first signal as a reference beam for data communication ([0125]: the beam coverage information indicates a respective EDT adjustment for the selected sensing beam direction, and wherein the sensing is further based on a reference energy detection threshold adjusted by the respective EDT adjustment… the beam coverage information indicates a respective signal power difference for the selected sensing beam direction), wherein a physical channel used by the data communication comprises at least one of the following: a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for reception ([0055]: the RMSI and/or OSI may include radio resource control (RRC) information related to random access channel (RACH) procedures, paging, control resource set (CORESET) for physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring, physical UL control channel (PUCCH), physical UL shared channel (PUSCH), power control, and SRS); a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) for reception ([0053]: the BSs may broadcast the PSS, the SSS, and/or the MIB in the form of synchronization signal block (SSBs) and may broadcast the RMSI and/or the OSI over a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH)); a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) for transmission (see above); or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) for transmission (see above); or, wherein the method further comprises at least one of the following: performing, by the first device, radio frame synchronization based on the first signal ([0054]: the PSS may enable synchronization of period timing and may indicate a physical layer identity value); or performing, by the first device, frequency synchronization based on the first signal ([0054]: the SSS may enable radio frame synchronization, and may provide a cell identity value, which may be combined with the physical layer identity value to identify the cell). Claim 11. Chisci shows the method according to claim 8, wherein before the receiving, by a first device, a first signal and a second signal that are sent by a second device, the method further comprises: performing, by the first device, a target operation ([0052]: a reference signal can have a particular pilot pattern or structure, where pilot tones may span across an operational BW or frequency band, each positioned at a pre-defined time and a pre-defined frequency); wherein the target operation comprises at least one of the following: receiving, by the first device, a third signal sent by the second device, wherein the third signal is used for determining channel state information meeting the first condition ([0052]: a BS may transmit cell specific reference signals (CRSs) and/or channel state information—reference signals (CSI-RSs) to enable a UE to estimate a DL channel); or receiving, by the first device, a fourth signal sent by the second device, wherein the fourth signal is used for determining channel state information meeting the second condition (n/a). Claim 12. Chisci shows the method according to claim 11, wherein the third signal and/or the fourth signal is further used for determining a sensing measurement mode ([0097]: the manufacturing/calibration device may be configured to apply a logical AND operation to corresponding entries of the beam coverage information lists 1020, 1030 to determine whether each of the candidate sensing beam patterns is eligible or suitable for channel sensing for both the first transmit beam direction 1006, and the second transmit beam direction 1007); and in a case that the sensing measurement mode is single-beam measurement, a transmit beam of the first signal is the same as a transmit beam of the second signal (fig. 2); or in a case that the sensing measurement mode is multi-beam measurement, the transmit beam of the first signal is different from the transmit beam of the second signal (fig. 7); or, wherein the first device is a terminal and the second device is a network-side device (fig. 2: UE 215a/b and base station 205a), and after the performing, by the first device, a target operation, the method further comprises: sending, by the first device, the channel state information to the second device ([0052]: a BS may transmit cell specific reference signals (CRSs) and/or channel state information—reference signals (CSI-RSs) to enable a UE to estimate a DL channel); wherein the channel state information comprises at least one of the following: a signal strength of a signal meeting the first condition ([0066]: the BS may select a transmission beam that provides a best quality (e.g. with the highest receive signal strength) for communication with the UE); a signal strength of a signal meeting the second condition (see above); or channel correlation between the signal meeting the first condition and the signal meeting the second condition (n/a). ---------- ---------- ---------- Claim 15. Chisci shows a sensing measurement method (abstract), comprising: sending, by a second device (fig. 1: base station 105; fig. 11; fig. 12: base station), a first signal and a second signal to a first device ([0082]: the manufacturing/calibration device may compare the signal power difference, which may be referred to as delta signal power, to a threshold signal power difference; [0090]: the manufacturing/calibration device may measure a first receive signal power of the transmit beam pattern 804 along the beam direction 806, measure a second receive signal power of the sensing beam pattern (e.g. 801 or 803) along a corresponding sensing beam direction (e.g. 808, 810), project the second receive signal power of the sensing beam pattern onto the transmit beam direction 806 to obtain a third receive signal power, and compare the first receive signal power to the third receive power (e.g. computing a signal power difference by subtracting the first receive signal power from the third receive power)); wherein the first signal and the second signal are used by the first device to perform sensing measurement (fig. 8B and [0090]: the comparison shown in the scheme 800b may be described as comparing a projection of the signal power (or signal gain or other signal measurement) for each of the candidate sensing beam patterns 801, 802, 803 in the transmit beam direction 806 with a corresponding signal power (or signal gain or other signal measurement) of the transmit beam pattern 804; fig. 10 and [0095]: the beam coverage information 1020 is determined or generated based on the first transmit beam pattern 1004, and the beam coverage information 1030 is determined or generated based on the second transmit beam pattern 1024). Claim 20. Chisci shows a second device (fig. 1: base station 105; fig. 11; fig. 12: base station), comprising a processor (fig. 12: processor), a memory (fig. 12: memory), and a program or instructions stored in the memory and capable of running on the processor (fig. 12: instructions), wherein when the program or the instructions are executed by the processor, the steps of the sensing measurement method according to claim 15 are implemented (see Claim 15). Claim 16. Chisci shows the method according to claim 15, wherein the first signal and the second signal are used for the first device to perform sensing measurement to obtain a measurement result of the second signal relative to the first signal (fig. 3; [0095]: a manufacturing/calibration device may be configured to generate beam coverage information 1020, 1030 based on a plurality of sensing beam patterns (e. g., 1001, 1002, 1003) of a wireless communication device (e.g. UE 115, BS 105, wireless communication device 110, wireless communication device 210) with respect to a first transmit beam pattern 1004 and a second transmit beam pattern 1024 of the wireless communication device wherein the beam coverage information 1020 is determined or generated based on the first transmit beam pattern 1004, and the beam coverage information 1030 is determined or generated based on the second transmit beam pattern 1024); and the measurement result comprises at least one of the following: a delay difference (n/a); a frequency difference (n/a); a phase difference (n/a); a power difference ([0095]: the beam coverage information 1020, 1030, may include signal power and/or signal gain measurements for a respective candidate sensing beam pattern with respect to a transmit beam pattern, signal power difference measurements for a respective beam candidate pattern and transmit beam pattern, signal gain difference measurements for a respective beam candidate and transmit beam pattern, differences in pointing angle between a respective candidate sensing beam pattern and a transmit beam pattern, QCL relations between a respective candidate sensing beam pattern and a transmit beam pattern, signal energy thresholds, signal energy threshold adjustments, beam coverage test results, sensing beam eligibility indications, and/or any other suitable beam coverage parameter); an angle difference (see above); or a channel correlation (n/a); wherein the first device is a terminal and the second device is a network-side device (fig. 2: UE 215a/b and base station 205a), and after the sending, by a second device, a first signal and a second signal to a first device ([0096]: the beam coverage information 1020 includes beam coverage information for a first candidate sensing beam pattern 1001, a second candidate sensing beam pattern 1002, and a third candidate sensing beam pattern 1003 with respect to a same transmit beam pattern 1004), the method further comprises: receiving, by the second device, the measurement result sent by the first device ([0096]: the manufacturing/calibration device may be configured to determine, for each of the candidate sensing beam patterns 1001, 1002, 1003 with respect to each of the transmit beam patterns 1004, 1024, a signal energy difference (1015, 1016, 1017, 1035, 1036, 1037), and record each of the signal energy differences to a corresponding beam coverage information list 1020, 1030). Claim 17. Chisci shows the method according to claim 15, wherein the first device is a terminal and the second device is a network-side device (fig. 2: UE 215a/b and base station 205a), and before the sending, by a second device, a first signal and a second signal to a first device ([0094]: the wireless communication device may indicate, in beam coverage information, the signal energy threshold adjustment, and a network wireless communication device (e.g. BS, UE) may be configured to use the sensing beam pattern for channel sensing before transmitting in transmit beam direction, and apply the signal energy threshold adjustment indicated in the corresponding beam coverage information), the method further comprises: sending, by the second device, first configuration information to the first device, wherein the first configuration information comprises at least one of the following: a time-frequency resource for the first signal and/or the second signal ([0051]: the BSs can assign or schedule transmission resources (e.g. in the form of time-frequency resource blocks (RB)) for downlink (DL) and uplink (UL) transmissions in the network); a transmission period of the first signal and/or the second signal ([0051]: UL and DL transmissions occur at different time periods using the same frequency band); a port number of the first signal and/or the second signal (n/a); a random sequence generation parameter of the first signal and/or the second signal (n/a); beam indication information of the first signal and/or the second signal ([0134]: the indication of the transmission beam indicates at least one of a sounding reference signal resource indicator (SRI) associated with the transmission beam, or a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) associated with the transmission beam); first indication information for indicating a sensing measurement mode ([0175]: an indication of each of the plurality of candidate sensing beam directions); second indication information for indicating a type of the measurement result ([0176]: an association between each of the plurality of candidate sensing beam directions and at least one of a signal power difference, a beam gain difference, a QCL relationship, a spatial angular difference, a result of a beam coverage condition); or third indication information for indicating a reporting resource for reporting information ([0157]: the indication of the transmission beam indicates at least one of a sounding reference signal resource indicator (SRI) associated with the transmission beam, or a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) associated with the transmission beam); or, wherein the first device is a network-side device and the second device is a terminal (fig. 7), and before the sending, by a second device, a first signal and a second signal to a first device ([0094]: the wireless communication device may indicate, in beam coverage information, the signal energy threshold adjustment, and a network wireless communication device (e.g. BS, UE) may be configured to use the sensing beam pattern for channel sensing before transmitting in transmit beam direction, and apply the signal energy threshold adjustment indicated in the corresponding beam coverage information), the method further comprises: receiving, by the second device, second configuration information sent by the first device (fig. 7), wherein the second configuration information comprises at least one of the following: a time-frequency resource for the first signal and/or the second signal ([0051]: the BSs can assign or schedule transmission resources (e.g. in the form of time-frequency resource blocks (RB)) for downlink (DL) and uplink (UL) transmissions in the network); a transmission period of the first signal and/or the second signal ([0051]: UL and DL transmissions occur at different time periods using the same frequency band); a port number of the first signal and/or the second signal (n/a); beam indication information of the first signal and/or the second signal ([0134]: the indication of the transmission beam indicates at least one of a sounding reference signal resource indicator (SRI) associated with the transmission beam, or a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) associated with the transmission beam); a random sequence generation parameter of the first signal and/or the second signal (n/a); or a transmission power of the first signal and/or the second signal ([0187]: a signal power difference associated with the respective candidate sensing beam and the one or more first transmission beams). ---------- ---------- ---------- Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103 The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action: A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed invention is not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102, if the differences between the claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains. Patentability shall not be negated by the manner in which the invention was made. The factual inquiries for establishing a background for determining obviousness under 35 U.S.C. 103 are summarized as follows: 1. Determining the scope and contents of the prior art. 2. Ascertaining the differences between the prior art and the claims at issue. 3. Resolving the level of ordinary skill in the pertinent art. 4. Considering objective evidence present in the application indicating obviousness or nonobviousness. This application currently names joint inventors. In considering patentability of the claims the examiner presumes that the subject matter of the various claims was commonly owned as of the effective filing date of the claimed invention(s) absent any evidence to the contrary. Applicant is advised of the obligation under 37 CFR 1.56 to point out the inventor and effective filing dates of each claim that was not commonly owned as of the effective filing date of the later invention in order for the examiner to consider the applicability of 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(2)(C) for any potential 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) prior art against the later invention. Claim 13 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Chisci et al in view of Raghavan et al (US 2023/0198584 A1). Claim 13. Chisci shows the method according to claim 8, wherein the first device is a terminal and the second device is a network-side device (fig. 2: UE 215a/b and base station 205a), and before the receiving, by a first device, a first signal and a second signal that are sent by a second device ([0094]: the wireless communication device may indicate, in beam coverage information, the signal energy threshold adjustment, and a network wireless communication device (e.g. BS, UE) may be configured to use the sensing beam pattern for channel sensing before transmitting in transmit beam direction, and apply the signal energy threshold adjustment indicated in the corresponding beam coverage information).Chisci does not expressly describe wherein the method further comprises at least one of the following: performing, by the first device, beam training or codebook feedback, so that a beam energy of the first signal is concentrated on a transmission channel meeting the first condition; or performing, by the first device, beam training or codebook feedback, so that a beam energy of the second signal is concentrated on a transmission channel meeting the second condition.Raghavan teaches feature of performing, by the first device, beam training or codebook feedback, so that a beam energy of the first signal is concentrated on a transmission channel meeting the first condition ([0097]: the information on analog beamforming codebook feedback includes an indication of a number of hierarchical levels present in a beamforming codebook, a number of beams in each hierarchical level of the hierarchical levels, an array gain variation across all beams in a first hierarchical level, and/or an overlap region between a first set of beams in one hierarchical level and a second set of beams in another hierarchical level); or performing, by the first device, beam training or codebook feedback, so that a beam energy of the second signal is concentrated on a transmission channel meeting the second condition ([0112]: the information on analog beamforming codebook feedback includes an indication of a number of hierarchical levels present in a beamforming codebook, a number of beams in each hierarchical level of the hierarchical levels, an array gain variation across all beams in a first hierarchical level, and/or an overlap region between a first set of beams in one hierarchical level and a second set of beams in another hierarchical level).It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to implement the codebook feedback feature as taught by Raghavan in the method of Chisci to maximize data throughput and reliability in wireless communication systems.---------- ---------- ---------- Claim 14 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Chisci et al in view of Ly et al (US 2019/0044677 A1). Claim 14. Chisci shows the method according to claim 1; Chisci does not very expressly describe wherein the first signal and the second signal use different receive beams; or the first signal and the second signal are received using a broadcast beam; or the first signal and the second signal use a same receive beam.Ly teaches feature of a first signal and a second signal using different receive beams / being received using a broadcast beam (fig. 2 and [0085]: base station 105-a may be configured to utilize quasi co-located (QCL) antenna ports for transmission of more than one kind of signal, such as synchronization signals, broadcast signals, reference signals, or other signals… if a first signal is transmitted utilizing a first antenna port that is QCL with a second antenna port that is utilized to transmit a second signal, then the first signal and the second signal may be transmitted/received via the same transmit beam 205 and receive beam 210).It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to apply the beam feature as taught by Ly to the first and second signals of Chisci to support positioning procedures. ========== ========== ========== Allowable Subject Matter Claims 8 and 9 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 The prior art made of record is considered pertinent to applicant’s disclosure. 1. Aldana et al, US 12,585,008 B1: a method of detecting, by a first device, an ultra-wideband (UWB) signal received from a second device via a UWB antenna of the first device. 2. Aboul-Magd et al, US 2022/0322116 A1: a method comprises, by a communications device, receiving over a network interface a sensing request transmitted by a sensing initiator, the communications device measuring the received sensing request and determining a parameter of the received sensing request, and the communications device sending over the network interface an action frame to the sensing initiator. 3. Arp et al, US 2021/0239756 A1: a method for measuring a skew between a first clock signal and a second clock signal comprises using a skew sensor for measuring a quantitative skew between a second clock signal and a first clock signal, the skew sensor comprises at least two skew detectors, each skew detector detects a skew between two input signals, a first skew detector receives either the first clock signal or the second clock signal as first input signal and the other one of the first clock signal and the second clock signal delayed by a first delay difference induced by one or more delay elements as second input signal, and a second skew detector receives either the first clock signal or the second clock signal as first input signal and the other one of the first clock signal and the second clock signal optionally delayed by a second delay difference induced by one more delay elements, wherein the second delay difference is different from the first delay difference, as second input signal. 4. Kojima et al, US 2016/0105235 A1: a system for measuring a linewidth of an optical signal includes an optical sensor determining a set of measurements of the linewidth of the optical signal propagated over different distances. Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the examiner should be directed to Xavier Szewai Wong whose telephone number is 571.270.1780. The examiner can normally be reached on 11:30 am - 8:30 pm Mon to Fri. Examiner interviews are available via telephone, in-person, and video conferencing using a USPTO supplied web-based collaboration tool. To schedule an interview, applicant is encouraged to use the USPTO Automated Interview Request (AIR) at http://www.uspto.gov/interviewpractice. If attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are unsuccessful, the examiner’s supervisor, Jeffrey Rutkowski can be reached on 571.270.1215. The fax phone number for the organization where this application or proceeding is assigned is 571-273-8300. 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