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 .
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.
Claims 1,8, and 15 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a1) as being anticipated by Wu et al. ( 2018/0323838).
For independent claim 1, ( 2018/0323838) discloses a system/method comprising
an apparatus for transmitting parameters, applicable to a terminal equipment, the apparatus comprising: a first receiver configured to receive request information, the request information being used to instruct the terminal equipment to at least transmit parameters of a receive antennas ( See details of box 220 in Figure 2); and a first transmitter configured to transmit the parameters of the receive antennas of the terminal equipment( See details of box 210 in Figure 2).
For independent claim 8, Wu et al. discloses an apparatus for receiving parameters, applicable to a network device, the apparatus comprising: a second transmitter configured to transmit request information, the request information being used to instruct a terminal equipment to at least transmit parameters of receive antennas ( see details of box 310 in Figure 3); and a second receiver configured to receive the parameters of the receive antennas of the terminal equipment ( See details of box 320 in Figure 3).
For independent claim 15 is rejected for the same reason as indicating in claims 1 and 8.
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.
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.
Claims 2-7 and 9-14 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Wu et al.( 2018/0323838) in view of Haustein et al. (2023/0189315).
For dependent claims 2-7 and 9-14 ,Wu et al. ( 2018/0323838 discloses all the subject matter of the claimed invention with the exception of wherein, the parameters of the receive antennas at least comprise: the number of ports of the receive antenna, and/or a type of the receive antenna, and/or array configuration of the receive antenna; wherein, a port of the receive antenna is a channel on a symbol on the port, the channel being able to be inferred from another symbol on the same port; or a port of the receive antenna is a receiving chain in an independent transceiver; or a port of the receive antenna is an effective receive antenna in multiple receive antenna elements; wherein, the type of the receive antennas is at least one of an omnidirectional antenna, a directional antenna or a cross-polarized antenna; wherein, the array configuration of the receive antenna comprises at least one of the following parameters: the number of antenna panels in a first dimension and/or the number of antenna panels in a second dimension; the number of antennas in the first dimension and/or the number of antennas in the second dimension in an antenna panel; a polarization direction of an antenna; a distance between antenna panels in the first dimension and/or a distance between antenna panels in the second dimension; or a distance between antennas in the first dimension and/or in the second dimension in an antenna panel; and wherein, the parameters of the receive antennas are transmitted via at least one of radio resource control (RRC) signaling or a media access control element (MAC CE); further comprising: first processor circuitry configured to, based on the parameters of the receive antennas, select or generate a model for compressing channel state information in a communications network. Haustein et al. from the same or similar fields of endeavor teach a provision of wherein, the parameters of the receive antennas at least comprise: the number of ports of the receive antenna, and/or a type of the receive antenna, and/or array configuration of the receive antenna; wherein, a port of the receive antenna is a channel on a symbol on the port, the channel being able to be inferred from another symbol on the same port; or a port of the receive antenna is a receiving chain in an independent transceiver; or a port of the receive antenna is an effective receive antenna in multiple receive antenna elements; wherein, the type of the receive antennas is at least one of an omnidirectional antenna, a directional antenna or a cross-polarized antenna; wherein, the array configuration of the receive antenna comprises at least one of the following parameters: the number of antenna panels in a first dimension and/or the number of antenna panels in a second dimension; the number of antennas in the first dimension and/or the number of antennas in the second dimension in an antenna panel; a polarization direction of an antenna; a distance between antenna panels in the first dimension and/or a distance between antenna panels in the second dimension; or a distance between antennas in the first dimension and/or in the second dimension in an antenna panel; and wherein, the parameters of the receive antennas are transmitted via at least one of radio resource control (RRC) signaling or a media access control element (MAC CE); further comprising: first processor circuitry configured to, based on the parameters of the receive antennas, select or generate a model for compressing channel state information in a communications network ( See paragraphs 11118 lines 118; 0103 lines 1-10; 1070 lines 1-6; 0104 lines 1-8; 0157 lines 1-4; 0564 lines 1-4 and 0820). Thus, it would have been obvious to the person of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to use wherein, the parameters of the receive antennas at least comprise: the number of ports of the receive antenna, and/or a type of the receive antenna, and/or array configuration of the receive antenna; wherein, a port of the receive antenna is a channel on a symbol on the port, the channel being able to be inferred from another symbol on the same port; or a port of the receive antenna is a receiving chain in an independent transceiver; or a port of the receive antenna is an effective receive antenna in multiple receive antenna elements; wherein, the type of the receive antennas is at least one of an omnidirectional antenna, a directional antenna or a cross-polarized antenna; wherein, the array configuration of the receive antenna comprises at least one of the following parameters: the number of antenna panels in a first dimension and/or the number of antenna panels in a second dimension; the number of antennas in the first dimension and/or the number of antennas in the second dimension in an antenna panel; a polarization direction of an antenna; a distance between antenna panels in the first dimension and/or a distance between antenna panels in the second dimension; or a distance between antennas in the first dimension and/or in the second dimension in an antenna panel; and wherein, the parameters of the receive antennas are transmitted via at least one of radio resource control (RRC) signaling or a media access control element (MAC CE); further comprising: first processor circuitry configured to, based on the parameters of the receive antennas, select or generate a model for compressing channel state information in a communications network as taught by Haustein et al. in the communications network of WU et al. for the purpose of indicating the number of ports, using the RRC signaling and compressing the CSI.
7.The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
Zhang et al. (2019/0123864) is cited to show a system which is considered pertinent to the claimed invention.
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/DANG T TON/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2476 /D.T.T/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2476
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