DETAILED ACTION
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
This is a Non-final action for application number 18/934,268 in response to an original application filed on 11/01/2024.
Claims 1-20 are currently pending and have been considered below.
Claims 1, 10 and 11 are independent claims.
Information Disclosure Statement
The information disclosure statement (IDS), submitted on 07/21/2026 is in compliance with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97. Accordingly, the information disclosure statement is being considered by the examiner.
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 on 11/27/2024.
Claim Objections
Claim 9 is objected to because of the following informalities: Please replace SN with secondary node (SN). Appropriate correction is required.
Claim 10 is objected to because of the following informalities: Please replace CPC with conditional primary secondary cell change (CPC). Please replace CPA with conditional primary secondary cell addition (CPA). Appropriate correction is required.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 101
35 U.S.C. 101 reads as follows:
Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent therefor, subject to the conditions and requirements of this title.
Claims 19 and 20 rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 as being directed to non-statutory subject matter.
Regarding claims 19 and 20; claims 19 and 20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 because the claims is directed to non-statutory subject matter. The claims recites “[a] readable storage medium”. Under a recent precedential opinion, the scope of the recited “readable storage medium” encompasses transitory media such as signals or carrier waves, where, as here the Specification does not limit the computer readable storage medium to non-transitory forms. See Ex parte Mewherter, 107 USPQ2d 1857, 1862 (PTAB 2013) (precedential) (holding recited machine-readable storage medium ineligible under § 35 U.S.C. 101 since it encompassed transitory media). The Examiner respectfully suggests that the claim be amended to either “A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium” or “a computer-readable storage device” to make the claim statutory under 35 USC 101; (emphasis added).
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.
Claims 1-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Kim et al. (WO 2021/075844 A1).
Regarding claims 1, 10 and 11, a method for processing conditional reconfiguration information, comprising:
selecting, by a terminal, N sets of conditional reconfiguration information from M sets of stored conditional reconfiguration information, [the UE may determine that the mobility condition for the target cell is satisfied (or, the target cell/measurement result for the target cell satisfies the mobility condition of the target cell), and perform a mobility to the target cell, (Kim et al., Paragraph 173)],
wherein the M sets of conditional reconfiguration information comprise conditional reconfiguration information applied to conditional primary secondary cell change (CPC) and conditional reconfiguration information applied to conditional primary secondary cell addition (CPA), [conditional handover, conditional NR PSCell addition/change reusing the conditional HO solution being developed may be supported. It means that the network may be allowed to configure both the conditional PSCell addition (CPA) and the conditional PSCell change (CPC) together at any time and the UE may keep and reuse the configuration of CPA/CPC according to the SN status or SCG configuration status of the UE until receiving release configuration, (Kim et al., Paragraph 229)],
and N is less than M, [Kim et al., Paragraph 173, wherein Target cell 1 “N” is less than Target cell 1 and Target cell 2 “M”],
and performing, by the terminal, conditional evaluation based on the N sets of conditional reconfiguration information, [In step S1115, the UE may perform an evaluation of the mobility condition for the candidate target cells (e.g., target cell 1, target cell 2) and select a target cell for a mobility among the candidate target cells, (Kim et al., Paragraph 174)].
Regarding claims 2 and 12, the method wherein each set of conditional reconfiguration information comprises: one configuration identifier, an execution condition associated with the configuration identifier, a conditional reconfiguration parameter associated with the configuration identifier, and category information of conditional reconfiguration, wherein the category information comprises at least one of a CPC category, a CPA category, or a CPC and CPA category, [Each CondReconfigToAddMod may comprise CondReconfigId (i.e., ID of conditional reconfiguration), condExecutionCond (i.e., mobility condition), and condRRCReconfig (i.e., target cell configuration), (Kim et al., Paragraph 229)].
Regarding claims 3 and 13, the method wherein the selecting, by a terminal, N sets of conditional reconfiguration information from M sets of stored conditional reconfiguration information comprises: selecting, based on a connectivity state of the terminal, the N sets of conditional reconfiguration information from the M sets of stored conditional reconfiguration information, wherein the connectivity state comprises a single connectivity state or a dual connectivity state, [The mobility may also be performed with regard to dual connectivity (DC) mode. For example, if the UE found additional cell with good cell quality, the UE may perform a PSCell addition procedure, (Kim et al., Paragraph 6)].
Regarding claims 4 and 14, the method wherein the selecting, based on a connectivity state of the terminal, the N sets of conditional reconfiguration information from the M sets of stored conditional reconfiguration information comprises at least one of the following: in a case that the connectivity state of the terminal is the single connectivity state, selecting N sets of conditional reconfiguration information with category information being a first category from the M sets of conditional reconfiguration information, wherein the first category comprises at least one of the CPC and CPA category or the CPA category, [conditional handover, conditional NR PSCell addition/change reusing the conditional HO solution being developed may be supported. It means that the network may be allowed to configure both the conditional PSCell addition (CPA) and the conditional PSCell change (CPC) together at any time and the UE may keep and reuse the configuration of CPA/CPC according to the SN status or SCG configuration status of the UE until receiving release configuration, (Kim et al., Paragraph 229)], or in a case that the connectivity state of the terminal is the dual connectivity state, selecting N sets of conditional reconfiguration information with category information being a second category from the M sets of conditional reconfiguration information, wherein the second category comprises at least one of the CPC and CPA category or the CPC category, [conditional handover, conditional NR PSCell addition/change reusing the conditional HO solution being developed may be supported. It means that the network may be allowed to configure both the conditional PSCell addition (CPA) and the conditional PSCell change (CPC) together at any time and the UE may keep and reuse the configuration of CPA/CPC according to the SN status or SCG configuration status of the UE until receiving release configuration, (Kim et al., Paragraph 229)].
Regarding claims 5 and 15, the method wherein the selecting, by a terminal, N sets of conditional reconfiguration information from M sets of stored conditional reconfiguration information comprises: selecting, by the terminal based on indication information from a network-side device, the N sets of conditional reconfiguration information from the M sets of conditional reconfiguration information, wherein the indication information is used to indicate identifier information of conditional reconfiguration information that needs to be evaluated or does not need to be evaluated by the terminal, [Each CondReconfigToAddMod may comprise CondReconfigId (i.e., ID of conditional reconfiguration), condExecutionCond (i.e., mobility condition), and condRRCReconfig (i.e., target cell configuration), (Kim et al., Paragraph 229)].
Regarding claim 6, the method according to claim 1, wherein the performing, by the terminal, conditional evaluation based on the N sets of conditional reconfiguration information comprises: performing CPC evaluation based on the N sets of conditional reconfiguration information in a case that the terminal is in a dual connectivity state and at least one radio link control RLC bearer is established on a secondary cell group, [conditional handover, conditional NR PSCell addition/change reusing the conditional HO solution being developed may be supported. It means that the network may be allowed to configure both the conditional PSCell addition (CPA) and the conditional PSCell change (CPC) together at any time and the UE may keep and reuse the configuration of CPA/CPC according to the SN status or SCG configuration status of the UE until receiving release configuration, (Kim et al., Paragraph 229)], and N is less than M, [Kim et al., Paragraph 173, wherein Target cell 1 “N” is less than Target cell 1 and Target cell 2 “M”].
Regarding claim 7, the method according to claim 2, wherein the method further comprises, after the performing, by the terminal, conditional evaluation based on the N sets of conditional reconfiguration information: after the terminal in a single connectivity state performs secondary cell group (SCG) addition, secondary node SN addition, or primary secondary cell (PSCell) addition, stopping evaluation of conditional reconfiguration information of the CPA category in the M sets of conditional reconfiguration information, and starting evaluation of other conditional reconfiguration information than the conditional reconfiguration information of the CPA category in the M sets of conditional reconfiguration information, [In step S1205, the wireless device may perform an evaluation of one or more target cells related to the one or more conditional mobility commands. To evaluate the one or more target cells, the wireless device may perform a measurement a measurement on the one or more target cells on a measurement object related to a measurement ID, (Kim et al., Paragraph 236)].
Regarding claims 8 and 16, the method wherein the stopping evaluation of conditional reconfiguration information of the CPA category in the M sets of conditional reconfiguration information after the terminal in a single connectivity state performs secondary cell group (SCG) addition, secondary node (SN) addition, or primary secondary cell (PSCell) addition comprises: after the terminal in the single connectivity state performs secondary cell group (SCG) addition, secondary node (SN) addition, or primary secondary cell (PSCell) addition, and an RLC bearer is established on an SCG, stopping evaluation of the conditional reconfiguration information of the CPA category in the M sets of conditional reconfiguration information, and starting evaluation of other conditional reconfiguration information than the conditional reconfiguration information of the CPA category in the M sets of conditional reconfiguration information, [If the condition for a certain target cell is satisfied, the wireless device may perform a PSCell addition procedure or a PSCell change procedure for that target cell by applying a target cell configuration for that target cell in a conditional mobility command for that target cell. After the PSCell addition is performed, the wireless device may be served by a PCell in MCG and PSCell in SCG according to DC. After the PSCell change is performed, the existing PSCell in SCG for the wireless device may be changed, (Kim et al., Paragraph 236)].
Regarding claims 9 and 17, the method wherein the method further comprises, after the performing, by the terminal, conditional evaluation based on the N sets of conditional reconfiguration information: in a case that the terminal in a dual connectivity state has received an SN release command, stopping evaluation of conditional reconfiguration information of the CPC category in the M sets of conditional reconfiguration information, and starting evaluation of other conditional reconfiguration information than the conditional reconfiguration information of the CPC category in the M sets of conditional reconfiguration information, [the trigger type may indicate one of: a first type that a purpose of the evaluation is for a primary secondary cell (PSCell) change; a second type that a purpose of the evaluation is for a PSCell addition; and a third type that a purpose of the evaluation is for at least one of a PSCell change or a PSCell addition. The first type may indicate that a mobility condition is a PSCell change condition. The second type may indicate that a mobility condition is a PSCell addition condition. The third type may indicate that a mobility condition is at least one of a PSCell change condition or a PSCell change condition, (Kim et al., Paragraph 238)].
Regarding claim 18, a network-side device, comprising a processor and a memory, wherein a program or instruction executable on the processor is stored in the memory, and when the program or instruction is executed by the processor, the method for processing conditional reconfiguration information according to claim 10 is implemented, [Kim et al., Figure 17 shows a device with a processor 1770 and memory 1760].
Regarding claim 19, a readable storage medium, wherein a program or instruction is stored in the readable storage medium, and when the program or instruction is executed by a processor, the method for processing conditional reconfiguration information according to claim 1 is implemented, [Kim et al., Figure 17 shows a device with a processor 1770 and memory 1760].
Regarding claim 20, a readable storage medium, wherein a program or instruction is stored in the readable storage medium, and when the program or instruction is executed by a processor, the method for processing conditional reconfiguration information according to claim 10 is implemented, [Kim et al., Figure 17 shows a device with a processor 1770 and memory 1760].
Conclusion
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/SHUKRI TAHA/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2478
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