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7. Claims 1-14 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 because the claimed invention is directed to an abstract idea without significantly more. The independent claims recite multiple steps of determining, calculating, selecting different values without defining a result and what the result actually does. This judicial exception is not integrated into a practical application because the claims appear to be a mental process do not include additional elements (step 2A) that integrate it into a practical application as they are directed to data collection, calculation and evaluation (determining) only which can be done by a human. The processor claimed is considered a generic element.
8. The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
Hou CN 115884345-A teaches an uplink AMC algorithm based on NR wireless communication, comprising: calculating the number M1 of the uplink resource RB which can be supported when the power of UE is not limited; measuring the signal of the UE signal received by the uplink and the interference noise ratio SINR; obtaining the un-limited UE channel quality index; calculating the maximum MCS according to the channel quality index of the non-limited UE, obtaining the TBsizeable to be scheduled by the MCS and M1; under the condition that the UE power is limited, attempting to adjust the MCS, calculating the number of the scheduling RB that can be supported, obtaining the corresponding scheduling TBsize, finding the combination of maximum scheduling TBsize from all the MCS and RB combinations, so as to obtain the best MCS and RB, the uplink AMC algorithm considers the processing mode of the AMC under different channel conditions of the UE at near point and far point, fully considering the size of RB resource actually needed by UE scheduling, using the power headroom PHR reported by the UE, performing AMC processing, so as to calculate the MCS suitable for each scheduling.
Kim KR-20170114234-A teaches a method for a base station to control uplink transmission power of a mobile station. The base station receives, from the mobile terminal, an available transmission power amount of the mobile terminal. The base station determines a target channel quality value corresponding to the current position of the mobile terminal based on the available transmission power. The base station determines a reception channel quality value using an uplink data channel received from the mobile station. The base station determines transmission power control (TPC) using the difference between the target channel quality value and the reception channel quality value.
Kazuki WO-2023102300-A1 teaches a ser equipment (UE) may receive control signaling, such as a control message or radio resource control (RRC) signaling, from a base station indicating a time interval over which to determine available power headroom relative to a transmission power threshold. The UE may calculate the available power headroom relative to the transmission power threshold as a function of UE transmission power during the time interval. The UE may transmit a power headroom report in an uplink transmission to the base station, the power headroom report indicating the calculated available power headroom. The base station may schedule one or more uplink messages at the UE according to the available power headroom.
Conclusion
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