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`14/383,021
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`09/04/2014
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`Tadashi Yoshida
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`AHMED” ABDULLAHI
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`ART UNIT
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`2472
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`10/10/2019
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`The Amendment filed 06/21/2019 has been entered.
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`Claims 1-13 are pending.
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`Claims 1-13 are rejected.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness rejections
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`set forth in this Office action:
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`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 of this title, 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.
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`5.
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`The factual inquiries set forth in Graham v. John Deere C0,, 383 U.S. 1, 148 USPQ 459 (1966),
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`that are applied for establishing a background for determining obviousness under 35 U.S.C. 103 are
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`summarized as follows:
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`1. Determining the scope and contents of the prior art.
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`2. Ascertaining the differences between the prior art and the claims at issue.
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`3. Resolving the level of ordinary skill in the pertinent art.
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`4. Considering objective evidence present in the application indicating obviousness or
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`nonobviousness.
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`6.
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`Claims 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9 and 11-13 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over
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`Zhao et al. (US Publication 2012/0213113) in view of Frenne et al. (US Publication 2014/0050159).
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`With respect to claim 1, Zhao teaches transmission apparatus, comprising:
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`control circuitry, which, in operation, selects, based on reception quality calculated by a
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`communication partner apparatus, one antenna port pair from first antenna port pair comprising two
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`antenna ports and a second antenna port pair comprising two antenna ports (base station selecting an
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`antenna port subset for the UE, a subset may be selected from antenna port subsets under a
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`corresponding grouping mode according to any of the obtained channel state information of the User
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`Equipment. Paragraph 64)
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`wherein the first antenna port pair is selected when the reception quality does not satisfy a
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`reception quality criteria based on one or more reference values and second antenna port pair is
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`selected when the reception quality satisfies the reception quality criteria, (an antenna port subset
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`whose path loss to the UE meet a preset condition may be selected according to information on the
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`path loss between the current UE and each antenna port subset (the information on the path loss may
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`be inferred according to the geographic location information of the UE or may be obtained from the
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`uplink information of the UE), Paragraph 49. The base station selects a new transmission mode for the
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`UE according to the channel state information of the UE, the base station informs the UE to feedback
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`channel state information for only the antenna port applicable to the transmission mode. Definitely,
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`after a transmission mode is selected for the UE, another transmission mode may be selected for the UE
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`according to new state information. In this case, a corresponding antenna port subset may be selected
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`again, and then the UE is informed to measure the antenna port subset and perform feedback,
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`Paragraph 63.) the first antenna port pair being an antenna port pair in which power boosting is
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`applied to the reference signals, (power boosting may be performed for the reference signal of the
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`antenna port subset applicable to the CoMP mode, Paragraph 60) the second antenna port pair being
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`an antenna port pair in which power boosting is not applied to the reference signals(power boosting
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`may not be performed for the reference signal of the antenna port subset not applicable to the CoMP
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`mode, Paragraph 60); and
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`transmission circuitry, coupled to the control circuitry, which, in operation, transmits the
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`reference signals from the selected antenna port pair. (Each subset of the antenna ports may send the
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`reference signal according to the configured mode, Paragraph 62)
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`Zhao doesn’t teach an antenna port pair in which reference signals are not mutually code-
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`multiplexed and the second antenna port pair being an antenna port pair in which the reference
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`signals are code-multiplexed
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`Frenne teaches an antenna port pair in which reference signals are not mutually code-
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`multiplexed and the second antenna port pair being an antenna port pair in which the reference
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`signals are code-multiplexed (reference signals for antenna port 1 (AP-1) and antenna port 2 (AP-2) are
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`code division multiplexed in the resource elements denoted R7 in FIG. 3, and that the reference signals
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`antenna port 3 (AP-3) and antenna port 4 (AP-4) are code division multiplexed in the resource elements
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`denoted R9 in FIG. 3. However, it should be understood that the concepts described here apply
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`generally to any number of antenna ports, which may be code multiplexed in a different manner or not
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`code multiplexed at all, Paragraph 91)
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`Thus it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the invention to
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`implement Selecting antenna ports of Zhao with Code multiplexing as taught by Frenne. The motivation
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`for combining Zhao and Frenne is to be able to support the increased number of antennas and
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`beamforming in multiple layers of transmission.
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`With respect to claim 2, Zhao doesn’t teach the control circuitry, in operation, selects the first
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`antenna port pair when an aggregation level configured in the communication partner apparatus is
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`equal to or greater than a threshold aggregation level and selects the second antenna port pair when
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`the aggregation level is less than the threshold aggregation level.
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`Frenne teaches configuring transmission based on when the control circuitry, in operation, selects
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`the first antenna port pair when an aggregation level configured in the communication partner
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`apparatus is equal to or greater than a threshold aggregation level and selects the second antenna
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`port pair when the aggregation level is less than the threshold aggregation level.
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`(The aggregation
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`level (AL) would be 1 (assuming there are two eREGs in a CCE), FIG. 16(b) would correspond to AL=2 and
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`FIG. 16(c) would correspond to AL=4.
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`In this special case, the antenna port to use can be said to depend
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`on the aggregation level of the control channel, Paragraph 94)
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`Thus it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the invention to
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`implement Selecting antenna ports of Zhao with Code multiplexing as taught by Frenne. The motivation
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`for combining Zhao and Frenne is to be able to support the increased number of antennas and
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`beamforming in multiple layers of transmission.
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`With respect to claim 4, Zhao doesn’t teach the control circuitry, in operation, selects the first
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`antenna port pair when a number of control channel elements used for the communication partner
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`apparatus among a plurality of control channel elements forming one physical channel resource block
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`is equal to or greater than a threshold number of control channel elements, and selects the second
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`antenna port pair when the number of the control channel elements is less than the threshold
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`number of control channel elements.
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`Frenne teaches when a number of control channel elements used for the reception apparatus
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`among a plurality of control channel elements forming one physical channel resource block is equal to
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`or greater than a threshold, and when the number of the control channel elements is less than the
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`threshold number of control channel elements. (Antenna port is used depends on the hypothesis on
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`the CCE aggregation level and consequently also the number of used eREGs, Paragraph 78. PRB pair
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`which supports either 1 CCE, 2 CCE, or 4 CCE D-transmission. The upper four eREGs are prioritized for D-
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`transmission, see FIG. 19(a). However, in case of a 4-CCE transmission which covers both D-type and L-
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`type eREGs, D-transmission will be prioritized, Paragraph 101)
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`Thus it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the invention to
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`implement Selecting antenna ports of Zhao with Code multiplexing as taught by Frenne. The motivation
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`for combining Zhao and Frenne is to be able to support the increased number of antennas and
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`beamforming in multiple layers of transmission.
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`With respect to claim 6, Zhao teaches one of the first antenna port pair and the second antenna
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`port pair is associated with each of a plurality of resources allocatable to the communication partner
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`apparatus; (The base station performs radio resource scheduling for the received downlink channel
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`state information that is fed back by each UE, and decides how to allocate limited time and frequency
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`resources to each UE, so as to maximize the usage of radio resources, paragraph 4) and the control
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`circuitry, in operation, selects one of the first antenna port pair and the second antenna port pair, (an
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`antenna port subset whose path loss to the UE meet a preset condition may be selected according to
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`information on the path loss between the current UE and each antenna port subset (the information on
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`the path loss may be inferred according to the geographic location information of the UE or may be
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`obtained from the uplink information of the UE), Paragraph 49) the one of the first and the second
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`antenna port pairs being associated with a resource allocated based on the reception quality of the
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`communication partner apparatus. (the base station performs radio resource scheduling for UE1 and
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`other UEs according to the channel state information fed back by UE1 and other UEs, Paragraph 67.)
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`With respect to claim 7, Zhao teaches the first antenna port pair or the second antenna port pair
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`is associated with each of a plurality of component carriers allocatable to the communication partner
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`apparatus; (the resource are subcarriers, Paragraph 3. The base station performs radio resource
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`scheduling for the received downlink channel state information that is fed back by each UE, and decides
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`how to allocate limited time and frequency resources to each UE, so as to maximize the usage of radio
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`resources, paragraph 4) and
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`the control circuitry, in operation, selects one of the first antenna port pair and the second
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`antenna port pair, (an antenna port subset whose path loss to the UE meet a preset condition may be
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`selected according to information on the path loss between the current UE and each antenna port
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`subset (the information on the path loss may be inferred according to the geographic location
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`information of the UE or may be obtained from the uplink information of the UE), Paragraph 49) the one
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`of the first and the second antenna ports pairs being associated with a component carrier allocated
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`based on the reception quality of the communication partner apparatus., (the base station performs
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`radio resource scheduling for UE1 and other UEs according to the channel state information fed back by
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`UE1 and other UEs, Paragraph 67.)
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`With respect to claim 9, Zhao teaches the control circuitry, in operation, selects the first antenna
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`port pair when the communication partner apparatus is configured with a first allocation method that
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`allocates signals in a distributed manner in a frequency domain and selects the second antenna port
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`pair when the communication partner apparatus is configured with a second allocation method
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`that allocates signals in a localized manner in a frequency domain. (set of all antenna ports of the base
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`station may be partitioned into antenna port subsets applicable to different transmission modes. For
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`example, some antenna ports may be grouped as an antenna port subset applicable to the CoMP mode,
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`and other antenna ports are grouped as an antenna port subset applicable to a single-cell service mode,
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`Paragraph 56. When a UE is in the CoMP mode, power boosting (power boosting) needs to be
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`performed for the transmission power of the reference signal.
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`In the prior art, the transmission power
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`of all antenna ports has to be boosted. However, other UEs that belong to the base station may be in
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`other modes such as the single-cell service mode.
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`In such modes, high transmission power is not
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`required, Paragraph 57. )
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`With respect to claim 11, Zhao teaches A reception apparatus comprising:
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`reception circuitry, which, in operation, receives reference signals transmitted using a selected
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`pair of two antenna ports among a plurality of antenna ports included in a communication partner
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`apparatus; (Each subset of the antenna ports may send the reference signal according to the configured
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`mode, Paragraph 62) and
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`control circuitry, coupled to the reception circuitry, wherein the control circuitry, in operation,
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`calculates a reception quality; (base station selecting an antenna port subset for the UE, a subset may
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`be selected from antenna port subsets under a corresponding grouping mode according to any of the
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`obtained channel state information of the User Equipment. Paragraph 64)
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`identifies, based on the calculated reception quality, one of a first antenna port pair and a second
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`antenna port pair as the selected pair of antenna ports, wherein the first antenna port pair is
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`identified when the reception quality does not satisfy a reception quality criteria based on one or
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`more reference values and the second antenna port pair is identified when the reception quality
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`satisfies the reception quality criteria; (an antenna port subset whose path loss to the UE meet a preset
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`condition may be selected according to information on the path loss between the current UE and each
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`antenna port subset (the information on the path loss may be inferred according to the geographic
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`location information of the UE or may be obtained from the uplink information of the UE), Paragraph 49.
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`The base station selects a new transmission mode for the UE according to the channel state information
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`of the UE, the base station informs the UE to feedback channel state information for only the antenna
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`port applicable to the transmission mode. Definitely, after a transmission mode is selected for the UE,
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`another transmission mode may be selected for the UE according to new state information. In this case,
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`a corresponding antenna port subset may be selected again, and then the UE is informed to measure
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`the antenna port subset and perform feedback, Paragraph 63.) and
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`demodulates a control signal using reference signals in the identified antenna port pair, the first
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`antenna port pair being an antenna port pair in which power boosting is applied to the reference
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`signals, (power boosting may be performed for the reference signal of the antenna port subset
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`applicable to the CoMP mode, Paragraph 60) the second antenna port pair being an antenna port pair
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`in which power boosting is not applied to the reference signals (power boosting may not be performed
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`for the reference signal of the antenna port subset not applicable to the CoMP mode, Paragraph 60);
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`Zhao doesn’t teach an antenna port pair in which reference signals are not mutually code-
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`multiplexed and the second antenna port pair being an antenna port pair in which the reference
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`signals are code-multiplexed
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`Frenne teaches an antenna port pair in which reference signals are not mutually code-
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`multiplexed and the second antenna port pair being an antenna port pair in which the reference
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`signals are code-multiplexed (reference signals for antenna port 1 (AP-1) and antenna port 2 (AP-2) are
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`code division multiplexed in the resource elements denoted R7 in FIG. 3, and that the reference signals
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`antenna port 3 (AP-3) and antenna port 4 (AP-4) are code division multiplexed in the resource elements
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`denoted R9 in FIG. 3. However, it should be understood that the concepts described here apply
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`generally to any number of antenna ports, which may be code multiplexed in a different manner or not
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`code multiplexed at all, Paragraph 91)
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`Thus it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the invention to
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`implement Selecting antenna ports of Zhao with Code multiplexing as taught by Frenne. The motivation
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`for combining Zhao and Frenne is to be able to support the increased number of antennas and
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`beamforming in multiple layers of transmission.
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`With respect to claim 12, Zhao teaches A transmission method, comprising:
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`selecting, based on reception quality calculated by a communication partner apparatus, one
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`antenna port pair from a first antenna port pair comprising two antenna ports and a second antenna
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`port pair comprising two antenna ports (base station selecting an antenna port subset for the UE, a
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`subset may be selected from antenna port subsets under a corresponding grouping mode according to
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`any of the obtained channel state information of the User Equipment. Paragraph 64)
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`wherein the first antenna port pair is selected when the reception quality does not satisfy a
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`reception quality criteria based on one or more reference values and second antenna port pair is
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`selected when the reception quality satisfies the reception quality criteria, (an antenna port subset
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`whose path loss to the UE meet a preset condition may be selected according to information on the
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`path loss between the current UE and each antenna port subset (the information on the path loss may
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`be inferred according to the geographic location information of the UE or may be obtained from the
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`uplink information of the UE), Paragraph 49. The base station selects a new transmission mode for the
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`UE according to the channel state information of the UE, the base station informs the UE to feedback
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`channel state information for only the antenna port applicable to the transmission mode. Definitely,
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`after a transmission mode is selected for the UE, another transmission mode may be selected for the UE
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`according to new state information. In this case, a corresponding antenna port subset may be selected
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`again, and then the UE is informed to measure the antenna port subset and perform feedback,
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`Paragraph 63.) the first antenna port pair being an antenna port pair in which power boosting is
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`applied to the reference signals, (power boosting may be performed for the reference signal of the
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`antenna port subset applicable to the CoMP mode, Paragraph 60) the second antenna port pair being
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`an antenna port pair in which power boosting is not applied to the reference signals(power boosting
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`may not be performed for the reference signal of the antenna port subset not applicable to the CoMP
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`mode, Paragraph 60); and
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`transmitting the reference signals from the selected antenna port pair. (Each subset of the
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`antenna ports may send the reference signal according to the configured mode, Paragraph 62)
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`Zhao doesn’t teach an antenna port pair in which reference signals are not mutually code-
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`multiplexed and the second antenna port pair being an antenna port pair in which the reference
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`signals are code-multiplexed
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`Frenne teaches an antenna port pair in which reference signals are not mutually code-
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`multiplexed and the second antenna port pair being an antenna port pair in which the reference
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`signals are code-multiplexed (reference signals for antenna port 1 (AP-1) and antenna port 2 (AP-2) are
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`code division multiplexed in the resource elements denoted R7 in FIG. 3, and that the reference signals
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`antenna port 3 (AP-3) and antenna port 4 (AP-4) are code division multiplexed in the resource elements
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`denoted R9 in FIG. 3. However, it should be understood that the concepts described here apply
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`generally to any number of antenna ports, which may be code multiplexed in a different manner or not
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`code multiplexed at all. Paragraph 91)
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`Thus it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the invention to
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`implement Selecting antenna ports of Zhao with Code multiplexing as taught by Frenne. The motivation
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`for combining Zhao and Frenne is to be able to support the increased number of antennas and
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`beamforming in multiple layers of transmission.
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`With respect to claim 13, Zhao teaches A reception method comprising:
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`receiving reference signals transmitted using a selected pair of two antenna ports among a
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`plurality of antenna ports included in a communication partner apparatus; (Each subset of the antenna
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`ports may send the reference signal according to the configured mode, Paragraph 62) and
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`calculating a reception quality; (base station selecting an antenna port subset for the UE, a subset
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`may be selected from antenna port subsets under a corresponding grouping mode according to any of
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`the obtained channel state information of the User Equipment. Paragraph 64)
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`identifies, based on the calculated reception quality, one of a first antenna port pair and a second
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`antenna port pair as the selected pair of antenna ports, wherein the first antenna port pair is
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`identified when the reception quality does not satisfy a reception quality criteria based on one or
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`more reference values and the second antenna port pair is identified when the reception quality
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`satisfies the reception quality criteria; (an antenna port subset whose path loss to the UE meet a preset
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`condition may be selected according to information on the path loss between the current UE and each
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`antenna port subset (the information on the path loss may be inferred according to the geographic
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`location information of the UE or may be obtained from the uplink information of the UE), Paragraph 49.
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`The base station selects a new transmission mode for the UE according to the channel state information
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`of the UE, the base station informs the UE to feedback channel state information for only the antenna
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`port applicable to the transmission mode. Definitely, after a transmission mode is selected for the UE,
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`another transmission mode may be selected for the UE according to new state information. In this case,
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`a corresponding antenna port subset may be selected again, and then the UE is informed to measure
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`the antenna port subset and perform feedback, Paragraph 63.) and
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`demodulates a control signal using reference signals in the identified antenna port pair, the first
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`antenna port pair being an antenna port pair in which power boosting is applied to the reference
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`signals, (power boosting may be performed for the reference signal of the antenna port subset
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`applicable to the CoMP mode, Paragraph 60) the second antenna port pair being an antenna port pair
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`in which power boosting is not applied to the reference signals (power boosting may not be performed
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`for the reference signal of the antenna port subset not applicable to the CoMP mode, Paragraph 60);
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`Zhao doesn’t teach an antenna port pair in which reference signals are not mutually code-
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`multiplexed and the second antenna port pair being an antenna port pair in which the reference
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`signals are code-multiplexed
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`Chen teaches an antenna port pair in which reference signals are not mutually code-multiplexed
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`and the second antenna port pair being an antenna port pair in which the reference signals are code-
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`multiplexed (reference signals for antenna port 1 (AP-1) and antenna port 2 (AP-2) are code division
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`multiplexed in the resource elements denoted R7 in FIG. 3, and that the reference signals antenna port 3
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`(AP-3) and antenna port 4 (AP-4) are code division multiplexed in the resource elements denoted R9 in
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`FIG. 3. However, it should be understood that the concepts described here apply generally to any
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`number of antenna ports, which may be code multiplexed in a different manner or not code multiplexed
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`at all, Paragraph 91)
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`Thus it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the invention to
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`implement Selecting antenna ports of Zhao with Code multiplexing as taught by Frenne. The motivation
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`for combining Zhao and Frenne is to be able to support the increased number of antennas and
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`beamforming in multiple layers of transmission.
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`7.
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`Claims 3 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Zhao et al. (US Publication
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`2012/0213113) in view of Frenne et al. (US Publication 2014/0050159) further in view of Kim et al. (US
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`Publication 2009/0316807)
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`With respect to claim 3, Zhao teaches the configuration section configures the first antenna port
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`pair and configures the second antenna port pair, (Each subset of the antenna ports may send the
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`reference signal according to the configured mode, Paragraph 62) however doesn’t teach the
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`configuration is based on the reception quality is more favorable when a higher CQI value is reported
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`from the reception apparatus; and when the CQI value is less than a threshold and when the CQI
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`value is equal to or greater than the threshold.
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`Kim teaches the reception quality is more favorable when a higher CQI value is reported from the
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`reception apparatus; and when the CQI value is less than a threshold and when the CQI value is equal
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`to or greater than the threshold CQI. (Paragraph 53, antenna combination is selected based on CQI
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`value being less than or greater than the threshold)
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`Thus it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the invention to
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`implement Configure antenna ports of Zhao, Frenne with determined CQI level as taught by Kim. The
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`motivation for combining Zhao, Frenne and Kim is to be able to select favorable antenna ports.
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`8.
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`Claim Sis rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Zhao et al. (US Publication
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`2012/0213113) in view Frenne et al. (US Publication 2014/0050159) further in view of Rudolf et al. (US
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`Publication 2014/0362832)
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`With respect to claim 5, Zhao teaches the configuration section configures the first antenna port
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`pair and configures the second antenna port pair, (Each subset of the antenna ports may send the
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`reference signal according to the configured mode, Paragraph 62) however doesn’t teach the
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`configuration is based on the configuration section configures the first antenna port when a second
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`subframe is configured in the reception apparatus and configures the second antenna port when a
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`first subframe is configured in the reception apparatus, the second subframe being a subframe for
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`which transmission power of a signal from the transmission apparatus is configured to be lower than
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`that for the first subframe.
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`Rudolf teaches the configuration section configures the first antenna port when a second
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`subframe is configured in the reception apparatus and configures the second antenna port when a
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`first subframe is configured in the reception apparatus, the second subframe being a subframe for
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`which transmission power of a signal from the transmission apparatus is configured to be lower than
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`that for the first subframe. (Paragraph 132 and 188, first subframe is configured for first antenna port
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`and second subframe is configured for second antenna port. First subframe is higher transmit power
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`than the second sub frame)
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`Thus it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the invention to
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`implement Configure antenna ports of Zhao and Frenne with