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`16/160, 106
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`10/15/2018
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`Masanori KOSUGI
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`731056.436
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`Seed IP Law Group LLP/Panasonic
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`TANG, RONG
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`ART UNIT
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`2111
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`04/23/2021
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`Application No.
`16/160,106
`Examiner
`RONG TANG
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`Applicant(s)
`KOSUGI, Masanori
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`Application/Control Number: 16/160,106
`Art Unit: 2111
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Notice of Pre-AlA or AIA Status
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`The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined
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`under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA.
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`Continued Examination Under 37 CFR 1.114
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`application is eligible for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, and the fee set
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`forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e) has been timely paid, the finality of the previous Office action
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`has been withdrawn pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114. Applicant's submission filed on
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`11/30/2020 has been entered.
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`Responseto Arguments
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`Applicant's argumentsfiled 11/30/2020 have been fully considered and have
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`been addressed as follows. Applicant's arguments include portions “a” and “b,” each
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`being recited below and respondedbriefly.
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`a. Applicant argued on page 1 of the remarks:
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`For claim 1
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`Hwang discloses "receiving an FEC delivery block from an FEC packet
`transmission apparatus, wherein the FEC deliveryblock includes K source
`payloads and P party payloads, each of the K source payloads and ihe P
`parity payloads includes a payload header, and each of the payload
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`neaders includes length information related to a length of a relaied
`payload” GO017))....... Applicant submits that as described in the
`application specification, the number of words/parity symbols is excluded
`from the header
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`Applicant's arguments with respect to claim(s) 1 have been considered but are
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`moot because the new groundof rejection Yang et al., US 2013/0117638, and KWON
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`et al., US 5446744.
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`b. The Applicant argues on page3 of the remarks:
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`For claim 4,
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`Claim 4 recites“... the error detection cade is based on a different errar
`detection scherne than the parity symbol.”
`riwang discloses that "ifor parity data which is generaied based on virtual
`iengin information data, a parity cata block may be generated based on a
`virtual length block by using the same FEC code and the same scheme
`used for generating a parity block based on an information block” (O157)).
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`Applicant's arguments with respect to claim(s) 4 have been considered but are
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`moot because the new groundof rejection Yang et al., US 2013/0117638, and
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`Nagasawaet al., US 5446744.
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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
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`obviousnessrejections setforth 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, 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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`Claim(s) 1, 10, 12 and 14 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being
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`unpatentable over Yang et al., US 2013/0117638, hereinafter Yang, in view of KWON
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`et al., US 5446744, hereinafter KWON.
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`As per claim 1, Yang teaches A reception apparatus (Fig.4, [0024] an AL-FEC
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`packet reception apparatus) comprising:
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`a receiver (Fig.4, RECEIVER 411), which, in operation, receives, from a
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`transmission apparatus (Fig.7, [0021], an AL-FEC packet transmission
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`apparatus), a plurality of packets (Fig.1, AL-FEC PACKETS; Fig.5, 515) that
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`include code word symbols (/0051], n AL-FEC codeword symbols) that include
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`an information word symbol (/0050], k information word symbols) and a parity
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`symbol (/0050], n Parity Symbols), the information word symbol being
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`generated from transmission information, the parity symbol being calculated
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`from the information word symbol (/0050/-/0051/); and
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`circuitry (Fig.4, 415, AL-FEC decoder), which, in operation, decodes the
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`code word symbols that are included in the plurality of packets (Fig.6,
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`decoding),
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`wherein the numberoffirst packets and the number of second packets
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`among the plurality of packets are shared between the transmission
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`apparatus and the reception apparatus, each ofthe first packets including the
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`information word symbol, each of the second packets including the parity
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`symbol, ({0040]The information word block includes k symbols......k denotes the
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`numberof information word symbols includedin the information word block, n
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`denotes the number of codeword symbols,i.e., AL-FEC codeword symbols,
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`included in a codewordblock,i.e., an AL-FEC codeword vector, m denotes the
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`numberof parity symbols includedin a parity block)
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`the receiver, in operation, receives information indicating the number of
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`the first packets and the number of the second packetsbefore receiving the
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`first packets and the second packets, (/0063], If the AL-FEC codeword block
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`includes k AL-FEC information word symbols and m AL-FEC parity symbols......san
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`SNallocation orderis established in advance between a signal transmission
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`apparatus and a signal reception apparatus.) and
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`Yang teachesall elements applied above EXCEPT
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`a header of each ofthe first packets and the second packets does not
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`include information on the number of first packets and the number of second
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`packets.
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`KWON teaches
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`a header of each of th
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`packets. (/0821], The ROHC packet has an ROHC packet header excluding length
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`information )
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art prior to the
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`effective filing date of the claimed invention to have modified YANG to in
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`cooperate the teaching of a header of each packets exclude information on the
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`number packets of KWONin order to improve data transmission efficiency
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`(KWON, /0003)).
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`As per claim 10, Yang teaches A transmission apparatus (Fig.7, [0021], an
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`AL-FEC packet transmission apparatus; Fig. 5) comprising:
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`Circuitry (Fig.1, AL-FEC ENCODER, 111, & AL-FEC PACKET
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`GENERATOR 113), which, in operation, generates a plurality of packets (Fig.7,
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`AL-FEC PACKETS;Fig.5, 515) that include code word symbols that include an
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`information word symbol and a parity symbol, the information word symbol
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`being generated from transmission information, the parity symbol being
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`calculated from the information word symbol ({0050]-[0057]); and
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`a transmitter (Fig.7, TRANSMITTER 117), which, in operation, transmits
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`the plurality of packets to a reception apparatus (Fig.4, [0024] an AL-FEC
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`packet reception apparatus; Fig. 5, TRANSMISSION PROCESS 519).
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`wherein the numberoffirst packets and the number of second packets
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`among the plurality of packets are shared between the transmission
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`apparatus and the reception apparatus, each ofthe first packets including the
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`information word symbol, each of the second packets including the parity
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`symbol. ({0040]The information word block includes k symbols......k denotes the
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`numberof information word symbols included in the information word block, n
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`denotes the number of codeword symbols,i.e., AL-FEC codeword symbols,
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`included in a codewordblock,i.e., an AL-FEC codeword vector, m denotes the
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`numberof parity symbols includedin a parity block)
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`the transmitter, in operation, transmits information indicating the
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`number ofthe first packets and the number of the second packets before
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`transmitting the first packets and the second packets, (/0063], If the AL-FEC
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`codewordblock includes k AL-FEC information word symbols and m AL-FECparity
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`symbols ......,an SN allocation orderis established in advance betweena signal
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`transmission apparatus and a signal reception apparatus.) and
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`EXCEPT
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`a header of each ofthe first packets and the second packets does not
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`include information on the number of first packets and the number of second
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`packets.
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`KWON teaches
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`a header of each of the-first-packe!
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`packets. (/0821], The ROHC packet has an ROHC packet header excluding length
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`information )
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art prior to the
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`effective filing date of the claimed invention to have modified YANG to in
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`cooperate the teaching of a header of each packets exclude information on the
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`number packets of KWONin order to improve data transmission efficiency
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`(KWON, /0003}).
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`As per claim 12, Yang teaches A reception method comprising:
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`receiving, from a transmission apparatus (Fig.7, [0021], an AL-FEC
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`packet transmission apparatus), a plurality of packets (Fig.1, AL-FEC PACKETS;
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`Fig.5, 515) that include code word symbols (/0057], n AL-FEC codeword
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`symbols) that include an information word symbol (/0050], k information word
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`symbols) and a parity symbol (/0050], n Parity Symbols), the information word
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`symbol being generated from transmission information, the parity symbol
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`being calculated from the information word symbol ({0050]-[0057]); and
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`decoding the code word symbols that are includedin the plurality of
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`packets (Fig.6, decoding),
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`wherein the numberoffirst packets and the number of second packets
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`among the plurality of packets are shared between the transmission
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`apparatus and a reception apparatus (Fig.4, [0024] an AL-FEC packet reception
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`apparatus), each of the first packets including the information word symbol,
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`each of the second packets including the parity symbol. ((0040/The information
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`word block includes k symbols......k denotes the numberof information word
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`symbols included in the information word block, n denotes the number of codeword
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`symbols, i.e., AL-FEC codeword symbols, included in a codewordblock,i.e., an AL-
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`FEC codeword vector, m denotes the numberof parity symbols included inaparity
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`block)
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`wherein the reception method includes receiving information indicating
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`the number of the first packets and the number of the second packets before
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`receiving the first packets and the second packets, (/0063], If the AL-FEC
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`codeword block includes k AL-FEC information word symbols and m AL-FECparity
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`symbols ......,an SN allocation orderis established in advance betweena signal
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`transmission apparatus and a signal reception apparatus.) and
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`Yang teachesall elements applied above EXCEPT
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`a header of each ofthe first packets and the second packets does not
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`include information on the number of first packets and the number of second
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`packets.
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`KWON teaches
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`a header of each of the-first-packe!
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`packets. (/0821], The ROHC packet has an ROHC packet header excluding length
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`information )
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art prior to the
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`effective filing date of the claimed invention to have modified YANG to in
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`cooperate the teaching of a header of each packets exclude information on the
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`number packets of KWONin order to improve data transmission efficiency
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`(KWON, /0003}).
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`As per claim 14, Yang teaches A transmission method comprising:
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`generating a plurality of packets (Fig.7, AL-FEC PACKETS;Fig.5, 515)
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`that include code word symbols (/0051], n AL-FEC codeword symbols) that
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`include an information word symbol (/0050], k information word symbols) and a
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`parity symbol (/0050], n Parity Symbols), the information word symbol being
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`generated from transmission information, the parity symbol being calculated
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`from the information word symbol (/0050/-/0051/); and
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`transmitting the plurality of packets to a reception apparatus (Fig. 4,
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`[0024] an AL-FEC packet reception apparatus; Fig. 5, TRANSMISSION PROCESS
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`519).
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`wherein the numberoffirst packets and the number of second packets
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`among the plurality of packets are shared betweena transmission apparatus
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`(Fig.1, [0021], an AL-FEC packet transmission apparatus; Fig. 5) and the
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`reception apparatus, each ofthe first packets including the information word
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`symbol, each of the second packets including the parity symbol. (/0040/The
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`information word block includes k symbols......k denotes the numberof information
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`word symbols included in the information word block, n denotes the numberof
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`codeword symbols, i.e., AL-FEC codeword symbols, included in a codewordblock,
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`i.e., an AL-FEC codeword vector, m denotes the numberof parity symbols included
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`in a parity block)
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`wherein the transmission method includes transmitting information
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`indicating the number ofthe first packets and the number of the second
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`packets before transmitting the first packets and the second packets (/0063/,
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`If the AL-FEC codewordblock includes k AL-FEC information word symbols and m
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`AL-FECparity symbols......,an SN allocation order is established in advance
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`between a signal transmission apparatus and a signal reception apparatus.) and
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`a header of each ofthe first packets and the second packets does not
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`include information on the number of first packets and the number of second
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`packets.
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`KWON teaches
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`a header of each of th
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`packets. (/0821], The ROHC packet has an ROHC packet header excluding length
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`information )
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art prior to the
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`effective filing date of the claimed invention to have modified YANG to in
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`cooperate the teaching of a header of each packets exclude information on the
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`number packets of KWONin order to improve data transmission efficiency
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`(KWON, /0003}).
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`
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`Asper claim 4, Yang teaches A reception apparatus (Fig.4, [0024] an AL-FEC
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`packet reception apparatus) comprising:
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`a receiver (/Fig.4, RECEIVER 411), which, in operation, receives, from a
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`transmission apparatus (Fig.1, [0021], an AL-FEC packet transmission apparatus;
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`Fig. 5), a plurality of packets (Fig.7, AL-FEC PACKETS;Fig.5, 515) that include
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`code word symbols (/0051], n AL-FEC codeword symbols) that include an
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`information word symbol ({0050], k information word symbols) and a parity
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`symbol (/0050], n Parity Symbols), the information word symbol being
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`generated from transmission information, the parity symbol being calculated
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`from the information word symbol (/0050/-/0051/); and
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`circuitry (Fig.4, 415, AL-FEC decoder), which, in operation, decodesthe
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`code word symbols that are included in the plurality of packets (Fig.6,
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`decoding),
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`wherein each of the plurality of packets includes a flag (/0065] a payload
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`Identifier (ID) ) that indicates which of the information word symbol and the
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`parity symbol a symbol that is included in the packetis (/0064/-[0065/).
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`Yang teachesall elements EXCEPT
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`wherein, among the plurality of packets, an error detection codefor the
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`information word symbol is included in a packet at a border between first packets
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`that include the information word symbol and a second packetthat includes the
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`parity symbol, and
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`wherein the error detection code is based on a different error detection
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`schemethan the parity symbol.
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`Nagasawateaches
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`wherein, among the plurality of packets, an error detection code (Fig. 6,
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`code word (ERROR DETECTION CODE)) for the information word symbolis
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`included in a packet at a border between first packets that include the information
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`word symbol and a second packetthat includes the parity symbol, and (Fig.4,
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`ERROR DETECTION CODING; 4:16-19; 7:43-48)
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`wherein the error detection code is based on a different error detection
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`schemethanthe parity symbol. (ABSTRACT] There are also formedin the data
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`block a first error detection or correction code to make up a code word which
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`includes the boundary code, but does notinclude the image code, and a second
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`error detection or correction code to make up a code word whichincludes both the
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`image code and the boundary code; 11:23-29)
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art prior to the
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`effective filing date of the claimed invention to have modified YANG to in
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`cooperate the teaching of “the error detection code is based on a different error
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`detection scheme than the parity symbol’ of Nagasawain order to hasa sufficiently
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`high error detecting or correcting capability for specific data (Nagasawa, 4:26-27).
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`As per claim 11, Yang teaches A transmission apparatus (Fig.7, [0021], an
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`AL-FEC packet transmission apparatus) comprising:
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`Circuitry (Fig.4, 415, AL-FEC decoder), which, in operation: generates a
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`plurality of packets (Fig.1, AL-FEC PACKETS;Fig.5, 515) that include code
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`word symbols ({0051], n AL-FEC codeword symbols) that include an
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`information word symbol ({0050], k information word symbols) and a parity
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`symbol (/0050], n Parity Symbols), the information word symbol being
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`generated from transmission information, the parity symbol being calculated
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`from the information word symbol (/0050/-/0051/]); and
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`sets a flag (/0065] a payload Identifier (ID)) that indicates whether a
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`symbol that is included in each of the plurality of packets is the information
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`word symbol or the parity symbol (/0064/-/O0065/]); and
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`a transmitter (Fig.7, TRANSMITTER 117), which, in operation, transmits
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`the plurality of packets each of which includes the flag, to a reception
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`apparatus (Fig.4, [0024] an AL-FEC packet reception apparatus;Fig. 5,
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`TRANSMISSION PROCESS 5179).
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`Yang teachesall elements EXCEPT
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`wherein, among the plurality of packets, an error detection code for the
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`information word symbol is included in a packet at a border between first packets
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`that include the information word symbol and a second packetthat includes the
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`parity symbol,
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`wherein the error detection code is based on a different error detection
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`scheme than the parity symbol.
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`Nagasawateaches
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`wherein, among the plurality of packets, an error detection code (Fig. 6,
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`code word (ERROR DETECTION CODE)) for the information word symbolis
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`included in a packet at a border between first packets that include the information
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`word symbol and a second packetthat includes the parity symbol (Fig.4, ERROR
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`DETECTION CODING;4:16-19; 7:43-48),
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`wherein the error detection code is based on a different error detection
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`schemethanthe parity symbol. (ABSTRACT] There are also formed in the data
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`block a first error detection or correction code to make up a code word which
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`includes the boundary code, but does notinclude the image code, and a second
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`error detection or correction code to make up a code word which includes both the
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`image code and the boundary code; 11:23-29)
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art prior to the
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`effective filing date of the claimed invention to have modified YANG to in
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`cooperate the teaching of “the error detection code is based on a different error
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`detection scheme than the parity symbol’ of Nagasawain order to has a sufficiently
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`high error detecting or correcting capability for specific data (Nagasawa, 4:26-27).
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`As per claim 13, Yang teaches A reception method comprising:
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`receiving, from a transmission apparatus (Fig.7, [0021], an AL-FEC
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`packet transmission apparatus; Fig. 5), a plurality of packets (Fig.1, AL-FEC
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`PACKETS;Fig.5, 515) that include code word symbols (/0057], n AL-FEC
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`codeword symbols) that include an information word symbol (/0050], k
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`information word symbols) and a parity symbol (/0050], n Parity Symbols), the
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`information word symbol being generated from transmission information, the
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`parity symbol being calculated from the information word symbol (/0050/-
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`[0051]); and
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`decoding the code word symbols that are included m theplurality of
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`packets (Fig.6, decoding),
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`wherein each of the plurality of packets includes a flag (/0065] a payload
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`Identifier (ID)) that indicates whether a symbol that is included in the packetis
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`the information word symbol or the parity symbol (/0064/-/0065)),
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`Yang teachesall elements EXCEPT
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`wherein, among the plurality of packets, an error detection code for the
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`information word symbol is included in a packet at a border between first packets
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`that include the information word symbol and a second packet that includes the
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`parity symbol,
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`wherein the error detection code is based on a different error detection
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`scheme than the parity symbol.
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`Nagasawateaches
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`wherein, among the plurality of packets, an error detection code (Fig. 6,
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`code word (ERROR DETECTION CODE)) for the information word symbolis
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`included in a packet at a border between first packets that include the information
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`word symbol and a second packetthat includes the parity symbol (Fig.4, ERROR
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`DETECTION CODING;4:16-19; 7:43-48),
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`wherein the error detection code is based on a different error detection
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`schemethanthe parity symbol. (ABSTRACT] There are also formed in the data
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`block a first error detection or correction code to make up a code word which
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`includes the boundary code, but does notinclude the image code, and a second
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`error detection or correction code to make up a code word which includes both the
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`image code and the boundary code; 11:23-29)
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`cooperate the teaching of “the error detection code is based on a different error
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`detection scheme than the parity symbol’ of Nagasawain order to hasa sufficiently
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`high error detecting or correcting capability for specific data (Nagasawa, 4:26-27).
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`As per claim 15, Yang teaches A transmission method comprising:
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`generating a plurality of packets (Fig.7, AL-FEC PACKETS;Fig.5, 515)
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`that include code word symbols (/0051], n AL-FEC codeword symbols) that
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`include an information word symbol (/0050], k information word symbols) anda
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`parity symbol (/0050], n Parity Symbols), the information word symbol being
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`generated from transmission information, the parity symbol being calculated
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`from the information word symbol (/0050]-[0051));
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`setting a flag ({0065] a payload Identifier (ID)) that indicates whether a
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`symbol that is included in each of the plurality of packets is the information
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`word symbol and the parity symbol (/0064/-/0065]); and
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`transmitting the plurality of packets each of which includesthe flag, to
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`a reception apparatus (Fig.4, [0024] an AL-FEC packet reception apparatus;Fig.
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`5, TRANSMISSION PROCESS519).
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`wherein, among the plurality of packets, an error detection code (Fig. 6,
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`code word (ERROR DETECTION CODE)) for the information word symbolis
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`included in a packet at a border between first packets that include the information
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`word symbol and a second packetthat includes the parity symbol (Fig.4, ERROR
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`wherein the error detection code is based on a different error detection
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`scheme than the parity symbol.
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`Nagasawateaches
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`wherein the error detection code is based on a different error detection
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`schemethanthe parity symbol. (ABSTRACT] There are also formed in the data
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`block a first error detection or correction code to make up a code word which
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`includes the boundary code, but does notinclude the image code, and a second
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`error detection or correction code to make up a code word whichincludes both the
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`image code and the boundary code; 11:23-29)
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art prior to the
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`effective filing date of the claimed invention to have modified YANG to in
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`cooperate the teaching of “the error detection code is based on a different error
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`detection scheme than the parity symbol’ of Nagasawain order to hasa sufficiently
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`high error detecting or correcting capability for specific data (Nagasawa, 4:26-27).
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`As per claim 6, Yang-Nagasawa teaches The reception apparatus as applied
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`above in Claim 4, Nagasawafurther teaches
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`wherein the circuitry performs error detection on a result of decoding of
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`the information word symbol, using the error detection code.
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`(6:48-60)
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`As per claim 7, Yang-Nagasawa teaches The reception apparatus as applied
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`above in Claim 6, Nagasawafurther teaches wherein at least the error detection
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`codeis included in a rearmost packet amongthe first packets (Fig.6, C2
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`parity).
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`As per claim 8, Yang-Nagasawa teaches The reception apparatus as applied
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`above in Claim 6, Nagasawafurther teaches
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`wherein the parity symbol is calculated from the information word
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`symbol andthe error detection code (Fig.6, C7 parity).
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`As per claim 9, Yang-Nagasawa teaches The reception apparatus as applied
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`abovein Claim 6, Yang further teaches
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`wherein the circuitry performs the error detection on a lost packetin
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`the reception apparatus, when the lost packetis one of the first packets or the
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`lost packet is one of the second packets.
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`([0090], The AL-FEC packet reception apparatus may detect which AL-FEC
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`packets among n AL-FECpackets are punctured using an SN includedin an AL-
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`FEC headerincluded in each of n-p AL-FEC packets and normally recoverthe
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`information word block without receiving puncturing information from an AL-FEC
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`transmission apparatus).
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`As per claim 16, Yang-Nagasawa teaches The reception apparatus as applied
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`above in Claim 4, Nagasawafurther teaches wherein the error detection code is a
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`Cyclic Redundancy Checkcodefor the information word symbol. (Fig.9, 11:44-45,
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`a range of code word coveredby the error detection or correction check code is a
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`cyclic error detection code using a CRCC)
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`As per claim 17, Yang-Nagasawa teaches The transmission apparatus as
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`applied above in Claim 11, Nagasawa further teaches wherein the error detection
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`codeis a Cyclic Redundancy Checkcodefor the information word symbol. (Fig.9,
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`11:44-45, a range of code word covered by the error detection or correction check
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`code is a cyclic error detection code using a CRCC)
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`As per claim 18, Yang-Nagasawa teaches The reception methodas applied
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`above in Claim 13, Nagasawa further teaches wherein the error detection codeis a
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`Cyclic Redundancy Checkcodefor the information word symbol. (Fig.9, 11:44-45,
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`a range of code word coveredby the error detection or correction check code is a
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`cyclic error detection code using a CRCC)
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`As per claim 19, Yang-Nagasawa teaches The transmission method as applied
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`above in Claim 15, Nagasawa further teaches wherein the error detection codeis a
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`Cyclic Redundancy Checkcodefor the information word symbol. (Fig.9, 11:44-45,
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`a range of code word coveredby the error detection or correction check code is a
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`cyclic error detection code using a CRCC)
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`As per claim 5, Yang-Nagasawa teaches The reception apparatus as applied
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`above in Claim 4, EXCEPT wherein, in a case wheretime that elapsed after a
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`last packet among the plurality of packets is received exceeds a threshold,
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`the circuitry determines that transmission of the transmission information is
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`completed.
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`Davidson teaches
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`wherein, in a case wheretime that elapsed after a last packet among the
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`plurality of packets is received exceeds a threshold, the circuitry determines
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`that transmission of the transmission information is completed.
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`(23:56-60, The end of data transmission is detected by the level of the control
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`function dropping below 14/21 and remaining low for a specified period of time. When
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`it is determined that the data transmission is complete, final decisions are made
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`regarding the individual data bits.)
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`It would have been obvious to one of o