PATENT
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`First Named Inventor :
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`Prateek BASU MALLICK
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`Application No.
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`16/088,004
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`September 24, 2018
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`IMPROVED ALLOCATION OF RADIO RESOURCES FOR
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`VEHICULAR COMMUNICATION
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`Examiner
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`: Matthew C. Sams
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`Art Unit
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`Docket No.
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`2646
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`73 6456.467USPC
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`February 6, 2020
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`Commissioner for Patents
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`PO. Box 1450
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`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Commissioner for Patents:
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`APPELLANT’S BRIEF
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`This brief is in furtherance of the Notice of Appeal, filed in this case on
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`November 6, 2019 and the Pre-Appeal Conference Decision mailed on November 26, 2019.
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`This brief is timely filed with a request and associated payment for one (1) month extension to
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`the two (2) months period from the filing of the Notice of Appeal. The Director is authorized to
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`charge any underpayment of fees due by way of the enclosed papers only, or credit any
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`overpayment to Deposit Account No. 19-1090.
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`I. REAL PARTY IN INTEREST
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`The real party in interest in the above-identified application is Panasonic
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`Intellectual Property Corporation of America , which is the assignee of record. An Assignment
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`from the inventors to the assignee was recorded with the United States Patent and Trademark
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`Office, at Reel 047093 and Frame 0292.
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`II. RELATED APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES
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`Appellant is unaware of any pending related appeals and interferences.
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`111. STATUS OF CLAHVIS
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`Claims 1, 5-13, and 20-29 are pending, ofwhich claims 1 and 20 are in
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`independent form.
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`Dependent claims 8-9 and 24-25 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b).
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`Claims 1, 5-6, 10-11, 13, 20-22, 26-27, and 29 are rejected under 35 U.S.C.
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`102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Soret et al. (US 2017/0041916, hereinafter “Soret”).
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`Dependent claims 7, 12, 23, and 28 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being
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`unpatentable over Soret in View of Zheng (US 2013/0288645, hereinafter “Zheng”).
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`Dependent claims 8-9 and 24-25 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being
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`unpatentable over Soret in View of Nikopour et al. (US 2016/0295589, hereinafter “Nikopour”).
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`IV. STATUS OF AMENDMENTS
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`An amendment was filed on July 1, 2019, after the April 2, 2019 non-final Office
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`Action. The amendment was entered by the Examiner. An amendment was filed on October 7,
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`2019, after the August 6, 2019 final Office Action. The amendment was not entered by the
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`Examiner. Since the October 7, 2019 amendment, no other amendments were filed before the
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`Examiner of the present application.
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`V.
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`SUMIVIARY OF CLAIMED SUBJECT MATTER
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`The present application includes two independent claims, the rejections of each of
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`which are being appealed. Brief summaries of the rejected independent claims are provided
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`below. The following summary discusses the subject matter of the independent appealed claims,
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`along with citations to corresponding portions of the specification and drawings per 37 C.F.R. §
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`41 .37(c)(l)(v). The citations below are provided to illustrate specific examples and
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`embodiments of the recited language, and are not intended to limit the claims.
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`A.
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`Independent Claim 1
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`l. A vehicular mobile terminal (Figures 1, 8 and 10 illustrating a vehicular “UE”,
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`page 42, lines 3-1 1) comprising:
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`a receiver, which, in operation, receives parameter information as part of system
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`information, the system information being broadcast by a radio base station in a cell in which the
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`vehicular mobile terminal is located, wherein the parameter information indicates whether to use
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`radio resources which correspond to a geographical location of the vehicular mobile terminal
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`(Figure 10, page 47, lines 11-19, page 47, line 27-page 48, line 2, page 33, lines 14-26), and
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`a processor, which is coupled to the receiver and which, in operation, determines
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`based on the parameter information whether to use radio resources which correspond to a
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`geographical location of the vehicular mobile terminal (Figure 10, page 46, line 3-page 47,
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`line 19),
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`wherein, responsive to the parameter information indicating to use radio resources
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`which correspond to a geographical location of the vehicular mobile terminal (Figure 10,
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`page 46, line 3-page 47, line 19), the processor
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`determines the geographical location of the vehicular mobile terminal (Figure 10,
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`page 33, line 27-page 34, line 4),
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`identifies a location subsection in which the vehicular mobile terminal is
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`geographically located based on the parameter information, wherein the parameter information
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`includes a first parameter indicative of a length of the location subsection, a second parameter
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`indicative of a width of the location subsection, a third parameter indicative of a number of
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`location subsections along the width into which a location section is divided, and a fourth
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`parameter indicative of a number of location subsections along the length into which the location
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`section is divided (Figures 9A, 9B and 9C, page 57, line 12-page 58, line 16, page 59, lines 11-
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`l6, page 61, lines 17-20),
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`determines radio resources which correspond to the identified location subsection
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`in which the vehicular mobile terminal is geographically located (Figure 10, page 3 1, lines 13-
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`24), and
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`performs communication in a vehicular communication system using the
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`determined radio resources (Figures 1 and 6, page 43, lines 25-28, page 60, lines 10-12).
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`B.
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`Independent Claim 20
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`Independent claim 20 is a method claim that generally corresponds to the
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`vehicular mobile terminal claim 1.
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`20.
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`A method of allocating radio resources to a vehicular mobile terminal
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`(Figures 1, 8 and 10 illustrating a vehicular “UE”, page 42, lines 3-1 1), the method comprising:
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`receiving, by the vehicular mobile terminal, parameter information as part of
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`system information, the system information being broadcast by a radio base station in a cell in
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`which the vehicular mobile terminal is located, wherein the parameter information indicates
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`whether to use radio resources which correspond to a geographical location of the vehicular
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`mobile terminal (Figure 10, page 47, lines 11-19, page 47, line 27-page 48, line 2, page 33, lines
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`14-26), and
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`determining, by the vehicular mobile terminal based on the parameter
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`information, whether to use radio resources which correspond to a geographical location of the
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`vehicular mobile terminal (Figure 10, page 46, line 3-page 47, line 19),
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`wherein, responsive to the parameter information indicating to use radio resources
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`which correspond to a geographical location of the vehicular mobile terminal (Figure 10,
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`page 46, line 3-page 47, line 19),
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`determining, by the vehicular mobile terminal, the geographical location
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`of the vehicular mobile terminal (Figure 10, page 33, line 27-page 34, line 4),
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`identifying, by the vehicular mobile terminal, a location subsection in
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`which the vehicular mobile terminal is geographically located based on the
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`parameter information, wherein the parameter information includes a first
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`parameter indicative of a length of the location subsection, a second parameter
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`indicative of a width of the location subsection, a third parameter indicative of a
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`number of location subsections along the width into which a location section is
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`divided, and a fourth parameter indicative of a number of location subsections
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`along the length into which the location section is divided (Figures 9A, 9B and
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`9C, page 57, line 12-page 58, line 16, page 59, lines 11-16, page 61, lines 17-20),
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`determining, by the vehicular mobile terminal, radio resources which
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`correspond to the identified location subsection in which the vehicular mobile
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`terminal is geographically located (Figure 10, page 3 1, lines 13-24), and
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`performing, by the vehicular mobile terminal, communication in a
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`vehicular communication system using the determined radio resources (Figures 1
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`and 6, page 43, lines 25-28, page 60, lines 10-12).
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`VI. GROUNDS OF REJECTION TO BE REVIEWED ON APPEAL
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`Whether the Examiner erred in rejecting claims 1, 5-6, 10-11, 13, 20-22, 26-27,
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`and 29 under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Soret et al. (US 2017/0041916,
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`hereinafter “ Soret”).
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`VII.
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`ARGUMENT
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`Claim 1 is Not Anticipated by Soret under 35 US. C. §102(a)(2))
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`Applicant respectfully submits that the examiner erred in rejecting claim 1 under
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`35 U.S.C. §lO2(a)(b) as being anticipated by Soret et al. (US 2017/0041916, “Soret”).
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`Soret does not anticipate claim 1. Specifically, Soret does not teach or suggest a
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`radio base station “broadcastfing/ ” to a vehicular mobile terminal “a first parameter indicative
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`of a length of the location subsection,
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`a secondparameter indicative of a width of the location
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`subsection,
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`a thirdparameter indicative of a number of locations subsections along the width
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`into which allocation section is divided,” and “a fourth parameter indicative of a number of
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`location subsections along the length into which the location section is divided” as claimed, to
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`set the length and width of each of the location subsections and how the location section is
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`divided into (how many) of the location subsections.
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`Soret, in reference to its Figs. 2 and 3A, describes that a road is divided into
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`location areas (e.g., 12 location areas in Fig. 3A), wherein “access resources [AR] are associated
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`with each discrete location area.” Soret, fl[0020]. For example, “FIG. 3A
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`assumes there are
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`N=8 total access resources [AR] available for [12] geographic location areas,” that is, four of the
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`eight ARs (#0, #l, #4, #5) are “reused” and are each associated with two location areas,
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`respectively. Soret, fl[0064].
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`Note that, in Soret, the segmentation into location areas is static as stored in the
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`local memory of the mobile radio devices. Soret, fl[0040]. Though Soret teaches four (4)
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`different examples of segmentation in Figs. 2, 3A, 3B, and 3C, Soret nowhere suggests switching
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`between multiple examples of segmentation. In other words, Soret does not describe the radio
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`base station broadcasting to the vehicular mobile terminal “afirst parameter indicative of a
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`length of the location subsection,
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`a secondparameter indicative of a width of the location
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`subsection,
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`a thirdparameter indicative of a number of locations subsections along the width
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`into which allocation section is divided,” and “a fourth parameter indicative of a number of
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`location subsections along the length into which the location section is divided,” to set the length
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`and width of each of the location subsections and how the location section is divided into (how
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`many) of the location subsections.
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`Soret describes dynamically setting the origin (X0, yO) of the location areas, as
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`shown in Fig. 3A and described in fl[0052] of Soret (“The origin can also be dynamic,
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`determined by the network (ITS application) and signaled to the mobile radio devices and be set
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`depending on traffic conditions (cars density, speeds, road conditions, etc.).”). Soret describes
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`“the origin can be for example at the beginning of the roadway, as shown in FIG. 3A.” Soret,
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`fl[0046]. Dynamically setting the origin (X0, yO) of the location areas (see Fig. 3A) is different
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`from, and does not teach or suggest, the radio base station broadcasting to the vehicular mobile
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`terminal “afirst parameter indicative of a length of the location subsection,
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`a second
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`parameter indicative of a width of the location subsection,
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`a thirdparameter indicative of a
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`number of locations subsections along the width into which allocation section is divided,” and
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`“a fourth parameter indicative of a number of location subsections along the length into which
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`the location section is divided,” to set the length and width of each of the location subsections
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`and how the location section is divided into (how many) of the location subsections.
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`fl[004l] of Soret recites “The form of this association [of radio resources to
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`different location areas] stored in the mobile radio device’s local memory may be a map or an
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`algorithm for example. One particular example below assumes an algorithm since that is more
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`susceptible to being published and not needing to be sent over the broadcast channel. In other
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`embodiments the map can be pre-loaded such as in a V2] deployment and the network provides
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`updates as needed (via a broadcast or other channel)” (Emphasis added.) In Soret, a “map” is
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`used to “associate different access resources [AR] to different discrete location areas within the
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`access region.” Soret, Abstract. Thus, fl[004l] of Soret describes that the association (mapping)
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`between different access resources [ARs] and discrete location areas, after being pre-loaded into
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`the mobile radio device’s local memory, may be updated via a broadcast channel. Soret does not
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`teach or suggest the radio base station broadcasting to the vehicular mobile terminal “afirst
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`parameter indicative of a length of the location subsection,
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`a secondparameter indicative of a
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`width of the location subsection,
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`a thirdparameter indicative of a number of locations
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`subsections along the width into which allocation section is divided,” and “afourth parameter
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`indicative of a number of location subsections along the length into which the location section is
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`divided,” to set the length and width of each of the location subsections and how the location
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`section is divided into (how many) of the location subsections.
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`In view of the foregoing, applicant submits that Soret fails to anticipate claim 1.
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`Reversal of the 35 U.S.C. lO2(a)(2) rejection of claim 1 is respectfully requested.
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`Claim 20 is Not Anticipated by Soret under 35 US. C. §102(a)(2)
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`Although the language of claim 20 is not identical to that of claim 1, the
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`patentability of claim 20 will be apparent in view of the above remarks. Claim 20 recites in part
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`“the system information broadcast by a radio base station” includes “the parameter information,
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`wherein the parameter information includes a first parameter indicative of a length of the
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`location subsection, a secondparameter indicative of a width of the location subsection, a third
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`parameter indicative of a number of location subsections along the width into which a location
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`section is divided, and afourth parameter indicative of a number of location subsections along
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`the length into which the location section is divided.”
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`Therefore, reversal of the 35 U.S.C. §lO2(a)(2) rejection of claim 20 is
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`respectfully requested.
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`Claims 5-6, 10-1], 13, 21-22, 26-27 and 29 are Not Anticipated by Soret under 35
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`USC. §102(a)(22
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`Claims 5-6, 10-1 1, 13, 21-22, 26-27 and 29 depend from claim 1 or claim 20.
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`Therefore, for at least the reasons why Soret does not anticipated claims 1 and 20, as discussed
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`above, Soret further fails to anticipate claims 5-6, 10-1 1, 13, 21-22, 26-27 and 29 depending
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`from claims 1 and 20.
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`Reversal ofthe 35 U.S.C. §102(a)(2) rejections of claims 5-6, 10-11, 13, 21-22,
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`26-27 and 29 is respectfully requested.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`VIII. CLAIMS APPENDIX
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`1.
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`A vehicular mobile terminal comprising:
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`a receiver, which, in operation, receives parameter information as part of system
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`information, the system information being broadcast by a radio base station in a cell in which the
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`vehicular mobile terminal is located, wherein the parameter information indicates whether to use
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`radio resources which correspond to a geographical location of the vehicular mobile terminal,
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`and
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`a processor, which is coupled to the receiver and which, in operation, determines
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`based on the parameter information whether to use radio resources which correspond to a
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`geographical location of the vehicular mobile terminal,
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`wherein, responsive to the parameter information indicating to use radio resources
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`which correspond to a geographical location of the vehicular mobile terminal, the processor
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`determines the geographical location of the vehicular mobile terminal,
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`identifies a location subsection in which the vehicular mobile terminal is
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`geographically located based on the parameter information, wherein the parameter information
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`includes a first parameter indicative of a length of the location subsection, a second parameter
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`indicative of a width of the location subsection, a third parameter indicative of a number of
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`location subsections along the width into which a location section is divided, and a fourth
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`parameter indicative of a number of location subsections along the length into which the location
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`section is divided,
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`determines radio resources which correspond to the identified location subsection
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`in which the vehicular mobile terminal is geographically located, and
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`performs communication in a vehicular communication system using the
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`determined radio resources.
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`2-4.
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`(Canceled)
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`5.
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`The vehicular mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the
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`determination of the radio resources which correspond to the identified location subsection
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`includes determining radio resources in a radio resource pool which is associated with the
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`identified location subsection.
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`6.
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`The vehicular mobile terminal according to claim 1, which is configured
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`with a plurality of radio resource pools, each of which is associated with a different geographical
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`location in which the vehicular mobile terminal can be located, wherein the configuration of the
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`radio resource pools is transmitted to the vehicular mobile terminal as part of the system
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`information or within a message dedicated to the vehicular mobile terminal,
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`wherein the plurality of radio resource pools are configured in the vehicular
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`mobile terminal either based on explicit information on the radio resource pools and respective
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`radio resources in each radio resource pool, or based on rules defining how radio resources are
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`divided into the radio resource pools.
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`7.
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`The vehicular mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the
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`determination of the radio resources includes:
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`requesting radio resources from the radio base station that controls the cell in
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`which the vehicular mobile terminal is located,
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`transmitting information on the determined geographical location of the vehicular
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`mobile terminal to the radio base station, wherein the information on the determined
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`geographical location is geographical coordinates or an identifier of a location section of a road
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`in which the vehicular mobile terminal is geographically located, and
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`receiving from the radio base station an indication of radio resources to be used
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`for communication.
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`8.
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`The vehicular mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the
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`processor, in operation, determines whether potential radio resources are or will be used by
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`another mobile terminal, and responsive to determining the potential radio resources are or will
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`be used by another mobile terminal, determines not to use the potential radio resources and
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`determines to use different radio resources.
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`9.
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`The vehicular mobile terminal according to claim 8, wherein the
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`determination of the radio resources which correspond to the geographical location of the
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`vehicular mobile terminal includes determining radio resources in a radio resource pool which is
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`associated with the geographical location of the vehicular mobile terminal, and responsive to
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`determining that potential radio resources in the radio resource pool are or will be used by
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`another mobile terminal, the processor determines radio resources from another radio resource
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`pool which is associated with another geographical location different from the geographical
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`location of the vehicular mobile terminal, wherein the another geographical location is adjacent
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`to the geographical location of the vehicular mobile terminal.
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`10.
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`The vehicular mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the
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`geographical location of the vehicular mobile terminal is based on a grid overlaying a road on
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`which the vehicular mobile terminal is located, wherein a portion of the road on which the
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`vehicular mobile terminal is geographically located is divided into a plurality of location
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`sections, wherein each of the plurality of location sections covers all lanes of the road,
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`wherein all of the plurality of location sections are subdivided into the same
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`plurality of non-overlapping location subsections, wherein each of the plurality of location
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`subsections covers at least one of the lanes of the road, and
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`wherein each of the plurality of location subsections is associated with a radio
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`resource pool.
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`11.
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`The vehicular mobile terminal according to claim 10, wherein the radio
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`resources associated with the plurality of location subsections are orthogonal to each other so as
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`to mitigate interference there between.
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`12.
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`The vehicular mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the
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`determination of the geographic location of the vehicular mobile terminal includes determining
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`an identifier of the location section and/or an identifier of the location subsection in which the
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`vehicular mobile terminal is geographically located, and
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`the vehicular mobile terminal comprises a transmitter, which , in operation,
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`transmits the determined geographic location of the vehicular mobile terminal to the radio base
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`station by transmitting the identifier of the location section and/or the identifier of the location
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`subsection.
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`13.
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`The vehicular mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the
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`processor, in operation, determines whether the vehicular mobile terminal is in coverage or out
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`of coverage of the radio base station, and in case of out-of-coverage, the processor determines
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`that the radio resources are not to be selected based on the geographic location of the vehicular
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`mobile terminal.
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`14-19. (Canceled)
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`20.
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`A method of allocating radio resources to a vehicular mobile terminal, the
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`method comprising:
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`receiving, by the vehicular mobile terminal, parameter information as part of
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`system information, the system information being broadcast by a radio base station in a cell in
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`which the vehicular mobile terminal is located, wherein the parameter information indicates
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`whether to use radio resources which correspond to a geographical location of the vehicular
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`mobile terminal, and
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`determining, by the vehicular mobile terminal based on the parameter
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`information, whether to use radio resources which correspond to a geographical location of the
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`vehicular mobile terminal,
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`wherein, responsive to the parameter information indicating to use radio resources
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`which correspond to a geographical location of the vehicular mobile terminal,
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`determining, by the vehicular mobile terminal, the geographical location
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`of the vehicular mobile terminal,
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`identifying, by the vehicular mobile terminal, a location subsection in
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`which the vehicular mobile terminal is geographically located based on the
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`parameter information, wherein the parameter information includes a first
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`parameter indicative of a length of the location subsection, a second parameter
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`indicative of a width of the location subsection, a third parameter indicative of a
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`number of location subsections along the width into which a location section is
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`divided, and a fourth parameter indicative of a number of location subsections
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`along the length into which the location section is divided,
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`determining, by the vehicular mobile terminal, radio resources which
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`correspond to the identified location subsection in which the vehicular mobile
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`terminal is geographically located, and
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`performing, by the vehicular mobile terminal, communication in a
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`vehicular communication system using the determined radio resources.
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`21.
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`The method according to claim 20, wherein the determining the radio
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`resources which correspond to the identified location subsection includes determining radio
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`resources in a radio resource pool which is associated with the identified location subsection.
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`22.
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`The method according to claim 20, wherein the vehicular mobile terminal
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`is configured with a plurality of radio resource pools, each of which is associated with a different
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`geographical location in which the vehicular mobile terminal can be located, wherein the
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`configuration of the radio resource pools is transmitted to the vehicular mobile terminal as part
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`of the system information or within a message dedicated to the vehicular mobile terminal,
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`wherein the plurality of radio resource pools are configured in the vehicular
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`mobile terminal either based on explicit information on the radio resource pools and respective
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`radio resources in each radio resource pool, or based on rules defining how radio resources are
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`divided into the radio resource pools.
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`23.
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`The method according to claim 20, wherein the determining the radio
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`resources includes:
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`requesting, by the vehicular mobile terminal, radio resources from the radio base
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`station that controls the cell in which the vehicular mobile terminal is located,
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`transmitting, by the vehicular mobile terminal, information on the determined
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`geographical location of the vehicular mobile terminal to the radio base station, wherein the
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`information on the determined geographical location is geographical coordinates or an identifier
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`of a location section of a road in which the vehicular mobile terminal is geographically located,
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`and
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`receiving, by the vehicular mobile terminal, from the radio base station an
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`indication of radio resources to be used for communication.
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`24.
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`The method according to claim 20, comprising:
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`determining, by the vehicular mobile terminal, whether potential radio resources
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`are or will be used by another mobile terminal, and
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`responsive to determining the potential radio resources are or will be used by
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`another mobile terminal, determining, by the vehicular mobile terminal, not to use the potential
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`radio resources and instead to use different radio resources.
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`25.
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`The method according to claim 24, comprising:
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`determining, by the vehicular mobile terminal, radio resources which correspond
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`to the geographical location of the vehicular mobile terminal by determining radio resources in a
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`radio resource pool which is associated with the geographical location of the vehicular mobile
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`terminal, and
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`responsive to determining that potential radio resources in the radio resource pool
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`are or will be used by another mobile terminal, determining, by the vehicular mobile terminal,
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`radio resources from another radio resource pool which is associated with another geographical
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`location different from the geographical location of the vehicular mobile terminal, wherein the
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`another geographical location is adjacent to the geographical location of the vehicular mobile
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`terminal .
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`26.
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`The method according to claim 20, wherein the geographical location of
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`the vehicular mobile terminal is based on a grid overlaying a road on which the vehicular mobile
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`terminal is located, wherein a portion of the road on which the vehicular mobile terminal is
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`geographically located is divided into a plurality of location sections, wherein each of the
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`plurality of location sections covers all lanes of the road,
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`wherein all of the plurality of location sections are subdivided into the same
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`plurality of non-overlapping location subsections, wherein each of the plurality of location
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`subsections covers at least one of the lanes of the road, and
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`wherein each of the plurality of location subsections is associated with a radio
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`resource pool.
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`27.
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`The method according to claim 26, wherein the radio resources associated
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`with the plurality of location subsections are orthogonal to each other so as to mitigate
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`interference therebetween.
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`28.
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`The method according to claim 20, wherein the determining the
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`geographic location of the vehicular mobile terminal includes determining an identifier of the
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`location section and/or an identifier of the location subsection in which the vehicular mobile
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`terminal is geographically located, and
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`wherein the method comprises transmitting, by the vehicular mobile terminal, the
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`determined geographic location of the vehicular mobile terminal to the radio base station by
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`transmitting the identifier of the location section and/or the identifier of the location subsection.
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`29.
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`The method according to claim 20, comprising:
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`determining, by the vehicular mobile terminal, whether the vehicular mobile
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`terminal is in coverage or out of coverage of the radio base station, and
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`in case of out-of-coverage, determining, by the vehicular mobile terminal, that the
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`radio resources are not to be selected based on the geographic location of the vehicular mobile
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`terminal .
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`X. RELATED PROCEEDINGS APPENDIX
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