Application No. 15/810,589
`Reply to Office Action Dated October 5, 2021
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`AMENDMENTS TO THE CLAIMS
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`This listing of claims will replace all prior versions andlistings of claims in the
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`application.
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`Listing of Claims:
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`1.
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`(Currently Amended) A basestation comprising:
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`control circuitry which, in operation, allocates a physical downlink shared channel
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`(PDSCH)on a plurality of resource blocks (RBs); and
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`a transmitter which, in operation, transmits control information including a resource
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`indication value (RIV) whichindicates the plurality of RBs,
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`wherein a same value of the sirete-RIV indicates different frequency positionssets of RBs
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`on an allocated narrowband based on a frequency position of a#-theallocated narrowband within
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`a system band and a frequency position of resource block groups (RBGs)of athesystem band,
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`a frequency boundary of the frequency position of the allocated narrowband1s different
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`from a frequency boundary of the frequency position of the RBGs,
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`the frequency position of the allocated narrowbandis determined based on a size of each
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`of the RBGs, the size of each of the RBGs being smaller than a size of the allocated narrowband,
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`and
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`the size of each of the RBGsis specified according to a numberof RBs that is included in
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`the system band.
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`2-9.
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`(Canceled)
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`10.
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`(Currently Amended) A terminal comprising:
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`a receiver which, in operation, receives control information including a resource
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`indication value (RIV) whichindicates a plurality of resource blocks (RBs); and
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`control circuitry which, in operation, demodulates a physical downlink shared channel
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`(PDSCH)basedon the control information,
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`Reply to Office Action Dated October 5, 2021
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`AMENDMENTS TO THE CLAIMS
`
`This listing of claims will replace all prior versions andlistings of claims in the
`
`application.
`
`Listing of Claims:
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`1.
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`(Currently Amended) A basestation comprising:
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`control circuitry which, in operation, allocates a physical downlink shared channel
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`(PDSCH)on a plurality of resource blocks (RBs); and
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`a transmitter which, in operation, transmits control information including a resource
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`indication value (RIV) whichindicates the plurality of RBs,
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`wherein a same value of the sirete-RIV indicates different frequency positionssets of RBs
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`on an allocated narrowband based on a frequency position of a#-theallocated narrowband within
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`a system band and a frequency position of resource block groups (RBGs)of athesystem band,
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`a frequency boundary of the frequency position of the allocated narrowband1s different
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`from a frequency boundary of the frequency position of the RBGs,
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`the frequency position of the allocated narrowbandis determined based on a size of each
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`of the RBGs, the size of each of the RBGs being smaller than a size of the allocated narrowband,
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`and
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`the size of each of the RBGsis specified according to a numberof RBs that is included in
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`the system band.
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`2-9.
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`(Canceled)
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`10.
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`(Currently Amended) A terminal comprising:
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`a receiver which, in operation, receives control information including a resource
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`indication value (RIV) whichindicates a plurality of resource blocks (RBs); and
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`control circuitry which, in operation, demodulates a physical downlink shared channel
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`(PDSCH)basedon the control information,
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`wherein a same value of the singte-RIV indicates different frequency positionssets of RBs
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`on an allocated narrowband based on a frequency position of a#-theallocated narrowband within
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`a system band and a frequency position of resource block groups (RBGs)of athesystem band,
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`a frequency boundary of the frequency position of the allocated narrowband1s different
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`from a frequency boundary of the frequency position of the RBGs,
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`the frequency position of the allocated narrowbandis determined based on a size of each
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`of the RBGs, the size of each of the RBGs being smaller than a size of the allocated narrowband,
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`and
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`the size of each of the RBGsis specified according to a numberof RBs that is included in
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`the system band.
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`11.
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`(Canceled)
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`12.
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`(Currently Amended) A transmission method comprising:
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`allocating a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH)onaplurality of resource blocks
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`(RBs); and
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`transmitting control information including a resource indication value (RIV) which
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`indicates the plurality of RBs,
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`wherein a same value of the sirete-RIV indicates different frequency positionssets of RBs
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`on an allocated narrowband based on a frequency position of a#-theallocated narrowband within
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`a system band and a frequency position of resource block groups (RBGs)of athesystem band,
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`a frequency boundary of the frequency position of the allocated narrowband1s different
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`from a frequency boundary of the frequency position of the RBGs,
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`the frequency position of the allocated narrowbandis determined based on a size of each
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`of the RBGs, the size of each of the RBGs being smaller than a size of the allocated narrowband,
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`and
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`the size of each of the RBGsis specified according to a numberof RBs that is included in
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`the system band.
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`13.
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`(Currently Amended) A reception method comprising:
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`receiving control information including a resource indication value (RIV) whichindicates
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`a plurality of resource blocks (RBs); and
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`demodulating a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) based onthe control
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`information;
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`wherein a same value ofsinete RIV indicates different positionssets of RBsonan
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`allocated narrowband based on a frequency position of a#-theallocated narrowband withina
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`system band and a frequency position of resource block groups (RBGs) in athesystem band,
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`a frequency boundary of the frequency position of the allocated narrowband1s different
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`from a frequency boundary of the frequency position of the RBGs,
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`the frequency position of the allocated narrowbandis determined based on a size of each
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`of the RBGs, the size of each of the RBGs being smaller than a size of the allocated narrowband,
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`and
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`the size of each of the RBGsis specified according to a numberof RBs that is included in
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`the system band.
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`14-15. (Canceled)
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`16.
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`(Previously Presented) The basestation according to Claim 1, wherein another
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`control information relating to the allocated narrowbandis indicated from the basestation.
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`17.
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`(Previously Presented) The base station according to Claim 1, wherein the
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`allocated narrowbandis indicated by an offset, the offset being different for each ofa plurality of
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`frequency bandwidths.
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`18.
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`(Previously Presented) The basestation according to Claim 1, wherein the
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`PDSCHis transmitted in different RBs which are shifted from RBs at different time in case of a
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`frequency hopping.
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`19.
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`(Currently Amended) The base station according to Claim 1, wherein
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`one of the different frequency positionssets of RBs 1s a first set of RBs in a first RBG and
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`a first narrowband, and another one ofthe different frequency positionssets of RBs is a second
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`set of RBs in a second RBG and a second narrowband,
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`allocations of RBGsin the first narrowband and the second narrowbandare different
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`from each other, and
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`the first RBG includesa first total number of RBs, and the second RBG includes a second
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`total number of RBs equalto the first total number of RBs.
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`20.
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`(Currently Amended) The base station according to Claim 19, wherein
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`the first RBG and the second RBG includes different sets-frequency positions of RBs.
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`21.
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`(Previously Presented) The base station according to Claim 19, wherein
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`the first narrowband includesthe first RBG anda portion of a third RBG,
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`the second narrowbandincludes the second RBG and a portion of a fourth RBG,
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`the portion of the third RBG includesa third total number of RBS that is less than the
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`first total number of RBs, and
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`the portion of the fourth RBG includes a fourth total number of RBs thatis less than the
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`second total number of RBs.
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`22.
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`(Previously Presented) The base station according to Claim 21, wherein the
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`control circuitry does not allocate the PDSCHto the third RBG andthe fourth RBG.
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`23.
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`(Previously Presented) The base station according to Claim 19, wherein
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`the first narrowbandincludesthe first RBG anda first portion of a third RBG,
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`the second narrowbandincludes the second RBG and a secondportion of the third RBG,
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`and
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`the control circuitry does not allocate the PDSCHtothe first and second portions of the
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`third RBG.
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`24.
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`(New) The basestation according to Claim 1, wherein different bits of the same
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`value of the RIV indicates the different frequency positions of RBs on the allocated narrowband.
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`25.
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`(New) The basestation according to Claim 1, wherein
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`the allocated narrowbandincludesa first RBG that is within the allocated narrowband,
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`and a second RBG that overlaps the allocated narrowband and an adjacent narrowband, and
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`the different frequency positions of RBs are includedin the first RBG andrestricted from
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`the second RBG.
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