Application No. 15/862,429
`Reply to Office Action dated April 17, 2019
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`Amendments to the Claims:
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`This listing of claims will replace all prior versions, and listings, 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) An integrated circuit to control a process, the process
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`comprising:
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`mapping, in at least a first mode of operation, one or more reference signals to one or
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`more frequency resources in a frequency band, the frequency band having a variable
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`transmission bandwidth within a system bandwidth, the variable transmission bandwidth being
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`provided between control channels mapped to both ends of the system bandwidth, wherein each
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`of the one or more frequency resources is of a fixed bandwidth and the one or more frequency
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`resources are uniformly distributed in the frequency band according to the variable transmission
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`bandwidth, and
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`transmitting, in at least the first mode of operation, the one or more reference signals.
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`2.
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`(Original) The integrated circuit according to claim 1, comprising:
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`circuitry, which, in operation, controls the process,
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`at least one input coupled to the circuitry, wherein the at least one input, in operation,
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`inputs data, and
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`at least one output coupled to the circuity, wherein the at least one output, in operation,
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`outputs data.
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`3.
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`(Original) The integrated circuit according to claim 1, wherein a number of the
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`one or more frequency resources varies according to the variable transmission bandwidth.
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`4.
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`(Currently Amended) The integrated circuit according to claim 1, the process
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`comprising mapping, in a second mode of operation, a reference signal to a single frequency
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`Reply to Office Action dated April 17, 2019
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`Amendments to the Claims:
`
`This listing of claims will replace all prior versions, and listings, of claims in the
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`application:
`
`Listing of Claims:
`
`1.
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`(Currently Amended) An integrated circuit to control a process, the process
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`comprising:
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`mapping, in at least a first mode of operation, one or more reference signals to one or
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`more frequency resources in a frequency band, the frequency band having a variable
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`transmission bandwidth within a system bandwidth, the variable transmission bandwidth being
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`provided between control channels mapped to both ends of the system bandwidth, wherein each
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`of the one or more frequency resources is of a fixed bandwidth and the one or more frequency
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`resources are uniformly distributed in the frequency band according to the variable transmission
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`bandwidth, and
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`transmitting, in at least the first mode of operation, the one or more reference signals.
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`2.
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`(Original) The integrated circuit according to claim 1, comprising:
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`circuitry, which, in operation, controls the process,
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`at least one input coupled to the circuitry, wherein the at least one input, in operation,
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`inputs data, and
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`at least one output coupled to the circuity, wherein the at least one output, in operation,
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`outputs data.
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`3.
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`(Original) The integrated circuit according to claim 1, wherein a number of the
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`one or more frequency resources varies according to the variable transmission bandwidth.
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`4.
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`(Currently Amended) The integrated circuit according to claim 1, the process
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`comprising mapping, in a second mode of operation, a reference signal to a single frequency
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`resource, the single frequency resource having a bandwidth equal to the variable transmission
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`bandwidth.
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`5.
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`(Original) The integrated circuit according to claim 3, wherein the number of the
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`0116 Of more frequency resources is 0116.
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`6.
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`(Original) The integrated circuit according to claim 1, the process comprising
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`receiVing, in at least the first mode of operation, control information associated with the one or
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`more frequency resources, wherein the mapping includes mapping the one or more reference
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`signals to the one or more frequency resources based on the control information.
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`7.
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`(Original) The integrated circuit according to claim 1, wherein the variable
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`transmission bandwidth is equal to the system bandwidth minus a band to which the control
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`channels are mapped.
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`8.
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`(Original) The integrated circuit according to claim 3, wherein when the number
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`is greater than one, the mapping includes mapping a plurality of reference signals to a plurality
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`of frequency resources using frequency hopping to transmit a reference signal on each of the
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`plurality of frequency resources.
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`9.
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`(Currently Amended) The integrated circuit according to claim 1, wherein the
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`variable transmission bandwidth is one of a plurality of different transmission bandwidths.
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`10.
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`(Original) The integrated circuit according to claim 1, wherein each of the one or
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`more frequency resources is a unit of transmission of a reference signal.
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`11.
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`(Original) The integrated circuit according to claim 1, wherein the one or more
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`reference signals are one or more sounding reference signals.
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`12.
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`(Original) The integrated circuit according to claim 1, wherein the one or more
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`frequency resources are different time resources.
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`13.
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`(Original) The integrated circuit according to claim 2, wherein the at least one
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`output and the at least one input, in operation, are coupled to an antenna.
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`14.
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`(Currently Amended) An integrated circuit comprising,
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`circuitry, which, in operation:
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`maps, in at least a first mode of operation, one or more reference signals to one or more
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`frequency resources in a frequency band, the frequency band having a variable transmission
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`bandwidth within a system bandwidth, the yaflablefitransmission bandwidth being provided
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`between control channels mapped to both ends of the system bandwidth, wherein each of the one
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`or more frequency resources is of a fixed bandwidth and the one or more frequency resources are
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`uniformly distributed in the frequency band according to the variable transmission bandwidth,
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`and
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`controls, in at least the first mode of operation, transmission of the one or more
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`reference signals.
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`15.
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`(Currently Amended) The integrated circuit according to claim 14, comprising:
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`at least one input coupled to the circuitry, wherein the at least one input, in operation,
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`inputs data, and
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`at least one output coupled to the circuitry—circuitry, wherein the at least one output, in
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`operation, outputs data.
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`16.
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`(Original) The integrated circuit according to claim 14, wherein a number of the
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`one or more frequency resources varies according to the variable transmission bandwidth.
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`17.
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`(Currently Amended) The integrated circuit according to claim 14, the circuitry,
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`in a second mode of operation, maps a reference signal to a single frequency resource, the single
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`frequency resource haVing a bandwidth equal to the yariafglgtransmission bandwidth.
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`18.
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`(Original) The integrated circuit according to claim 16, wherein the number of the
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`0116 Of more frequency resources is 0116.
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`19.
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`(Original) The integrated circuit according to claim 14, the circuitry, in at least the
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`first mode of operation, controls reception of control information associated with the one or more
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`frequency resources, wherein the circuitry maps the one or more reference signals to the one or
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`more frequency resources based on the control information.
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`20.
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`(Original) The integrated circuit according to claim 14, wherein the variable
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`transmission bandwidth is equal to the system bandwidth minus a band to which the control
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`channels are mapped.
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`21.
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`(Original) The integrated circuit according to claim 16, wherein when the number
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`is greater than one, the circuitry maps a plurality of reference signals to a plurality of frequency
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`resources using frequency hopping to transmit a reference signal on each of the plurality of
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`frequency resources.
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`22.
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`(Currently Amended) The integrated circuit according to claim 14, wherein the
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`variable transmission bandwidth is one of a plurality of different transmission bandwidths.
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`23.
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`(Original) The integrated circuit according to claim 14, wherein each of the one or
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`more frequency resources is a unit of transmission of a reference signal.
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`24.
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`(Original) The integrated circuit according to claim 14, wherein the one or more
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`reference signals are one or more sounding reference signals.
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`25.
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`(Original) The integrated circuit according to claim 14, wherein the one or more
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`frequency resources are different time resources.
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`26.
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`(Original) The integrated circuit according to claim 15, wherein the at least one
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`output and the at least one input, in operation, are coupled to an antenna.
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