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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`1.
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness
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`rejections setforth in this Office action:
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`A patent for a claimed invention maynotbe obtained, notwithstanding thatthe claimed
`invention is not identicallydisclosed as set forth insection 102 ofthis title, if the differences
`between the claimed invention andthe prior artare such thatthe claimed invention as a whole
`would have been obvious beforethe effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person
`having ordinaryskill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains. Patentabilityshall not
`be negated by the manner in whichthe invention was made.
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`In the event the determinationofthe status of the application as subjectto AIA 35 U.S.C. 102
`and 103 (or as subjectto pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the
`statutory basis for the rejection will notbe considered a new ground of rejection ifthe prior art
`relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
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`2.
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`Claims1, 2, and 6-8 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over
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`Mukherjee et al. US Pub 2013/0301541 (hereinafter “Mukherjee”), andin view of Cho et al. US
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`Pub 2021/0212122 (hereinafter “Cho’).
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`3.
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`Regarding claim 1
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`Mukherjee discloses a2 user equipment (e.g. “UE 1400”in Fig. 14; [0232]),
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`comprising:
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`a receiver(i.e. “receiver 1412”in Fig. 14; [0233]), which in operation, receives a
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`paging message froma basestation (“the UE receivesa paging message from the eNB on
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`the downlink” [0031]) that controls a radio cell (e.g. “eNB 1310”in Fig. 13) of a mobile
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`communication system in which the user equipmentis located (“Reference is now made to
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`FIG. 13, which showsa simplified architecture for communication between various
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`elements in a system.
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`In particular, an eNB 1310 providescell coverage to a first area
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`and mayserve a UE 1320, which communicates with the eNB 1310 through
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`communication link” [0227]; Fig. 13), and
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`a transmitter(i.e. “transmitter 1414”in Fig. 14; [0233]), which in operation, transmits
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`the indicated random access preamble(i.e. “Preamble TX 220”in Fig. 2) to the base station
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`(e.g. “eNB 212”in Fig. 2) as part of a random access procedure performed by the user
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`equipment (e.g. “UE 210”in Fig. 2) with the base station (“The UE determinesthe next
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`available subframe containing a PRACH resource as defined by the prach-ConfigIndex
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`and transmits the selected preamble in the selected PRACH resource, as shownby arrow
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`220 in FIG. 2.” [0038]; Fig. 2).
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`Mukherjee does notspecifically teach the paging message indicating a random access
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`preamble to be used by the user equipment when performing a random access procedure with
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`the base station.
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`In an analogous art, Cho discloses the paging message (“the network node
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`transmits a paging messageto the UE 1 in order to activate the UE 1 (S34010)” [0733])
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`indicating a randomaccess preamble to be used by the user equipment when performing a
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`random access procedure with the basestation (“The UE 1 activated through the paging
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`message selects a preamble from a predetermined preamble set, and transmits the
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`selected preamble (first preamble) and a random access request message(first request
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`message) for requesting random access and resource allocation to the network
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`(S34020).” [0735])
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`Beforethe effectivefilling date of the claimed invention, it would have been obvious to
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`one of ordinaryskill in the art to modify Mukherjee’s method of allocation of contention based
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`uplink resources for wireless communications to include Cho’s methodfor transmitting and
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`receiving data in a wireless communication system, in order to facilitate wireless signal
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`transmission and reception between a network device and a user equipment (Cho [0001]).
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`Thus, a person of ordinary skill would have appreciated the ability to incorporate Cho’s for
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`transmitting and receiving datain a wireless communication system into Mukherjee’s method of
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`allocation of contention based uplink resources for wireless communications since the claimed
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`invention is merely a combination of old elements, and in the combination each element merely
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`would have performed the samefunction asit did separately, and one of ordinary skill in the art
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`would have recognized that the results of the combination were predictable.
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`4.
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`Regarding claim 2
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`Mukherjee, as modified by Cho, previously discloses the user equipment according
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`to claim 7,
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`Cho further discloses wherein the paging messagefurther indicates thatdownlink data
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`is available at the basestation (i.e. network node)fo be transmitted to the user equipment
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`(“when thefirst data is UE verification data for transmitting downlink data, receivinga
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`paging messagefrom the network node; and receiving the downlink data from the
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`network node, and the paging messagefurther includes a UE identifier indicating device
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`receiving the downlink dataand quality information indicating a quality of the downlink
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`data.” [0019]), wherein the user equipmentis in an inactive state (“When a user first turns on
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`a power of the UE,the UE first searches an appropriate cell and then stays in the RRC
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`idle state in the corresponding cell.” [0180]), out of an idle state (“ECM-IDLE”[0104]), a
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`connected state (“ECM-CONNECTED”[0115]) and the inactivate state the user equipment can
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`be in (“Twostates of an EPS connection management (ECM)-IDLE state and an ECM-
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`CONNECTED state are defined in order to manage signaling connection between the UE
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`and the EPC and the twostates are applied to the UE and the MME. When the UE in the
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`ECM-IDLEstate establishes the RRC connection with the E-UTRAN, the corresponding
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`UE becomesin the ECM-connectedstate.” [0183]),
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`wherein a processor, whenin operation and uponfinishing the random access
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`procedure, transitions from the inactive state to the connected state (“When the UE in the RRC
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`idle state needs to establish an RRC connection, the UE in the RRCidle state establishes
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`the RRC connection with the E-UTRAN through an RRC connection procedure and
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`transitions to the RRC connection state.” [0180] and furthermore “when the UE is
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`registered in the networkbutthe traffic is inactivated and the radio resourceis not thus
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`allocated, the UE is in the ECM idle state and when new uplink or downlink trafficis
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`generated in the UE, the UE and the MME is transitioned to the ECM connectedstate.”
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`[0242]) so as to receive downlink data available at the base station (“Thereafter, the UE and
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`the network node perform the random access procedure in the same manner as in step
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`18010 of FIG. 18 above (S19020) and transmit data for verification of the UE to the
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`network node through the resource allocated in the random accessprocedure (S19030).”
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`[0332]; Figs. 18-19), and
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`wherein the receiver, when in operation, after transitioning to the connectedstate,
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`receives the downlink data from the basestation (“When verification of the UE is completed,
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`the network node transmits the downlink data to the UE (S19040).” [0334]; Fig. 19).
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`5.
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`Regarding claim 6
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`Mukherjee, as modified by Cho, previously discloses the user equipment according
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`to claim 7,
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`Mukherjee further discloses wherein the random access procedure, performed by the
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`user equipment using the indicated random access preamble, is a contention-free random
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`access procedure (“the UE can accessthe uplink resourceseither through dedicated
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`PUCCHresources, or through contention based or contention free RACH procedures,
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`while either in an idle mode or a connected mode.” [0050] and furthermore “Contention-
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`free RACH procedureshavethe samefirst steps as a contention based RACH procedure,
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`but the procedure terminates when the UE receives the RAR.”[0047]).
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`6.
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`Regarding claim 7
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`A method comprising the following steps performed by a user equipment:
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`receiving a paging message froma basestation that controls a radio cell of a mobile
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`communication system in which the user equipment is located, the paging messageindicating a
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`random access preamble to be used by the user equipment when performing a random access
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`procedure with the basestation, and
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`transmitting the indicated random access preamble to the base stationas partofa
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`random access procedure performedby the user equipment with the basestation.
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`The scope and subject matter of method claim 7 is drawn to the method of using the
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`corresponding apparatus claimed in claim 1. Therefore method claim 7 corresponds to
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`apparatus claim 1 and is rejected for the same reasons of obviousnessas used in claim 1
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`rejection above.
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`7.
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`Regarding claim 8
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`Cho disclosesa basestation (i.e. “e NB 3510”in Fig. 35; [0764]), comprising:
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`a transmitter(i.e. “RF unit 3513” in Fig. 35; [0764]; “In the downlink, a transmitter
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`maybepart of a base station” [0069]), which in operation, transmits a paging message toa
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`user equipment whichis located in a radio cell of a mobile communication system that is
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`controlled by the base station, wherein the paging messageindicates a random access
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`preamble to be used by the user equipment when performing a random access procedure with
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`the base station (as afore-mentioned in Claim 1 discussion), and
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`a receiver(i.e. “RF unit 3513” in Fig. 35; [0764]; “In the uplink, a transmitter may be
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`part of a user equipment, and the receiver may be part ofa basestation.” [0070]), which in
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`operation, receives the indicated random access preamble from the user equipment as part of a
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`random access procedure performed by the user equipment wth the base station (as afore-
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`mentionedin Claim 1 discussion).
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`Beforethe effectivefilling date of the claimed invention, it would have been obvious to
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`one of ordinaryskill in the art to modify Mukherjee’s methodof allocation of contention based
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`uplink resources for wireless communications to include Cho’s method for transmitting and
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`receiving data in a wireless communication system, in order to facilitate wireless signal
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`transmission and reception between a network device and a user equipment (Cho [0001]).
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`Thus, a person of ordinary skill would have appreciated the ability to incorporate Cho’s for
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`transmitting and receiving datain a wireless communication system into Mukherjee’s method of
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`allocation of contention based uplink resources for wireless communications since the claimed
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`invention is merely a combination of old elements, and in the combination each element merely
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`would have performed the samefunction asit did separately, and one of ordinary skill in the art
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`would have recognized that the results of the combination werepredictable.
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`8.
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`Claim 3 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Mukherjee, in view
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`of Cho, and further in viewof Wu US Pub 2010/0124188 (hereinafter “Wu”).
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`9.
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`Regarding claim 3
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`Mukherjee, as modified by Cho, previously discloses the user equipment according
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`to claim 7,
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`Mukherjee and Cho do not specifically teach wherein the paging message further
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`indicates a preamble validity timer value that indicates for howlong the user equipment can use
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`the indicated random access preamble for performing the random access procedure with the
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`basestation, and wherein the processor, when in operation, determines whether to use the
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`received random access preamble when performing a random access procedure based on the
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`received preamble validity timer value.
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`In an analogous art, Wu discloses a preamble validity timer value that indicates for how
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`long (i.e. before the timer expires) the user equipment can use the indicated random access
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`preamble for performing the random accessprocedure with the basestation (“the eNB 105a
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`starts a dedicated preamblevalidity timer. The eNB 105aexpects that the UE 110 should
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`try to connect to the eNB 105a with the dedicated RA preamble RA’ until the dedicated
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`preamble validity timer expires.” [0034]), and
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`wherein the processor, when in operation, determines whetherto use the received
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`random access preamble when performing a random access procedure based on the received
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`preamble validity timer value (“Therefore, the control unit 1102 of the UE 110 resets the
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`counter 1103 once a dedicated RA identifier is received. This can avoid a UE
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`transmitting a dedicated RA preamble at a time(for initiating an RA procedure) and then
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`deciding to not try to connect with an eNB if this RA procedurefails. For instance,
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`supposethat the maximum valueis set as 4.
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`If the UE 110 did notreset the counter 1103
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`when receiving the dedicated RA identifier ID' and the second RA procedurefailed, the
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`UE 110 might not try to initiate another RA procedure for re-transmitting the dedicated
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`RA preamble RA' to the eNB 105a.” [0034]).
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`Beforethe effectivefilling date of the claimed invention, it would have been obvious to
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`one of ordinaryskill in the art to modify Mukherjee’s methodof allocation of contention based
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`uplink resources for wreless communications, as modified by Cho, to include Wu's method for
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`transmitting a broadcasted random access (RA) preamble to a base station for initiating a first
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`RA procedure, in order to facilitate wireless signal transmission and reception between a
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`network device and a user equipment (Wu [0006]). Thus, a person of ordinary skill would have
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`appreciated the ability to incorporate Wu's methodfor transmitting a broadcasted random
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`access (RA) preamble to a basestation for initiating a first RA procedure into Mukherjee’s
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`method of allocation of contention based uplink resources for wireless communications since
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`the claimed invention is merely a combination of old elements, and in the combination each
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`element merely would have performed the samefunction asit did separately, and one of
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`ordinary skill in the art would have recognized that the results of the combination were
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`predictable.
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`10.
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`Claim 4 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Mukherjee, in view
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`of Cho, and further in viewof Pani et al. US Pub 2011/0274040 (hereinafter “Pani”).
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`11.
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`Regarding claim 4
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`Mukherjee, as modified by Cho, previously discloses the user equipment according
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`to claim 7,
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`Cho further discloses wherein the processor determines random access parametersto
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`be usedfor performing the random access procedure based on the indicated random access
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`prioritization level (“The scheduling information may include the following information for
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`allocating the resource to the UE bythe network... Characteristics (e.g., QoS class,
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`required packet delay, priority level, etc.) of the uplink data” [0465]),
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`Mukherjee further discloses wherein the random access parameters comprise one or
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`aback-off time, based on which a minimum time period is determined that the user
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`equipment has to wait between two random access procedures (“Abackoffinterval
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`field 1058 defines the backoff interval to be used following a failure to receive
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`positive confirmation that a preamble transmission wasreceived. This
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`corresponds to the rapp-Backoffinterval as described above.” [0221]), and
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`arandomaccess response time window, during which the user equipment may
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`validly receive a randomaccess response messagefrom the basestation in
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`responseto the transmission of a random access preamble previously transmitted by
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`the user equipment(“Aresponse windowsize field 1040 defines the maximum
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`duration of the RAR windowfollowing the preamble transmission and
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`corresponds to the rapp-ResponseWindowSize as described above.” [0218]),
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`and
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`Mukherjee and Cho do not specifically teach wherein the paging message further
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`indicates a random accessprioritization level for performing the random access procedure with
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`the basestation, transmission power parameters, to be used by the user equipment when
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`determining transmission power for transmitting messagesof the random accessprocedure,
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`wherein the processor determining by the processor the random access parameters based on
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`the indicated random accessprioritization level is further based on association information
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`indicating which random access parameters are associated with which random access
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`prioritization level, wherein the receiver, when in operation, receives the association information
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`via system information broadcasts from the base station or via a dedicated message from the
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`base station.
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`In an analogous art, Pani discloses wherein the paging messagefurtherindicates a
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`random accessprioritization level for performing the random access procedure with the base
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`station (“The priorities of the ASC may be provided to the WTRU by the network via Sl,
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`paging or any form of dedicated signaling.” [0138]),
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`transmission power parameters, to be used by the user equipment when determining
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`transmission powerfor transmitting messagesof the random access procedure (“Alternatively,
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`for some types of WTRUs, the initial power of the preamble transmission may be
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`optimized according to WTRU position. More specifically, certain non-mobile or
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`stationary devices may determinethe initial preamble power by one or a combination of
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`the following methods. In one method, the non-mobile WTRUs mayusethe last
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`preamble transmission power of the last access attempt, e.g., the WTRU storesthe last
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`value used.
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`If there is no value stored, the WTRU mayuse the normal preamble ramp up
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`phase and then store the last value of the preamble. Alternatively, the WTRU may
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`perform the preamble ramp-up phase onceat the beginning and then may use the same
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`value for all initial accesses.” [0111]),
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`wherein the processor determining by the processor the random access parameters
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`basedon the indicated random accessprioritization level is further based on association
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`information indicating which random access parameters are associated with which random
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`accessprioritization level, wherein the receiver, when in operation, receives the association
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`information via system information broadcasts from the basestation or via a dedicated message
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`from the basestation (“The network may broadcastin the system information or signal at
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`the RRC level using an RRC message, (e.g., in the paging message), or at the non-access
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`stratum (NAS)level, (e.g., in the Attach Complete, Authentication Request, routing area
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`update (RAU), location area update (LAU) or tracking area update (TAU) Accept), different
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`values of T.sub.MAX.sub.—.sub.Backoff as follows: a list of different T.sub.MAX.sub.—
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`-sub.Backoff durations each corresponding to a different priority, (e.g., T.sub.0,.
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`..
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`T.sub.N-1 where N is the number of priorities or groups); or a list of scaling parameters
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`to apply to one T.sub.MAX.sub.—.sub.Backoff which may be configured as discussed
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`above, (e.g., one value for all devices, one value per class, and the like), each
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`fixed values and in this case the network may broadcastor signal the backoff value.”
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`[0083]).
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`Beforethe effectivefilling date of the claimed invention, it would have been obvious to
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`one of ordinaryskill in the art to modify Mukherjee’s method of allocation of contention based
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`uplink resources for wreless communications, as modified by Cho, to include Pani’s method for
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`optimizing Random Access Channel (RACH) transmissions from wireless transmit/receive units
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`(WTRUs), in order to facilitate wireless signal transmission and reception between a network
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`device and a user equipment (Pani [0004]). Thus, a person of ordinary skill would have
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`appreciated the ability to incorporate Panis method for optimizing Random Access Channel
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`(RACH) transmissions from wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs) into Mukherjee’s method of
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`allocation of contention based uplink resources for wireless communications since the claimed
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`invention is merely a combination of old elements, and in the combination each element merely
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`would have performed the samefunction asit did separately, and one of ordinary skill in the art
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`would have recognized that the results of the combination were predictable.
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`12.
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`Claim 5 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Mukherjee, in view
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`of Cho, and further in view of Pelletier et al. US Pub 2020/0059345 (hereinafter “Pelletier’).
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`13.
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`Regarding claim5
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`Mukherjee, as modified by Cho, previously discloses the user equipment according
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`to claim 7,
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`Mukherjee and Cho wherein the paging message further indicates a frequency
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`bandwidth part within a system frequency bandwidthofthe radio cell, wherein the processor,
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`when in operation, determines a frequency bandwidth part to be used for performing the random
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`access procedure based on the indicated frequency bandwidth part, and wherein the processor,
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`when determining the frequency bandwidth part, determinesa first frequency bandwidth partfor
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`the uplink and/or a second frequency bandwidth part for the downlink.
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`In an analogous art, Pelletier discloses wherein the paging messagefurtherindicates a
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`frequency bandwath part within a system frequency bandwithofthe radio cell, wherein the
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`processor, when in operation, determines a frequency bandwith part to be used for performing
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`the random access procedure based onthe indicated frequency bandweath part (“AWTRU may
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`change its receiver bandwidth based on the reception of a paging indication/paging
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`message from the TRP. AWTRU maybe configured with a first receiver bandwidth
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`associated to reception ofa paging indication. A paging indication may, for example,
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`comprise a pre-determined sequence and/or may contain a message(e.g., a paging
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`message). AWTRU maybe configured with a second receiver bandwidth associated to
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`reception of further control information or data assignmentfollowing the paging
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`indication.” [0183]), and
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`wherein the processor, when determining the frequency bandwith part, determines a
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`first frequency bandwath partfor the uplink and/or a second frequency bandwicth partfor the
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`downlink (“An increase and/or a decrease in the WTRU's receiver bandwidth may imply
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`(e.g., further imply) a changein frequencylocation (e.g., center frequency). Such change
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`may correspond to a change of BWP (e.g., UL, DL or both) or to a changeof the active
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`set of BWPs (e.g., UL, DLor both). Achange in the WTRU's receiver bandwidth may be
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`for downlink operation and/or determination of the WTRU's uplink bandwidth operation.”
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`[0082]).
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`Beforethe effectivefilling date of the claimed invention, it would have been obvious to
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`one of ordinaryskill in the art to modify Mukherjee’s method of allocation of contention based
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`uplink resources for wireless communications, as modified by Cho, to include Pelletiers method
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`for managing receiver BWPs, in order to facilitate wireless signal transmission and reception
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`between a network device and a user equipment(Pelletier [Abstract]). Thus, a person of
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`ordinary skill would have appreciated the ability to incorporate Pelletier’s method for managing
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`receiver BWPsinto Mukherjee’s method ofallocation of contention based uplink resourcesfor
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`wireless communications since the claimed invention is merely a combination of old elements,
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`and in the combination each element merely would have performed the samefunction asit did
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`separately, and one of ordinary skill in the art would have recognizedthat the results of the
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`combination were predictable.
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`Conclusion
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`/CHUONG M NGUYEN
`Patent Examiner, Art Unit 2411
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`/GARY MUI
`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2464
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