PATENT
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`12/168,855
`Appl. No.:
`Applicant(s): Yan-Xiu Zheng
`Filed:
`July 7, 2008
`Art Unit:
`2473
`Examiner:
`Jeffrey M. Rutkowski
`Title:
`METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING FRAME STRUCTURES
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`Confirmation No.: 8234
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`054788/347709
`Docket No.:
`Customer No.: 00826
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`Mail Stop Amendment
`Commissioner for Patents
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Sir:
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`Reply to Office Action
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`In response to the Office Action dated November 23, 2011, please enter the following:
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`Amendmentsto the Claimsare reflectedin the listing of claims beginning on page 2 of
`this paper; and
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`Remarks begin on page 14 ofthis paper.
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`Amendments to the Claims:
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`1. (Currently Amended) A method ofconstructing a frame structure for data
`transmission, the method comprising:
`generating a first section comprising data configuredin a first format compatible with a
`first communication system using symbols;
`generating a secondsection following the first section, the second section comprising
`data configured in a second format compatible with a second communication system using
`symbols, wherein the first communication system and the second communication system co-exist
`in one transmission scheme and wherein:
`the second format is compatible with the second communication system
`configured to support higher mobility than the first communication system, wherein each
`symbol in the second communication system has a shorter symbol period than that in the
`first communication system;
`generating at least one non-data section containing information describing an aspect of
`data in at least oneofthe first section and the second section; and
`combiningthe first section, the second section and the at least one non-data section to
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`form the framestructure.
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`2. (Original) The methodof claim 1, wherein the non-data section comprises mapping
`information for at least one ofthe first section and the second section.
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`3. (Original) The method of claim 1, wherein the non-data section comprises at least one
`of a preamble, a frame control header (FCH), a burst, and a map ofat least one of the first
`section and the second section.
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`4. (Original) The method of claim 3, wherein the second section followsthe first section
`in at least one of time sequence and frequency spectrum.
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`5. (Canceled)
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`6. (Currently Amended) A method ofconstructing a framestructure for data
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`transmission, the method comprising:
`generating a first section comprising data configuredinafirst format compatible with a
`first communication system;
`generating a secondsection following the first section, the second section comprising
`data configured in a second format compatible with a second communication system, wherein
`the first communication system and the second communication system co-exist in one
`transmission scheme and wherein the second communication system has pilot symbols that are
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`denser than those in the first communication system;
`generating at least one non-data section containing information describing an aspect of
`data in at least one ofthe first section and the second section; and
`combiningthefirst section, the second section andthe at least one non-data section to
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`form the framestructure.
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`7. (Canceled)
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`8. (Previously presented) The methodof claim 1, wherein a portion ofthefirst section
`may be in guard band or non-communicational regionofthe first system.
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`9, (Original) The methodof claim 1, wherein each ofthe first section and the second
`section carries at least one of uplink and downlink data.
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`10. (Original) The methodof claim 1, wherein the secondsection carries mapping
`information for data in the second section.
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`11. (Currently Amended) A methodof generating a frame for a communication system
`having a first communication system and a second communication system, the method
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`comprising:
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`generating a first sub-frame for downlink transmission, whereinthe first sub-frame
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`comprises:
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`a first region comprising first mapping information,
`a second region comprising second mapping information; and
`a third region carrying data to be transferred in the downlink transmission, the
`third region comprising a first sub-region and a second sub-region, whereinthefirst sub-
`region and second sub-region are defined by the first mapping information,thefirst sub-
`region being configured to carry first data of the first communication system and the
`second sub-region being configured to carry second data of the second communication
`system in the downlink transmission, wherein the third region further comprises a fifth
`sub-region, the fifth sub-region being configured to carry fifth data ofthefirst
`communication system or the second communication system underhigh mobility in the
`downlink transmission and each symbolin the fifth sub-region has a shorter symbol
`period than thatin at least oneofthe first or second communication system, and
`generating a second sub-frame for uplink transmission, wherein the second sub-frame
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`comprises:
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`a fourth region configured to carry data to be transferred in the uplink
`transmission, the fourth region comprising a third sub-region and a fourth sub-region,
`wherein the third sub-region and the fourth sub-region are defined by the second mapping
`information,the third sub-region being configuredto carry third data of thefirst
`communication system andthe fourth sub-region being configured to carry fourth data of
`the second communication system in the uplink transmission, wherein the first
`communication system and the second communication system co-exist in one
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`transmission scheme.
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`12. (Original) The method of claim 11, wherein the second sub-region further comprises
`third mapping information for data placementin the second sub-region.
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`13. (Canceled)
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`14. (Currently Amended) A method ofgenerating a frame for a communication system
`having a first communication system and a second communication system, the method
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`comprising:
`generatinga first sub-frame for downlink transmission, wherein thefirst sub-frame
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`comprises:
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`a first region comprising first mapping information;
`a second region comprising second mapping information; and
`a third region carrying data to be transferred in the downlink transmission,the
`third region comprising a first sub-region and a second sub-region, wherein thefirst sub-
`region and second sub-region are defined by thefirst mapping information,thefirst sub-
`region being configuredto carry first data of the first communication system and the
`second sub-region being configured to carry second data of the second communication
`system in the downlink transmission, wherein the third region further comprisesafifth
`sub-region having pilot symbols that are denser than thosein at least one ofthefirst or
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`second sub-region, and
`generating a second sub-framefor uplink transmission, wherein the second sub-frame
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`comprises:
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`a fourth region configured to carry data to be transferred in the uplink
`transmission, the fourth region comprising a third sub-region and a fourth sub-region,
`wherein the third sub-region andthe fourth sub-region are defined by the second mapping
`information,the third sub-region being configured to carry third data ofthefirst
`communication system and the fourth sub-region being configured to carry fourth data of
`the second communication system in the uplink transmission, wherein the first
`communication system and the second communication system co-exist in one
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`transmission scheme.
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`15. (Canceled)
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`16. (Previously presented) The methodof claim 11, wherein the fifth sub-regionis
`defined by the first mapping information.
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`17. (Previously presented) The method of claim 11, wherein thefifth sub-region further
`comprises fourth mapping information for defining data placementin the fifth sub-region.
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`18. (Currently Amended) The methodofclaim 11, wherein the fourth region further
`comprises a sixth sub-region,the sixth sub-region being configured to carry sixth data of the first
`communication system or the second communication system underhigh mobility in the uplink
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`transmission.
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`19. (Currently Amended) The method of claim 18, wherein pilot symbolsin the sixth
`sub-region are denser than those in at least one ofthe first or second communication system.
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`20. (Currently Amended) The methodof claim 18, wherein each symbolin the sixth sub-
`region has a shorter symbol period than that in at least one ofthe first or second communication
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`system.
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`21. (Original) The method ofclaim 18, wherein the sixth sub-region is defined by the
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`second mapping information.
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`22. (Original) The method ofclaim 18, wherein the sixth sub-region further comprises
`fifth mapping information for defining data placement in the sixth sub-region.
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`23. (Previously presented) A method ofgenerating a frame for transferring data in a
`communication system, the communication system comprising a first system and a second
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`system, the method comprising:
`generating a first frame comprising a first sub-frame for downlink transmission and a
`second sub-frame for uplink transmission in a first frequency band;
`generating a second frame comprising a third sub-frame for downlink transmission anda
`fourth sub-frame for uplink transmission in a second frequency band;
`identifying a guard band betweenthefirst frequency band and the second frequency
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`band; and
`generating a third frame comprising a fifth sub-framefor downlink transmission and a
`sixth sub-frame for uplink transmission in the guard band.
`wherein thefirst frame is configured to carry data ofthe first system and data of the
`second system in parallel with the second frame being configured to carry data ofthefirst system
`and data of the second system, and whereinthe third frame is configured to carry data ofthe
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`second system but not data of the first system.
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`24. (Previously presented) The method ofclaim 23, wherein at least one ofthefirst sub-
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`frame or the third sub-frame comprises:
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`a first region comprising first mapping information;
`a second region comprising second mapping information; and
`a third region carrying data to be transferred in the downlink transmission,the third
`region comprisinga first sub-region and a second sub-region, wherein thefirst sub-region and
`second sub-region are defined bythe first mapping information,the first sub-region being
`configuredto carry first data of the first system and the second sub-region being configured to
`carry second data of the second system in the downlink transmission.
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`25. (Previously presented) The method ofclaim 23, wherein at least one of the second
`sub-frameor the fourth sub-frame comprises:
`a fourth region carrying datato be transferred in the uplink transmission,the fourth
`region comprising a third sub-region and a fourth sub-region, wherein the third sub-region and
`the fourth sub-region are defined by second mapping information, the third sub-region being
`configured to carry third data ofthe first system and the fourth sub-region being configured to
`carry fourth data of the second system in the uplink transmission.
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`26. (Original) The method of claim 24, wherein the second sub-region further comprises
`third mapping informationfor data placementin the second sub-region.
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`27. (Previously presented) The methodof claim 24, wherein the third region further
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`comprisesa fifth sub-region,the fifth sub-region being configured to carry fifth data of the first
`system or the second system underhigh mobility in the downlink transmission.
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`28. (Previously presented) The method ofclaim 27, wherein pilot symbols in the fifth
`sub-region are denserthan those in at least one ofthefirst or second system.
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`29. (Original) The method ofclaim 27, wherein each symbolin thefifth sub-region has a
`shorter symbolperiodthan thatin at least one ofthe first or second system.
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`30. (Original) The methodof claim 27, wherein thefifth sub-regionis defined by the
`first mapping information.
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`31. (Original) The method of claim 27, wherein thefifth sub-region further comprises
`fourth mapping informationfor defining data placementin thefifth sub-region.
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`32. (Currently Amended) The methodof claim 27, wherein the fourth region further
`comprises a sixth sub-region,the sixth sub-region being configuredto carry sixth data ofthe first
`communication system or the second communication system underhigh mobility in the uplink
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`transmission.
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`33. (Currently Amended) The methodofclaim 32, wherein pilot symbols in the sixth
`sub-region are denser than thosein at least one ofthe first or second communication system.
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`34. (Currently Amended) The methodof claim 32, wherein each symbolin the sixth sub-
`region has a shorter symbolperiod than that in at least one ofthe first or second communication
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`system.
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`35. (Original) The methodofclaim 32, wherein the sixth sub-region is defined by the
`second mapping information.
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`36. (Original) The methodof claim 32, wherein the sixth sub-region further comprises
`fifth mapping information for defining data placementin the sixth sub-region.
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`37. (Currently Amended) The methodofclaim 23, further comprising a band between the
`first frame and the third frame, wherein the band is applicable for carrying data ofthefirst
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`communication system or the second_communication system.
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`38. (Original) The methodof claim 35, wherein the band further comprises sixth mapping
`information defining first placementof the data carried by the band.
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`39. (Original) The method ofclaim 35, wherein the third mapping information defines
`second placementof the data carried by the band.
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`40. (Currently Amended) A methodofallocating information in a frame of a
`communication system, the communication system comprising:
`a first communication system and a second communication system, the frame configured
`for performing first data transmission ofthe first communication system, second data
`transmission of the second communication system, andthird data transmission ofthefirst
`communication system or the second communication system under high mobility, the method
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`comprising:
`allocating data of the first communication system and the second communication system
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`[[in]] according to first mapping information;
`dividing a data region ofthe frame to formafirst sub-region and a second sub-region
`according to the first mapping information;
`further dividing the data region of the frame into the first sub-region, the second sub-
`region and a third sub-region accordingto the first mapping information;
`performingthefirst data transmission ofthe first communication system by usingthefirst
`sub-region;
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`performing the second data transmission of the second communication system by using
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`the second sub-region; and
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`performing the third data transmission ofthe first communication system or the second
`communication system by using the third sub-region, wherein each symbolin the third sub-
`region has a shorter symbolperiod than thatin at least one of the first or second sub-region,
`wherein the first communication system and the second communication system co-exist in one
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`transmission scheme.
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`41. (Currently Amended) The method ofclaim 40, further comprising:
`allocating data of the second communication system carried in the second sub-region ina
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`second mapping information.
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`42. (Canceled)
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`43. (Currently Amended) A method ofallocating information in a frame of a
`communication system, the communication system comprising:
`a first communication system and a second communication system,the frame configured
`for performingfirst data transmissionofthe first communication system, second data
`transmission of the second. communication system, the method comprising:
`allocating data of the first communication system and the second communication system
`[[in]] accordingto first mapping information;
`dividing a data region ofthe frameto formafirst sub-region and a second sub-region
`accordingto the first mapping information;
`further dividing the data region ofthe frameinto the first sub-region, the second sub-
`region anda third sub-region accordingto the first mapping information;
`performingthefirst data transmission ofthe first communication system by using the first
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`sub-region;
`performing the second data transmission of the second communication system by using
`the second sub-region; and
`performing the third data transmissionofthe first communication system or the second
`communication system by using the third sub-region, wherein pilot symbols in the third sub-
`region are denser than thosein at least one ofthe first or second sub-region, wherein thefirst
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`communication system and the second communication system co-exist in one transmission
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`scheme.
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`44, (Canceled)
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`45, (Currently Amended) The methodof claim 40, further comprising:
`allocating data of the first communication system or the second communication system
`carried in the third sub-region in third mapping information.
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`46. (Currently Amended) A method ofallocating information in a frame of a
`communication system, the frame comprising:
`a first frame, a second frame and a band betweenthefirst frame and the second frame,
`the communication system comprising a first communication system and a second
`communication system, the frame configured for performingfirst data transmission ofthefirst
`communication system, second data transmission of the second communication system, and third
`data transmissionofthe first communication system or the second communication system under
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`high mobility, the method comprising:
`allocating data ofthe first communication system and the second communication system
`[[in]] accordingto first mapping information or second mapping information;
`dividing a data region ofthefirst frame or the second frame to formafirst sub-region, a
`second sub-region,a third sub-region or a second sub-region in the data region ofthe first frame
`or the second frame accordingto the first mapping information or the second mapping
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`information;
`further dividing the data regionofthefirst frame or the second frameto formafifth sub-
`region or a sixth sub-region accordingto the first mapping information;
`performingthefirst data transmission ofthe first communication system by usingthe first
`sub-region orthe third sub-region; and
`performing the second data transmission of the second communication system by using
`the second sub-region or the fourth sub-region; and
`performing the third data transmission of the first communication system or the second
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`communication system by using the fifth sub-region or the sixth sub-region, wherein each
`symbolin oneofthe fifth and sixth sub-regions has a shorter symbolperiod than thatin the data
`regionofthefirst or the second frame otherthan thefifth and sixth sub-regions, wherein the first
`communication system and the second communication system co-exist in one transmission
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`scheme.
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`47. (Canceled)
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`48. (Currently Amended) A methodofallocating information in a frame of a
`communication system, the frame comprising:
`a first frame, a second frame and a band betweenthe first frame and the second frame,
`the communication system comprising a first communication system and a second
`communication system,the frame configured for performing first data transmission ofthefirst
`communication system and seconddata transmission of the second communication system, the
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`method comprising:
`allocating data of the first communication system and the second communication system
`[[in]] according to first mapping information or second mapping information;
`dividing a data region ofthe first frame or the second frame to formafirst sub-region,a
`second sub-region,a third sub-region or a second sub-region in the data regionofthefirst frame
`or the second frame according to the first mapping information or the second mapping
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`information;
`further dividing the data region ofthe first frame or the second frame to form a fifth sub-
`region or a sixth sub-region accordingto the first mapping information, wherein pilot symbols in
`oneofthe fifth and sixth sub-regions are denser than thosein the data regionofthefirst or the
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`second frame other than the fifth and sixth sub-regions;
`performingthefirst data transmission of the first communication system by using the first
`sub-regionorthe third sub-region; and
`performing the second data transmission of the second communication system by using
`the second sub-region or the fourth sub-region; and
`performing the third data transmission ofthe first communication system or the second
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`communication system by using the fifth sub-region or the sixth sub-region, wherein each
`symbolin oneofthe fifth and sixth sub-regions has a shorter symbol period than that in the data
`regionofthe first or the second frame otherthan thefifth and sixth sub-regions, wherein the first
`communication system and the second communication system co-exist in one transmission
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`scheme.
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`49. (Canceled)
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`50. (Currently Amended) The methodofclaim 46, further comprising:
`carrying data of the first communication system or the second communication system by
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`the band.
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`51. (Previously presented) The method ofclaim 23, whereinat least one ofthe first
`frame or second frame comprises, and the third frameis devoid of, a region comprising a ranging
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`sub-channel.
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`Remarks
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`Introduction
`The following remarksare responsive to the Office Action sent November23, 2011.
`Claims 1-4, 6, 8-12, 14, 16-41, 43, 45, 46, 48, 50 and 51 are pending. Claims 1-4, 6, 8-12, 14,
`16-22, 40, 41, 43, 45, 46, 48 and 50 are pending and are currently stand rejected.
`Claims 1-4, 9-12, 16-18, 20-22, 40-42, 44-47 and 49 were rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
`103(a) as being unpatentable over U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2008/0095195
`(“Ahmadi”), in view of U.S. Patent No. 7,809,020 (“Douglas”).
`Claims 6 and 14 were rejected unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) over Ahmadi, in
`view of U.S. Patent No. 7,586,887 (“Trachewsky”).
`Claim 8 wasrejected as being unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) over Ahmadi, in
`view of Douglas and further PCT Patent Application Publication No. WO 2006/092852 (“Seki”).
`Claim 19 wasrejected as being unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) over Ahmadi, in
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`view of Douglas and Trachewsky.
`Claim 43 wasrejected as being unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) over Ahmadi, in
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`view of Trachewsky.
`Claim 48 was rejected as being unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) over Ahmadi, in
`view of Douglas and Trachewsky.
`Claim 50 was rejected as being unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) over Ahmadi, in
`view of Douglas and Seki.
`Applicants appreciate the indication of allowability of Claim 23-39 and 51.
`Applicants have amended independent Claims1, 6, 11, 14, 40, 43, 46 and 48to recite,
`“wherein the first communication system and the second communication system co-exist in one
`transmission scheme.” Applicants respectfully traverse all rejections in view of the foregoing
`amendments andfollowing remarks. The claim amendments add no new matter and are fully
`supported by Applicants’ originally-filed application.
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`Applicants’ reply to the rejection of Claims 1, 11, 40, 46 and 48 regarding symbolperiods
`As noted above, Applicants have amended independent Claims1, 11, 40, 46 and 48. In
`particular, Claims 1, 11, 40, 46 and 48 have been amendedto recite, “wherein the first
`communication system and the second communication system co-exist in one transmission
`scheme ....” Support for this amendment maybe foundat, for example, paragraph [0025] of
`Applicants’ published specification (i.e., U.S. Patent Application Publication
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`No. 2009/0016371).
`The Examiner acknowledges that Ahmadi fails to show the symbolperiod of each
`symbol. See Office Action, pages 3, 5, 8, 9 and 16. Douglasis cited to compensate for the
`deficiency of Ahmadi.
`Douglas generally relates to detecting the start of a packet (SOP) in receiver in a packet
`based wireless network. Douglas’s SOP indicators are determined differently for DSSS packets
`(802.11b) and for OFDM packets(802.11a,g) (Douglas,col. 11, lines 62-65). Specifically,
`Douglas states that the method can beapplied to the DSSS transmission scheme using 2-10
`symbol periods in one embodimentand applied to the OFDM transmission schemeusing 1-3
`symbol periods in another embodiment (Douglas, col. 12, lines 42-46). (It is known that the
`DSSS transmission schemeis used for the original [EEE802.11 and in 802.11b. In contrast,
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`OFDMisatransmission scheme used for IEEE802.1 1a,g.)
`Therefore, Douglasfails to show or suggest the first communication system and the
`second communication system co-existing in one transmission scheme(e.g., OFDM or DSSS).
`Applicants’ amended Claim 1, on the other hand,recitesa first communication system and a
`second communication system co-existing in one transmission scheme. Amended Claims11, 40,
`46 and 48 have been amendedto recite “generatinga first sub-frame for downlink transmission
`within one transmission scheme ....” In other words, Applicants’ amendedclaimsrecite
`different symbol periods co-existing in one data framethat uses the same transmission scheme.
`Forat least this reason, namely Ahmadi and/or the other documents of record failing to
`show or otherwise suggest each recitation of Applicants’ independent Claims 1, 11, 40 and 46,
`Applicants’ amended Claims1, 11, 40, 46 and 48 are not made obvious by Ahmadi, Douglas
`and/or any other documentof record. Applicants respectfully request that the rejections of
`Claims 1, 11, 40 and 46 be withdrawn.
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`Applicants’ reply to the rejection of Claims 6, 14, 43 and 48 regarding density of pilots
`Claims 6 and 14 were rejected unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) over Ahmadi, in
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`view of Trachewsky.
`Claim 43 was rejected as being unpatentable over Ahmadi, in view of Trachewsky.
`Claim 48 was rejected as being unpatentable over Ahmadi, in view of Douglas and
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`Trachewsky.
`As noted above, Applicants have amended independent Claims6, 14, 43 and 48to recite,
`“wherein the first communication system and the second communication system co-exist in one
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`transmission scheme.”
`The Examiner acknowledges that Ahmadifails to show the density of the pilots. See
`Office Action, pages 10, 12, 14 and 17. Trachewskyis cited to fill the gap.
`Thecited portion of Trachewsky, however, does not show the second communication
`system has more pilot symbols than that in the first communication system. Rather, Trachewsky
`showsthat comparedto the numberofpilot symbols on sub-carriers -2, -1, +1 and +2 that are
`used in conventional 802.11g/802.12a device, four extra pilot symbols are placed on sub-
`carriers -2, -1, +1 and +2 in Trachewsky’s invented device. As such, Trachewsky fails to show a
`comparison between two communication systems within one transmission scheme in one device.
`Hence, Ahmadi and/or Trachewsky fail to show or otherwise suggest “wherein thefirst
`communication system and the second communication system co-exist in one transmission
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`scheme.”
`Forat least this reason, namely Ahmadi and/or the other documents ofrecord failing to
`show or otherwise suggest each recitation of Applicants’ independent Claims6, 14, 43 and 48,
`Applicants’ amended Claims6, 14, 43 and 48 are not made obvious by Ahmadi, Trachewsky
`and/or any other documentof record. Applicants respectfully request that the rejections of
`Claims 6 and 14 be withdrawn.
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`Applicants’ reply to the rejections of dependent Claims 2-4, 8-10, 12, 16-22, 41, 45 and 50
`Forat least the foregoing reasons, independent Claims1, 6, 11, 14, 40, 43, 46 and 48 are
`patentable overthe variousrejections. Since Claims 2-4, 8-10, 12, 16-22, 41,45 and 50 depend
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`from and necessarily include all of the recitations of one of independent Claims1, 6, 11, 14, 40,
`43, 46 and 48, the cited documents, whether taken alone or in any proper combination, do not
`show or otherwise suggest the systems or methods of dependent Claims 2-4, 8-10, 12, 16-22,
`41,45 and 50 for at least the same reasons as described above in conjunction with the respective
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`independentclaims.
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`Conclusion
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`It is respectfully submitted that all of the present claims of the present application are in
`condition for allowance. It is therefore respectfully requested that a Notice of Allowance be
`issued. The Examiner is encouraged to contact Applicants’ undersigned attorney to resolve any
`remaining issues in order to expedite examination of the present application.
`It is believed that a two month extension of time and related fees are due and provided for
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`in documents accompanyingthis paper, but that no additional fees for net addition of claimsare
`required. However, in the eventthat additional extensions oftime are necessary to allow
`consideration ofthis paper, such extensionsare hereby petitioned under 37 CFR § 1.136(a), and
`any fee required therefor (includingfees for net addition of claims) is hereby authorized to be
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`charged to Deposit Account No. 16-0605.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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