Appeal No. 1998-2608
Application 08/570,439
The addition of Duque-Anton with the combined teachings
of Hamabe and Åkerberg as applied to claims 3 through 5 is
also proper in our view within 35 U.S.C. § 103. As noted
earlier Hamabe specifically deals with noise determinations as
a measure of quality in the context of co-channel interference
determinations as well as set forth at the end of claim 3 on
appeal. Duque-Anton buttresses the measurement aspect of
various signal parameters to determine quality and goes well
beyond those already discussed with respect to Hamabe. As the
examiner noted, the bottom of column 2 of Duque-Anton again
specifically deals with various signal to noise ratios, frame
bit error rates, etc. which relate to co-channel interference
problems as outlined in Hamabe and discussed in a more general
way as a measure of
co-channel interference determinations in Duque-Anton. Column
2, lines 16-29 of Duque-Anton discuss the use of field
strength and interference measurements as a part of quality
determinations which include the use of an exclusion matrix,
comparable to a database. The details of Duque-Anton expand
upon these considerations.
Appellant's argument as to this rejection at pages 14
10
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