Appeal No. 2002-1130
Application 09/224,234
Independent claim 1 is representative of Appellants’ claimed
invention and is reproduced as follows:
1. A method for providing information related to the
selection of cells to a terminal in a cellular radio system which
comprises base stations and terminals in which:
- the coverage area of each base station constitutes a cell
and
- a certain first base station supports only a certain first
modulation method and a certain second base station
supports both the first modulation method and at least one
other modulation method,
the method according to the invention comprising the step of
modifying through at least one broadcast message the
terminal of which modulation methods are supported by the
base stations of those cells which the terminal is able to
select in its current location.
References
The references relied on by the Examiner are as follows:
Paneth et al. (Paneth) 4,675,863 Jun. 23, 1987
Scotton et al. (Scotton) 4,829,519 May 9, 1989
Uddenfeldt 4,972,506 Nov. 20, 1990
Bodin et al. (Bodin) 5,241,685 Aug. 31, 1993
Erving et al. (Erving) 5,655,003 Aug. 5, 1997
Frodigh et al. (Frodigh) 5,909,469 Jun. 1, 1999
(Filing date Aug. 29, 1997)
Billström 5,983,101 Nov. 9, 1999
(Filing date Aug. 13, 1997)
Rejections at Issue
Claims 1 and 15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Erving in view of Billström. Claims 2,
3, and 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
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