Appeal No. 2002-1435
Application No. 08/861,213
BACKGROUND
The invention is directed to method and apparatus for controlling a data transfer
operation between terminal equipment and base stations in wireless local loop (WLL)
systems. Claim 18 is reproduced below.
18. A method for forming a connection between a WLL (Wireless Local
Loop) data transfer system and a subscriber station, wherein
the subscriber station is one of at least two subscriber stations connected
to a terminal equipment, and
a radio connection is formed between the terminal equipment and the
data transfer system for said connection,
and wherein
subscriber station information concerning the subscriber stations
connected to the terminal equipment is stored, and
a data transfer procedure of the radio connection between the terminal
equipment and the data transfer system is selected on the basis of said
subscriber station information.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Åkerberg et al. (Åkerberg)1 5,533,027 Jul. 2, 1996
(filed Aug. 28, 1995)
Vucetic et al. (Vucetic) 5,819,177 Oct. 6, 1998
(filed Mar. 20, 1996)
Claims 18-23 and 26-35 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as being
anticipated by Vucetic.
1 The Examiner’s Answer erroneously refers to Åkerberg as U.S. Patent 5,748,610. U.S. Patent
5,748,610 issued to Bustamente et al., and was applied as a reference in an earlier rejection.
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