Appeal No. 2004-1677
Application 09/028,726
BACKGROUND
The invention relates to routing of radio communication
between base stations and terminals in a cellular radio system.
In particular, the terminals can be individually controlled to
give priority to a particular base station.
Claim 1 is reproduced below.2
1. A cellular radio system, which comprises terminals,
cells, and a network including stationary network equipment,
of which said terminals are arranged to set up and maintain
radio communication with base stations in the cells, wherein
at least one terminal is arranged to favor at least one cell
based on data specific to that terminal stored in and
received from the network.
THE REFERENCES
The examiner relies on the following references:
Wang et al. (Wang) 5,649,289 July 15, 1997
Chavez, Jr. (Chavez) 6,018,666 January 25, 2000
(filed August 30, 1996)
Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2);
Functions related to Mobile Station (MS) in idle mode
(GSM 03.22), European Telecommunication Standards Institute
(ETSI), ETS 300 535, May 1996, Third Edition (hereinafter
called "ETSI").
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1-4, 6, and 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e)
as being anticipated by Chavez.
Claims 5 and 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Chavez and Wang.
2 The word "communication" has been inadvertently omitted
in the copy of claim 1 in the appendix to the brief.
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