Appeal No. 2006-2195 Page 7
Application No. 09/773,255
the coverage area of an adjacent cell [see col. 20, lines 63-66]. We further
note that the examiner also points to col. 9, lines 13-19 and col. 13, lines
35-48 [answer, page 10] and also col. 9, lines 15-29 and col. 10, lines 20-36
and col. 16, lines 2-5 as providing support for the rejection [answer, page
7].
The examiner argues that the instant claimed report reads on Dent’s
disclosure of control information provided by Mobile Switching Center 165 or
Base Station 160 [answer, page 10]. We note that Dent’s only disclosure of
control information merely teaches transmission of control information over
the control channel of a base station to mobile units locked to that control
channel. See col. 20, lines 47-67, cont’d col. 21, lines 1-6:
The base station 160 for a cell includes a plurality of voice channels handled by voice
channel transceiver 164 which is controlled by the control and processing unit 162.
Also, each base station includes a control channel transceiver 166 which may be
capable of handling more than one control channel. The control channel transceiver
166 is controlled by the control and processing unit 162. The control channel
transceiver 166 broadcasts control information over the control channel of the base
station or cell to mobiles locked to that control channel. This control information can
include the OMTs and CFs as described above [emphasis added].
When the mobile 170 first enters the idle mode, it periodically scans the control
channels of base stations like base station 160 to determine which cell to lock on or
camp to. The mobile 170 receives the absolute and relative information broadcast on
a control channel at its voice and control channel transceiver 172. Then, the
processing unit 174 evaluates the received control channel information which
includes the characteristics of the candidate cells and determines which cell the
mobile should lock to. The received control channel information not only includes
absolute information concerning the cell with which it is associated, but also contains
relative information concerning other cells proximate to the cell with which the
control channel is associated. These adjacent cells are periodically scanned while
monitoring the primary control channel to determine if there is a more suitable
candidate [emphasis added].
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