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`APPENDIX A: LTE STANDARDS
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`1.
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`Each of the Accused Products complies with LTE. See Appx. E: Accused Products,
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`Sections 1 and 2 (“Operation of LTE in Ford’s Vehicles” and “Use of LTE Carrier Networks”).
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`I.
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`LTE NETWORK ARCHITECTURE
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`2.
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`The LTE network architecture comprises two primary components: the core
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`network and the access network. The core network, also referred to as the Evolved Packet Core
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`(“EPC”), serves as the backbone, handling tasks like data routing, mobility management, and
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`connection to external networks. The access network, also referred to as the Evolved – UMTS
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`RAN (“E-UTRAN”), constitutes the interface between user equipment (“UE”) and the core
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`network.
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`The evolved Node B (“eNodeB”) is an element of the access network, which serves
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`as the base station in LTE, responsible for communicating directly with UEs. There are multiple
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`eNodeBs in an LTE network, each responsible for providing network access for UEs located in a
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`certain geographic region. The eNodeBs are inter-connected with each other by means of the X2
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`interface, and connected to the core network by means of the S1 interface.
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`Source: 3GPP TS 36.300 V8.12.0 at 52.
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`Random Access Preamble
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`In both contention based and non-contention based procedures, the UE transmits a
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`eNodeB. Those preambles are generated from Zadoff-Chu sequences, which in turn are generated
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`from a root Zadoff-Chu sequence broadcasted by the eNodeB. The root Zadoff-Chu sequence
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`Source: 3GPP TS 36.211 V8.9.0 at 39.
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`Source: 3GPP TS 36.213 V8.8.0 at 17.
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`21.
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`which includes the root sequence index “rootSequenceIndex.” The set of available Zadoff-Chu
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`Source: 3GPP TS 36.331 V8.9.0 at 103.
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`The Zadoff-Chu sequence used to generate the random access preamble has a
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`length of either 839 or 139. The length is 839 for FDD formats, i.e., formats 0–3.
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`Source: 3GPP TS 36.211 V8.9.0 at 40.
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`23.
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`The random access preamble is carried by PRACH.
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`24.
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`During a contention based random access procedure, the random access preamble
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`is randomly chosen by the UE, which may result in more than one UE simultaneously choosing
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`and transmitting the same preamble, leading to a need for a subsequent contention resolution
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`process. Whereas during a non-contention based procedure, the eNodeB can prevent contention
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`occurring by allocating a dedicated preamble to a UE.
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`Source: 3GPP TS 36.300 V8.12.0 at 52–54.
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`The random access preamble is transmitted with a cyclic prefix and a guard time.
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`The random access preamble has a duration of at least 4544 Ts (=448+4096 Ts), which is about
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`148 μs. For FDD frames, the random access preamble has a duration of at least 27744 Ts
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`Source: 3GPP TS 36.211 V8.9.0 at 33.
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`Source: 3GPP TS 36.300 V8.12.0 at 29.
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`Source: Sesia et al., LTE: The UMTS Long Term Evolution From Theory to Practice, Second
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`26.
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`The random access preamble occupies a bandwidth corresponding to 6 consecutive
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`resource blocks. For FDD formats, the random access preamble corresponds to 6 resource blocks
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`with 1250 Hz subcarrier spacing, which results in having 144 subcarriers per resource block and
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`864 subcarriers in total. The random access preamble is mapped to 839 of the 864 subcarriers.
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`Source: 3GPP TS 36.211 V8.9.0 at 33–36.
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`Source: Sesia et al., LTE: The UMTS Long Term Evolution From Theory to Practice, Second
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`The parameter prach-FrequencyOffset, which specifies the starting physical
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`resource block for PRACH is set by the eNodeB. The typical value of this parameter in a real
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`Source: 3GPP TS 36.508 V17.4.0 at 573.
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`E. Sounding Reference Signal
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`The Sounding Reference Signal (“SRS”) is primarily used for channel quality
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`estimation to enable frequency-selective scheduling on the uplink. The eNodeB may either request
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`an individual SRS transmission from a UE (aperiodic; supported by Release 10 and subsequent
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`releases) or request a UE to transmit SRS periodically (periodic; supported by Release 8 and
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`Source: 3GPP TS 36.213 V10.12.0 at 81.
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`The request from the eNodeB for an aperiodic SRS is contained in the Downlink
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`Control Information (“DCI”) formats 0/1A/2B/2C/4.
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`Source: 3GPP TS 36.212 V10.6.0 at 56–73.
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`The request from the eNodeB for a periodic SRS is contained in a downlink RRC
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`message “RRCConnectionReconfiguration.” The “RRCConnectionReconfiguration” message
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`Source: 3GPP TS 36.331 V8.9.0 at 51.
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`Source: 3GPP TS 36.331 V8.9.0 at 129–130.
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`The parameter SRS configuration index ISRS provides the periodicity of the
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`Source: 3GPP TS 36.213 V8.8.0 at 56–57.
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`The UE transmits the SRS according to the request from the eNodeB. The SRS is
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`The SRS is transmitted on at least four resource blocks. It does not occupy all
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`Source: Dahlman et al., 4G: LTE/LTE-Advanced for Mobile Broadband, Second Edition (2014),
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`Source: LTE Physical Layer Overview, https://rfmw.em.keysight.com/wireless/helpfiles/89600b/
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`F. Reporting Channel State Information
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`precoding matrix indicator (“PMI”), and rank indication (“RI”) to the eNodeB, in order to achieve
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`Source: 3GPP TS 36.300 V8.12.0 at 67.
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