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`Case 2:22-md-03034-TGB ECF No. 96-3, PageID.3538 Filed 10/21/22 Page 2 of 424
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`Plaintiff’s Infringement
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`Case 2:22-md-03034-TGB ECF No. 96-3, PageID.3539 Filed 10/21/22 Page 3 of 424
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`Exhibit 941
`U.S. Patent No. 10,075,941
`Claims 8, 10, and 12-14
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`8. A link adaptation method by a mobile
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`an Orthogonal Frequency Division
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`Case 2:22-md-03034-TGB ECF No. 96-3, PageID.3540 Filed 10/21/22 Page 4 of 424
`U.S. Patent No. 10,075,941: Claim 8(a)
`"8. A link adaptation method by a mobile station served by a serving base station in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM)
`communication system"
`To the extent the preamble is considered a limitation, Ford’s Accused Instrumentalities meet the preamble of
`claim 8 of the ’941 patent. E.g.,
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`Ford’s Accused Instrumentalities include vehicles equipped with cellular communication capabilities and
`services made available thereupon for use and actually used in a wireless system compliant with the LTE
`standard starting at least at Release 8.
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`For example, Ford offers for sale, sells, and/or imports various vehicle models that are marketed and released
`with LTE cellular functionality and perform methods thereof, including but not limited to the models listed in
`the Plaintiff’s Disclosure Of Asserted Claims And Infringement Contentions.
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`The LTE specification (Series 36, Release 8) specifies user equipment (UEs) receiving downlink control
`information.
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`For clarity, Release 8 of the 36 series 3GPP specifications was frozen in December of 2008 and that release
`was used as the basis for the first wave of LTE equipment. The LTE marketplace currently supports a mix of
`releases from Release 8 through Release 17. Though for ease of review Release 8 of the LTE specification is
`cited below, the same or functionally identical content exists in each corresponding release on the market.
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`The LTE physical layer (PHY) uses different version of OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division
`Multiplexing) for the downlink and the uplink. For the uplink, LTE uses a specific type of OFDMA
`(Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access) referred to as either discrete Fourier Transform Spread
`(DFTS)-OFDM or as SC-FDMA (Single Carrier – Frequency Division Multiple Access) .
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`Case 2:22-md-03034-TGB ECF No. 96-3, PageID.3541 Filed 10/21/22 Page 5 of 424
`U.S. Patent No. 10,075,941: Claim 8(a)
`"8. A link adaptation method by a mobile station served by a serving base station in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM)
`communication system"
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`See e.g., 3GPP TS 36.201 V8.3.0 at pgs. 7-8.
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`LTE downlink transmissions use OFDM.
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`See e.g., 3GPP TS 36.300 V8.12.0 at pg. 25
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`LTE uplink transmissions use discrete Fourier transform spread OFDM (DFTS-OFDM), which is also known
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`Case 2:22-md-03034-TGB ECF No. 96-3, PageID.3542 Filed 10/21/22 Page 6 of 424
`U.S. Patent No. 10,075,941: Claim 8(a)
`"8. A link adaptation method by a mobile station served by a serving base station in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM)
`communication system"
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`See e.g., 3GPP TS 36.300 V8.12.0 at pgs. 27-28.
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`Case 2:22-md-03034-TGB ECF No. 96-3, PageID.3543 Filed 10/21/22 Page 7 of 424
`U.S. Patent No. 10,075,941: Claim 8(b)
`"the communication system utilizing a transmission structure with time slots in the time domain and frequency subchannels in the frequency domain, the
`method comprising:"
`Ford’s Accused Instrumentalities are served by a base station in a communication system that utilizes a
`transmission structure with time slots in the time domain and frequency subchannels in the frequency domain.
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`LTE networks use a frame structure having time slots, such as Frame structure type 1 for FDD.
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`the communication system utilizing a
`transmission structure with time slots in
`the time domain and frequency
`subchannels in the frequency domain, the
`method comprising:
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`See e.g., 3GPP TS 36.211 V8.9.0 at pgs. 9-10.
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`An LTE base station, e.g., an eNodeB assigns a set of physical resource blocks (PRBs), forming a subchannel,
`to a UE for downlink transmission.
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`See e.g., 3GPP TS 36.300 V8.12.0 at pg. 67.
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`Case 2:22-md-03034-TGB ECF No. 96-3, PageID.3544 Filed 10/21/22 Page 8 of 424
`U.S. Patent No. 10,075,941: Claim 8(b)
`"the communication system utilizing a transmission structure with time slots in the time domain and frequency subchannels in the frequency domain, the
`method comprising:"
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`Each PRB has 12 or 24 subcarriers in the frequency domain, e.g., across 7,6, or 3 OFDM symbols.
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`See e.g., 3GPP TS 36.211 V8.9.0 at pgs. 46 and 47.
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`Case 2:22-md-03034-TGB ECF No. 96-3, PageID.3545 Filed 10/21/22 Page 9 of 424
`U.S. Patent No. 10,075,941: Claim 8(c)
`" receiving a control message from the serving base station over a control channel, wherein:"
`receiving a control message from the
`Ford’s Accused Instrumentalities receive a control message from the serving base station over a control
`serving base station over a control
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`channel, wherein:
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`The resource assignment is sent to the UE over a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).
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`See e.g., 3GPP TS 36.300 V8.12.0 at pgs. 23-24.
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`The PDCCH carries downlink control information (DCI), a control message.
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`See e.g., 3GPP TS 36.212 V8.8.0 at pg. 8.
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`Case 2:22-md-03034-TGB ECF No. 96-3, PageID.3546 Filed 10/21/22 Page 10 of 424
`U.S. Patent No. 10,075,941: Claim 8(c)
`" receiving a control message from the serving base station over a control channel, wherein:"
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`See e.g., 3GPP TS 36.212 V8.8.0 at pg. 43.
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`Case 2:22-md-03034-TGB ECF No. 96-3, PageID.3547 Filed 10/21/22 Page 11 of 424
`U.S. Patent No. 10,075,941: Claim 8(d)
`“the control message contains transmission parameters specific to the mobile station for a subsequent transmission by the serving base station over a
`frequency subchannel to the mobile station in a time slot; and"
`The control message received over the control channel with Ford’s Accused Instrumentalities contains
`transmission parameters specific to the mobile station for a subsequent transmission by the serving base station
`over a frequency subchannel to the mobile station in a time slot. E.g.,
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`The DCI includes scheduling information for a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission
`intended for a particular UE, including scheduling information specific to the UE.
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`the control message contains transmission
`parameters specific to the mobile station
`for a subsequent transmission by the
`serving base station over a frequency
`subchannel to the mobile station in a time
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`See e.g., 3GPP TS 36.212 V8.8.0 at pg. 43.
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`The PDSCH is transmitted in a subframe having two time slots.
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`See e.g., 3GPP TS 36.213 V8.8.0 at pg. 19.
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`DCI format 2 carries mobile-specific transmission parameters, including parameters such as a resource block
`assignment and precoding. All the DCI formats must be supported by Ford’s Accused Products in order to
`comply with the standards. Thus, the Accused Products are configured to receive the control message
`containing transmission parameters, meeting this claim element.
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`Case 2:22-md-03034-TGB ECF No. 96-3, PageID.3548 Filed 10/21/22 Page 12 of 424
`U.S. Patent No. 10,075,941: Claim 8(d)
`“the control message contains transmission parameters specific to the mobile station for a subsequent transmission by the serving base station over a
`frequency subchannel to the mobile station in a time slot; and"
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`Case 2:22-md-03034-TGB ECF No. 96-3, PageID.3549 Filed 10/21/22 Page 13 of 424
`U.S. Patent No. 10,075,941: Claim 8(d)
`“the control message contains transmission parameters specific to the mobile station for a subsequent transmission by the serving base station over a
`frequency subchannel to the mobile station in a time slot; and"
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`See e.g., 3GPP TS 36.212 V8.8.0 at pg. 47.
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`The DCI is sent in the beginning of the subframe in the control region.
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`See 4G LTE-Advanced Pro and The Road to 5G, Third Edition, Dahlman et al.
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`The PDSCH is sent after the control region OFDM symbols.
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`Case 2:22-md-03034-TGB ECF No. 96-3, PageID.3550 Filed 10/21/22 Page 14 of 424
`U.S. Patent No. 10,075,941: Claim 8(d)
`“the control message contains transmission parameters specific to the mobile station for a subsequent transmission by the serving base station over a
`frequency subchannel to the mobile station in a time slot; and"
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`See e.g., 3GPP TS 36.211 V8.9.0 at pg. 55.
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`Case 2:22-md-03034-TGB ECF No. 96-3, PageID.3551 Filed 10/21/22 Page 15 of 424
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`U.S. Patent No. 10,075,941: Claim 8(e)
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`"the mobile station-specific transmission parameters indicate an antenna transmission scheme and a corresponding subchannel configuration, the antenna
`transmission scheme comprising a transmission diversity scheme or a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) scheme and the corresponding subchannel
`configuration characterized by distributed subcarriers or localized subcarriers in the frequency domain; and"
`the mobile station-specific transmission
`The mobile station-specific transmission parameters in the received control message with Ford’s Accused
`parameters indicate an antenna
`Instrumentalities indicate an antenna transmission scheme and a corresponding subchannel configuration, the
`transmission scheme and a corresponding
`antenna transmission scheme comprising a transmission diversity scheme or a multiple-input multiple-output
`subchannel configuration, the antenna
`(MIMO) scheme and the corresponding subchannel configuration characterized by distributed subcarriers or
`transmission scheme comprising a
`localized subcarriers in the frequency domain. E.g.,
`transmission diversity scheme or a
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`multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO)
`LTE uses a multiple-input multiple-output for downlink transmissions.
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`configuration characterized by distributed
`subcarriers or localized subcarriers in the
`frequency domain; and
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`See e.g., 3GPP TS 36.300 V8.8.0 at pg. 26.
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`DCI format 2 carries mobile-specific transmission parameters, including a resource block assignment,
`subchannel configuration, and precoding information, antenna transmission scheme. For the precoding
`information, an index value of 0 indicates transmission diversity, and an index, such as 2, indicates a MIMO
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`Case 2:22-md-03034-TGB ECF No. 96-3, PageID.3552 Filed 10/21/22 Page 16 of 424
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`U.S. Patent No. 10,075,941: Claim 8(e)
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`"the mobile station-specific transmission parameters indicate an antenna transmission scheme and a corresponding subchannel configuration, the antenna
`transmission scheme comprising a transmission diversity scheme or a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) scheme and the corresponding subchannel
`configuration characterized by distributed subcarriers or localized subcarriers in the frequency domain; and"
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`Case 2:22-md-03034-TGB ECF No. 96-3, PageID.3553 Filed 10/21/22 Page 17 of 424
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`U.S. Patent No. 10,075,941: Claim 8(e)
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`"the mobile station-specific transmission parameters indicate an antenna transmission scheme and a corresponding subchannel configuration, the antenna
`transmission scheme comprising a transmission diversity scheme or a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) scheme and the corresponding subchannel
`configuration characterized by distributed subcarriers or localized subcarriers in the frequency domain; and"
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`Case 2:22-md-03034-TGB ECF No. 96-3, PageID.3554 Filed 10/21/22 Page 18 of 424
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`U.S. Patent No. 10,075,941: Claim 8(e)
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`"the mobile station-specific transmission parameters indicate an antenna transmission scheme and a corresponding subchannel configuration, the antenna
`transmission scheme comprising a transmission diversity scheme or a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) scheme and the corresponding subchannel
`configuration characterized by distributed subcarriers or localized subcarriers in the frequency domain; and"
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`See e.g., 3GPP TS 36.212 V8.8.0 at pgs. 49-52.
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`The number of enabled codewords is determined from the modulation and coding scheme and redundancy
`version fields for the corresponding transport block.
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`Case 2:22-md-03034-TGB ECF No. 96-3, PageID.3555 Filed 10/21/22 Page 19 of 424
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`U.S. Patent No. 10,075,941: Claim 8(e)
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`"the mobile station-specific transmission parameters indicate an antenna transmission scheme and a corresponding subchannel configuration, the antenna
`transmission scheme comprising a transmission diversity scheme or a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) scheme and the corresponding subchannel
`configuration characterized by distributed subcarriers or localized subcarriers in the frequency domain; and"
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`Both resource allocation types 0 and 1 indicate the resource block groups assigned to the UE using a bit map.
`The bit map indicates whether adjacent resource block groups are used, localized subcarriers, or whether non-
`adjacent resource block groups are used, distributed subcarriers.
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`Case 2:22-md-03034-TGB ECF No. 96-3, PageID.3556 Filed 10/21/22 Page 20 of 424
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`U.S. Patent No. 10,075,941: Claim 8(e)
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`"the mobile station-specific transmission parameters indicate an antenna transmission scheme and a corresponding subchannel configuration, the antenna
`transmission scheme comprising a transmission diversity scheme or a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) scheme and the corresponding subchannel
`configuration characterized by distributed subcarriers or localized subcarriers in the frequency domain; and"
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`Case 2:22-md-03034-TGB ECF No. 96-3, PageID.3557 Filed 10/21/22 Page 21 of 424
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`U.S. Patent No. 10,075,941: Claim 8(f)
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`“receiving a data packet transmitted by the serving base station using the mobile station-specific transmission parameters over the frequency subchannel"
`receiving a data packet transmitted by the
`The Ford Accused Instrumentalities also receive a data packet transmitted by the serving base station using the
`serving base station using the mobile
`mobile station-specific transmission parameters over the frequency subchannel. E.g.,
`station-specific transmission parameters
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`over the frequency subchannel
`The UE receives the downlink data over the assigned PDSCH.
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`See e.g., 3GPP TS 36.213 V8.8.0 at pg. 19.
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`The assigned PDSCH has one or two code words, a data packet.
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`U.S. Patent No. 10,075,941: Claim 8(f)
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`“receiving a data packet transmitted by the serving base station using the mobile station-specific transmission parameters over the frequency subchannel"
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`See e.g., 3GPP TS 36.211V8.8.0 at pgs. 49-50.
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`U.S. Patent No. 10,075,941: Claim 10
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`“The method in claim 8, wherein the mobile station-specific transmission parameters further indicate power control information.”
`10. The method in claim 8, wherein the
`The mobile station-specific transmission parameters used with Ford’s Accused Instrumentalities further
`mobile station-specific transmission
`indicate power control information. E.g.,
`parameters further indicate power control
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`See Claim 8.
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`For example, the DCI further includes power control information parameters. See e.g., DCI Format 2 including
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`U.S. Patent No. 10,075,941: Claim 10
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`“The method in claim 8, wherein the mobile station-specific transmission parameters further indicate power control information.”
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`U.S. Patent No. 10,075,941: Claim 12
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`“The method in claim 8, wherein the corresponding subchannel configuration is selected based on a channel condition.”
`12. The method in claim 8, wherein the
`The corresponding subchannel configuration indicated by the mobile station-specific transmission parameters
`corresponding subchannel configuration is
`contained in the control message used with Ford’s Accused Instrumentalities is selected based on a channel
`condition.. E.g.,
`selected based on a channel condition.
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`See Claim 8.
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`DCI format 2 carries mobile-specific transmission parameters, including a resource block assignment,
`subchannel configuration, and precoding information, antenna transmission scheme. Resource allocation types
`0 and/or 1 indicate the resource block groups assigned to the UE using a bit map. The bit map indicates
`whether adjacent resource block groups are used, localized subcarriers, or whether non-adjacent resource block
`groups are used, distributed subcarriers.
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`U.S. Patent No. 10,075,941: Claim 12
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`“The method in claim 8, wherein the corresponding subchannel configuration is selected based on a channel condition.”
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`See e.g., 3GPP TS 36.213 V8.8.0 at pg. 23.
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`U.S. Patent No. 10,075,941: Claim 12
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`“The method in claim 8, wherein the corresponding subchannel configuration is selected based on a channel condition.”
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`See e.g., 3GPP TS 36.212 V8.8.0 at pg. 47.
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`Additionally, channel state information, such as channel quality indication (CQI), precoding matrix indicator
`(PMI) and rank indication (RI) values, can be used by the serving base station to determine grants:
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`U.S. Patent No. 10,075,941: Claim 12
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`“The method in claim 8, wherein the corresponding subchannel configuration is selected based on a channel condition.”
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`Case 2:22-md-03034-TGB ECF No. 96-3, PageID.3565 Filed 10/21/22 Page 29 of 424
`U.S. Patent No. 10,075,941: Claim 13(a)
`"13. A mobile station served by a serving base station in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) communication system,"
`13. A mobile station served by a serving
`To the extent the preamble is considered a limitation, Ford’s Accused Instrumentalities meet the preamble of
`base station in an Orthogonal Frequency
`claim 13 of the ’941 patent. E.g.,
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`communication system,
`Ford’s Accused Instrumentalities include vehicles equipped with cellular communication capabilities and
`services made available thereupon for use and actually used in a wireless system compliant with the LTE
`standard starting at least at Release 8.
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`For example, Ford offers for sale, sells, and/or imports various vehicle models that are marketed and released
`with LTE cellular functionality and perform methods thereof, including but not limited to the models listed in
`the Plaintiff’s Disclosure Of Asserted Claims And Infringement Contentions.
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`The LTE specification (Series 36, Release 8) specifies user equipments (UEs) receiving downlink control
`information.
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`For clarity, Release 8 of the 36 series 3GPP specifications was frozen in December of 2008 and that release
`was used as the basis for the first wave of LTE equipment. The LTE marketplace currently supports a mix of
`releases from Release 8 through Release 17. Though for ease of review Release 8 of the LTE specification is
`cited below, the same or functionally identical content exists in each corresponding release on the market.
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`LTE uses orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) for downlink and uplink transmissions.
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`See e.g., 3GPP TS 36.201 V8.3.0 at pgs. 7-8.
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`U.S. Patent No. 10,075,941: Claim 13(a)
`"13. A mobile station served by a serving base station in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) communication system,"
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`LTE uplink transmissions use discrete Fourier transform spread OFDM (DFTS-OFDM).
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`U.S. Patent No. 10,075,941: Claim 13(a)
`"13. A mobile station served by a serving base station in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) communication system,"
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`U.S. Patent No. 10,075,941: Claim 13(b)
`"the communication system utilizing a transmission structure with time slots in the time domain and frequency subchannels in the frequency domain, the
`mobile station comprising a receiver configured to:"
`Ford’s Accused Instrumentalities are served by a base station in a communication system that utilizes a
`transmission structure with time slots in the time domain and frequency subchannels in the frequency domain,
`the mobile station comprising a receiver. E.g.,
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`LTE networks use a frame structure having time slots, such as Frame structure type 1 for FDD.
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`the communication system utilizing a
`transmission structure with time slots in
`the time domain and frequency
`subchannels in the frequency domain, the
`mobile station comprising a receiver
`configured to:
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`See e.g., 3GPP TS 36.211 V8.9.0 at pgs. 9-10.
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`An LTE base station, e.g., an eNodeB assigns a set of physical resource blocks (PRBs), forming a subchannel,
`to a UE for downlink transmission.
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`Each PRB has 12 or 24 subcarriers in the frequency domain.
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`U.S. Patent No. 10,075,941: Claim 13(b)
`"the communication system utilizing a transmission structure with time slots in the time domain and frequency subchannels in the frequency domain, the
`mobile station comprising a receiver configured to:"
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`See e.g., 3GPP TS 36.211 V8.9.0 at pgs. 46 and 47.
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`Case 2:22-md-03034-TGB ECF No. 96-3, PageID.3570 Filed 10/21/22 Page 34 of 424
`U.S. Patent No. 10,075,941: Claim 13(c)
`"receive a control message from the serving base station over a control channel, wherein:"
`receive a control message from the serving
`Ford’s Accused Instrumentalities receive a control message from the serving base station over a control
`base station over a control channel,
`channel. E.g.,
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`wherein:
`The resource assignment is sent to the UE over a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).
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`See e.g., 3GPP TS 36.300 V8.12.0 at pgs. 23-24.
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`The PDCCH carries downlink control information (DCI), a control message.
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`Case 2:22-md-03034-TGB ECF No. 96-3, PageID.3571 Filed 10/21/22 Page 35 of 424
`U.S. Patent No. 10,075,941: Claim 13(c)
`"receive a control message from the serving base station over a control channel, wherein:"
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`See e.g., 3GPP TS 36.212 V8.8.0 at pg. 43.
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`See also Claim 1(c).
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`U.S. Patent No. 10,075,941: Claim 13(d)
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`"the control message contains transmission parameters specific to the mobile station for a subsequent transmission by the serving base station over a
`frequency subchannel to the mobile station in a time slot; and"
`The control message received by Ford’s Accused Instrumentalities contains transmission parameters specific
`to the mobile station for a subsequent transmission by the serving base station over a frequency subchannel to
`the mobile station in a time slot. E.g.,
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`The DCI includes scheduling information for a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission
`intended for a particular UE, including scheduling information specific to the UE.
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`the control message contains transmission
`parameters specific to the mobile station
`for a subsequent transmission by the
`serving base station over a frequency
`subchannel to the mobile station in a time
`slot; and
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`See e.g., 3GPP TS 36.212 V8.8.0 at pg. 43.
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`The PDSCH is transmitted in a subframe having two time slots.
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`See e.g., 3GPP TS 36.213 V8.8.0 at pg. 19.
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`DCI format 2 carries mobile-specific transmission parameters, including parameters such as a resource block
`assignment and precoding. All the DCI formats must be supported by Ford’s Accused Products in order to
`comply with the standards. Thus, the Accused Products are configured to receive the control message
`containing transmission parameters, meeting this claim element.
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`U.S. Patent No. 10,075,941: Claim 13(d)
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`"the control message contains transmission parameters specific to the mobile station for a subsequent transmission by the serving base station over a
`frequency subchannel to the mobile station in a time slot; and"
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`U.S. Patent No. 10,075,941: Claim 13(d)
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`"the control message contains transmission parameters specific to the mobile station for a subsequent transmission by the serving base station over a
`frequency subchannel to the mobile station in a time slot; and"
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`See e.g., 3GPP TS 36.212 V8.8.0 at pg. 47.
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`The DCI is sent in the beginning of the subframe in the control region.
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`U.S. Patent No. 10,075,941: Claim 13(d)
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`"the control message contains transmission parameters specific to the mobile station for a subsequent transmission by the serving base station over a
`frequency subchannel to the mobile station in a time slot; and"
`The PDSCH is sent after the control region OFDM symbols.
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`See e.g., 3GPP TS 36.211 V8.9.0 at pg. 55.
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`See also Claim 1(d).
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`Case 2:22-md-03034-TGB ECF No. 96-3, PageID.3576 Filed 10/21/22 Page 40 of 424
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`U.S. Patent No. 10,075,941: Claim 13(e)
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`" the mobile station-specific transmission parameters indicate an antenna transmission scheme and a corresponding subchannel configuration, the antenna
`transmission scheme comprising a transmission diversity scheme or a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) scheme and the corresponding subchannel
`configuration characterized by distributed subcarriers or localized subcarriers in the frequency domain; and"
`the mobile station-specific transmission
`The mobile station-specific transmission parameters indicate an antenna transmission scheme and a
`parameters indicate an antenna
`corresponding subchannel configuration, the antenna transmission scheme comprising a transmission diversity
`transmission scheme and a corresponding
`scheme or a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) scheme and the corresponding subchannel configuration
`subchannel configuration, the antenna
`characterized by distributed subcarriers or localized subcarriers in the frequency domain. E.g.,
`transmission scheme comprising a
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`transmission diversity scheme or a
`LTE uses multiple-input multiple-output for downlink transmissions.
`multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO)
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`scheme and the corresponding subchannel
`configuration characterized by distributed
`subcarriers or localized subcarriers in the
`frequency domain; and
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`See e.g., 3GPP TS 36.300 V8.8.0 at pg. 26.
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`DCI format 2 carries mobile-specific transmission parameters, including a resource block assignment,
`subchannel configuration, and precoding information, antenna transmission scheme. For the precoding
`information, an index value of 0 indicates transmission diversity, and an index, such as 2, indicates a MIMO
`scheme.
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`U.S. Patent No. 10,075,941: Claim 13(e)
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`" the mobile station-specific transmission parameters indicate an antenna transmission scheme and a corresponding subchannel configuration, the antenna
`transmission scheme comprising a transmission diversity scheme or a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) scheme and the corresponding subchannel
`configuration characterized by distributed subcarriers or localized subcarriers in the frequency domain; and"
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`U.S. Patent No. 10,075,941: Claim 13(e)
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`" the mobile station-specific transmission parameters indicate an antenna transmission scheme and a corresponding subchannel configuration, the antenna
`transmission scheme comprising a transmission diversity scheme or a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) scheme and the corresponding subchannel
`configuration characterized by distributed subcarriers or localized subcarriers in the frequency domain; and"
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`Case 2:22-md-03034-TGB ECF No. 96-3, PageID.3579 Filed 10/21/22 Page 43 of 424
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`U.S. Patent No. 10,075,941: Claim 13(e)
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`" the mobile station-specific transmission parameters indicate an antenna transmission scheme and a corresponding subchannel configuration, the antenna
`transmission scheme comprising a transmission diversity scheme or a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) scheme and the corresponding subchannel
`configuration characterized by distributed subcarriers or localized subcarriers in the frequency domain; and"
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`See e.g., 3GPP TS 36.212 V8.8.0 at pgs. 49-52.
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`The number of enabled codewords is determined from the modulation and coding scheme and redundancy
`version fields for the corresponding transport block.
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`U.S. Patent No. 10,075,941: Claim 13(e)
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`" the mobile station-specific transmission parameters indicate an antenna transmission scheme and a corresponding subchannel configuration, the antenna
`transmission scheme comprising a transmission diversity scheme or a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) scheme and the corresponding subchannel
`configuration characterized by distributed subcarriers or localized subcarriers in the frequency domain; and"
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