`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`MARSHALL DIVISION
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`ERICSSONINC., at 511.,
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`Plaintiffs,
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`v.
`D_LINK CORPORATION et 31.,
`Defendants.
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`g CIVIL ACTION NO. 6:10-cv—473
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`REBUTTAL EXPERT REPORT OF SCOTT NETTLES, PHI).
`REGARDING VALIDITY OF US. PATENT NOS. 6,424,625; 6,330,435,
`6,519,223,; 6,772,215, 6,466,568; AND 5,987,019
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`Table of Contents
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`I. EXPERT QUALIFICATIONS .............................
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`II. REVIEW AND USE OF DOCUMENTS ................................................................................... 3
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`III. LEVEL 01? ORDINARY SKILL .........................................; ....................................................4
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`IV. SUMIVIARY OF OPINION .......................................................................................................4
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`V. CLAIM CONSTRUCTION .............
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`VI. USE OF DEMONSTRATIVES ................................................................................................ 7
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`VII. LEGAL STANDARDS APPLIED IN THIS REPORT ........................................................... 7
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`VIII. RESPONSE TO STATEMENTS REGARDING PRINTED
`PUBLICATIONS ............................................................................................................... 12
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`IX. DR. GIBSON AND DR. HEEGARD HAVE NOT SHOWN THE
`PATENTS—IN-SUIT TO BE INVALID ............................................................................ 16
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`A.
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`US. Patent No. 5,987,019 and US. Patent No. 6,466,568, ................................... l6
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`1.
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`Claim Construction .................................................................................... 17
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`a)
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`“a service type identifier which identifies a
`type ofpayload information” ......................................................... 18
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`b)
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`“separate fiom said first field” ....................................................... l9
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`2.
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`Response to Alleged Anticipation References ...........................................20
`a).
`Adams ‘662........~............................................................................20
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`1))
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`c)
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`d)
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`e)
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`IEEE P8021 l—93/20b3 Proposed Draft
`Standard ...........................23
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`U. S. Patent No. 5,761,292 (“Wagner”) .........................................29
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`ATM—Based Transport Architecture for
`Multiservices Wireless Personal
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`Communication Networks, Dipankar
`Raychaudhuri and Newman D. Wilson
`(“Raychaudhuri Article”) ............................................................... 33
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`Multimedia Personal Communication
`Networks (PCN): System Design Issues,
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`Dipankar Raychaudhuri and Newman D.
`Wilson (‘5Raychaudhuri Book”) . . . . . . . . . .
`........................................41
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`CODIT, a Testbed Project Evaluating DS~
`CDMA for UMTS/FPLMTS, PG Andermo
`and G. Brismark (“Andenno Article”) ...........................................44
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`A Coherent Detection Scheme for the
`Uplink Channel in a CDMA System, G.
`Brismark et a1. (“Brismark Article”) ..............................................48
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`The CODIT System .......................................................................51
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`US. Patent No. 5,757,813 (“Raith ’813
`Patent”) .......................................................................................... 53
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`US. Patent No. 5,247,516 (“Bernstein”) ....................................... 54
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`US. Patent No. 5,488,610 (“Morley”)........................................... 59
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`US. Patent No. 5,548,532 (“Menand”) ......................................... 62
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`IEEE P8021 1—93/ 146, “The Need for MAC
`Data Delimiters in the PHY,” Wim
`Diepstraten (“Diepstraten 146”) ....................................................67
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`IEE-E P8021 l—94/258x, “Detailed Draft
`Text Changes to Support DTBS,” Winn
`'Diepstraten (“Diepstraten 258x”) ..................................................69
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`IEEE P8021 1-93/190, “DFWMAC:
`Distributed Foundation Wireless Medium
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`Access Control,” Wim Diepstraten
`(“Diepstraten 190”) ........................................................................71
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`3.
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`4.
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`Response to Alleged Obviousness References74
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`Response to Dr. Gibson’s Section 1.12 Arguments .................................... 75
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`B.
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`US. Patent No. 6,424,625 ...................................................................................... 75
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`1.
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`2.
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`Claim Construction .................................................................................... 77
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`Response to Alleged Anticipation References..................,........., .............77
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`a)
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`Dietmar Petras, Ulrich Vomefeld, Markus
`Scheilbenbogen, Candidate protocol stack
`(MAC + LLC for a Wireless ATM air
`interface, (“Petras’ ComNets Submission”) ..................................77
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`b)
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`Andreas Hettich, Development and
`Performance Evaluation of a Selective
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`Repeat-Automatic Repeat Request (SR—
`ARQ) ProtOcol for Transparent, Mobile
`ATM Access (“Hettich’s ComNets Thesis”) ................................. 80 «
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`Ulrich Vomefeld, Simulative and analytical
`study of measures supporting the quality of
`service in a radio~based ATM network
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`(“Vornefeld’s ComNets Thesis”) ...................................................83
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`Petras and Hettich, Performance Evaluation
`of the ASR—ARQ Protocol for Wireless
`ATM, Proceeding of the 1995 IEEE
`Wireless Communication System
`v
`Symposium, (Nov. 1995) (“Petras’ ComNets
`1995 Article”) ................................................................................88
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`Petras and Hettichz Performance evaiuation
`of a 'ioigical link control protocol for an
`ATM air interface, (1997) (“Petras’
`ComNets 1997 Article”) .................................. 92
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`Petras, Functionality of the ASR—ARQ
`Protocol for MBS, RACE Mobile
`Telecommunication Summit (“Petras’
`ComNets MCE 1995 Article”)..................................................... 95
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`Hettich and Vornefeld and Rapp, ARQ
`Protocols for Wireless ATM Systems:
`Requirements and Solutions, ETSI EP
`BRANWG3 Temporary Document 42
`(“Hettich’s ComNets Submission”) ...............................................97
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`Broadband Radio Access Networks
`’(BRAN), Inventory of broadband radio
`technologies and techniques, TR 101 173
`V1.1.1 (“The Toolkit”) ................................................................ 102
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`US. 6,621,799 (Kemp, et a1.) (“Kemp
`Patent”) ........................................................................................ 107
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`JP H10-126772 (“Suzuki”) ..............
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`........................................ 110
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`DE 19543280 (Walke, et a1.) (“Walke’S
`. ComNets Patent”) ........................................................................ 1 I3
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`Walke and Petras and Plassmann, Wireless
`ATM: Air Interface and Network Protocols
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`on)
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`11)
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`o)
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`of the Mobile Broadband System (“Walke
`Comths Article”) .....V.................................v................... ,.............. 117
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`US. 6,683,850 (Dunning, et a1.) (“Intel ’850’
`Patent”) ........................................................................................ 1 19
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`US 5,610,595 (Garrabrant, et a1.)
`(“Garrabrant’s Patent”) ................................................................ 121
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`Ohta, et a1., PRIME ARQ A Novel ARQ
`Scheme for High—speed Wireless ATM,
`(“O‘hta”) .........................................................................-............... 123
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`ReSponse to Alleged Obviousness References ........................................ 126
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`Response to Dr. Gibson’s Section :12 Arguments.......................,...,......'l26
`a)
`“commanding a receiver in the data network
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`. receive at least one packet having a
`sequence number that is not consecutive
`with a sequence number of a previously
`received packet” ........................................................................... 127
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`“commanding a receiver in the data network
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`outstanding packets havrng sequence
`numbers prior to the at least one packet” ..................................... 128
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`3.
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`‘4;
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`C.
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`vs. Patent No. 6,330,435..............'...................................................................... 129
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`1.
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`Claim Construction .................................................................................. 129
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`a)
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`“data packet discard notification
`message...” ................................................................................... 129
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`2.
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`Response to Alleged Anticipation References ......................................... 130
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`a)
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`b)
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`Dietmar Petras, Ulrich Vornefeld, Markus
`Scheilbenbogen, Candidate protocol stack
`(MAC + LLC for a Wireless ATM air
`interface, (“Petras’ ComNets Submission”) ................................ 130
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`Andreas Hettich, Development and
`Performance Evaluation of a Selective
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`Repeat-Automatic Repeat Request (SR—
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`ARQ) Protocol for Transparent, Mobile
`ATM Access (“Hettich’s ComNets Thesis”) .........................’...... 134
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`Ulrich Vomefeld, Simulative and analytical
`study of measures supporting the quality of
`service in a radio-based ATM network
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`(“Vornefeld’s ComNets Thesis”) ................................................. 138
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`d)
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`Dietmar Petras, Development and
`Performance Evaluation ofan ATM Radio
`Inleiface, Aachen Contributions to Mobile
`and Telecommunications, (“Petras’
`COmNets Thesis”) ........................................................................ 142
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`Petras and Hettich, Performance Evaluation
`of the ASR—ARQ Protocol for Wireless
`ATM, Proceeding of the 1995 IEEE
`Wireless Communication System
`Symposium, (Nov; 1995) (“Petras’ ComNets
`was Article”) .............................................................................. 145
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`‘Petras and Hettic-h,‘ Performance evaluation
`of a logical link control protocol for an
`ATM air interface, (1997) (“Petras’
`ComNets 1997 Article”) .............................................................. 149
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`Hettich and Vomefeld and Rapps ARQ
`Protocois for Wireless ATM Systems:
`Requirements and Solutions, ETSI EP
`BRANWG3 Temporary Document 42
`(“Hettich’s ComNets Submission”) ........................_..................... 152
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`Broadband Radio Access Networks
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`(BRAN), Inventory of broadband radio
`technologies and techniques, TR 101 173
`v1.1.1 (“The Toolkit”) ................................................................ 157
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`US. 6,621,799 (Kemp, et al.) (“Kemp
`Patent”) ........................................................................................ 162
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`JP HID—126772 (“Suzuki”) ..........................................,166
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`DE 19543280 (Walke, et al.) (“Walke’s
`ComNets Patent”) .......................................................... .. ............. 169
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`US. 6,424,625 (Larsson, et al.) (“Ercisson’s
`”625 patent”) ................................................................................ 172
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`IEEE Std. 802.11 1997 Standard (“802.11
`1997 Standard”) .....................r. .1.................................................... 174.
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`US. 6,683,850 (Dunning, et all) (“Intel ’850
`Patent”) .................................................L ...................................... 176
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`US. 6,181,704 (Drottar, et a1.) (“Intel ’704
`Patent”) ........................................................................................ 179
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`3.
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`4.
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`Response to Alleged Obviousness References ........................................ 180
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`Response to Dr. Gibson’s Section 112 Arguments
`for the ’435 patent .......................................... . ......................................... 180
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`c)
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`d)
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`e)
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`“transmitting a data packet discard
`notification message” .................................................................... l 81
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`“indicating data packets the transmitter has
`' discarded”
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`“computing which data packets have been
`discarded by the transmitter”
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`“the data packet discard notification
`message contains a field indicating the
`format of the message” ................................................................ 383
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`“removing entries from a first list indicating
`data packets expected to be received from
`the transmitter”............................................................................. 183
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`D.
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`US. Patent No. 6,519,223 .................................................................................... 184
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`1.
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`2.
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`Claim Construction .................................................................................. 185
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`Response to Alleged Anticipation References..................V........................ 186
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`a)
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`b)
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`Bakker, et al, An Air Interface for High
`Bandwidth Cellular Digital Communications
`on Microwave Frequencies, Vehicular
`Technology Conference (“Bakker”) ............................................ 186
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`Dietmar Petras, et al. Candidate Protocol
`Stack (MAC + LLC) for a Wireless ATM
`Air Interface (“Petras Comnets
`Submission”) ................................................................................ 189
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`Hettich-, Development and Performance
`Evaluation of a Selective RepeatAAutomatic
`Repeat Request (SR—ARQ) Protocol for
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`Transparent: Mobile ATM Access (“Hettich
`Comnets Thesis”)......................................................................... 192
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`d)
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`Vornefeld, Simulative and Analytical Study
`of Measures Supporting the Quality 0f
`Service in a Radio-Based ATM Network.
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`(“Vornefeld Comnets Thesis”) .................................................... 195
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`Petras and Hettich, Performance Evaluation
`of the ASR—ARQ Protocol for Wireless
`ATM '(“Petras Co'mnets 1995 Article”) ....................................... 197
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`Paints and Hettich, Performance Evaluation
`of a Legieal Link Control Protecol for an
`ATM Air Interface (“Petras Comnets 1997
`Article”) ........................................."L .............................................. 199
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`Petras, Development and Performance
`Evaluation of an ATM Radio Interface
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`(“Petras Comnets Thesis”) ...........................................................200
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`Hettich, Vornefeld, Rapp, ARQ Protocols
`for Wireless ATM Systems: Requirements
`and Solutions, ETSI EP BRAN WG3
`Temporary Document 42 (“Hettich Comnets
`Submission”) ................................................................................202
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`BRAN, Inventory of Broadband Radio
`Technologies and Techniques, TR 101 173
`V1 . 1 . 1‘ (“Toolkit”) ........................................................................204
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`IEEE 802.1 1-1997 Standard ........................................................ 205
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`US Patent‘No. 6,621,799 (“Kemp”)...........................................207
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`JP 11—04621 7 (“Kayama”) ...........................................................212
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`DE 19543280 (“Walke”) ..............................................................215
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`US. Patent No. 6,683,850 (“Dunning”) .................. .....................2 16.
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`Tasaka, Integrated, Video and Data
`Transmission in the TDD ALOHA—
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`Reservation Wireless LAN (“Tasaka IEEE
`Article”) ........................................................................................218
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`Response to Alleged Obviousness References ........................................219
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`Response to Dr. Gibson’s Section 112 Arguments .................................. 220
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`E.
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`US. Patent No. 6,772,215 .................................................................................... 221
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`1.
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`Claim Construction"-.................., .............................................................. 222
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`a)
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`“responsive to the receiving step,
`constructing a message field .
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`. including a
`type identifier field” .....................................................................223
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`b)
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`112 11 6 Means—For Limitations ....................................................225
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`2.
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`Response to Alleged Anticipation References .........................................225
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`a)
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`b)
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`0)
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`d)
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`e)
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`g)
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`Seo ’ 176 Patent ............................................................................225
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`Gong 1996 Article........................................................................228
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`Mansfield ’249 Patent ..................................................................229
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`Lucent January 1999 Submission ................................................230
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`Lucent March 1999 Submission ..................................................231
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`WCDMA RLC Protocol ..............................................................232
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`Wilson ’526 Patent.......................................................................233
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`Drynan ”657 ................................................................................. 234
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`Schiebel ’240 Patent ....................................................................236
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`Petras ComNets Submission ........................................................238
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`Ayanoglu ”759 Patent ..................................................................238
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`Response to Alleged Obviousness Combinations.....s.........................,....239
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`1))
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`0)
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`Combination of SSCOP Protocol with
`GPRS Radio Interface ..................................................................239
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`Combination of Intel Day ’1 16 Patent with
`Intel Drottar. ’704 Patent .............................................................. 242
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`Combination of Wilson ’526 Patent with
`GPRS Radio Interface ..................................................................243
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`Combination of Drynan' ’65? Patent with,
`GPRS Radio Interfaces“.........................................v ....................... 244
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`Combination of Lucent January 1999
`Submission with the Lucent March 1999
`Submission and GPRS Radio interface .......................................245
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`4.
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`Response to Section 112 Arguments ....................................................... 245
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`a)
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`b)
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`0)
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`“minimizing feedback responses in an ARQ
`protocol” ...................................................................................... 245
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`“responsive to the receiving step” ................................................ 246
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`“means for receiving said plurality of first
`data units, and constructing one to several
`message fields for a second data unit, said
`one to several message fields including a
`type identifier field and at least one of a
`sequence number field, a length field, a
`content field, a plurality of erroneous
`sequence number fields, and. a plurality of
`erroneous sequence number length fields,
`each of said plurality of erroneous sequence
`number fields associated with a respective
`one of said plurality of erroneous sequence
`number length fields” ................................................................... 246
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`X. CONCLUSION ....................................................................................................................... 247
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`1.
`With respect to this report, I have been retained as a technical expert by Ericsson
`Inc. and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (collectively "‘Ericsson”) to address the issues of .
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`I validity of US. Patent Nos. 5,987,019 (”019 Patent), 6,466,568 (’568 Patent), 6,330,435 (7435
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`Patent), 6,424,625 (’625 Patent), 6,519,223 (’223 Patent), and 6,772,215 (’215 Patent)
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`(coilectively “Patents-in—Suit”)
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`I am being paid for my work in this litigation at the rate of $450. per hour. My
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`compensation does not depend on. the outcome of this litigation.
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`I have no personal interest in
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`the outcome of this litigation.
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`3.
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`I reserve the right to modify or supplement my opinion, as well as the bases for
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`my opinion, based on the nature and content of the documentation, data, proof, and other
`evidence or testimony that the defendants or its expert(s) may present or based on. any additional
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`discovery or other information provided to me or found by me in this matter.
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`.I expect to testify
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`at trial regarding the matters set forth in this report if asked about these matters by the Court or-
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`the parties‘ attorneys.
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`4.
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`I hereby incorporate my Expert Report on Infringement dated January 4, 2013.
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`EXPERT QUALIFICATIONS
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`5.
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`I have attached a current copy of my curriculum vitae as Exhibit 1. A list of the
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`cases during at least the last five years in which I have signed a Protective Order, have testified
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`as an expert either at atrial, hearing, or deposition, or have submitted statements/opinions is
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`included as Exhibit 1.
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`6.
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`I attended Michigan State University from 1977 to 1981 as a Merit Scholar and an
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`Alumni Distinguished Scholar, and. received a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry.
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`I later attended
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`Carnegie Mellon University from 1988 to 1995, during which time I received both a master’s
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`degree (1992) and a PhD. (1996) in Computer Science. My dissertation was entitled “Safe and
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`Efficient Persistent Heaps” and focused on high performance automatic storage management for
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`advanced database systems.
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`Before earning my Ph.D‘., I worked for over four years in industry at Silicon .
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`Solutions, Inc. and Digital Equipment Corporation, developing computer aided design (CAD)
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`software for the semiconductor and computer sectors. For example, I designed and implemented
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`systems for VLSI mask generation and VLSI design rule checking. I also built the first graphical
`drawing editor for the X window system, Artemis, which included a sophisticated graphical user
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`interface.
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`I have worked as a professor at tinee universities since 1995; the University of
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`Pennsylvania,_ the University of Arizona, and The University of Texas at Austin.
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`I was the
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`recipient of a National Science Foundation. CAREER award for “CAREER: Advancing
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`Experimental Computer Science in Storage Management and Education” while I was an
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`Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. During this time, I also was part of the
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`DARPA funded SwitchWare project, which was one of the pioneering groups in the area of
`Active Isletworking (“AN”). My group developed PLAN, the first domain—specific programming
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`language for programmable packets, as well as PLANet, the first purely active interwnemar’k.
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`9;
`I joined the faculty of The University of Texas at Austin (“UT”),
`in the
`Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in 1999.
`In 2005,
`[I was appointed
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`Associate Professor with tenure. At UT, my graduate teaching has focused on networking,
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`including numerous advanced seminars on mobile and wireless networking. My undergraduate
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`teaching has included networking, operating systems, and one of UT’s required programming
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`class, which focuses on programming with abstractions, Java, and data structures.
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`At UT, I continued to develop AN technology and in 2002, my PhD. student,
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`Mike Hicks, won the ACM SIGPLAN‘ dissertation award for our joint work on software
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`updating; Along with my PhD. student, S-eong—kyu Song, I focused my AN work on mobile and
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`wireless networking. As a result, my research shifted away from AN to mobile and wireless
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`networking in general, especially interactions between the network, the radios, and the physical:
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`world.
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`‘ Most of my current research involves the development of Hydra, which is a
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`working prototype of an advanced software—implemented WiFi network funded primarily by
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`NSF. The Hydra testbed implements all of the key 802.11N technologies, including MIMO and
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`frame aggregation (with block acknowledgements). This is documented in my CV and as a
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`result, ’1 have significant direct experience with the technologies embodied in the patents.
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`1:. REVIEW AND USE or DOCUMENTS
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`12.
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`In forming the opinions presented in this report, I have reviewed and relied upon
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`among other things;
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`0 Response to Opinions of Dr. Heegard and Dr. Gibsnn Relating to the ’223
`Patents
`.- US. Patent No. 5,987,019
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`File History of US. Patent No, 5,987,019
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`US. Patent No. 6,466,568
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`File History of US. Patent No. 6,466,568
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`US Patent No. 6,330,435
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`File History of US. Patent No. 6,330,435
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`US. Patent No. 6,424,625
`File History of US. Patent No. 6,424,625
`US. Patent No. 6,519,223
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`File History of US. Patent No. 6,519,223
`- US. Patent No. 6,772,215
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`File History of US. Patent No. 6,772,215,
`Transcripts and exhibits for depositions taken in this matter
`All documents cited in this report
`Parties’ Claim Construction Briefs
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`The'Expert Report ofDr. Chris ,Heegar'd and prior art references cited therein
`The Expert Report ofDr. Jerry Gibson and prior art references cited therein
`The Expert Report of Matthew Shoemake
`The Expert Reports of Ray Perryman
`The Rule 26 Disclosure of Dietmar Petras and accompanying exhibits
`The Rule 26 Disclosure of Robert Adams and accompanying exhibits
`The Rule 26 Disclosure of John Fenn and accompanying exhibits
`The Rule 26 Disclosure of Fengmin Gong and accompanying exhibits
`The Rule 26 Disclosure of Dean Kawaguchi and accompanying exhibits
`The Rule 26 Disclosure of Grant McGibney and accompanying exhibits
`Defendants’ Amended Invalidity Contentions
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`‘13.
`Unless otherwise noted, the deposition transcripts that I relied upon are final, and
`I have also reviewed the exhibits thereto.
`in the case that the transcripts are “roughs” or if the
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`exhibits are not yet available, I reserved the right to review the final version and/or exhibits as
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`they become available. The documents I have reviewed and considered for this report are given
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`in Exhibit 2.
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`III. LEVEL OF ORDINARY SKILL
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`14;
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`I hereby incorporate my discussion of the level of ordinary skill in the art from.
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`my initial infringement report.
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`I'note that Dr. Gibson and Term in general agreement as to the
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`level of ordinary skill in the art. However, Dr. Heegard has proposed a higher level of skill in .
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`the art. Nonetheless, even under Dr. Heegard’s interpretation of the level of ordinary skill in the
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`art, my conclusions remain unchanged.
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`1V.
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`SUMMARY OF OPINION -
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`15.
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`As explained in detail in my report, in my opinion the asserted claims of the
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`Patents—in—Suit (collectively, “the asserted claims”) are valid. The claims meet the requirements
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`of35 U.S.C. § 102 and 103.
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`V. CLAIM CONSTRUCTION
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`16.
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`I have been informed that proper infringement analysis begins with determination
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`or construction of the meaning of terms in the Assorted Claims. I understand that the claims are
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`to be construed based upon their ordinary meaning as understood by one of ordinary skill in the
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`am. The following chart contains the claim construction for all asserted claims, including those
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`terms construed by the Court and those to which the parties agreed to the construction of. I have
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`applied these constructions throughout my analysis of any and all claim limitations, both in the
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`body of this report and in all attached exhibits and charts.
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`17.
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`The table below presents the claim terms currently before the court and Ericsson’s
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`proposed constructions:
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`-. M m own-“e?
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`215 patent
`Claims 1, 15, 25
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`responsrve to the
`receiving step,
`constructing a message
`field .
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`. including a type
`identifier field
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`responswe to the receiving step,
`generating a message field
`including a field that identifies
`the message type of the feedback
`response message from a number
`of different message types
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`responsive o the recen mg 5 ep,
`generating a message field
`including a field identifying the
`type of feedback response that
`is selected from multiple
`available feedback responses in
`order to minimize the size or
`number of feedback res onses
`Recited function: the
`transmission of first data units
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`by a first peer unit to a second
`peer unit
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`Corresponding Structure:
`Invalid
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`Recited function:
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`receiving the plurality of first
`data units and generating a
`message field including a field
`identifying the type of feedback
`response that is selected from
`multiple available feedback
`responses in order to minimize
`the size or number of feedback
`responses.
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`Corresponding Structure:
`(a) FIG. 4, FIG. 5, FIG. 6, Table
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`’215 patent
`Claim 45
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`means for sending a
`plurality of first data
`units over said
`communication link to
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`said second peer entity
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`’215 patent
`Claim 45
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`means for receiving said
`plurality of first data
`units, and constructing .
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`.
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`Recited Function: sending a
`plurality of first data units over
`said communication link to said
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`second peer entity.
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`Corresponding Structure: the
`sender of a peer entity or
`equivalents thereof.
`Recited Function:
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`receiving said plurality of first
`data units, and constructing one
`to several message fields for a
`second data unit, said one to
`several message fields including
`a type identifier field and at least
`one of a sequence number field,
`a length field, a content field, a
`plurality of erroneous sequence
`ntunber fields, and a plurality of
`erroneous sequence number
`len th fields, each of said
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`6:49, 6:55-64, 7:28—51 (b)
`Invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
`1111 2, 6
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`. a.
`gawk \
`quence
`plurality of erron
`number fields associated. with a
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`respective one of said plurality
`of erroneous sequence number
`length fields
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`Corresponding Structure:
`the receiver of a peer entity, see
`’215zz29-30, whereby different
`mechanisms can be used to
`indicate erroneous data units so
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`as to optimize performance, see
`’215::5:53—56, and the
`mechanisms refer to any of the
`methods described for
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`constructing a bitmap feedback
`response message disclosed at
`’215::3:17-28 and ’215::6:8-48,
`any of the methods for
`constructing a compressed
`bitmap feedback response
`message disclosed at ’215::6:49—
`54, any of the methods for
`constructing a list feedback
`response message disclosed at
`’215::2:63-3:16 andv’215zz7228-
`51, and/or the method for
`constructing a feedback response
`message combining the list and
`bitmap methods, and any
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`equivalents thereof
`a control message in an
`Automatic Repeat Request
`protocol that indicates data
`packets that the transmitter has
`discarded
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`data packet discard
`notification message
`from the transmitter to
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`the receiver indicating
`data packets the
`transmitter has discarded
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`’435 patent
`Claim 1
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`message containing the identity
`of unacknowledged data packets
`the transmitter has discarded
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`’Ol9 patent
`Claim 19
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`separate from said first
`field
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`N0 construction is necessary.
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`in a different portion of a radio
`channel from said first field
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`’568 patent
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`Claim 1
`an identifier that identifies the
`an identifier which identifies
`transmission characteristics of
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`’0] 9 patent
`Claim 19
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`a service type identifier
`which identifies a type of
`payload information
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`payload information
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`type of information (e.g., video,
`voice or data) conveyed in the
`payload
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`’568 patent
`Claim 1
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`18.
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`I have applied Ericsson's propoSed claim constructions for the purposes of my
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`analysis. However, my conclusions as to invalidity will be unchanged if the Court adopts
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`Defendants’ proposed claim constructions? as noted throughout this report.
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`19.
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`The table below presents the construction of the terms or phrase agreed by the
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`parties.
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`223 patent
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`The claim term IS a means—plus—
`function limitation under 35 U.S.C. §
`112, 1] 6.
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`means for transmitting a move
`receiving window’ request when said
`discard timer expires and said
`acknowledgement message for each
`said at least one protocol data unit has Recited Function:
`not been received
`transmitting a ‘move receiving
`window’ request when said discard
`timer expires and said
`acknowledgement message for each
`said at least one protocol data unit
`has not been received
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`e uivalents thereof
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`Corresponding Structure:
`the transmitter, as described in 3:65-
`67 and illustrated in Fig. 2 and
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`VI. USE OF DEMONSTRATIVES
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`20.
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`I reserve the right to make demonstratives (including product demonstrations,
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`product usage, and videos thereof), charts, graphs, or other similar visual aids for trial based
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`upon the opinions expressed in this report, the data contained in this report, the exhibits or other
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`things cited in this report and/or attached as exhibits to this report.
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`VII. LEGAL STANDARDS APPLIED IN THIS REPORT
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`21.
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`I am informed by counsel that the following legal principles apply to the subject
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`matter of this expert report.
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