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`·1· · · · · · · · · · IN THE UNITED STATES
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`·3· BROADCOM CORPORATION· · · · ·§
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`·4· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·§· · · IPR No.· · · ·Patent
`· · VS.· · · · · · · · · · · · · §· ·IPR2013-00601 / 6,772,215
`·5· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·§· ·IPR2013-00602 / 6,466,568
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`·6· WI-FI ONE· · · · · · · · · · §
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`10· · · · · · · · · · ·ORAL DEPOSITION OF
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`11· · · · · · · · · · · ROBERT AKL, D.Sc.
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`12· · · · · · · · · · ·SEPTEMBER 16, 2014
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`15· · · ORAL DEPOSITION of ROBERT AKL, D.Sc., produced as a
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`16· witness at the instance of the Petitioner and duly sworn,
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`17· was taken in the above-styled and -numbered cause on the
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`18· 16th of September, 2014, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:24 p.m.,
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`19· before Melisa Duncan, CSR in and for the State of Texas,
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`20· reported by machine shorthand, at the offices of Bragalone
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`21· Conroy, 2200 Ross Avenue, Suite 4500W, Dallas, Texas, in
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`22· accordance with the United States Patent and Trademark
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`23· Office Rules of Civil Procedure and agreement hereinafter
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`24· set forth.
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`Broadcom v. Ericsson
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`·1· · · · · · · · · · A P P E A R A N C E S
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`·2· FOR THE PETITIONER:
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`·3· · · Zachary P. Piccolomini
`· · · · zachary.piccolomini@wilmerhale.com
`·4· · · Dominic E. Massa· · (Via Phone)
`· · · · dominic.massa@wilmerhale.com
`·5· · · WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP
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`·6· · · Boston, Massachusetts 02109
`· · · · 617.526.6027
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`·8· FOR THE PATENT OWNER AND ROBERT AKL, D.Sc.:
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`·9· · · John M. Shumaker
`· · · · jshumaker@leehayes.com
`10· · · LEE & HAYES
`· · · · 13809 Research Boulevard, Suite 405
`11· · · Austin, Texas 78750
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`·1· · · · · · · · · · · · · I N D E X
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`·2· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · PAGE
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`·3· Appearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .· · 2
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`·4· ROBERT AKL, D.Sc.
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`·5· · · Examination by Mr. Piccolomini. . . . . . . . .· · 6
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`·6· · · Examination by Mr. Shumaker . . . . . . . . . .· · 195
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`·7· Signature and Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .· · 199
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`·8· Reporter's Certificate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .· · 201
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`·9· · · · · · · · · · · ·E X H I B I T S
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`10· NO.· · · · · · · ·DESCRIPTION· · · · · · · · · · · · ·PAGE
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`11· Exhibit 1009-568· · ·Declaration of Harry Bims, Ph.D. 6
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`12· Exhibit 2021-568· · ·Declaration of Robert Akl, D.Sc., 6
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`13· Exhibit 2020-568· · ·Declaration of Robert Akl, D.Sc., 6
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`14· Exhibit Paper 27-568 Paper 27, March 10, 2014,· · · · ·11
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`15· Exhibit 1001-568· · ·U.S. Patent 6,566,568· · · · · · ·28
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`16· Exhibit 1016-568· · ·Amendment· · · · · · · · · · · · ·63
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`17· Exhibit 1012-568· · ·Patent Application, Multi-Rate· · 70
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`19· Exhibit 1002-568· · ·U.S. Patent 5,488,610· · · · · · ·82
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`20· Exhibit 1006-568· · ·U.S. Patent 5,541,662· · · · · · ·88
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`21· Exhibit 2020-625· · ·Declaration of Robert Akl, D.Sc., 91
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`22· Exhibit 1006-625· · ·Declaration of Harry Bims, Ph.D., 94
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`23· Exhibit 1007-625· · ·Andreas Hettich, Diploma Paper,· ·103
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`24· Exhibit Paper 25-625 Paper 25, March 10, 2014· · · · · 103
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`25· Exhibit 1001-625· · ·U.S. Patent 6,424,625· · · · · · ·103
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`·1· · · · · · · · ·E X H I B I T S (Continued)
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`·2· NO.· · · · · · · ·DESCRIPTION· · · · · · · · · · · · ·PAGE
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`·3· Exhibit 2022-624· · ·Declaration of Robert Akl, D.Sc., 128
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`·4· Exhibit 1002-625· · ·U.S. Patent 5,610,595· · · · · · ·134
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`·5· Exhibit 2019-625· · ·Ulrich Vornefeld, Diploma Paper,· 142
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`·6· Exhibit 1004-215· · ·Declaration of Harry Bims, Ph.D., 150
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`·7· Exhibit Paper 29-215 Paper 29, IPR2013-00601· · · · · ·151
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`·8· Exhibit 1001-215· · ·U.S. Patent 6,772,215· · · · · · ·160
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`·9· Exhibit 2020-215· · ·Declaration of Robert Akl, D.Sc., 160
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`10· Exhibit 1002-215· · ·U.S. Patent 6,581,176· · · · · · ·160
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`11· Exhibit 2021-215· · ·Amendments to Claims· · · · · · · 186
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`12· Exhibit 1010-215· · ·TIA/EIA Interim Standard· · · · · 191
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`·1· · · · · · · · · · P R O C E E D I N G S
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`·2· · · · · · · ·THE REPORTER:· We are now on the record for
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`·3· the oral deposition of Robert Akl, D.Sc.· The time is
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`·4· approximately 9:00 a.m. on September 16, 2014.· In the
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`·5· matter of Broadcom Corp. vs. Wi-Fi One, Case Nos.
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`·6· IPR 2013-00601, IPR 2013-00602 and IPR 2013-00636, being
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`·7· held in the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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`·8· · · · · · · ·The court reporter is Melisa Duncan,
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`·9· representative of Esquire Deposition Solutions.
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`10· · · · · · · ·Today's deposition is being held at
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`11· Bragalone Conroy, located at 2200 Ross Avenue,
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`12· Suite 4500W, Dallas, Texas.
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`13· · · · · · · ·Will counsel please state their appearances
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`14· for the record, after which I will then swear in the
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`15· witness.
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`16· · · · · · · ·MR. PICCOLOMINI:· Sure.· This is Zach
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`17· Piccolomini on behalf of Broadcom Corporation, the
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`18· petitioner.
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`19· · · · · · · ·MR. SHUMAKER:· John Shumaker on behalf of
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`20· the patent owner and also the deponent Robert Akl.
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`21· · · · · · · · · · ·ROBERT AKL, D.Sc.,
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`22· having been first duly sworn, testified as follows:
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`23· · · · · · · · · · · · ·EXAMINATION
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`24· BY MR. PICCOLOMINI:
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`25· · · Q.· ·Good morning.
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`·1· · · A.· ·Good morning.
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`·2· · · · · · · ·(Exhibits 1009-568, 2021-568 and
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`·3· · · · · · · ·2020-568 were marked.)
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`·4· · · Q.· ·(BY MR. PICCOLOMINI)· I just handed you those
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`·5· exhibits.· We'll get into those shortly.· I just wanted to
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`·6· admit them all at once.
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`·7· · · · · · · ·Have you been deposed before?
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`·8· · · A.· ·Yes, I have.
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`·9· · · Q.· ·How many times have you been deposed?
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`10· · · A.· ·Eight times.
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`11· · · Q.· ·Eight times.· So with eight times, I'm sure
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`12· you're familiar with the rules of deposition.· I'll just
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`13· go over a few rules right now.· If at any point I ask a
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`14· question that is unclear, please stop me and tell me the
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`15· question is unclear and I'll try to rephrase it, if
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`16· possible.· Please answer your questions verbally because
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`17· this is being recorded by the court reporter.· So we do
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`18· need verbal answers instead of head nods or shakes.
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`19· Please try not to speak over my questions and I'll
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`20· certainly return the favor when you provide your answers.
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`21· And, of course, your attorney may object to my questions
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`22· at certain points.· You're expected to still provide an
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`23· answer unless he instructs you not to answer.
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`24· · · · · · · ·So I handed you Exhibit 2020.· Do you see
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`25· that exhibit?
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`·2· · · · · · · ·MR. SHUMAKER:· Actually you want to also say
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`·3· which case number just so the record is clear, as there's
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`·4· multiple exhibits 2020.
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`·5· · · Q.· ·(BY MR. PICCOLOMINI)· So I handed you
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`·6· Exhibit 2020 for IPR 2013-602, which is the '568 IPR.· And
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`·7· Exhibit 2020 is your declaration in support of patent
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`·8· owner's response, correct?
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`·9· · · A.· ·Yes, it is.
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`10· · · Q.· ·Please turn to the page 38 of Exhibit 2020.· That
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`11· is your signature on page 38, correct?
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`12· · · A.· ·That is correct.
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`13· · · Q.· ·Exhibit 2020 contains your opinions regarding the
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`14· validity of the '568 patent, correct?
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`15· · · A.· ·That is correct.
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`16· · · Q.· ·In preparing Exhibit 2020, which is your
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`17· declaration, you did your best to provide truthful,
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`18· accurate and complete statements of your opinions
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`19· regarding the alleged validity of the '568 patent,
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`20· correct?
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`21· · · A.· ·That is correct.
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`22· · · Q.· ·How much time did you spend drafting that
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`24· · · A.· ·Several hours.· I don't have a specific number.
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`25· I don't recall.
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`·1· · · Q.· ·Can you approximate whether it was tens of hours
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`·2· or hundreds of hours?
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`·3· · · A.· ·Not hundreds of hours, tens of hours.
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`·4· · · Q.· ·Between 30 to 50 hours?
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`·5· · · A.· ·I don't know.· It would be hard to give you an
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`·6· estimate because I was working on three different
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`·7· declarations and I kept going back and forth, so . . .
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`·8· · · Q.· ·Sure.· So for -- could you guess at how much time
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`·9· you spent drafting all of the declarations?
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`10· · · A.· ·I don't have a number just for the declarations.
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`11· I know we spent most part of one month on -- on the
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`12· declarations.
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`13· · · Q.· ·So about a month of time?
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`14· · · A.· ·Right, so a lot of work probably in May and in
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`15· June I spent on the -- the declarations.
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`16· · · Q.· ·I also handed you a second exhibit, which is
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`17· Exhibit 2021 for the '568 IPR.· And that is your
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`18· declaration in support of your -- of -- excuse me, in
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`19· support of patent owner's motion to amend, correct?
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`20· · · A.· ·Yes, that is correct.
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`21· · · Q.· ·Please turn to page 21.· That is your signature
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`22· on page 21, correct?
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`23· · · A.· ·Yes, that is correct.
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`24· · · Q.· ·Exhibit 2021 for the '568 IPR contains your
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`25· opinions regarding the alleged validity of the '568 patent
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`·1· based on substitute claims 8 through 13, correct?
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`·2· · · A.· ·Yes, that is correct.
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`·3· · · Q.· ·In preparing Exhibit 2021 of the '568 IPR, you
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`·4· did your best to provide truthful, accurate and complete
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`·5· statements of your opinions regarding the alleged validity
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`·6· of substitute claims 8 through 13, correct?
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`·7· · · A.· ·Yes, that is correct.
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`·8· · · Q.· ·And I realize you said you've been deposed eight
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`·9· times before.· Have you ever been an expert in an IPR
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`10· before?
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`11· · · A.· ·This -- those three cases would be my first IPR.
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`12· · · Q.· ·Have you been retained for any other IPRs?
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`13· · · A.· ·I am currently retained on a couple of IPRs.
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`14· · · Q.· ·In addition to these three IPRs?
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`15· · · A.· ·Yes.
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`16· · · Q.· ·When you say couple, two other IPRs?
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`17· · · A.· ·I have submitted a declaration in one IPR and I
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`18· am expected to submit two declarations in two other IPRs.
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`19· · · Q.· ·For the -- for those three different -- three
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`20· other IPRs besides these current three cases, are you on
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`21· behalf of the patentholder or the petitioner?
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`22· · · A.· ·I was retained on behalf of the petitioner.
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`23· · · Q.· ·Do you remember when you were first retained for
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`24· the current cases?
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`25· · · A.· ·I think it was sometime in November 2013.
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`·1· · · Q.· ·Can you approximate how many hours total you
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`·2· spent working on these IPRs?
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`·3· · · A.· ·I don't have an exact number but the amount of
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`·4· work varied, some months maybe just a few hours and then
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`·5· the months leading to the declarations, there was more
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`·7· · · Q.· ·What is your hourly rate?
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`·8· · · A.· ·550.
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`·9· · · Q.· ·Can you estimate how much you have been
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`11· · · A.· ·It might be easier to guess because I don' have
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`12· the number of hours.· I invoice monthly, and, again, it
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`13· has varied from month to month substantially.· If I were
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`14· to guess, I would say somewhere total maybe between 50 and
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`15· 100 hours per patent would be a good approximation.
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`16· · · Q.· ·Thank you.
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`17· · · A.· ·That would be for all work from the beginning.
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`18· · · Q.· ·So 50 to 100 hours for your total work for each
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`19· case so far?
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`20· · · A.· ·That's a good guess, yes, that's a good . . .
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`21· · · Q.· ·I also handed you Exhibit 1009 from the '568 IPR.
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`22· That is a copy of Dr. Bims' declaration in support of
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`23· petitioner's IPR petition for the '568 patent, correct?
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`24· · · A.· ·Yes.
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`25· · · Q.· ·Dr. Bims is Broadcom's expert in this IPR
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`·1· proceeding, correct?
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`·2· · · A.· ·I believe so, correct.
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`·3· · · Q.· ·Prior to being retained in this proceeding, had
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`·4· you heard of Dr. Bims?
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`·5· · · A.· ·I don't think I have.
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`·6· · · Q.· ·Do you have any opinion of Dr. Bims as a
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`·8· · · A.· ·No, I do not.
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`·9· · · Q.· ·You reviewed and responded to Exhibit 1009 from
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`10· the '568 IPR as part of your work for Wi-Fi One, correct?
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`11· · · A.· ·Yes.
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`12· · · Q.· ·How much time did you spend reviewing
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`14· · · A.· ·I would not have a specific time that I would
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`15· recall just looking at this one exhibit.
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`16· · · Q.· ·More than a few hours?
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`17· · · A.· ·Yes.
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`18· · · · · · · ·(Exhibit Paper 27 was marked.)
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`19· · · Q.· ·(BY MR. PICCOLOMINI)· I just handed you what was
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`20· marked as Exhibit Paper 27 for the '568 IPR -- I'm sorry.
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`21· Yes, Paper 27 for the '568 IPR, correct?
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`22· · · A.· ·Yes, that is correct.
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`23· · · Q.· ·This is a copy of the '568 patent at issue in
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`24· this IPR -- I'm sorry.· This is a copy of the decision on
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`25· institution for the '568 IPR, correct?
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`·1· · · A.· ·Yes, that is correct.
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`·2· · · Q.· ·Could you please turn to page 9.· On page 9 of
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`·3· Paper 27 on the third line down, the board's decision
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`·4· states that, The '568 patent uses the term services to
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`·5· refer to various types of information being transmitted on
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`·6· traffic channels and explicitly lists facsimile
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`·7· transmissions, packet data transmissions and other types
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`·8· of information transmission.· Do you see that statement?
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`·9· · · A.· ·Yes.
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`10· · · Q.· ·Do you agree with that statement?
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`11· · · A.· ·I believe in my declaration I rendered an opinion
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`12· with regard to the construction that was provided by the
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`13· board with regard to that statement.
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`14· · · Q.· ·And we can discuss your construction later, but
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`15· do you agree with the statement that the board made on
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`16· page 9 that the '568 patent uses the terms services to
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`17· refer to those various types of information, including
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`18· facsimile transmissions, packet data transmissions and
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`19· other types of information transmission?
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`20· · · A.· ·This -- this -- yes, I agree with -- with how the
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`21· term services is referred to in the '568.
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`22· · · Q.· ·And you would agree that, as the board explained,
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`23· other types of information can include video or hybrid
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`24· voice, data and video to support Internet connections?
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`25· · · A.· ·Yes, the -- the board, I believe, is quoting part
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`·1· of the specification of the '568, that is correct.
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`·2· · · Q.· ·The next sentence, the board provides its
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`·3· broadest reasonableness interpretation of the term service
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`·4· type identifier.· Do you see that on page 9 of Paper 27?
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`·5· · · A.· ·Yes.
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`·6· · · Q.· ·The board's construction is an identified --
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`·7· identifies the type of information conveyed in the payload
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`·8· including but not limited to video, voice, data and
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`·9· multimedia, correct?
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`10· · · A.· ·Yes.
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`11· · · Q.· ·And you disagree with the board's construction?
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`12· · · A.· ·That is correct.· I provided an opinion in my
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`13· declaration explaining my opinion with regard to the
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`14· construction of service type identifier.
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`15· · · Q.· ·Please turn to page 11 of Paper 27.
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`16· · · A.· ·I'm sorry, which page?
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`17· · · Q.· ·Page 11.
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`18· · · A.· ·I'm sorry to interrupt.· But can we do a
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`19· couple-minute break?
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`20· · · Q.· ·Absolutely.
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`21· · · · · · · ·(Recess from 9:20 a.m. to 9:26 a.m.)
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`22· · · Q.· ·(BY MR. PICCOLOMINI)· Could you please turn to
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`23· page 11 of Paper 27 for the '568 patent.
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`24· · · A.· ·Okay.
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`25· · · Q.· ·Okay.· Do you see on page 11 at the bottom where
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`·1· the board states, That 16 possible headers for supporting
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`·2· one voice channel and up to three data channels are shown
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`·3· in the table below?
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`·4· · · A.· ·Correct.
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`·5· · · Q.· ·And the board shows on page 12 the table showing
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`·6· the different header types, correct?
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`·7· · · A.· ·Yes, correct.
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`·8· · · Q.· ·And you agree with the board's statement that the
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`·9· possible header support one voice channel and up to three
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`10· data channels as shown in that table on page 12?
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`11· · · A.· ·Yes, you can have different configurations.· And
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`12· in the table, you have 16 different configurations.
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`13· · · Q.· ·And this --
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`14· · · A.· ·And those include one voice or up to one voice
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`15· and up to three data.
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`16· · · Q.· ·And there are also configurations in that table
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`17· showing a combination of voice and different data
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`18· channels, correct?
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`19· · · A.· ·Yes, that is correct.
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`20· · · Q.· ·Okay.· So on page 12 towards the bottom, the
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`21· third line from the bottom, the board states that, A frame
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`22· may contain at least a field V for voice or D for nonvoice
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`23· data in which payload information is disposed.· Do you
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`24· agree with that statement?
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`25· · · A.· ·Yes, I think at least the first part of the
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`·1· statement where it describes the field V or D, V for voice
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`·2· and D for nonvoice, data.· I'm -- I'm not sure I would
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`·3· have phrased the second part of this statement where it
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`·4· says in which payload information is disposed.· I mean,
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`·5· these are headers in this multiplex frame that's being
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`·6· identified.
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`·7· · · Q.· ·I believe that statement is referring to the
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`·8· payload.· If you look at the next sentence, the board
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`·9· states, A frame also contains a separate field H for the
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`10· header that identifies the frame type.
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`11· · · · · · · ·MR. SHUMAKER:· Is that a question or a
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`12· statement?· Sorry.
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`13· · · Q.· ·(BY MR. PICCOLOMINI)· I'm sorry.· Excuse me.
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`14· · · · · · · ·Would you agree that the board was stating
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`15· that the field -- excuse me, that the frame may contain
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`16· voice or nonvoice data as payload information?
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`17· · · A.· ·Yes, that sentence actually makes more sense when
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`18· I look at figures 5A to 5G because I think that's what
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`19· they're referring to.· So the letter V and the letter D
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`20· are used for the field for voice and for data, that is
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`21· correct.
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`22· · · Q.· ·Yes, thank you.
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`23· · · · · · · ·So, for example, referring to figure 5B,
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`24· that shows frame type two which has voice only which shows
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`25· the field V in the payload for voice data, correct?
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`·1· · · A.· ·Yes, that is correct.
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`·2· · · Q.· ·And similarly, for example, figure 5C shows frame
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`·3· type four, which is data only, which shows D for nonvoice
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`·4· data in the payload field, correct?
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`·5· · · A.· ·Yes, that is the caption with respect to
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`·6· figure 5C.· It says frame type for data only.
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`·7· · · Q.· ·And figure 5C shows D in the payload?
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`·8· · · A.· ·I'm sorry, which?
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`·9· · · Q.· ·Excuse me.· So figure 5C, which you just read the
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`10· caption from, shows D for nonvoice data in the payload
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`11· field, correct?
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`12· · · A.· ·Yes, it uses the letter D to denote data.
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`13· · · Q.· ·The decision's next statement reads, A frame --
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`14· this is the bottom of page 12 on to the top of page 13.
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`15· It reads, A frame also contains a separate field H,
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`16· header, that identifies the frame type, i.e., the type of
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`17· payload information as voice only, data only or voice and
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`18· data.· Do you agree with that statement?
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`19· · · A.· ·Not exactly.· I would not have phrased it that
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`20· way.· My opinion is that Morley does not disclose an
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`21· identifier that identifies a type of information conveyed
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`22· in the payload.· And so H is identifying -- is referring
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`23· to the contents of the multiplex frame.· So Morley
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`24· discloses 13 types of composite frames and -- that
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`25· transport data out of the 16 total.· There are 13 types of
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`·1· composite frames that transport data.· And the header is
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`·2· merely a shorthand notation for the structure of the
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`·3· multiplex frame.
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`·4· · · Q.· ·So to make sure I understand you.· If the
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`·5· header -- let's refer to figure 5C, please, of Morley,
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`·6· which is shown on page 11 of the decision.· Figure 5C of
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`·7· Morley shows a header indicating that the field only
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`·8· contains data; is that correct?
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`·9· · · A.· ·So figure 5C contains the header field and the
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`10· header field shows or conveys the structure of that frame.
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`11· · · Q.· ·And what is the structure of the frame in
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`12· figure 5C?
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`13· · · A.· ·The structure in -- for example, in figure 5C is
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`14· one that contains data.
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`15· · · Q.· ·Okay.· So the header in figure 5C indicates that
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`16· the frame contains data; is that correct?
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`17· · · A.· ·Well, the -- the -- the header provides you the
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`18· structure for the -- for the frame.· And in this case, the
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`19· frame is -- contains data.
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`20· · · Q.· ·Okay.· So to make sure I understand you.
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`21· Figure 5C, the header indicates the structure of the frame
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`22· shown in figure 5C, which in figure 5C the structure
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`23· contains data in the payload?
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`24· · · A.· ·Yeah, so -- yes, so the -- the header is --
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`25· provides a shorthand notation for the structure of the
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`·1· multiplex frame and figure 5C would be an example where
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`·2· that multiplex frame contains data.
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`·3· · · Q.· ·And maybe it will help clear this up if I also
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`·4· refer to another figure.· So, for example, figure 5B, the
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`·5· header indicates that the structure of the multiplex -- of
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`·6· the multiplex frame only contains the voice data?
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`·7· · · · · · · ·MR. SHUMAKER:· Objection, form.
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`·8· · · A.· ·Well, in figure 5B, the multiplex frame contains
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`·9· voice data but it contains other information.· There's
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`10· also a CS field and an F field.· And that's I think where
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`11· I'm coming from as far as the -- the header type here is
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`12· describing the structure of the multiplex frame, not just
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`13· the payload, it's the whole frame.
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`14· · · Q.· ·(BY MR. PICCOLOMINI)· Okay.· So figure 5B, the
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`15· header is indicating that the multiplex or frame includes
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`16· those three fields shown, which is the voice data as well
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`17· as the CS field and the F field; is that correct?
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`18· · · A.· ·The -- so the -- the header tells you that what's
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`19· in the -- in the frame.· And in figure 5B, the frame
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`20· contains voice.· There's no data in 5B.
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`21· · · Q.· ·Okay.· And then compared to figure 5C, the header
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`22· shows that it contains -- so contrast -- contrasting with
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`23· figure 5B, which contains the voice, and the header in
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`24· figure 5C indicates it contains the data?
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`25· · · A.· ·So in both figures 5B and 5C, the header is
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`·1· telling you the structure of the frame.· In figure 5B
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`·2· would be an example of a multiplex frame that contains
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`·3· voice.· And figure 5C is an example of a multiplex frame
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`·4· that contains data.
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`·5· · · Q.· ·And the receiver would know the different formats
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`·6· of those frames based on the headers, correct?
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`·7· · · A.· ·The receiver would know what is the structure of
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`·8· the frame based on the header.
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`·9· · · Q.· ·So, for example, with figure 5B, it would know
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`10· that the frame includes the voice data, correct?
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`11· · · A.· ·That's one thing that the -- the header specifies
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`12· the structure of the frame and part of the structure of
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`13· the frame is that it contains voice.
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`14· · · Q.· ·Okay.· And similarly with figure 5C, the
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`15· header -- upon receipt, the header would indicate that the
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`16· frame structure contains data?
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`17· · · A.· ·Similarly with figure 5C, the header would denote
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`18· the structure of the multiplex frame.· And in figure 5C,
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`19· that structure of the frame contains data.
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`20· · · Q.· ·Okay.· Thank you.
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`21· · · · · · · ·Could you please turn to page 15 of Paper 27
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`22· for the '568 IPR?
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`23· · · · · · · ·MR. SHUMAKER:· Which page is that again?
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`24· · · · · · · ·MR. PICCOLOMINI:· Paper 27 at page 15.
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`25· · · A.· ·Okay.
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`·1· · · Q.· ·(BY MR. PICCOLOMINI)· This is part of the section
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`·2· of the decision that is referring to the Adams prior art
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`·3· patent, correct?
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`·4· · · A.· ·Yes, that is correct.
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`·5· · · Q.· ·On page 15, the decision states in the fourth
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`·6· line down that, referring to figure 5, which is also shown
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`·7· on page 15, That video packet 80 includes, one, a video
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`·8· payload that provides digital video data and, two, a
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`·9· header with a video identifier that identifies the packet
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`10· as carrying video data.· Do you agree with that statement?
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`11· · · A.· ·I believe the audio ID and the video ID and
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`12· similarly the data ID are tags that are in the header that
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`13· identify three separate frames.
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`14· · · Q.· ·And what are those three separate frames?
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`15· · · A.· ·So you have a video tag for a frame.· You have an
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`16· audio tag for a frame.· And you have a data tag for a
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`17· frame.· So they are labels for these data packets.
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`18· · · Q.· ·So would you agree with the petitions -- excuse
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`19· me, would you agree with the decision's statement that the
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`20· video identifier, excuse me, identifies the packet as
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`21· carrying video data?
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`22· · · A.· ·The -- the video ID is a label that identifies
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`23· that frame.· And the -- the tag is used basically for
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`24· routing.· But, yes, so it would be routed to a -- for
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`25· example, a video queue versus an audio ID that would make
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`·1· it routed to an audio queue.· Similarly a data ID would
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`·2· make it routed to a data queue.· So it is the video ID,
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`·3· audio ID and data ID are labels for the three types of
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`·4· frames that's used to identify which queue those packets
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`·5· need to go to.
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`·6· · · Q.· ·Is that -- excuse me.· Is the receiver able to
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`·7· use the video ID, the audio ID or the data ID to determine
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`·8· how to process the packet?
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`·9· · · A.· ·I don't think the ID gives you any information as
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`10· to how to process the packet.· The ID merely flags which
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`11· queue the packet would go to.· And then the queue for
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`12· video would include information of how to process video
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`13· and the queue for audio would contain information to
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`14· process the audio.· And so on.· So the video ID and the
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`15· audio ID and the data ID in themselves, they're just
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`16· labels to which queue the packet goes to.· It does not
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`17· give you any information on processing the video or the
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`18· audio respectively.
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`19· · · Q.· ·So the receiver can determine which queue to send
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`20· the data packet to for processing based on the video ID,
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`21· audio ID or data ID, correct?
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`22· · · A.· ·That is correct.· The -- the video ID, audio ID
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`23· and data ID is used as a label that the receiver -- that
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`24· the receiver can then select which queue the packet goes
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`25· to.· And then there's specific hardware for video,
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`·1· hardware for audio and hardware for the data queue.
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`·2· · · Q.· ·So then you disagree with the petition -- excuse
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`·3· me.· So you disagree with Paper 27, which is the decision
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`·4· on institution that the video identifier identifies the
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`·5· packet as carrying video data?
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`·6· · · A.· ·The video ID is a label that shows that the frame
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`·7· needs to be routed to the video queue.· That's my
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`·8· understanding reading the specification of what the video
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`·9· ID information tells you.
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`10· · · Q.· ·Okay.· And just to understand whether you agree
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`11· or disagree with the decision statement, do you agree or
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`12· disagree that the video ID identifies the packet as
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`13· carrying video data?
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`14· · · A.· ·The video ID is a label for the frame.· And if
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`15· it's a video ID, then the frame does have video.· But the
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`16· video ID doesn't necessarily give you more information on
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`17· the payload.· It just provides information to which queue
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`18· the packet needs to go to.
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`19· · · Q.· ·So it does or does not identify the packet as
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`20· carrying video data?
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`21· · · A.· ·I think it does.· It does identify that the --
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`22· this packet needs to be routed to the video queue.
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`23· · · Q.· ·Okay.· So the video identifier identifies that
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`24· the packet needs to be routed to the video queue because
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`25· it carries video data?
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