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` BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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` CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.,
` Petitioner,
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` TQ DELTA, LLC,
` Patent Owner
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` Case IPR2016-01020
` Patent No. 9,014,243
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` DEPOSITION OF JOSE TELLADO, Ph.D.
` TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2017
` PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA
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`REPORTED BY: JANIS JENNINGS, CSR, CLR, CCRR
`NO. 118650
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` CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.,
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` Case IPR2016-01021
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` VIDEOTAPED DEPOSITION OF JOSE TELLADO, taken
`on behalf of the Patent Owner, at Haynes and Boone, LLP,
`525 University Avenue, Suite 400, Palo Alto, California,
`beginning at 9:05 a.m. on Tuesday, January 31, 2017,
`before Janis Jennings, Certified Shorthand Reporter
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`FOR PETITIONER CISCO SYSTEMS:
` HAYNES AND BOONE
` 2323 Victory Avenue
` Dallas, Texas 75219
` BY: JOHN EMERSON, ESQ.
` DINA BLIKSHTEYN, ESQ.
` THEODORE FOSTER, ESQ. (Telephonic appearance)
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`FOR PETITIONER COMCAST, COX, TIME WARNER CABLE,
`VERIZON AND ARRIS:
` DUANE MORRIS
` 1075 Peachtree Street NE
` Atlanta, Georgia 30309
` BY: COREY MANLEY, ESQ.
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`APPEARANCES:
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`FOR PETITIONER DISH NETWORKS:
` (Telephonic Appearance)
` COOLEY
` One Freedom Square
` 11951 Freedom Drive
` Reston, VA 20190
` BY: STEPHEN McBRIDE, ESQ.
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`FOR PATENT OWNER TQ DELTA, LLC:
` McANDREWS, HELD & MALLOY
` 500 West Madison Street
` Chicago, Illinois 60661
` BY: PETER McANDREWS, ESQ.
` ANDREW KARP, ESQ.
` RAJ CHIPLUNKAR, ESQ. (Telephonic appearance)
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`ALSO PRESENT:
` MARCOS TZANNES
` MICHAEL TZANNES (Telephonic appearance)
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`NUMBER PAGE
`Exhibit CSCO-1011
` United States Patent Number 6,144,696 13
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`Exhibit CSCO-1012 106
` United States Patent Number 6,625,219
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`Exhibit CSCO-1017
` Excerpt ANSI T1.413; page 64 of 186 25
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`Exhibit IPR2016-1020 CSCO-1009 15
` Declaration of Dr. Jose Tellado in
` Support of Petition for Inter Partes
` Review of U.S. Patent No. 9,014,243
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`Exhibit IPR2016-1021 CSCO-1009 15
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` Support of Petition for Inter Partes
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`PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA; TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2017;
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` JOSE TELLADO,
` The witness herein, was sworn and
` testified as follows:
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` EXAMINATION
`BY MR. McANDREWS:
` Q. Good morning.
` A. Good morning.
` Q. Could you please state your name and spell
`it for the record.
` A. Jose Tellado, J-o-s-e, T-e-l-l-a-d-o.
` Q. Do you have a middle initial or name?
` A. (Witness nods.)
` Q. What is your current residential address?
` A. 1759 Cherry Tree Lane, Mountain View,
`California 94040.
` Q. And who is your current employer?
` A. HPE.
` Q. What is the address of HPE?
` A. They have multiple addresses. I go to work
`at 3343 Scott Boulevard, Santa Clara.
` Q. Okay. Dr. Tellado, is it okay if I call you
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`that?
` A. Yes. Sure.
` Q. Okay. So, Dr. Tellado, have you had your
`deposition taken before?
` A. No.
` Q. Have you ever worked as an expert witness or
`a consultant prior to this matter?
` A. Yes.
` Q. About how many times?
` A. Once.
` Q. And when was that?
` A. It was late 2015.
` Q. And I'm not asking for any confidential
`information, I hope, but let me know. What did that
`matter involve? Was it a patent matter?
` A. Yes.
` Q. And who were the parties involved?
` A. Duane Morris was the -- the firm I was
`consulting for.
` Q. And do you know who the parties were
`involved? Was it related to a litigation?
` A. I was not given a lot of details of what it
`was related to. I was given patents to review and
`give my opinion and help find prior art.
` Q. Okay. And what was -- what was the subject
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`matter of that engagement? Technical subject
`matter?
` A. It was '243 and '158, and a third patent. I
`don't remember the number.
` Q. Okay. And do you know if that was for an
`IPR matter or a litigation matter?
` A. I was not given details of what the real
`matter was. I think it was litigation, but I'm not
`sure. It was mostly, what do you think about this,
`what do you think about that. It was a few hours
`and it was brainstorming sessions and looking for
`prior art.
` MR. MANLEY: And I just caution not to
`reveal privileged information. I think you're
`entitled to certain broad subject matter that you
`have already explored, but I think more details,
`we're getting into privilege.
` MR. McANDREWS: Okay. Okay. Understood.
`BY MR. McANDREWS:
` Q. Did it relate generally to the same subject
`matter that you were addressing as part of the IPR
`matters that we're here to talk about today?
` A. Yes.
` Q. Okay. Did it involve review of patents that
`you understand to be owned by TQ Delta?
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` A. Yes.
` Q. Okay. So you have not had your deposition
`taken before?
` A. No.
` Q. Okay. Have you -- has your counsel
`explained to you generally how the process works in
`the deposition?
` A. Yes.
` Q. You understand that I'm going to ask you a
`series of questions and that subject to potential
`objections, you're supposed to be answering my
`questions?
` A. Yes.
` Q. Okay. And typically, despite the objection,
`you're going to be providing an answer, unless your
`attorney instructs you not to answer; correct?
` A. Yes.
` Q. Okay. If I ask a question that you don't
`understand, please ask me to rephrase it, help me
`out, help me provide a clearer question for you.
` Do you understand?
` A. Yes.
` Q. Okay. Are there any reasons, for example,
`are you taking any medication that may impair your
`ability to testify truthfully and accurately today?
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` A. No.
` Q. And I don't expect to go all day, but I do
`expect us to go on for several hours. If you need a
`break, just let me know.
` A. Okay.
` Q. Okay. Otherwise, I'll try to break about
`every hour. Okay?
` A. (Witness nods.)
` Q. Do you understand that when I say "PAR," I'm
`referring to the acronym P-A-R that stands for
`peak-to-average power ratio?
` A. Yes.
` Q. I want to kind of agree on some language
`today so we understand each other and we have a
`clear record.
` Do you understand that?
` A. Yes.
` Q. One initial thing I should have said, and
`you're doing a fine job of it, but we need to have
`audible answers today. Nodding your head, and I'll
`try to make sure I get that out of you, is not
`really good for the court reporter to record so
`audible answers are going to be necessary.
` Do you understand that?
` A. Yes.
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` Q. Okay. So when I say "PAR" today, it's going
`to be referring to a peak-to-average power ratio.
` Do you understand that?
` A. Yes.
` MR. McANDREWS: Okay. So let me mark as the
`first exhibit here. Let me have 1011.
` MR. KARP: So 1011.
` MR. McANDREWS: Yes.
` All right. So I'm going to mark an exhibit
`that is labeled, it bears the exhibit number
`CSCO1011. I believe that this is Exhibit 1011 in
`both matters, so I don't think it's necessary to
`indicate which matter this belongs to. And when I
`say "which matter," just for the record, I'm
`referencing the fact that some of these exhibits may
`be applicable in both IPR 2016-01020 and/or IPR
`2016-01021. This one, I believe, is applicable to
`both so I don't think it's necessary to mark it.
` (Exhibit 1011 marked for identification.)
`BY MR. McANDREWS:
` Q. Dr. Tellado, are you familiar with
`Exhibit 1011?
` A. Yes.
` Q. And can we refer to that as the Shively
`patent or Shively reference today?
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` A. Yes.
` Q. Okay. Can you tell me, does the Shively
`reference include any discussion of PAR?
` A. I don't remember seeing it.
` Q. Okay. Does Shively include any explanation
`that it's spreading invention causes an increase in
`PAR?
` A. I don't remember seeing that.
` Q. Does Shively explain anywhere that its
`spreading invention would cause a PAR problem?
` A. I don't remember seeing that.
` Q. Okay. So the Shively reference itself does
`not indicate that its invention creates any issue
`with PAR; right?
` A. I didn't see it.
` Q. And when I say "spreading invention," do you
`understand generally what I'm referring to?
` A. Yes. Replicating a bit multiple times on
`multiple carriers which will increase PAR.
` Q. We're going to talk about that in a little
`more detail in a second here.
` MR. McANDREWS: So let's mark the next
`exhibit here. Actually, I'm going to mark two
`exhibits. So the first exhibit I'm going to mark is
`the declaration of Jose Tellado in matter Number
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`IPR2016-01020. And it has, the exhibit number from
`that matter is 1009. But we have this -- do you
`have an exhibit sticker we can add to this, to add
`the 1020.
` DEPOSITION REPORTER: Let's go off the
`record.
` (Off the record.)
` MR. McANDREWS: So back to the exhibits I'm
`marking. So to Exhibit CSCO-1009 in matter
`IPR2016-1020, I've added an exhibit sticker that
`indicates that matter number. I've done the same --
`and that's the IPR that involves patent
`No. 9,014,243.
` Also labeled CSCO-1009, but in the other
`matter IPR2016-1021, I've added an exhibit sticker
`to indicate that matter number.
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` Exhibit IPR2016-1021 CSCO-1009 marked for
` identification.)
` MR. McANDREWS: I'll place those in front of
`the witness.
`BY MR. McANDREWS:
` Q. Okay. So do you recognize Exhibit 2016-1020
`CSCO-1009?
` A. Yes.
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` Q. And what is it?
` A. This is my declaration.
` Q. And that's your declaration directed to the
`'243 patent?
` A. Yes.
` Q. Okay. And do you recognize
`Exhibit IPR2016-1021 CSCO-1009?
` A. This is my second declaration.
` Q. And that addresses the '158 patent; correct?
` A. Yes.
` Q. Okay. So I'd like you to refer to paragraph
`63 of -- and for the most part, we're going to be
`referring to the declaration directed to the '243
`patent, but -- and to the extent that it matters, we
`may have to refer to the other one, but largely,
`your opinions are similar, so...
` A. Uh-huh.
` Q. Can you take a look at paragraph 63.
` A. Yes.
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` MR. McANDREWS: Who just joined?
` MR. FOSTER: This is Theo Foster from
`Haynes and Boone for the petitioner.
`BY MR. McANDREWS:
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`"increased peak-to-average power ratio."
` Do you see that? It's in the first sentence
`there.
` A. Yes.
` Q. Okay. And you believe this increased
`peak-to-average power ratio is caused by Shively's
`spreading technique; correct?
` A. Shively has many spreading techniques, and
`some of them, that's correct.
` Q. Okay. So, again, you're referring to an
`increase in the PAR; right?
` A. Yes.
` Q. Did you attempt to quantify the alleged
`increase in PAR?
` A. It is a function of multiple variables. I
`didn't quantify it, but it increases and it's a
`function of multiple variables.
` Q. Okay. So you did not -- so you did not
`quantify the increase in PAR?
` A. No.
` Q. Okay. Would you know how to quantify the
`increase in PAR?
` A. Yes.
` Q. But you didn't do that for purposes of your
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` A. No.
` Q. So you say the PAR increases. With was --
`with respect to what is the PAR allegedly
`increasing?
` A. Relative to a purely random input.
` Q. And how is a purely random input, how is
`that idea related to a Gaussian distribution, if at
`all?
` A. So if the tones go -- if the currents are
`going into the modulator are random or pseudorandom,
`the output distribution will be close to Gaussian,
`approximately a Gaussian. It is also a function of
`distributions of input, the number of tones, but
`it's approximately Gaussian.
` Q. As part of forming your opinions, did you
`consider how much PAR would have to be increased in
`order to be considered a problem that needed
`solving?
` A. No. But Shively has an algorithm that has a
`loop and you could keep increasing the number of
`bits that you replicate and the PAR will keep
`increasing.
` Q. So you suggested the PAR could keep
`increasing, but in forming your opinion, did you
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` A. The problem is proportional to how many
`times you replicate each bit and how many bits you
`replicate. And it will -- it's a function of that.
` Q. So I understand you're saying that the PAR
`is increasing, but at what point does the PAR become
`a problem?
` A. When it's larger than normal, it's a
`problem.
` Q. But don't all systems have some PAR?
` A. Yeah. Multicarrier systems have PAR
`problems, yes.
` Q. But they have a PAR, though?
` A. They have -- all system --
` Q. They operate with a PAR?
` A. Yes.
` Q. And isn't it true that multicarrier systems
`operate with an acceptable level of PAR?
` A. Multicarrier systems have high PAR which
`makes building the transmitter complicated and the
`worse you make it, the harder it is to make a
`transmitter.
` Q. The worse you make what?
` A. The PAR. The higher the PAR, the harder it
`is to build a transmitter, so it's better to make it
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`lower.
` Q. Okay. So let me ask you about this. So in
`your declaration in paragraph 64, and again, this is
`the declaration, it's Exhibit 1009, it's in
`IPR2016-1020, in paragraph 64 you say, "Having
`phase-aligned subcarriers causes a high
`peak-to-average power ratio."
` So again, you have this word "high," did you
`attempt to quantify what you characterize as a high
`PAR value?
` A. The sentence says, "Having phase aligned
`subcarriers," it doesn't say if it's 10, 20 or 100.
`It's plural. So it's a function of how much that
`plural is and I didn't quantify.
` Q. What I'm trying to figure out is -- you're
`right.
` So you didn't quantify what the PAR value
`was; correct?
` A. Uh-huh.
` Q. And you didn't put a number on what you
`would consider to be a high peak-to-average power
`ratio?
` A. I didn't quantify, no.
` Q. Can you tell me what would be considered a
`high to peak-to-average power ratio?
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` A. Multicarrier systems already have a high
`peak-to-average ratio. Why do you want to make it
`even higher?
` Q. Higher than what? Let's take talk about
`what a typical -- what does a typical multicarrier
`transceiver have. What is the PAR value that a
`typical multicarrier transceiver has?
` A. So it's a function of how many carriers you
`have and how much distortion you want to set. It
`depends on how many bits you want to load in each
`tone. It's a function of a lot of variables. Each
`multicarrier system is different.
` Q. Okay. And each multicarrier system
`inherently accepts a certain amount of PAR within
`its system design constraints; correct?
` A. Yes.
` Q. Okay.
` A. Every transmitter designer will have some
`constraints.
` Q. So it is true that a PAR of some value
`exists for all multicarrier communication systems;
`right?
` A. Yes.
` Q. Okay. And there's a certain PAR value that
`would be considered acceptable in a given system;
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` A. As a function of the system design, yes.
` Q. Okay. And, in fact, the amplifiers in
`D-to-A converters in a given system are designed to
`accommodate a PAR up to a certain amount; correct?
` A. Yes.
` Q. Okay. And a PAR only becomes a problem if
`it causes clipping; right?
` A. That's one of the problems.
` Q. Okay. And what's clipping?
` A. Clipping is when the modulated signal gets
`distorted by some -- some path.
` Q. And why does that happen in a typical
`multicarrier system? Why would clipping occur?
` A. Because you design your transceiver such
`that it could not handle the highest PAR [verbatim]
`signals and sometimes the signal coming out of your
`transmitter is distorted.
` MR. EMERSON: So is that highest "PAR"
`signals or highest "power" signals?
` THE WITNESS: Highest instantaneous power.
`Since the average is known, the power in the peak is
`the variable. The peak power or the PAR or the
`instantaneous power.
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` Q. Okay. So is it true that in a typical
`multicarrier system that PAR would only be
`considered a problem when clipping occurs at a
`greater rate than what is deemed acceptable by the
`system designers?
` A. Can you repeat the question.
` Q. Sure. Is it true that in a typical
`multicarrier system, PAR is only considered a
`problem when clipping occurs at a greater rate than
`what is deemed acceptable by the system designers?
` A. Can you repeat the question.
` MR. McANDREWS: Can you read that back,
`please.
` (Record read as follows:
` "Q. Is it true that in a typical
` multicarrier system, PAR is only
` considered a problem when clipping occurs
` at a greater rate than what is deemed
` acceptable by the system designers?")
` THE WITNESS: That's one reason.
`BY MR. McANDREWS:
` Q. Okay. Let's explore that reason to some
`extent here. So isn't it true that Shively is
`addressing a DMT 80 ADSL system?
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` A. Can you repeat the question.
` Q. Right. Isn't it true that Shively is
`addressing a DMT 80 ADSL system?
` A. He's addressing multicarrier transmission
`systems. What you said is an example of a
`multicarrier transmission system.
` Q. So he uses as an example an ADSL system
`design pursuant to the T1.413-1995 standard;
`correct?
` A. In the background, I see him listing that as
`an example of a system that has a power
`spectral-density mask.
` Q. Right.
` So his "Background" section is discussing an
`ADSL system pursuant to the T1.413 standard; right?
` A. That's an example that he describes.
` Q. Okay. And are you familiar with the fact
`that ADL systems of that type made pursuant to the
`T1.413 standard are designed to tolerate a certain
`clipping rate?
` A. So the clipping rates you could tolerate is
`a function of what bit error rate do you want to
`handle, how many bits you want to load per carrier,
`and each standard would have its requirements, and
`this is one example.
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`hear fine? I can move the speaker if you can't.
` MR. FOSTER: It sounds good to me.
` MR. EMERSON: Okay.
` THE WITNESS: This is connected?
` MR. EMERSON: No, that's hers.
` THE WITNESS: You've got the best spot.
` (Exhibit 1017 marked for identification.)
`BY MR. McANDREWS:
` Q. I'm going to hand you what's previously been
`marked as CSCO-1017 and I'm not certain which matter
`that is, Exhibit 1017, and I'll confirm at a break.
`I think it may be 1017 in both matters. And I'll
`represent to you that Exhibit CSCO-1017 that I
`handed you is actually an excerpt of the full
`exhibit that was put into the record by Cisco.
` Can you tell me what that exhibit is?
` A. This is a two-page version of the ANSI
`T1.413 195 [verbatim], ANSI standard.
` Q. Okay. And can you turn to the second page
`of that document, and it's page 64168. And can you
`tell me --
` A. Can you say that again.
` Q. So it's page 64168 at the bottom.
` A. Yes.
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` Q. Okay. And in section 6.11.1, do you see
`that it is referencing a maximum clipping rate?
` A. Do I see 6.11.1?
` Q. Yes.
` A. Is that the question?
` Q. Yes.
` A. I see it.
` Q. And it says:
` "The maximum output signal of the
` transmitter shall be such that the
` probability of the signal being clipped
` is no greater than 10 to the minus 7."
` Do you see that?
` A. I see that.
` Q. Okay. So from that, would you understand
`that the T1.413 ADSL standard allows clipping up to
`a rate of 10 to the minus 7?
` A. No greater than 10 to the minus 7, so this
`is the lowest performing transmitter you can build
`to meet the standard, this is the lowest quality you
`can build. You can build better than this.
` Q. Okay. But 10 to the minus 7 is considered
`an acceptable clipping rate?
` A. To be complying to the standard, this is the
`worst you could do.
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` Q. Okay. And do you understand why it
`allows clipping at a rate of approximately 10 to
`the minus 7?
` A. Yes.
` Q. And why is that?
` A. Because this is related to what is a target
`bit error rate and it's related to how many bits you
`load in certain subcarriers.
` Q. Okay. Is it also related to how many bit
`errors can be corrected through forward error
`correction?
` A. Yes. But again, this is an example of a
`multicarrier transmission system. There's many
`other variance. This is just an example that was
`popular in '95, 1995.
` Q. Okay. So according to the T1.413 standard
`though, there would be no PAR problem, per se, if
`the probability of clipping is 10 to the minus 7 or
`less; right?
` A. Can you repeat the question.
` Q. So according to the T1.413 standard, there
`would be no PAR problem if the probability of
`clipping is 10 to the minus 7 or less; right?
` A. There is a PAR problem.
` Q. What do you mean, "There is a PAR problem"?
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` A. You have a PAR problem that is making a
`clip at a probability of 10 to minus 7. There is
`the PAR problem that makes the transceiver clip with
`the probability of 10 to the minus 7.
` Q. But pursuant to the standard, it's an
`acceptable clipping rate?
` A. If you increase the PAR, you have to
`transmit lower power to meet this requirement.
` Q. And what do you mean by that?
` A. If you make the PAR worse, you have to
`transmit less power to keep the transmitter from
`clipping any greater than 10 to the minus 7.
` Q. But I think you just said this, but you
`could solve that problem if you were transmitting
`less power as well?
` A. That means you get less bits across.
` Q. Okay.
` A. If your peak power increases, you have to
`transmit less power, meaning less bits across so you
`don't clip more than 10 to the minus 7.
` Q. Right. But if you're sending fewer bits
`across and sending -- and therefore, sending
`potentially less power, that would also solve the
`PAR problem; correct? If you had a high PAR, that
`would reduce the PAR; right?
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` Q. If you are sending fewer bits across and
`therefore you're sending lower power, that would be
`one way to reduce any issue with the high PAR;
`correct?
` A. There is high PAR. You're making a more
`inefficient transmitter that's sending less bits to
`meet the standard.
` Q. But if other system constraints forced you
`to send fewer bits and therefore lower power, that
`would also reduce any issue with high PAR; correct?
` A. Shively is trying to replicate bits to get
`it across a noisy channel and now we're going to
`reduce the number of bits because of the PAR
`increase. Shively is trying to increase the number
`of bits you get across a channel. Because of PAR
`increase, you're going to have to drop the average
`power which means you're going to get less bits
`across.
` Q. Okay. But if you're sending fewer bits
`because of other system constraints --
` A. Like PAR.
` Q. -- because of other system constraints, if
`you're sending fewer bits because of other system
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`PAR; correct?
` A. Repeat the question.
` MR. McANDREWS: Can you read that back.
` (Record read as follows:
` "Q. Because of other system constraints,
` if you're sending fewer bits because of
` other system constraints and therefore
` you're sending less power, that would also
` reduce any issue you might have with PAR;
` correct?")
` THE WITNESS: Can you ask the question
`again. It's a very long question.
`BY MR. McANDREWS:
` Q. Okay. So earlier you said something about
`if you reduce the power because --
` A. The average power.
` Q. -- if you reduce the average power because
`you're sending fewer bits, right, that would bring
`down any -- that would bring down the power; right?
`And therefore --
` A. The average power.
` Q. The average power.
` And therefore, it would reduce problems you
`might have with the high PAR?
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` MR. EMERSON: And let me just interject.
`Make sure you let him finish his question and then
`start your answer. Okay? It's just hard for her to
`take it down.
`BY MR. McANDREWS:
` Q. Okay. So --
` A. Go ahead.
` Q. So if due to system constraints or
`parameters of the operation of the system you are
`reducing the number of bits you are sending and
`therefore reducing the amount of power, the average
`power, that would also reduce what might otherwise
`be a high PAR?
` A. No.
` Q. Why not?
` A. You still have high PAR. You're just
`dropping your average power so the peak power
`doesn't distort. You have high PAR, meaning the
`peak versus the average is high. You just drop them
`both.
` Q. Okay. And maybe that's the disconnect.
` I'm talking about a problem with PAR. And
`when I say "problem with PAR," I'm referencing
`something that takes you beyond the acceptable
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`clipping rate. Okay?
` So with that definition of "problem" in
`mind, does reducing the number of bits sent and
`therefore the average power reduce any problem with
`PAR that would be -- that would cause additional
`clipping?
` A. If you reduce your average transmit power,
`even if the PAR is bad, you could back off the
`average, you back off the peak, you will not clip,
`you get less bits across, and you can still transmit
`less bits, but that defeats the purpose of Shively.
` Q. Okay.
` A. Shively is trying to get more bits across,
`not less bits.
` Q. Okay. So how many downstream carriers are
`there in an ADSL transmitter designed pursuant to
`the T.413 standard?
` A. 256, I believe.
` Q. Okay. So a system designed pursuant to
`T.413 which is required to have a clipping rate of
`10 to the minus 7, is designed for that clipping
`rate when using 256 carriers for transmission;
`correct?
` A. 256 is the maximum number of carriers. You
`could use less.
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` Q. Okay. But the 10 to the minus 7 is -- we're
`trying to set up a worst-case scenario; right? It's
`under the worst conditions, it's supposed to clip at
`a rate of 10 to the minus 7; right?
` A. I mentioned that 256 carriers is the maximum
`number of carriers.
` Q. Okay. So 256 is the maximum number of
`carriers?
` A. For bad loops, you may be transmitting a lot
`less than that.
` Q. Okay. Right.
` So what would happen to the clipping rate if
`the transmitter is only actually transmitting on,
`say, half the carriers, 128 carriers?
` A. The clipping rate is a function of your
`average power and your PAR, and...
` Q. Okay. And so what would happen to the
`clipping rate --
` A. Uh-huh.
` Q. -- if only 128 carriers are being used as
`opposed to the full 256?
` A. It's a function of how much power you put in
`each one of those 128 carriers.
` Q. Right. So let's assume that we're in the
`same system.
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` A. Uh-huh.
` Q. We're in a T.413 system designed to transmit
`over 256 carriers. Okay?
` A. Uh-huh. (Witness nods.)
` Q.