UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`ERICSSON,
`Patent Owner.
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`U.S. Patent No.: 10,512,027
`Issued: Dec. 17, 2019
`Application No.: 15/568,431
`Filed: Sep. 13, 2017
`Title: ON-DEMAND REQUEST FOR SYSTEM INFORMATION
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`DECLARATION OF FRIEDHELM RODERMUND
`IN SUPPORT OF PETITION FOR INTER PARTES REVIEW OF U.S.
`PATENT NO. 10,512,027
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`TABLE OF CONTENTS
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`Patent 10,512,027
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`I.
`INTRODUCTION AND ENGAGEMENT .......................................... 3
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`BACKGROUND AND QUALIFICATIONS ...................................... 4
`III.
`SUMMARY OF MY OPINIONS ......................................................... 9
`IV.
`PUBLICATION OF 3GPP SPECIFICATIONS AND RELATED
`DOCUMENTS ........................................................................................................... 9
`A. General Practices ................................................................................... 9
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`Specific Documents .............................................................................17
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`R2-166120 .................................................................................17
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`V.
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`A.
`B.
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`AVAILABILITY FOR CROSS-EXAMINATION ............................21
`Right To Supplement ..........................................................................21
`Signature ..............................................................................................21
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`I, Friedhelm Rodermund, do hereby declare as follows:
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`I.
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`INTRODUCTION AND ENGAGEMENT
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`1.
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`I have been retained in this matter by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
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`(“Petitioner” or “Samsung”) to provide testimony regarding 3GPP’s standard
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`business practices for record keeping and publishing technical specifications,
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`change request proposals, reports, and other documents developed during the
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`course of standards activities carried out by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project
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`(“3GPP”) and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (“ETSI”).
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`2.
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`I have been asked to provide my opinions regarding the authenticity
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`and dates of public accessibility of the following 3GPP document:
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`(cid:120) T-doc R2-166120, which represents a document with the title “On-
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`demand system information delivery mechanism” (hereinafter “R2-
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`166120”, Ex. 1009)
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`3.
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`As an ETSI Project Manager and Secretary, from June 1998 to
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`December 2004, I have personal knowledge of 3GPP’s standard business and
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`records keeping practices. I continued following 3GPP’s work ever since. Thus,
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`based on my experience, personal knowledge, and review of 3GPP’s business
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`records, I am able to testify regarding the authenticity of certain documents
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`published by 3GPP and the timing of their publication.
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`4.
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`I am being compensated for my time spent on this matter at my usual
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`rate of €450 per hour. My fee is not contingent on the outcome of this or any
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`matter, or on the content of any of the testimony I give in this declaration. I have
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`no financial interest in Petitioner.
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`5.
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`I have been informed that Ericsson (hereinafter referred to as “Patent
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`Owner”) alleges ownership and is the current assignee of U.S. Patent No.
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`10,512,027 (“the ’027 Patent”) (Ex. 1001). I have no financial interest in the Patent
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`Owner or the ’027 patent.
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`II.
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`BACKGROUND AND QUALIFICATIONS
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`6.
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`I have more than 20 years of experience working with standards
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`development organizations including the Third Generation Partnership Project
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`(“3GPP”), the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (“ETSI”), and the
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`Open Mobile Alliance (“OMA”). I have particular experience with the
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`development of standards related to cellular telecommunications, including the
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`standards for the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (“UMTS”), Long
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`Term Evolution (“LTE”), and 5G, which are all standards developed by the 3GPP.
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`7.
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`I attended the University of Technology Aachen in Aachen, Germany,
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`where I performed graduate studies in Electrical Engineering with a focus on
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`telecommunications technologies (“Dipl.-Ing. TH” degree). I also attended the
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`University of Technology Trondheim in Trondheim, Norway, and completed my
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`Diploma thesis, “Design of a dual processor computer for digital signal processing
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`in power electronics,” in 1993.
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`8.
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`From December 1993 to June 1998, I worked at Mannesmann
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`Mobilfunk as a System Engineer and Project Manager in Quality Assurance and
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`Technical Standards. One of my responsibilities was to ensure by managing and
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`performing related test activities that cellular network equipment was compatible
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`with the Global System for Mobile Communications (“GSM”) standard developed
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`by ETSI. During that time, I also started working as a standards delegate. I
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`attended my first ETSI meeting in 1996 (although I was already following ETSI
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`developments from 1992 during my studies).
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`9.
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`From June 1998 to December 2004, I worked at ETSI as a project
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`manager for various ETSI Special Mobile Group (“SMG”) and 3GPP working
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`groups. First, I served as a secretary of SMG4 “Data Services” and SMG8 “Base
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`Stations Testing.” Then, as a project manager with the ETSI Mobile Competence
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`Center (“MCC”), I supported establishing 3GPP as the new international standards
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`development organization for cellular telecommunications. One of my roles was
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`acting as Secretary for 3GPP’s Technical Specifications Group Terminals,
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`Working Group (“T2”), the group which played a leading role in the creation of
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`standards for Multimedia such as the Multimedia Messaging Service (“MMS”).
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`10. Later, I was a secretary of the highest-level Technical Specifications
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`Group Terminals which was besides other things responsible for the development
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`of test specifications including tests for the radio interface.
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`11.
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`I edited all technical specifications produced by my working groups
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`and presented results to the parent body for approval. I attended all meetings (apart
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`from some sub-working group meetings) and was also responsible for compiling
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`meeting reports, for handling all the meeting documents, and managing the work
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`plan. It was also my role to guide the groups and to advise the chairmen regarding
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`3GPP working methods and procedures including document handling, and to make
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`sure delegates were aware of their company’s obligations under the 3GPP
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`Intellectual Property Right policy.
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`12. As part of my responsibilities at ETSI, I acted as a 3GPP custodian of
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`records by personally managing 3GPP’s public File Transfer Protocol (ftp) folders,
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`which I used to make publicly accessible various 3GPP documents, including
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`versions of 3GPP specifications, technical reports, liaison statements, change
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`requests, contributions, agendas, meeting reports, and other 3GPP documents from
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`my working groups. I am also knowledgeable about document management
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`practices used in other working groups and within 3GPP in general with regard to
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`making documents publicly accessible through the same, public ftp server of
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`3GPP.
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`13. Since I left ETSI as a staff member in 2005, I have been continuously
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`involved in standardization activities, including with Open Mobile Alliance, ETSI,
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`and 3GPP. Since 2017, I also have been attending the ETSI IPR Special
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`Committee, which is responsible for the maintenance of the ETSI IPR Policy.
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`14. After I left ETSI, I worked from January 2005 to October 2014 at
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`Vodafone, first as a Project Manager for Mobile Broadcast Standards, and then as
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`Vice Chairman of the Device Management working group of the Open Mobile
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`Alliance, and then as a Senior Standards Strategist, all with responsibilities as
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`described on my C.V. At Vodafone, I was deeply involved in standards work with
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`ETSI and 3GPP and other standards setting organizations, including as a delegate
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`to 3GPP SA1 “Services.” As part of my responsibilities, I attended selected 3GPP
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`meetings, submitted documents to 3GPP, used 3GPP resources (including 3GPP’s
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`ftp server) extensively, and remained knowledgeable about 3GPP policies and
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`procedures with regard to document management and public accessibility. I was
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`also involved in the creation of patents, defense activities related to patent
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`litigations, and patent evaluation, mostly in the context of standards development.
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`15. Since leaving Vodafone in 2014, I have performed consulting work
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`regarding Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine to Machine (M2M) technology
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`and standards, first at Friedhelm Rodermund Consulting and then as the Founder
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`and Director of IOTECC GmbH. In connection with my work, I regularly deal with
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`standards such as OMA’s Lightweight M2M, 3GPP’s LTE, Narrowband IoT (NB-
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`IoT) and 5G standards. And I have extensively used 3GPP resources and have
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`remained knowledgeable about 3GPP policies and procedures with regard to
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`document management and public accessibility.
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`16.
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`I also provide consulting services related to patents, in particular
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`around 3GPP Standard Essential Patents (“SEPs”), and I have been working as an
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`expert witness on a number of occasions. I continue to closely follow the
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`maintenance of the ETSI IPR Policy as a delegate to the ETSI IPR Special
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`Committee. Furthermore, I’m conducting a seminar on SEPs and the Internet of
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`Things at the Technical University of Ilmenau, Germany.
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`17. At the time of writing this declaration, I am following – including
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`attending selected meetings - the following standards committees: ETSI oneM2M,
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`ETSI IPR Special Committee, Open Mobile Alliance, and 3GPP.
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`18. A copy of my curriculum vitae, which includes a detailed description
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`of my experience and education, is attached as Exhibit A. A list of litigation
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`matters on which I have worked over the last five years is also included in my
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`curriculum vitae.
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`III.
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`SUMMARY OF MY OPINIONS
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`19.
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`It is my opinion that R2-166120 is an authentic 3GPP T-doc and
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`would have been publicly accessible through ftp.3gpp.org no later than September
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`30, 2016.
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`IV. PUBLICATION OF 3GPP
`SPECIFICATIONS AND RELATED DOCUMENTS
`A. General Practices
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`20. Unless otherwise noted, the following is an accurate description of
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`3GPP general practices from 1998 to the present, regardless of whether I use the
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`present or past tense to describe those practices.
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`21.
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`3GPP was established in 1998 by a group of telecommunications
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`standard development organizations from Japan, Korea, China, Europe, and the
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`United States to jointly develop worldwide standards for mobile
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`telecommunications. Today, 3GPP consists of seven partners: Association of Radio
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`Industries and Businesses, Japan (“ARIB”), Alliance for Telecommunications
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`Industry Solutions, USA (“ATIS”), China Communications Standards Association
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`(“CCSA”), European Telecommunications Standards Institute (“ETSI”),
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`Telecommunications Technology Association, Korea (“TTA”),
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`Telecommunication Technology Committee, Japan (“TTC”). In addition to being
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`one of the founding partners, ETSI hosts the Mobile Competence Centre (“MCC”),
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`which provides administrative and technical support to the day-to-day work of
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`3GPP. Furthermore, ETSI manages 3GPP’s IT services such as the 3GPP website,
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`ftp server, and email exploders.
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`22.
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`3GPP is the world’s leading organization for developing and
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`maintaining cellular telecommunications standards, which it has done since its
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`foundation in 1998. As noted above and in my C.V., I began working for 3GPP, as
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`part of my work at ETSI, the European-based organizational partner of 3GPP.
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`23.
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`In the ordinary course of its regularly conducted business activities,
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`and pursuant to its standard business practices, 3GPP publishes technical
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`specifications, proposals, reports, and other documents related to the development
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`of cellular telecommunications standards. Such documents are published for the
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`purposes of discussion and establishment of industry standards for cellular
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`telecommunications. This has been 3GPP’s ordinary course of business since when
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`I began working at ETSI in 1998.
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`24.
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`In the ordinary course of 3GPP’s regularly conducted business
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`activities, and pursuant to its standard business practices, all draft technical
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`specifications, proposals, reports, and other temporary documents to be discussed
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`or considered in relation to 3GPP’s telecommunications standards activities were,
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`and continue to be, assigned a temporary document number and made publicly
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`available, including on the ftp server associated with the 3GPP website, currently
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`residing at ftp.3gpp.org. Such documents are referred to as “T-docs.” Final
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`versions of the technical specifications also were, and continue to be, publicly
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`available from that same ftp server.
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`25. The names and the structure of 3GPP working groups, as of
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`2007/2008 can be found below1:
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`26. Each Technical Specification Group (TSG) or Working Group adopts
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`a structured numbering system for the documents associated with their meetings,
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`and those systems typically follow a consistent numbering system as shown in the
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`following example: xminnzzzz. The numbering system normally comprises five
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`logical elements: (1) x: a single letter corresponding to the TSG; where in
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`1 See https://web.archive.org/web/20071230120440/http://www.3gpp.org/TB/home.htm
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`2007/2008 x was one of R (Radio Access Network), C (Core and Terminals), S
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`(Service and System Aspects), or G (GSM/EDGE Radio Access Network); (2) m:
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`A single character corresponding to the Working Group identity (typically 1, 2, 3,
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`etc.) or, in the case of the TSG itself, the letter “P”; (3) i: Normally the hyphen
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`character “-”; (4) nn: the calendar year of the meeting to which the document was
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`submitted; (5) zzzz: a running number.
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`27.
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`In the ordinary course of 3GPP’s regularly conducted business
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`activities, and pursuant to its standard business practices, from December 1998
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`onwards, 3GPP published all of its T-docs and all final versions of its technical
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`specifications on its ftp server, which has always been easily and publicly
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`accessible from its website and currently resides at ftp.3gpp.org.
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`28. As early as December 1998, 3GPP’s ftp server was freely accessible
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`to the general public with no login, password, or membership requirement.
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`29. By 1999, at least 100 companies were members of 3GPP (by
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`December 2020: 719 companies), ranging from Bosch to Ericsson to Nokia to
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`Samsung and generally including those interested in the discussion, creation, and
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`adoption of cellular telecommunications standards, including UMTS. Each of these
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`companies typically delegated multiple individuals to regularly participate in 3GPP
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`meetings. Further, pursuant to 3GPP’s standard business practices, 3GPP working
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`groups sent emails notifying these individuals as soon as new or additional
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`documents had been uploaded to 3GPP’s ftp server. Thus, not only did the general
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`public have access to the documents on the ftp server, but some of the most
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`interested members of the public—those working to develop standards for cellular
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`telecommunication or working to implement the standards—were personally
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`informed of their availability by email. Based on my experience with 3GPP and the
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`telecommunications industry, I would expect any person implementing a cellular
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`network or device, e.g., an LTE network or device, to consult the corresponding
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`specifications on the 3GPP ftp server, as well as other related documents. The
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`whole purpose of 3GPP creating and making these specifications available was so
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`that engineers and other individuals would have ready access to them when
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`developing and implementing cellular networks and devices.
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`30. By June 1999, 3GPP’s ftp server was well-known to persons in the
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`cellular telecommunications industry as a source of public information regarding
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`industry standards and technological advances.
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`31.
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`3GPP specifications bear a specification number consisting of four or
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`five digits, e.g., 09.02 or 29.002. The first two digits define the specification series
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`which are defined to group the different aspects of the 3GPP system into e.g.
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`requirements, service aspects, radio aspects codecs, security aspects, and test
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`specifications. The series digits are followed by two additional digits for the 01 to
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`13 series or three further digits for the 21 to 55 series. The subjects of the
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`individual specification series are explained on 3GPP’s website at
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`https://www.3gpp.org/specifications/specification-numbering, and reproduced
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`below:
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`32. The LTE radio standard is covered in the “36 series” and is further
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`subdivided into separate sections or specifications. The LTE radio specification
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`starts at TS 36.101 and ends at TR 36.978. Excluding withdrawn specifications, the
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`LTE standard consists of more than 250 specifications. Each specification can span
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`from a few pages to hundreds of pages. One full version of the LTE standard is
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`massive, spanning tens of thousands of pages.
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`33.
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`In the ordinary course of 3GPP’s regularly conducted business
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`activities, and pursuant to its standard business practices, T-docs are usually
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`uploaded to 3GPP’s ftp server and website before the meeting where they are to be
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`discussed. Documents created or revised during the course of a meeting are
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`normally uploaded at the latest during the week following the meeting (e.g., the
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`meeting report of the meeting is usually published for review during the week
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`following the meeting).
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`34.
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`In the ordinary course of 3GPP’s regularly conducted business
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`activities, and pursuant to its standard business practices, 3GPP maintains archives
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`that include different versions of the specifications, as well as email
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`communications to its membership, including emails announcing the uploading of
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`new or additional documents to 3GPP’s ftp server. These archives are created at
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`the time the emails are initially sent.
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`35.
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`3GPP specifications almost always are duplicated in at least two and
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`sometime more locations on the ftp server. One location corresponds to a
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`“snapshot” of the specifications corresponding to a particular plenary meeting
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`cycle, e.g., the 2018-12 snapshot contains a snapshot of numerous specifications
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`after the December 2018 3GPP plenary meetings. The second location is an
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`“archive” that contains all versions over time for a given specification. While
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`3GPP aims to upload the updated specifications to both locations at the same time,
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`occasionally there may be a small difference in the upload date, and thus the date
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`stamp, for the same specification uploaded to the two locations. Additionally,
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`specifications which are not yet approved (so call “draft” specifications) are
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`available as T-docs at working group and at plenary meetings (as soon the working
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`group decides to submit the specification to the plenary meeting for information or
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`approval).
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`36. The timestamp on 3GPP’s ftp server shows the date when the
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`document was uploaded the last time. Thus, the timestamp shows the latest
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`possible date the document became publicly available and accessible on 3GPP’s
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`ftp server. The given document might have been available earlier and the original
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`timestamp might have been overwritten because the document was uploaded again.
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`According to my experience, this is something which happened quite frequently.
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`Thus, the ftp timestamp is reliable as the latest possible upload date but one cannot
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`determine whether it represents the first upload of a document to the ftp server.
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`37.
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`3GPP’s working practice to store their documents on their ftp server,
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`as described above, has not changed over time. Starting from the first 3GPP
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`meetings in 1998 until present, all WGs and plenary meetings are represented by
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`dedicated meeting folders on the ftp server. These meeting folders include the
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`documents discussed at the meetings. Both the folders and the documents are
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`accessible to the public. Almost every week, a new meeting folder with the
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`respective documents is added. In addition to the plenary and WG meeting folders,
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`and some other folders, there is also the “Specs” folder, which holds all 3GPP
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`specifications including the aforementioned “snapshot” and archive folders. Since
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`the early days of 3GPP a new folder is added inside the “Specs” folder after each
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`TSG plenary meeting to hold the latest versions of specifications approved at those
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`TSG plenary meetings. This is still 3GPP’s working practice today; thus, this
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`practice has not changed over time.
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`B.
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`Specific Documents
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`1.
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`R2-166120
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`38. Based on my personal knowledge and my review of 3GPP’s business
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`records, I recognize Ex. 1009 as a true and correct copy of T-doc R2-166120,
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`which represents a document submitted by CATT with the title “On-demand
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`system information delivery mechanism.” The document offers an evaluation of
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`four approaches of on-demand system information acquisition and makes some
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`related proposals. On its face, R2-166120 refers to the RAN WG2 meeting #95bis
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`held on October 10-14, 2016 in Kaohsiung. Thus, based on my personal
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`knowledge and experience with ETSI’s and 3GPP’s standard business practices,
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`this information tells me that R2-166120 was available either prior or during that
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`meeting to at least all attending 3GPP members. The availability of the document
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`is confirmed by the date stamp, September 30, 2016, shown on the historic 3GPP
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`ftp server for the corresponding downloadable file (“R2-166120.zip”), as
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`maintained by the Internet Archive at
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`https://web.archive.org/web/20170804133953/http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/tsg_ran/W
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`G2_RL2/TSGR2_95bis/Docs/ as well as the date stamp for the present-day listing
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`of the same document on the 3GPP ftp server
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`https://www.3gpp.org/ftp/tsg_ran/WG2_RL2/TSGR2_95bis/Docs. Thus, based on
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`my personal knowledge and experience with ETSI’s and 3GPP’s standard business
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`practices, this information tells me that this document was available to all 3GPP
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`members and the general public by September 30, 2016, at the latest.
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`39.
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`In addition, the information for the downloaded and extracted T-doc
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`file states a Last Modified date of “30. Sep 2016.” Here is a screenshot showing
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`those file details:
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`40. The official meeting report of that meeting can be found in Ex. 1021.
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`It mentions on its cover page that 221 delegates attended the meeting and 1325
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`documents were registered for the meeting. The report mentions on page 84 that T-
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`doc R2-166120 was not treated at the meeting although it had been registered. It is
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`likely that the document was not treated - as many other documents - due to lack of
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`time given the high number of registered documents. The document was
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`nevertheless available to all 3GPP members and to the general public via the 3GPP
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`ftp server no later than September 30, 2016.
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`V.
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`Dated: January 29, 2021
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`CURRICULUM VITAE
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`PERSONAL DATA
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`Name:
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`Friedhelm RODERMUND
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`Mailing address:
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`Phone:
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`Email:
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`Am Steiner Graben 18
`56077 Koblenz, Germany
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`+49 172 2606489
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`friedhelm.rodermund@iotecc.com
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`II. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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`Summary
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`Senior expert in telecommunications and Internet of Things (IoT) technology. 25 years of experience within the
`mobile communications industry, and several years in the IoT domain in various roles such as project
`management, technology innovation and evolution, standards development, technology strategy, patent
`creation and support of patent litigations, and development/introduction of new services.
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`Widely recognized standards expert who was actively involved in leading roles in the development of key
`standards for mobile telephony/data and service anablers across standards development organizations such
`as 3GPP, ETSI, GSMA, IETF, OMA, and oneM2M. Currently focussing on standards for the Internet of Things.
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`Founder and director of IOTECC GmbH which provides consulting services around technologies and
`standards enabling the Internet of Things, and provides consulting services related to patents for mobile
`telcommunications and IoT.
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`01/2015 – present
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`IOTECC GmbH
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` Koblenz, Germany
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`Founder and CEO
`Ø Mobile telecommunications, Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine to Machine (M2M)
`technology and standards consulting
`Ø Telecommunications and IoT patent consulting
`o Consulting services around telecommunications and IoT patents in particular
`related to ETSI, 3GPP, and OMA standards
`o State of the art/prior art research services related to patent creation e.g. for new
`5G patents
`o Prior art research, patent infringement analysis related to litigations and validity
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`o Advising on Standards Development Organisations (SDO) working processes
`and IPR policy, ETSI IPR Special Committee delegate
`o Experienced expert witness (please see section III for a list of supported actions)
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`11/2014 – 12/2014
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`Friedhelm Rodermund Consulting
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` Koblenz, Germany
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`Internet of Things (IoT) Consultant
`o M2M/IoT standards development and introduction of new M2M/IoT services
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`01/2011 – 10/2014 Vodafone Germany / Vodafone Group R&D
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`Senior Standards Strategist
`o Representing Vodafone in various standardisation bodies
`o Driving the standardisation of the Internet of Things
`o Work item lead, technical editor and key contributor of Open Mobile Alliance (OMA)
`“Lightweight M2M (LwM2M)” – the new standard for the Internet of Things
`o Advising and supporting various M2M projects related to e.g. automotive, smart
`metering, health, industry
`o Advising on the introduction of new M2M technologies and services
`o Leading Proof of Concepts of emerging technologies
`o Involved in innovation projects
`o Supporting the creation and protection of Intellectual Property
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`Düsseldorf, Germany
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`Düsseldorf, Germany
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`01/2009 – 12/2010 Vodafone Germany
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`Vice Chairman Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) Device Management (DM)
`o Responsible for Vodafone’s Device Management standardisation
`o As OMA DM Vice Chairman, co-leading the group, chairing committee meetings and
`web conferences, steering the technical direction, management of the different work
`items
`o Editor of several specifications, rapporteur of various work items
`o Support of projects for the introduction of device management
`o Delegate to 3GPP SA1 where I was responsible for the introduction of MTC
`(machine type communications) related service/network requirements
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`Düsseldorf, Germany
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`01/2005 – 12/2008 Vodafone Germany
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`Project Manager Mobile Broadcast Standards
`o Responsible for Mobile Broadcast standardisation across different broadcast
`systems/standards bodies and across all Vodafone local operations
`o Responsible for Mobile Broadcast standardisation strategy development and
`implementation
`o Delegation Lead for the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) BCAST working group
`o Initiated and managed the BCAST device profile development in the BMCO Forum
`o Leading the "Service Protection" (pay-TV) stream of the German DVB-H Consortium
`o Filed several patents
`o Supporting patent litigations and patent portfolio evaluation (various technical areas)
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`04/2003 – 12/2003 GSM Association
`Member of the MMS Task Force
`o Verification of the MMS operator interworking framework
`o Supporting the definition and specification of the MMS functional evolution
`o Acting as a “link” between 3GPP and GSMA in the area of MMS
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`London, United Kingdom
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`06/1998 – 12/2004 European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)
` Sophia Antipolis, France
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`01/2002 – 12/2004: Secretary 3GPP Technical Specifications Group “Terminals” and
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`Terminals Working Group 2 “Terminal Services and Capabilities”
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`01/1999 – 12/2001: Secretary 3GPP Terminals Working Group 2 “Terminal Services and
`Capabilities” and GERAN 3 “Base Station Testing”
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`06/1998 – 03/1999: Secretary ETSI SMG4 “Data Services” and SMG8 “Base Station
`Testing”
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`Ø Supported the establishment of 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) as the
`leading standards organization for mobile telecommunications
`Ø Project manager and secretary of TSG “Terminals” reponsbile for Terminal
`Conformance Testing, Terminal Services and Capabilities, Universal Subscriber
`Identity Module (USIM)
`Ø Project manager and secretary of Terminals Working Group 2 “Terminal Services
`and Capabilities” that was responsible for Terminal Execution Environments,
`Messaging including Short Message Service (SMS), Cell Broadcast Service (CBS),
`Enhanced Messaging Service (EMS), Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS),
`Terminal Interfaces incl. AT-commands, Generic User Profile, Data Synchronization
`and others
`Ø Establishment and management of the Work Plan and follow-up and report on the
`progress of the related work items
`Ø Advising the chairmen and the standards groups on technical, procedural and
`political issues
`Ø Editorship of various GSM and UMTS technical specifications
`Ø Responsible for presenting the te