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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`CRADLEPOINT, INC., DELL INC., HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
`SIERRA WIRELESS, INC., TCL COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
`HOLDINGS LIMITED, TCT MOBILE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, TCT
`MOBILE, INC., TCT MOBILE (US) INC., TCT MOBILE (US)
`HOLDINGS INC., THALES DIS AIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH,
`ZTE CORPORATION, AND ZTE (USA) INC.
`Petitioners,
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`v.
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`3G LICENSING S.A.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case No. IPR2021-01141
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,215,653
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`DECLARATION OF RAZIQ YAQUB (Ph.D.) IN SUPPORT OF PETITION
`FOR INTER PARTES REVIEW OF U.S. PATENT NO. 7,215,653
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`TABLE OF CONTENTS
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`Page
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`I.
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`INTRODUCTION AND ASSIGNMENT ...................................................... 1
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`A.
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`Compensation ........................................................................................ 1
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`B. Materials Reviewed ............................................................................... 1
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`II.
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`QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE ..................................................... 3
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`III. THIRD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT 2 (“3GPP2”) .............10
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`IV. DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF 3GPP2
`DOCUMENTS ..............................................................................................14
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`B.
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`3GPP2 Contribution Documents Were Publicly Available ................15
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`3GPP2 Specification Development and Public Availability ..............27
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`V.
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`EXHIBIT 1003 (SAMSUNG) .......................................................................29
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`VI. EXHIBIT 1004 (AIRVANA) ........................................................................36
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`VII. EXHIBIT 1006 (C.S0002) .............................................................................42
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`VIII. ADDITIONAL REMARKS ..........................................................................47
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`TABLE OF APPENDICES
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`Document
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`Description
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`Appendix A Curriculum Vitae
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`Exhibit
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`1003
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`1004
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`1006
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`1008
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`1009
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`TABLE OF EXHIBITS
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`Description
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`3rd Generation Partnership Project 2 (“3GPP2”), Technical
`Specification Group C (“TSG-C”), Working Group 5 (“WG5”);
`Contribution C5020010507-015 “Effective Reverse Link Data Rate
`Control for 1xEV-DV —r2,” dated May 7, 2001 (“Samsung”)
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`3rd Generation Partnership Project 2 (“3GPP2”), Technical
`Specification Group C (“TSG-C”), Working Group 5 (“WG5”);
`Contribution C5020010212-011 “Per-User Reverse Rate Control for
`Shared Packet Data Channel in 1xEV-DV,” dated February 12, 2001
`(“Airvana”)
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`3rd Generation Partnership Project 2 (“3GPP2”), Specification
`C.S0002-0 v1.0 “Physical Layer Standard for cdma2000 Spread
`Spectrum Systems” (July 1999), published October 1999 (“C.S0002-
`0”)
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`3rd Generation Partnership Project 2 (“3GPP2”), Technical
`Specification Group C (“TSG-C”), Working Group 5 (“WG5”);
`Contribution C5020010709-009 “LGE’s Reverse Link Proposal,”
`dated July 9, 2001
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`3rd Generation Partnership Project 2 (“3GPP2”), Technical
`Specification Group C (“TSG-C”), Working Group 5 (“WG5”); LGE
`Contribution C50-20010212-025 “Reverse Link Variable Data Rates
`with Dedicated RA (Reverse Activity) Bits
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`Declaration of Dr. Raziq Yaqub in Support of Petition for Inter Partes
`Review of U.S. Patent No. 7,215,653 (“Yaqub Dec.”)
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`I, Raziq Yaqub, hereby declare as follows:
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`I.
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`INTRODUCTION AND ASSIGNMENT
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`1.
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`I have been retained on behalf of Cradlepoint, Inc., Dell Inc.,
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`Honeywell International, Inc., Sierra Wireless, Inc., TCL Communication
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`Technology Holdings Limited, TCT Mobile International Limited, TCT Mobile,
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`Inc., TCT Mobile (US) Inc., TCT Mobile (US) Holdings Inc., Thales DIS AIS
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`Deutschland Gmbh, ZTE Corporation, and ZTE (USA) Inc. (collectively,
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`“Petitioners”) to offer opinions related to U.S. Patent No. 7,215,653 (“the ’653
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`patent”) (Exhibit 1001). I understand that Petitioners are requesting that the Patent
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`Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB” or “Board”) institute an inter partes review
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`(“IPR”) proceeding of the ’653 patent.
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`A. Compensation
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`2.
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`I am not, and never have been, an employee of any of the Petitioners. I
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`will receive no compensation for this Declaration beyond my normal hourly
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`compensation of $450 per hour based on my time actually spent on this matter, and
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`I will not receive any added compensation based on the outcome of any IPR or other
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`proceeding involving the ’653 patent.
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`B. Materials Reviewed
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`3.
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`In preparing this declaration I have reviewed Exhibits 1003, 1004,
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`1006, 1008, and 1009, and the attachments to this declaration. For example, I have
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`considered:
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` 3rd Generation Partnership Project 2 (“3GPP2”) Technical
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`Specification Group C (“TSG-C”), Working Group 5 (“WG5”)
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`Contribution C5020010507-015 “Effective Reverse Link Data Rate
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`Control for 1xEV-DV —r2,” dated May 7, 2001 (“Samsung”) in
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`Exhibit 1003;
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` 3GPP2 Technical Specification Group C (“TSG-C”), Working
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`Group 5 (“WG5”) Contribution C5020010212-011 “Per-User
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`Reverse Rate Control for Shared Packet Data Channel in 1xEV-DV,”
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`dated February 12, 2001 (“Airvana”) in Exhibit 1004;
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` 3GPP2 Specification C.S0002-0 v1.0 “Physical Layer Standard for
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`cdma2000 Spread Spectrum Systems” (July 1999), published
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`October 1999 (“C.S0002-0”) in Exhibit 1006;
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` 3GPP2 Technical Specification Group C (“TSG-C”), Working
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`Group 5 (“WG5”) Contribution C50-20010709-009 “LGE’s
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`Reverse Link Proposal,” dated July 9, 2001, in Exhibit 1008;
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` 3GPP2 Technical Specification Group C (“TSG-C”), Working
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`Group 5 (“WG5”) LGE Contribution C50-20010212-025 “Reverse
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`Link Variable Data Rates with Dedicated RA (Reverse Activity)
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`Bits” in Exhibit 1009;
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` My own academic background, knowledge, and professional
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`experiences in the field of wireless communications and 3GPP2
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`standards-development, as described below; and
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` Additional background materials cited in my declaration below.
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`II. QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
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`4.
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`I am over the age of 18 and am competent to write this Declaration. I
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`have personal knowledge, or have developed knowledge through education, training,
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`or experience, of the matters set forth herein.
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`5. My CV, which includes my complete education and work experience,
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`is included as Appendix A. I also describe several relevant aspects of my experience
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`below.
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`6.
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`I actively participated
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`in and observed 3GPP2 activities for
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`approximately five years, including during the period from 1999 through 2002. I
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`personally participated in numerous 3GPP2 working group meetings on behalf of
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`my employers during those years, including by submitting technical contributions.
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`I also observed many other working groups that I did not actively participate in,
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`including, as discussed below, by observing multiple plenary TSG-C meetings.
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`7.
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`Backing up, I earned my Ph.D., with a focus on CDMA technology,
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`from Keio University, Tokyo, Japan in 1998. I received my Bachelor of Science
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`degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Engineering and Technology
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`in Peshawar, Pakistan in 1987 and my Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering
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`from the same University in 1993.
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`8.
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`After I earned my Ph.D., I joined Nokia Research Center as a Research
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`Engineer in 1998. I worked there from January 1998 to March 1999. During the
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`course of my work at Nokia, Nokia nominated me to become a participating and
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`contributing member of ARIB (Association of Radio Industries and Businesses), a
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`Japanese standardization setting organization. ARIB is a national Organizational
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`Partner of the 3GPP2. ARIB members participated in making decisions on the
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`creation or cessation of Technical Specification Groups for 3GPP2 and in approving
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`their scope of work (also called “Terms of Reference”). My work with ARIB
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`provided me with deep insight into 3GPP2 working principles and the scope of its
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`different working groups, as well as technologies proposed to 3GPP2.
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`9.
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`After Nokia, I spent two years (from April 1999 to May 2001) working
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`as an Assistant Manager at KDDI Corporation, where I actively contributed to and
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`worked with 3GPP2 and the similarly named, but separate, 3rd Generation
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`Partnership Project (3GPP). In 1999, KDDI was exploring third generation (3G)
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`wireless technology, including both 3GPP wireless technology (i.e., the European
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`version of CDMA, referred to as Wideband CDMA) and 3GPP2 wireless technology
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`(i.e., the American version of CDMA, referred to as cdma2000). Specifically, KDDI
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`was thoroughly investigating if it should choose Wideband CDMA or cdma2000 for
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`its future business focus. I personally assisted KDDI with this research by actively
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`participating in both 3GPP and 3GPP2 standards meetings to provide a critical
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`technology gap analysis to senior management. This work allowed me to become
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`well-versed with 3GPP2, 3GPP, and the standards and practices of both groups.
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`10.
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`In May 2001, I joined Toshiba America Research Inc. (Toshiba) as a
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`Research Engineer, where I worked for eight years, eventually becoming the
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`Executive Director. My work at Toshiba focused on 4G, also called Long Term
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`Evolution (LTE), among other cellular technologies. LTE/4G was the successor
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`fourth generation standard to both 3GPP GSM/WCDMA-based third generation
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`(3G) technologies, as well as 3GPP2 CDMA2000-based (3G) technologies.
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`11. While at Toshiba, I conducted and supervised research relating to Radio
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`Access Networks (Physical Layer Standards) and IP core networks (i.e., the central
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`part of telecommunications networks that provides services and path for exchange
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`of information between various sub-networks). I was also appointed as a working
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`group chair of the Mobile Wireless Internet Forum, which was intended to be a
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`cooperative effort between international Mobile Operators (e.g., Verizon, Sprint,
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`AT&T, T-Mobile, BT, Vodafone, Orange, etc.) and vendors (e.g., CISCO, Juniper,
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`Motorola, etc.) to deliver technical specifications on service requirements.
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`12. During my initial years at Toshiba, I regularly participated in 3GPP2
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`meetings as an observing member in various plenary, TSG-C, and TSG-S meetings
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`to monitor technology trends and companies’ future strategies. I was also a
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`contributing member of 3GPP, participating in various Steering Committee meetings
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`of TSG RAN (Technical Specification Group Radio Access Network) and TSG SA
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`(Technical Specification Group System Aspects), and the working group level
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`meetings (e.g., SA1, SA2, SA3, RAN1, RAN2, CT1, CT3) to develop technical
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`specifications for 4G/LTE and others. During my time at Toshiba, I submitted over
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`150 contributions to 3GPP2, 3GPP, Open Mobile Alliance (“OMA”), and Institute
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`of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (“IEEE”). Also, I took a leadership role as a
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`Rapporteur (i.e., the person or party designated by the group to report on its
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`meetings/proceedings) in 3GPP SA3 to initiate Study Items and develop Technical
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`Feasibility Report TR 33.817 on “Use of Single SIM for Multiple Device
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`Authentication.” While working at Toshiba, I filed 34 patents and in 2014, I received
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`an Inventor of the Year award from the New Jersey Hall of Fame.
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`13. From 2009 to 2010, I served as a spokesman of the Department of
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`Homeland Security (DHS) through Telcordia Technologies, where I represented
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`DHS in 3GPP proceedings, presented technical contributions and participated in the
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`development of the 3GPP Release 9 technical specifications to advocate to
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`implement “Multimedia Priority Service (MPS)”, and “Govt. Emergency Telecomm
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`Service (GETS)” according to the polices desired by the DHS. These services enable
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`the first responders to respond to emergency situations (e.g., floods, hurricanes,
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`earthquakes, terrorist attacks). In most cases, emergency responders use private radio
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`systems to aid in the logistics of providing critically needed restoration services.
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`However, certain government and emergency management officials and other
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`authorized users have to rely on public network services when the communication
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`capability of the serving network may be impaired, for example, due to congestion
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`or partial network infrastructure outages, perhaps due to a direct or indirect result of
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`the emergency situation. MPS and GETS, supported by the 3GPP system, provide
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`the ability to deliver calls/communication sessions of a high priority nature from
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`mobile to mobile networks, mobile to fixed networks, and fixed to mobile networks
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`over a public network, either by rejecting the new incoming calls or preempting the
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`ongoing public calls. I also served as a Senior Consultant to the State of New Jersey
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`to secure a $87 million grant from the federal government for the deployment of a
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`dedicated 3GPP based 4G Wireless Network for first responders.
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`14. From January 2010
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`to January 2013,
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`I was an associate
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`professor/adjunct professor at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and the
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`Stevens Institute of Technology, where I taught courses in 4G/Mobile Broadband
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`System(s), among others.
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`15. From December 2012 to May 2015, I was
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`the Department
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`Head/Director of Technical Training at NIKSUN, Inc. There, I worked on a wide
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`array of real-time and forensics-based cybersecurity of wired and wireless (3G/4G)
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`networks deployed by wireless service providers (such as Verizon, AT&T) and used
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`by government intelligence agencies and financial services companies.
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`16. From 2016 to the present, I have been an Associate Professor at
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`Alabama A&M University, Huntsville, where I received six highly reputed awards
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`in four years for my outstanding research and teaching.
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`17.
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`In parallel to Alabama A&M University, Huntsville, I served as an
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`Inventor-Consultant at Wells Fargo in 2017, where I developed new technologies
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`related to cybersecurity of online transactions employing 4G/WiMAX/Wi-Fi based
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`networks. In that position, I was listed as an inventor on twenty seven different
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`patent applications, seventeen of which have already issued.
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`18.
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`In parallel to Alabama A&M University, Huntsville, in 2018, I was also
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`the Global Director of Research and Development at Tecvox in Huntsville, AL,
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`where I led the design and development of a first-ever wireless charger for Ford
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`Motor Company.
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`19.
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`In parallel to Alabama A&M University, Huntsville, in 2019, I also
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`served as a Faculty Fellow with NASA Glenn Research Center to explore the
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`cybersecurity issues of aerial vehicles. This year, I am serving again with the NASA
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`Glenn Research Center, exploring the use of Artificial Intelligence in the control
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`systems of hybrid aerial vehicles.
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`20. For the purposes of my analysis in this declaration, I have been
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`informed by counsel that a person of ordinary skill in the art (“POSITA”) in the field
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`of the ’653 patent on September 18, 2001 or February 11, 2002 would have had a
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`bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or a similar discipline, with at least three
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`years of relevant industry or research experience. The relevant experience would
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`include designing or implementing wireless radio systems for data transmission and
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`retransmission. A person of ordinary skill would also have been familiar with 3GPP2
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`and other wireless technical specifications, as well as would have understood how
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`to search available literature for relevant publications, including contributions to
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`standardization organizations.
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`21. As described in detail below, based on my knowledge and experience
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`in the field, and review of the materials cited herein, I am confident that the above-
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`cited 3GPP2 specification, C.S0002-0 Version 1.0, and the contributions, C50-
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`20010507-015_Samsung_RLDRC_r2
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`and
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`3GPP2-C50-20010212-
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`011
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`Airvana_Reverse Rate Control for 1xEV-DV, were publicly accessible without
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`restriction before September 18, 2001. It is also my opinion that the specification,
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`C.S0002-0 Version 1.0, was made freely available to the public through the 3GPP2
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`online site in October 1999. The purpose behind 3GPP2 making its technical
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`contributions, technical reports, and specifications publicly accessible to the broader
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`audience was to develop standards that would be adopted as widely as possible
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`around the world.
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`III. THIRD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT 2 (“3GPP2”)
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`22. As cellular telecommunications technology evolved, network operators
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`realized that standardization was necessary to ensure global roaming. The Third
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`Generation Partnership Project 2 (“3GPP2”) was inaugurated in January 1999. See
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`Exh. [A] at 7. It was a cooperative effort of a number of national and regional
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`standards organizations from Asia, Europe, and North America to produce “globally
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`applicable Technical Specifications and Technical Reports for a 3rd Generation
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`Mobile System based on the evolved ANSI-41 core networks and the radio access
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`technologies.” Id. at 1. A “technical specification,” as defined by 3GPP2, is “[a]
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`3GPP2 output document containing normative provisions approved by a Technical
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`Specification Group.” Exh. [C], at 41. The specifications and reports generated by
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`3GPP2 were then to be “transposed by the relevant standardization bodies
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`(Organizational Partners) into appropriate deliverables (e.g., standards).” Id. at 7.
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`23.
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`3GPP2 was formed to coordinate and facilitate the development of
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`cellular standards/technical specifications and, more specifically, ones based on
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`CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access), as opposed to GSM (Global System for
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`Mobile Communications) or other cellular standards. 3GPP2 was a global initiative
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`partnership made up of organizational partners and market representation partners.
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`Exh. [A] at 3-5. 3GPP2 united five telecommunications standard development
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`organizations (“Organizational Partners”) from around the world: the Association of
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`Radio Industries and Businesses (ARIB) and Telecommunication Technology
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`Committee (TTC) from Japan, the China Communications Standards Association
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`(CCSA) from China, the Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA) from
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`Korea, and the Telecommunications Industries Association (ATIS) from the United
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`States.1 These Organizational Partners are regional standards organizations that
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`have the authority to define, publish, and set standards for their respective regions.
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`Exh.
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`[A]
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`at
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`1;
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`and
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`Exh.
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`[P]
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`at
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`2
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`(retrieved
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`from
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`http://web.archive.org/web/20010405043920/http://www.3gpp2.org/Public_html/
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`Misc/AboutHome.cfm, “3GPP2 is a collaborative effort between five officially
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`recognized SDOs.”). They are ARIB (Association of Radio Industries and
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`Businesses (Japan), CWTS (China Wireless Telecommunications Standards), TIA
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`(Telecommunications
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`Industry Association
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`(North America),
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`TTA
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`1 The specific organizational partners that make up 3GPP2 have changed over
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`time, although not in any way that affects my opinions here. For example, in
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`2000-2002, the Chinese Organizational Partner was the China Wireless
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`Telecommunication Standards Group (CWTS), but that responsibility was
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`transferred to CCSA later.
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`(Telecommunications
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`Technology Association
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`(Korea),
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`and
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`TTC”
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`(Telecommunications Technology Committee (Japan)). 3GPP2 also includes
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`“Market Representation Partners (MRPs)”
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`that represent various
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`industry
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`perspectives and offer market advice. Exh. [A] at 2; and Exh. [P] at 2 (“the Project
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`has welcomed three Market Representation Partners (MRPs) who offer market
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`advice to 3GPP2”).
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`24. The goal of 3GPP2 was to prepare, approve, and maintain “Technical
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`Specifications and Technical Reports for a 3rd Generation Mobile System.” Exh.
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`[A] at 1. The technical specifications also provided hooks for interworking with
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`non-3GPP2 networks. Network operators as well as handset and network
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`infrastructure manufacturers, such as ZTE, Samsung, Sierra Wireless, Inc.,
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`Motorola, and Ericsson, among many others, were involved in the development of
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`3GPP2 technical specifications/standards. See Exh. [N] at 1-3 (listing member
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`companies as of 2001).
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`25. Within 3GPP2, responsibility for producing specifications was
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`delegated to the Technical Specification Groups (“TSGs”). Exh. [C] at 12
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`(“Structure of 3GPP2”), 22 (“TSG tasks”).
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`26. Each TSG had a particular area of responsibility for the Reports and
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`Specifications within 3GPP2. There were initially five TSGs within 3GPP2—TSG-
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`A (dealing with Access Network Interfaces/A-Interface System), TSG-C (dealing
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`with cdma2000), TSG-N (dealing with Intersystem Operations/ANSI-41/WIN),
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`TSG-P (dealing with Wireless Packet Data Networking/Wireless Packet Data
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`Interworking), and TSG-S (Services and System Aspects). Exh. [E] at 32-33; Exh.
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`[P] at 2 (wayback capture of 3GPP2 website listing TSGs). The Steering Committee
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`(SC) was responsible for the overall monitoring and coordination of work, and it
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`approved the work of TSGs.
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`27. Each TSG was further divided into a number of Working Groups
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`(“WGs”). Exh. [A], at 2 (“Structure of 3GPP2”). Each WG focused on particular
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`subject matter. Exh. [E], at 31-38 (3GPP2 Partnership Project Description, listing
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`subject matter covered by each TSG). POSITAs at the time were aware of the
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`division of work by subject matter among the TSGs and among the WGs within each
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`TSG. See id.
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`28. WGs met regularly and came together for their monthly meetings,
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`where their work was presented for information, discussion, and approval. The WGs
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`also had a quarterly plenary meeting where member companies’ contributions, draft
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`specifications,
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`and other discussion documents were presented
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`for
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`discussion/approval for inclusion in 3GPP2 specifications.
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`29. Given the prominence of 3GPP2 in the wireless communication
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`industry beginning in 1999 and at least through the filing date of the ‘653 patents
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`(February 11, 2002), interested POSITAs were tracking the developments of the
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`latest 3GPP2 specifications and other submissions. For example, researchers at
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`universities and engineers in industry tracked 3GPP2 developments to ensure that
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`research, products, and services developed by their companies were consistent with
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`the standards being developed.
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`30.
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`It is my opinion that a POSITA in cellular communications would be
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`and was familiar with 3GPP2 and the specification-related documents produced as
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`part of the 3GPP2 process in order to better perform his or her job. Without access
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`to and knowledge of the 3GPP2 documentation, including for example the
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`substantive contents of 3GPP2 technical specifications, an engineer could not
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`develop products that were interoperable with the worldwide 3G standards (and later
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`improvements) developed by 3GPP2. Because 3GPP2 documents were an important
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`aspect of a POSITA’s professional experience, textbooks and articles about cellular
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`communications commonly directed readers to the 3GPP2 website for information
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`regarding standards development. As a POSITA in cellular communications myself,
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`I would regularly visit the 3GPP2 website for the latest developments in 3G standard
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`setting and refer colleagues involved in the development of 3G devices to the 3GPP2
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`website as a valuable reference.
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`IV. DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF 3GPP2
`DOCUMENTS
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`31. The development of documents was a structured process within 3GPP2.
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`3GPP2 technical specifications, technical reports, and feasibility reports were driven
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`by contributions from its member companies at both the WG-level and TSG-level.
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`The development of these documents by 3GPP2 was an ongoing, collaborative effort
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`involving hundreds of engineers from its many member or observing companies.
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`The TSGs/WGs held meetings where member companies’ contributions, draft
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`specifications/reports, and other documents that had been agreed upon by the WGs
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`were presented for approval. Exh. [C], at 33 (“Deliverable types,” stating that
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`Technical Specifications and Technical Reports are “created and approved by the
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`TSGs”). When there were new concepts to discuss at WG meetings, the WG would
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`start a Technical Report to further develop those ideas. Once a Technical
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`Specification was formally approved by the TSG, it was sent to the Steering
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`Committee for final approval. Id. at 18 (“Article 19: SC Decision Making”), 24
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`(“TSG Decision Making”).
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`A.
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`3GPP2 Contribution Documents Were Publicly Available
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`32.
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`3GPP2 members would regularly submit written “Contributions” for
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`consideration and potential implementation. Such contribution documents were
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`made available prior to or at least during particular 3GPP2 WG or TSG meetings.
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`See Exh. [C] at 24-25 (“Contributions on which decisions will be based should be
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`made available in good time before each meeting. TSGs may establish informal
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`guidelines for dealing with late contributions.”).
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`33. During regularly-scheduled 3GPP2 WG meetings, WG members would
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`study and discuss the contribution documents submitted by 3GPP2 members.
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`Contribution documents could be used to introduce new features or to request a
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`change in an existing 3GPP2 technical specification. These types of change requests
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`were commonly known within 3GPP2 as “the Change Request” (CR) and followed
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`a specific, 3GPP2-defined procedure to create revised versions of 3GPP2
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`specifications after their initial approval (e.g., Releases). Change Requests were
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`commonly used
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`to update an earlier Release
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`to add a new feature,
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`correct/clarify/enhance an existing feature, or correct textual errors. The approval
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`process for considering and adopting these contribution documents was the same as
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`that used for the approval of technical specifications.
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`34.
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`In the ordinary course of 3GPP2’s regularly-conducted business
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`activities and pursuant to its standard business practices, 3GPP2 assigned a unique
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`document number to each contribution document.
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`35. Members of 3GPP2 would regularly download or upload contribution
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`documents to 3GPP2’s public FTP server before, during, and after WG meetings.
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`An FTP server is a dedicated computer which allows users to establish connections
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`from their computers (called client computers, or simply clients) to transfer files
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`using File Transfer Protocol (FTP). In order to ensure that connections can be
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`established at all times from the clients, an FTP server is always switched on. An
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`FTP server can provide anonymous access to users without need of login credentials
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`to download files from the servers anonymously. The FTP server can, among other
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`things, authorize access for the public to those folders residing in the FTP server that
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`are meant for public access. Such files residing in FTP servers can be retrieved by
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`using the internet. Downloading or uploading contribution documents to 3GPP2’s
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`public FTP server was the principal mechanism for how the contribution documents
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`that were to be discussed, debated, modified, and/or adopted as part of the WG
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`meetings were distributed to the other members of the group. Once uploaded, the
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`contribution documents were publicly-available (i.e., there were no restrictions on
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`the accessing of these documents, as my colleagues and I at KDDI and Toshiba
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`regularly accessed specifications and contribution documents from 3GPP2’s website
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`as early as 1999) via the 3GPP2 FTP server. 3GPP2 encouraged free and public
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`accessibility in order to encourage discussion and collaboration among WG
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`members to assist in the establishment of industry standards for cellular
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`telecommunications.
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`36.
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`3GPP2 still today maintains an FTP site where the contributions going
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`back to the 1990s and early 2000s can be downloaded. The FTP site now requires
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`users to input a username and “password” to access the materials. (I put “password”
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`in quotation marks because—even today—it’s not a particularly secure or difficult-
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`to-guess password. The current “password” is “12345@ftp”.)
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`37. Regardless, no password was required from 2000 to 2002. In 2000,
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`2001, and 2002, 3GPP2 documents, including WG meeting contributions, were
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`freely available to download by anyone who wished to do so without a password. I
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`personally accessed the 3GPP2 FTP site numerous times in 2000, 2001, and 2002,
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`without having to enter a password.
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`38.
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`It is not just my recollection that confirms that 3GPP2 documents were
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`freely available without a password in 2000-2002. The Internet Archive (wayback
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`machine) was able to access and catalog the 3GPP2 FTP site in 2001, which would
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`not have been possible if it required a password to access it. See Exh. [Q] (wayback
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`machine capture of 3GPP2 FTP site http://ftp.3gpp2.org/ on February 23, 2001,
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`available at http://web.archive.org/web/20010223163819/http://ftp.3gpp2.org/).
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`You can also tell this because the Internet Archive (wayback machine) capture from
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`site
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`(http://web.archive.org/web/20010407205708/http://www.3gpp2.org/Public_html/
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`C/index.cfm) includes a link for “Meeting Contributions,” which pointed to the FTP
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`site. Exh. [R]. Additionally, as part of my preparation of this Declaration, I retrieved
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`the May 2001 meeting summary posted in connection with the June 2001 3GPP2
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`TSG-C WG5 meeting in Vancouver, Canada, which was stored on the 3GPP2 FTP
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`site in 2001. Exh. [O]. As can be seen in Exh. [J] and in the Figure-1 to Figure-3,
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`review captures of the 3GPP2 site as of 2001 using the Internet Archive (wayback
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`machine), links to the meeting summaries of various TSG-C meetings, including the
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`meetings discussed below, were posted on the 3GPP2 website itself in 2001.
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`Figure-1,
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