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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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`DELL INC.,
`ZTE (USA) INC.,
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`ZTE CORPORATION,
`Petitioners,
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`v.
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`3G LICENSING S.A.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case No. IPR2020-01157
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,274,933
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`DECLARATION OF CRAIG BISHOP IN SUPPORT OF PETITION FOR
`INTER PARTES REVIEW OF U.S. PATENT NO. 7,274,933
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`TABLE OF CONTENTS
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`I.
`II.
`III.
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`Introduction ...................................................................................................... 1
`Qualifications ................................................................................................... 2
`Public Availability of 3GPP Technical Specifications and
`Other Documents ............................................................................................. 7
`A.
`Prominence and Purpose of 3GPP ........................................................ 7
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`3GPP’s Policy and Practice of Making Documents Public ................ 12
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`3GPP Structure and Standards Development Process ........................ 13
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`Types of 3GPP Documents ................................................................. 15
`E.
`Distribution over the 3GPP Listserv ................................................... 21
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`The 3GPP Public File Repository ....................................................... 27
`IV. Exhibit 1007 (TS 23.122) .............................................................................. 29
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`Exhibit 1008 (TS 22.101) .............................................................................. 31
`VI. Exhibit 1009 (TS 31.102) .............................................................................. 34
`VII. Conclusion ..................................................................................................... 37
`VIII. Declaration ..................................................................................................... 38
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`I.
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`INTRODUCTION
`I, Craig Bishop, declare as follows:
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`1.
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`I have been retained as an independent expert witness on behalf of
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`Petitioners related to Inter Partes Review (“IPR”) of U.S. Patent No. 7,274,933
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`(“the ’933 patent”).
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`2.
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`I am being compensated for my work in this matter at my accustomed
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`hourly rate. I am also being reimbursed for reasonable and customary expenses
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`associated with my work and testimony in this investigation. My compensation is
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`not contingent on the results of my study, the substance of my opinions, or the
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`outcome of this matter.
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`3.
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`In the preparation of this Declaration I have reviewed Exhibits 1007,
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`1008, and 1009, each of which is a type of material that experts in my field would
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`reasonably rely upon when forming their opinions.
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`4.
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`In forming the opinions expressed within this Declaration, I have
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`considered:
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`1)
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`Exhibits 1007, 1008, and 1009; and
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`2) My own academic background, knowledge, and professional
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`experiences in the field of wireless communications and 3GPP
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`standards-development, as described below.
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`5.
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`Although I have attempted to organize the information presented in this
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`Declaration into helpful sections and/or divisions, my opinions are supported by the
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`information in the Declaration in its entirety.
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`II. QUALIFICATIONS
`6. My complete qualifications and professional experience are described
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`in my curriculum vitae, a copy of which has been attached as Appendix 1. The
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`following is a summary of my relevant qualifications and professional experience.
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`7.
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`I earned my Bachelor of Electronic Engineering degree with Honors
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`from Polytechnic of Central London in 1989. In 2005, I earned my MSC in
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`Computer Science with Distinction from the University of Kent.
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`8.
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`After graduating with my first degree, I worked as an operations
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`engineer at the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) for 4 years, then as a civil
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`servant at the UK Radiocommunications Agency until 1996, during which time I
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`became
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`involved
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`in
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`telecommunications standardization
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`in
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`the European
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`Telecommunication Standards Institute (“ETSI”), working in particular in Technical
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`Committee Radio Equipment and Systems (TC RES2) concerned with the
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`standardization of Private Mobile Radio (PMR). From 1994 through 1996, I acted
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`as Rapporteur for voice and data related PMR standards ETS 300 113, ETS 300 219
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`and ETS 300 390. I participated as the only TC RES2 delegate on behalf of the UK
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`Radiocommunications Agency, generating proposals
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`in support of UK
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`administration and business requirements, downloading and reviewing other
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`meeting input documents, and proposing changes as necessary to ensure input
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`documents and the resulting specifications were in line with said requirements.
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`9.
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`In 1996, I joined Samsung Electronic Research Institute as a Senior
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`Standards Engineer where I worked for 16 years, eventually becoming Director of
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`Standards and Industry Affairs in 2011. My work at Samsung mainly focused on
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`the standardization of GSM/GPRS, UMTS, and LTE/EPS systems. Initially, I
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`participated in ETSI Special Mobile Group (SMG) committees SMG1, SMG2,
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`SMG4, SMG5, SMG9 and relevant UMTS related sub-committees working on the
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`air interface radio access network protocols, service, and terminal aspects of UMTS
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`and GSM/GPRS until 1999. I was specifically involved in the ETSI SMG2 meetings
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`leading up to selection of WCDMA as the radio access technology for the Frequency
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`Division Duplex mode of UMTS.
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`10. Beginning in 1998, I worked as a Principal Standards Engineer on the
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`3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) on UMTS. I have been involved with
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`3GPP since its inception. I attended the inaugural 3GPP TSG meetings held in
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`December 1998, and I began attending Working Group meetings in 1999.
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`Specifically, I regularly attended Radio Access Network (RAN) WG1, Services &
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`System Aspects (SA) WG1, Terminals (T) WG2, but also other Working Groups
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`and Technical Specification Group (TSG) plenary meetings covering similar
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`technical aspects as in my previous work in ETSI. As examples, RAN WG1 was,
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`and is, a Working Group responsible for the specification of the physical layer of the
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`latest wireless cellular standards, and RAN WG2 was, and is, a Working Group
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`responsible for signaling protocol layers 2 and 3 residing just above the physical
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`layer. As part of this work, I would prepare meeting contributions in support of
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`Samsung’s research and development activities. Also, by way of preparation for
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`each meeting, I would download all contributions and review those of interest to
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`Samsung, and where necessary, prepare additional input to the meeting based on
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`said review.
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`11. Beginning in 2000, I acted as project manager and then as system
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`engineering manager at Samsung, providing technical requirements for the team
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`working on Samsung’s UMTS modem development. This involved scrutiny of
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`ongoing standardization work, particularly in RAN WG1, RAN WG2, and TSG
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`Core Network (CN) WG1, from which I would download, and assess the impact of,
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`contributions on Samsung’s development project, ensuring that Samsung’s
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`development team was kept informed about the latest developments as layers 2 and
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`3 of the UMTS standard were stabilized.
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`12. During this period, in addition to authoring and presenting technical
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`contributions for the 3GPP standard, and producing technical requirements for the
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`radio modem, I acted as Rapporteur for 3GPP Technical Reports covering User
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`Equipment (“UE”) capability requirements (3GPP TR 21.904) from 1999–2000, and
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`the Evolution of the 3GPP System (3GPP TR 21.902) in 2003 (the first Study Item
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`to consider the 3GPP system beyond UMTS towards LTE/EPS).
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`13.
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`In 2005, I became Head of Advanced Technologies, Standards and
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`Regulation (ATSR) at Samsung. In addition to my managerial duties which included
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`responsibility for standards, research, and regulatory engineers including three
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`standards engineers who were regularly attending 3GPP RAN WG2 and Core
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`Network and Terminals (CT) WG1 Working Groups, I personally continued to work
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`on 3GPP standardization issues. From 2005 until 2008, I regularly attended and
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`participated in SA WG2 meetings, mainly focusing on IP Multimedia Subsystem
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`(IMS) including voice over IMS but also looking at wider Evolved Packet System
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`(EPS) related issues. From 2008 until 2011, I regularly attended and participated in
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`SA WG1 meetings. I also attended SA plenary meetings from 2008 until I left
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`Samsung in 2013. As well as generating contributions in support of Samsung’s
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`research and development as preparation for each meeting, I would download and
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`review documents from other 3GPP members, identifying those of interest to
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`Samsung and, where necessary, preparing additional contributions on behalf of
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`Samsung. The work required a sound working knowledge of the broader 3GPP
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`system to ensure effective management of the ATSR team, effective participation in
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`meeting discussions, expert assessment of third-party standards contributions, and
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`provision of implementation guidance to Samsung developers.
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`14. From 2006 until the time I stopped attending SA WG1 meetings in
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`2011, I authored and presented over 100 contributions to SA WG2 and SA WG1
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`meetings at 3GPP and appeared as an author/co-author on 18 patent applications
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`related to User Equipment operation in the IMS and the 3GPP Core Network.
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`15.
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`In 2011, I became Director of Standards and Industry Affairs at
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`Samsung, and in November of that year I was elected to the Board of ETSI on which
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`I served for a term of 3 years until November 2014.
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`16. Since leaving Samsung in January 2013, I have become a member of
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`ETSI, and as part of various projects undertaken, I have continued to regularly access
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`the 3GPP and ETSI document servers, and to keep abreast of 3GPP and ETSI
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`document handling and publication practices.
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`17. Through my extensive work on 3GPP standardization issues, I have
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`become very familiar with 3GPP’s practices relating to making final specifications,
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`draft standards, and standards-related contributions publicly available, including in
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`the 1999–2011 timeframe when I was attending or monitoring various 3GPP
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`Working Groups including SA WG1.
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`18. 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 ’933 patent in approximately 2003 would have had a degree in electrical
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`engineering or a similar discipline, with at least three years of relevant industry or
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`research experience (or additional education). The relevant experience would
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`include a working understanding of
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`the
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`then-existing wireless cellular
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`communications standards.
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`III. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF 3GPP TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
`AND OTHER DOCUMENTS
`19. Based on my years of experience working in various capacities in 3GPP
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`and on 3GPP technical specifications issues, I am familiar with the regular business
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`practices of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (“3GPP”) relating to technical
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`documents including specifications, draft standards and proposals, and standards-
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`related technical contributions—including the business practices through which
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`3GPP makes these documents public.
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`A.
`20.
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`Prominence and Purpose of 3GPP
`3GPP was inaugurated in December 1998 to produce Technical
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`Specifications and Technical Reports for the 3G mobile system called Universal
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`Mobile Telecommunications System (“UMTS”). Appendix 9 at 2–3 (3GPP
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`Partnership Project Description); Appendix 10 at 4; Appendix 15 at 15. A number
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`of standards organizations agreed to cooperate to produce a “complete set of globally
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`applicable Technical Specifications” that would then be transposed into standards
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`by the relevant standardization bodies (also known as “Organizational Partners”).
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`Appendix 9 at 3, 5 (3GPP Partnership Project Description).
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`21.
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`3GPP is a global initiative partnership made up of organizational
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`partners, market representation partners, and individual members. Appendix 19 at
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`7 (3GPP Working Procedures, 2002); Appendix 16 at 13; Appendix 9 at 10. Today,
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`3GPP unites seven telecommunications standard development organizations
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`(“Organizational Partners”) from around the world: the Association of Radio
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`Industries and Businesses (ARIB) and the Telecommunication Technology
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`Committee (TTC) from Japan, the China Communications Standards Association
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`(CCSA) from China, the Telecommunications Standards Development Society,
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`India (TSDSI) from India, the Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA)
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`from Korea, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), and the
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`Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (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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`Appendix 9 at 12. 3GPP also includes “Market Representation Partners” that
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`represent various industry perspectives and offer market advice. Appendix 19 at 7–
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` 1 The specific organizational partners that make up 3GPP have changed over time.
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`8 (3GPP Working Procedures, 2002, “Market Representation Partnership”);
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`Appendix 9 at 14; Appendix 15 at 15. Additionally, 3GPP includes individual
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`member companies (“Individual Members”) that participate in 3GPP through their
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`membership in a 3GPP Organizational Partner. Appendix 19 at 8 (3GPP Working
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`Procedures, 2002, “Individual Membership”); Appendix 15 at 15. As an example of
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`how prominent 3GPP was in the industry, by January 2000, there were 284
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`companies participating as Individual Members. Appendix 15 at 18; Appendix 16 at
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`14 (textbook noting there were 297 Individual members by 2006). In fact, 350
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`delegates attended the first 3GPP Technical Meeting in December 1998. Appendix
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`15 at 6.
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`22. As noted in paragraph 20, a primary goal of 3GPP is to provide an
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`environment to produce technical specifications and technical reports that define and
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`standardize technologies covering cellular telecommunications networks, including
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`User Equipment or Mobile Device (UE) technologies, Radio Access Network
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`(RAN) technologies, Core Network (CN) technologies, and service and system
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`capabilities—including work on codecs, security, and quality of service. The
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`specifications also provide hooks for interworking with non-3GPP networks
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`including but not limited to Wi-Fi networks.
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`23. Given the prominence of 3GPP in the wireless communication industry,
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`beginning in 1998 and continuing through today, interested POSITAs were tracking
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`the developments of the latest 3GPP specifications and other submissions to ensure
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`that the standards reflected their employers’ technology visions, included their
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`technological solutions and features, and that the products and services developed
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`by their companies were consistent with the standards being developed. In other
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`words, it is my opinion that a POSITA in cellular communications would necessarily
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`need to be familiar with 3GPP and the specification-related documents produced as
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`part of the 3GPP process in order to properly perform his or her job. Without access
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`to and knowledge of the 3GPP documentation, including for example the substantive
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`contents of 3GPP technical specifications, an engineer could not develop products
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`that were interoperable with the worldwide 3G (and later 4G) standards. Because
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`3GPP documents were an important aspect of a POSITA’s professional experience,
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`textbooks and articles about cellular communications commonly directed readers to
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`the 3GPP website for information regarding standards development. Appendix 15
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`at 23 (directing readers to the 3GPP website at the conclusion of the chapter on the
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`success of 3GPP in the standards development process). As a POSITA in cellular
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`communications myself, I would regularly visit the 3GPP website for the latest
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`developments in 3G standards setting and refer colleagues involved in the
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`development of 3G devices to the 3GPP website as a valuable reference.
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`24. My personal experience at Samsung confirms 3GPP’s prominence in
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`the wireless industry. Engineers and managers at Samsung who were responsible
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`for developing 3G modem software (and who were not attending 3GPP meetings or
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`involved with 3GPP in any direct way) regularly asked me to which version of a
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`given 3GPP specification they should be developing their products. Similarly,
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`managers at Samsung would ask me when specific 3GPP releases would be ready
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`and what would be included in those releases. A significant part of my role at
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`Samsung was to ensure that Samsung’s development engineers were made aware of
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`changes and proposals made in the 3GPP development process that would likely
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`impact their work—and to discuss the implications of those changes or proposals
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`with them. Such communication became so regular that around 2003 we began
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`holding regular feedback sessions between those of us involved with 3GPP and the
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`development engineers who were not involved with 3GPP work. I also maintained
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`an internal company database that tracked changes that had been approved by 3GPP,
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`to help the various development groups at Samsung stay informed as to changes that
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`would impact their development work. The database contained summaries of
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`changes introduced (and by whom), a brief assessment on the potential impact of the
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`change, and the time and date information, including from which version the change
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`was introduced. The database also included links to relevant 3GPP documents so
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`that engineers could access the documents directly. In short, the technical work of
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`3GPP was at the forefront of development at Samsung, even for engineers who were
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`not involved with creating or contributing to the 3GPP process.
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`3GPP’s policy was to make 3GPP documents available to the public,
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`B.
`25.
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`including to interested POSITAs. The free availability of 3GPP documents to any
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`interested member of the public was widely recognized in the industry. As an
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`example of the prominence of 3GPP and its place in the wireless standards industry,
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`I note that textbooks directed readers to the 3GPP website for information about
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`relevant standards. Making the documents available to the public was intended to
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`help foster discussion and collaboration among 3GPP Working Group members, as
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`well as among other interested POSITAs. Appendix 15 at 23 (directing readers to
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`the 3GPP website).
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`26. Because the purpose of 3GPP was worldwide adoption of a common
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`standard, no restrictions on distribution or discussion were placed on 3GPP
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`documents. For example, I personally recall sharing some documents with a
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`colleague who was not involved in the 3GPP process. Specifically, when I was
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`working on Voice Call Continuity, which was proposed to use the Intelligent
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`Networking functionality provided by CAMEL (Customised Applications for
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`Mobile network Enhanced Logic), I shared some 3GPP documents with a non-3GPP
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`colleague who had some prior familiarity with CAMEL so that we could discuss the
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`proposed solution and improve my knowledge on the topic. As another example,
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`the internal company database I created at Samsung, discussed in paragraph 24,
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`included links to 3GPP documents so that others (including individuals not involved
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`with 3GPP) could access those documents directly.
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`C.
`3GPP Structure and Standards Development Process
`27. Within 3GPP, responsibility for producing specifications was delegated
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`to the Technical Specification Groups (“TSGs”). Appendix 19 at 11–12 (3GPP
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`Working Procedures, 2002, “TSG tasks”). Each TSG is further divided into a
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`number of Working Groups (“WGs”). Appendix 9 at 31 (3GPP Partnership Project
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`Description); Appendix 15 at 16, 25, 39. Each TSG is further divided into a number
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`of Working Groups (WGs). Appendix 16 at 14; see also Appendix 19 at 22 (3GPP
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`Working Procedures, 2002, defining “Working Group”). Two of the TSGs were
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`(and still are in 2020) called: TSG Radio Access Networks (“RAN”) and TSG
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`Service & Systems Aspects (“SA”). Two other TSGs, TSG Core Networks (“CN”)
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`and TSG Terminals (“T”), were amalgamated under Core Network and Terminals
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`(“CT”) following the closure of TSG T in 2005, with responsibility for terminal test
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`specifications being moved to a RAN working group (RAN WG5). A fifth TSG,
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`GSM EDGE Radio Access Networks (GERAN), was responsible for evolution of
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`the GSM radio technology until it closed in 2016 and its work was transferred to a
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`RAN working group responsible for legacy systems (RAN WG6).
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`28. The TSGs held quarterly plenary meetings2 where members’
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`contributions, draft specifications/reports, and other documents that had been agreed
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`upon by the Working Groups were presented for discussion and approval. Appendix
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`19 at 18 (3GPP Working Procedures, “Deliverable types,” stating that Technical
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`Specifications and Technical Reports are “drawn up by the TSGs” and are approved
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`by TSGs). Once a Technical Specification was, or Change Requests creating a new
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`version of a Technical Specification were, formally approved by TSG plenary, the
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`latest version of said Technical Specification would be created by the Mobile
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`Competence Centre (MCC) and uploaded to the file server. Appendix 14 at 8
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`(#4.15). In that way, the conclusion of 3GPP TSG plenary meetings serves as notice
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`that new versions of specifications incorporating Change Requests approved by the
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`TSG meeting will shortly be made available on the public 3GPP server.
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`29. As part of the standards development process, delegates could submit
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`contributions on behalf of the Individual Members. Members had an incentive to
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`stay updated on 3GPP developments because those members usually wanted to
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`contribute to the standard and to make suggestions as to what technology and/or
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`features should (or should not) be included. Delegates also attended 3GPP meetings
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`to keep their employers abreast of developments related to the standards that would
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`ultimately apply to those companies and the products those companies produce.
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`3GPP members around the world—and the interested POSITAs employed by
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`them—would have been motivated to stay up to date regarding 3GPP developments
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`to ensure their products, networks, and research programs remained consistent and
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`relevant to with the specifications being developed. In light of this need to follow
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`the standards development process, delegates often distributed 3GPP-related
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`documents far beyond the attendees at 3GPP meetings by distributing documents to
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`other individuals at their respective companies. This was certainly my experience
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`at Samsung, as I described in paragraphs 24–26.
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`30. Although attendance at 3GPP meetings was generally limited to 3GPP
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`members, the public, including interested POSITAs, would have been made aware
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`of Working Group meeting dates and times on 3GPP’s website and via 3GPP
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`Working Group email lists. Appendix 6 (SA WG1 Meetings Page). For example,
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`POSITAs would have been aware of the meeting information pages for each TSG
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`Working Group.
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`D. Types of 3GPP Documents
`31. The technical specifications and reports developed by 3GPP were, and
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`are, driven by the technical contributions of 3GPP members. As part of that
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`development process, various types of documents were produced. As relevant to
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`this proceeding, the 3GPP process involved the consideration of temporary
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`documents3 (“TDocs,” also referred to as “technical contributions,” or “member
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`contributions”), resulting in the production of technical specifications.
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`32. As I noted in paragraphs 20 and 22, a primary purpose of 3GPP is to
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`prepare, approve, and maintain globally applicable Technical Specifications and
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`Technical Reports. Appendix 19 at 6 (3GPP Working Procedures, “Purpose”). A
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`“Technical Specification,” as defined by 3GPP, is “[a] 3GPP output document
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`containing normative provisions approved by a Technical Specification Group.”
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`Appendix 19 at 22. 3GPP would (and still does) periodically freeze a complete set
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`of standards (referred to as a “Release”4), and each set would include many new
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`dealt with by 3GPP TSGs and WGs in the process of elaborating the standards, but
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`do not constitute permanent 3GPP deliverables such as Technical Specifications and
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`Reports. Temporary documents are permanently archived by and freely available
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`from 3GPP once they have been submitted.
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` 4 This is denominated by the major version field (see paragraph 37). E.g., v4.x.x
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`versions are part of release 4, v8.x.x versions are part of release 8. The exception to
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`the matching major version field number and the release number is v3.x.x versions,
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`specifications. Appendix 16 at 14. 3GPP would also publish draft specifications.
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`These would usually be included as part of the next Release. Appendix 16 at 14.
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`33.
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`It was widely known that Technical Specifications (and Technical
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`Reports) were publicly available on 3GPP’s website. It was also well known that
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`the latest version of a given specification that was under change control would be
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`made available following each TSG Plenary meeting responsible for that
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`specification, and that TSG Plenary meetings usually occur four times per year.
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`Appendix 14 at 8 (#4.15).
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`34. Technical specifications, and revisions of technical specifications,
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`could be easily accessed from the 3GPP website. In 2002 and 2003, the
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`specifications page could be reached from the 3GPP website’s home page by
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`clicking “Specifications.” Appendix 18. The Specifications page provided a direct
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`link to the specifications area in the 3GPP website’s file repository and also a link
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`to the Specification numbering page. Appendix 8 at 1.
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`35. Additionally, the 3GPP specifications followed a clear numbering
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`scheme to help the public, including interested POSITAs, identify the subject matter
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`which are part of Release 99 (rather than release 3, to be consistent with the GSM
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`release designation).
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`of each specification. Appendix 13 at 1. As described on the 3GPP Specification
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`numbering page, all 3G and GSM specifications had a specification number of 4 or
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`5 digits,5 where the first two digits defined the series. Appendix 13 at 1. The
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`Numbering Scheme webpage included a table showing the subject matter
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`corresponding to each series. Appendix 13 at 1. For example, the “31 series” of
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`specifications is directed to “User Identity Module (SIM / USIM),” while the “22
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`series” is focused on “Service aspects (‘stage 1’).” Appendix 13 at 1. An interested
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`POSITA could also narrow down the relevant specifications based on whether the
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`specification applied to only 3G or to both GSM and 3G. (GSM specifications were
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`transferred from ETSI to 3GPP in July 2000.) For a specification in the 21–35 series,
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`this could be determined based on the third digit of the specification number, where
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`a “0” would indicate that the specification applied to both systems. Appendix 13
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`at 1.
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`36. The specifications were stored on the 3GPP website’s file repository as
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`zipped files, where the filenames followed the structure: SM[-P[-Q]]-V.zip. This
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`format corresponded to the numbering scheme discussed in paragraph 35. “S”
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`from ETSI, i.e., pre-3GPP Rel-4.
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`represented the series number; “M” represented the mantissa (the part after the series
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`number); “P” represented an optional part number; “Q” represented an optional sub-
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`part number; and “V” represented the version number (without the separating dots).
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`Appendix 13 at 1.
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`37. The Working Groups would create incremental versions of the
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`standards6 (e.g., V0.6.6, V1.0.0, V1.1.0, etc.). These versions were made available
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`on the 3GPP website’s file repository which is accessible from the 3GPP
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`Specifications page. Appendix 17 at 1–2. The version numbering scheme for
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`Technical Specifications and Technical Reports was standardized by 3GPP.
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`Appendix 17 at 1. The major version field reflects the stage of the specification,
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`with “0” representing an immature draft and a value of “3” or greater representing a
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`specification that has been approved by the relevant TSG and thus had been moved
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`to change control. Appendix 17 at 1. The technical version field begins at zero and
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`is incremented every time a technical change is made to the specification (either as
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` 6 This was prior to the versions receiving formal approval by the relevant Technical
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`Specification Group upon being deemed sufficiently complete. After that, they are
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`placed under change control, and each subsequent version is based on Change
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`Requests approved by the relevant Technical Specification Group.
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