WI-LAN Inc. v. Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. et al

Filing 149

***FILED IN ERROR. SEE DOCUMENT 150 FOR CORRECT PLEADING*** JOINT CLAIM CONSTRUCTION AND PREHEARING STATEMENT filed by Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Ericsson Inc., Exedea INC., HTC America, Inc., HTC Corporation, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications (USA) Inc., Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, WI-LAN Inc. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A-PARTIES PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF EACH DISPUTED CLAIM TERM, PHRASE, OR CLAUSE, # 2 Exhibit B-Wi-LAN'S IDENTIFICATION OF INTRINSIC AND EXTRINSIC EVIDENCE, # 3 Exhibit C-DEFENDANTS' IDENTIFICATION OF INTRINSIC AND EXTRINSIC EVIDENCE)(Fedock, John) Modified on 2/7/2012 (mll, ).

EXHIBIT C

EXHIBIT C – DEFENDANTS’ IDENTIFICATION OF INTRINSIC AND EXTRINSIC EVIDENCE
Terms & Relevant Claims

Defendants’ Proposed Constructions

channel pool

“The set of orthogonal channels available
to a central terminal to use to establish
wireless links”

orthogonal channel(s)

Intrinsic Evidence
’327 Patent: Abstract;
Figs. 16 and 17; Cols. 3:422, 3:31-40, 10:46-11:11,
14:9-19, 23:13-46, 24:1026:22, and 28:14-20; and
Claims 1-7, 11, and 21-27.

’327 Prosecution History:
Mar. 16, 2000 Office
Action; June 20, 2000
Response to Examiner’s
Action.
“A communication channel defined by an ’326 Patent: Abstract;
Table 1; Cols. 1:33-55,
orthogonal code”
4:48-5:4, 10:49-55, 11:1619, and 15:1-15; and
Claims 1-2 and 5-15.
’819 Patent: Abstract;
Cols. 1:45-55, 2:54-65,
3:2-6, 4:48-65, 23:60-63;
and Claims 1, 7-12, 18-25,
and 27-32.
’327 Patent: Col. 1:36-38
and Claims 10 and 13-16.
’211 Patent: Abstract;
1:51-60, 2:12-64, 3:2-35,
3: 50-4: 49, 4:61-5:38,

Extrinsic Evidence
Newton’s Telecom
Dictionary, p. 657 (21st ed.
2005)

Collins Dictionary of
Electronics, p. 293 (2nd ed.
2007).
U.S. Patent No. 5,533,013,
including 3:24-27; 3:42-44
The IEEE Wireless
Dictionary, 2d ed. 2011
(def’n of “channel”).

18:7-12, 18:50-67, 19:818, 19:46-49, and 24:5159; and Claims 1, 2, and 510.
overlay code

“A second code applied in series with the
orthogonal code”

’326 Patent: Abstract; Figs.
7A, 7B, 8A, 8B, 9A, and
12; Cols. 11:52-67, 12:1120, 12:34-42, 12:63-13:6,
13:50-14:5, 15:1-50,
16:24-41, 19:8-18, and
20:40-58; and Claims 2, 5
9-11, and 13.

The IEEE Standard
Dictionary of Electrical and
Electronics Terms, p. 168
(6th ed. 1996)

’819 Patent: Abstract;
Figs. 7A, 7B, 8A, 8B, 9A,
and 12; Cols. 2:54-65, 3:720, 5:18-22, 11:42-67,
12:15-23, 12:43-67, 13:2914:10, 14:44-15:27, 16:1-8,
18:25-35, 19:58-67, and
23:37-48; and Claims 1-2,
4, 6-10, 12-13, 15, and 1732.

Airspan 60 Digital Radio
System – Trinity ASIC :
Functional Requirement
Specification, including p.
10; (AS 00371)

’327 Patent: Figs. 7A, 7B,
8A, 8B, 9A, and 12; Cols.
5:28-39, 12:39-13:67,
14:9-19, 14:33-41, 14:6115: 26, 15:48-16:3, 16:6617:52, 18:25-32, 20:5921:2, and 22:21-40; and
Claims 13 and 14.

Newton’s Telecom
Dictionary, pp. 196, 617
(21st ed. 2005)

DSC Communications
Corporation – Invention
Disclosure Form (10/6/95),
including p. 1; (AS 00040)
EMAIL from P. Struhsaker
to M. Lysejko. Oct. 24,
1995; (AS 00048-00049)
Airspan DA – Radio
Interface Architecture,
including p. 8; Jan 1997;

(AS 00332)
’211 Patent: Abstract; Figs.
7A, 7B, 8A, 8B, 9A, 12,
15A, and 15B; Cols. 3:635, 4:28-40, 4:44-52,
11:59-12:34, 12:48-56,
13:12-20, 14: 1-18, 14:3745, 15:14-67, 16:39-59,
19:8-18, 20:40-58, and
24:35-39; and Claims 2, 5,
7, and 8.
U.S. Patent No. 5,956,345:
including Fig. 4 and Cols.
4:54-63.

Oxford Dictionaries (2011)
http://oxforddictionaries.com
(16 Nov. 2011) (def’n of
“overlay”).
DSC Communications
Corporation – Invention
Disclosure Form (10/6/95),
including p. 1; (AS 00021)
AS60 CDMA Waveform
Enhancements, including
p.3, Sept. 11, 1996; (AS
00377)
Demand Assignment/Fixed
Assignment CDMA
Wireless Local Loop
Standard, including p. 7;
(AS 00529)
Demand Assignment/Fixed
Assignment CDMA
Wireless Local Loop
Standard, including p. 21;
(AS 00530)
Airspan DA – Radio
Interface Architecture,

including p. 7; Jan 1997;
(AS 00331)
Tiedemann, E., “CDMA for
Cellular and PCS,” including
Fig. 4-2 and p. 286
Zehavi, E. et al., “The PCS
CDMA System Overview,”
including Fig. 1 and p. 86.
parameters pertaining to a
wireless link within the cell
indicative of whether that
wireless link is subject to
interference from signals
generated by said other cells

“Two or more indicators that an
individual wireless link is experiencing
interference from other cells”

subscriber terminal

“A fixed-location device”

’327 Patent: Abstract; Fig.
17; Cols. 2:16-3:3, 3:3153, 12:33-38, and 24:3725:60; and Claims 1-3, 6-7,
21, and 23-24.
’327 Prosecution History:
Mar. 16, 2000 Office
Action; June 20, 2000
Response to Examiner’s
Action.
’326 Patent: Figs. 1, 2A,
2B, and 11; Cols. 6:61-7:4
and 15:66-16:15.

Airspan DA – Architecture
Design Overview, including
p. 16, (AS00305)

’819 Patent: Abstract; Figs.
Demand Assignment/Fixed
1, 2A, 2B, and 11; and
Assignment CDMA
Cols. 6:52-62, 6:63-7:25,
13:51-14:29, and 15:43-59. Wireless Local Loop
Standard, including p. 5;
(AS 00515)
’327 Patent: Figs. 1, 2A,

2B, and 11; Cols. 8:47-53
and 18:1-16.

time division multiplexing
(TDM) techniques

’211 Patent: Abstract;
Figs. 1, 2, 2A, 2B, 4, 11,
17, and 19A; Cols. 1:2133, 1:65-67, 2:2-4, 2:1316, 2:37-39, 3:53-58, 4:114, 4:21-24, 4:31-65, 5:1618, 6:44-55, 7:3-44, 8:3539, 8:44-46, 8:58-66, 9:58, 9:19-22, 10:6-8, 10:1924, 10:32-36, 11:49-51,
11:56-58, 12:47-49, 12:5153, 12:60-63, 13:1-4,
13:45-53, 13:53-62, 14:167, and 16:15-17:9, 17:2024, 17:61-18:41, 19:1-41,
19:49-60, 20:7-8, 20:1013, 20:14, 20:16-22, 20:2332, 20:39-22:42, 23:28-34,
23:44-46, 23:47-50, 23:5764, 24:1-5, 24:6-8, 24:810, 24:35-39, 24:46-50,
24:60-25:10, 25:28-29,
25:37-39, 25:46-49, 25:5258, 25:61-26:20, and 27:528:26; and Claims 1, 5, and
6.
’326 Patent: Figs. 7B, 9B,
“Methods in which a communication
13A, 13B, 15A, and 15B;
channel is shared among multiple
Table 4; Cols. 2:51–60,
wireless links by allowing each link to
use the channel for a given period of time 3:56- 4:12, 12:17-33, 13:6–

Demand Assignment/Fixed
Assignment CDMA
Wireless Local Loop
Standard, including p. 8;
(AS 00517)
Demand Assignment/Fixed
Assignment CDMA
Wireless Local Loop
Standard, including p. 9;
(AS 00518)

DSC Communications
Corporation – Invention
Disclosure Form (10/6/95),
including p. 1; (AS 00021)

TDM techniques

in a defined, repeated sequence”

59, 15:38-50, 17:8-50, and
18:11-19:18; and Claims 1,
5-8, 11-12, 14, and 15.
’819 Patent: Figs. 7B, 9B,
13A, 13B, 15A, and 15B;
Table 4; Cols. 3:52-61,
11:64-12:13, 12:54-13:38,
15:14-27, 16:42-17:2, and
17:28-55; and Claim 11.
’327 Patent: Figs. 7B, 9B,
13A, 13B, 15A, and 15B;
Table 4; Cols. 6:25-34, 14:
9-32, 15:5-57, 17:39-52,
18:66-19:32, and 19:6221:2; and Claim 15.
’211 Patent: Abstract; Figs.
9B, 13A, 13B, 14A, 14B,
and 15A; Summary of the
Invention; Cols. 13:4315:2, 17:35-18:38, and
18:50-19:7; and Claims 1,
2, 5-7, and 8-10.
U.S. Patent No. 5,894,473:
including Fig. 8; and Cols.
5:57-6:14 and 14:33-67.
U.S. Patent No. 5,481,533:
including Figs. 2, 3A, and

DSC Communications
Corporation – Invention
Disclosure Form (10/6/95),
including p. 3; (AS 00023)
DSC Communications
Corporation – Invention
Disclosure Form (10/6/95),
including p. 7; (AS 00044)
Airspan DA – Radio
Interface Architecture,
including p. 7; Jan 1997;
(AS 00331)
Airspan DA – Radio
Interface Architecture,
including p.15; Jan 1997;
(AS 00339)
Airspan DA – Radio
Interface Architecture,
including p. 17; Jan 1997;
(AS 00341)
IEEE Standard Dictionary of
Electrical and Electronics
Terms, p. 1115 (6th ed.
1996)

3B; Cols. 2:41-57, 3:44:10, and 5:12-19.

McGraw-Hill Concise
Encyclopedia of Science and
Technology, p. 658 (3d ed.
1994)
Newton’s Telecom
Dictionary, p. 606 (11th ed.
1996)
The Illustrated Dictionary of
Electronics, p. 642 (6th ed.
1994)
Wireless Communications:
Principles & Practice, at
400-01 (1st ed. 1996)
Ramjee Prasad, “CDMA for
Wireless Personal
Communications,” including
pp. 20-21 (1996)

Plaintiff’s proposed term:
a TDM decoder arranged to
extract a data item from a
predetermined time slot
within said orthogonal
channel
Defendants’ proposed term:

“A device used to extract information
from a communication channel that is
shared among multiple wireless links by
allocating a given period of time to each
such link in a defined, repeated
sequence”

’326 Patent: Figs. 7B, 9B,
13A, and 15A; Table 4;
and Cols. 2:51–60, 3:564:12, 13:6–59, 15:38–50,
and 18:11–37.

DSC Communications
Corporation – Invention
Disclosure Form (10/6/95),
including p. 1; (AS 00021)

’819 Patent: Figs. 7B, 9B,
13A, 15A; Table 4; and

DSC Communications
Corporation – Invention
Disclosure Form (10/6/95),

TDM decoder

Cols. 3:52-61, 12:5413:38, 15:14-27, and
17:28-55.
’327 Patent: Figs. 7B, 9B,
13A, 15A; Table 4; and
Cols. 6:25-34, 14:9-18,
15:5-57, 17:39-52, and
19:62-20:21.
’211 Patent: Figs. 7B, 8A,
9B; 13A, 13B, 14A, 14B,
and 15A; Cols. 2:50-51,
3:21-22, 13:43-15:2,
17:35-18:38, and 18:5019:7; and Claims 1, 2, and
5-7.

including p. 3; (AS 00023)
DSC Communications
Corporation – Invention
Disclosure Form (10/6/95),
including p. 7; (AS 00044)
Airspan DA – Radio
Interface Architecture,
including p. 7; Jan 1997;
(AS 00331)
Airspan DA – Radio
Interface Architecture,
including p.15; Jan 1997;
(AS 00339)

U.S. Patent No. 5,894,473:
including Fig. 8; Cols.
5:57-6:14, and 14:33-67.

Airspan DA – Radio
Interface Architecture,
including p. 17; Jan 1997;
(AS 00341)

U.S. Patent No. 5,481,533:
including Figs. 2, 3A, 3B;
Cols. 2:41-57, 3:4-4:10,
and 5:12-19.

IEEE Standard Dictionary of
Electrical and Electronics
Terms, p. 1115 (6th ed.
1996)
McGraw-Hill Concise
Encyclopedia of Science and
Technology, p. 658 (3d ed.
1994)

Newton’s Telecom
Dictionary, p. 606 (11th ed.
1996)
The Illustrated Dictionary of
Electronics, p. 642 (6th ed.
1994)
Wireless Communications:
Principles & Practice, at
400-01 (1st ed. 1996)
Ramjee Prasad, “CDMA for
Wireless Personal
Communications,” including
pp. 20-21 (1996)
Plaintiff’s proposed term:
a TDM encoder arranged to
apply time division
multiplexing (TDM)
techniques
Defendants’ proposed term:
TDM encoder

“A device that applies time division
multiplexing (TDM) techniques to share
a communication channel among
multiple wireless links”

’326 patent: Figs. 13A,
Newton’s Telecom
13B, 15A, and 15B; Cols.
Dictionary, p. 307 (21st ed.
4:13-19 and 13:29-59; and 2005)
Claims 1, 2, 5, 8, 9, 10, and
11.
’819 patent: Figs. 13A,
13B, 15A, and 15B; Cols.
3:52-61 and 13:9-37; and
Claim 11.
’327 patent: Figs. 13A,
13B, 15A, and 15B; Col.

15:27-57; and Claim 15.

time slot

“A period of time during which a single
wireless link is permitted to use a shared
communication channel”

’326 Patent: Figs. 13A and
13B; Cols. 3:56-4:12 and
17:32-44; and Claims 1, 5,
7, 11, 12, 15.

IEEE Standard Dictionary of
Electrical and Electronics
Terms, p. 1111 (6th ed.
1996)

’327 Patent: Figs. 13A,
13B, 15A, and 15B; Col.
19:12-25; and Claims 15
and 16.

Newton’s Telecom
Dictionary, p. 607 (11th ed.
1996)

’211 Patent: Abstract; Figs. The Computer Glossary, p.
9B, 13A, 13B, 14A, 14B,
400 (7th ed. 1995)
and 15A; Cols. 2:50-51,
5:28-32, 13:43-15:2,
17:35-18:38, and 18:5019:7; and Claims 1, 5, 6,
and 10.
U.S. Patent No. 5,894,473:
Fig. 8; and Cols. 5:57-6:14,
and 14:33-67.
U.S. Patent No. 5,481,533:
Figs. 2, 3A, and 3B; and
Cols. 2:41-57, 3:4-4:10,
and 5:12-19.

channelisation means for
determining which of the
orthogonal channels will be
subject to TDM techniques,
and for transmitting that
information to a plurality of
subscriber terminals
• ’326 patent, claim 6

Indefinite under 35 U.S.C. § 112

channelisation means also
determines, for those
orthogonal channels subject
to TDM techniques, how
many time slots will be
provided within each
orthogonal channel
• ’326 patent, claim 7

Indefinite under 35 U.S.C. § 112

channelisation means for
determining which of the
orthogonal channels will be
subject to overlay codes, and
for transmitting that
information to a plurality of
subscriber terminals
• ’819 patent, claim 10

Indefinite under 35 U.S.C. § 112