Comments on: LTE Patent Framework Planned

By: LTE Is Too Cool for Pools

LTE Is Too Cool for Pools — Mon, 11 May 2009 14:42:53 +0000

[...] Stacey Higginbotham | Monday, May 11, 2009 | 7:42 AM PT | 0 comments MPEG LA, a creator of patent pools, today announced a third attempt to create a patent pool around the fourth-generation Long Term Evolution wireless standard. The MPEG LA licenses the collection of patents around the MPEG-2 video standard, and competes with Via Licensing, which last week created its own patent pool effort for LTE. The problem is, I just don’t think these — or even an earlier pooling effort — will work. [...]

By: Via Licensing Pushes LTE Patent Pool

Via Licensing Pushes LTE Patent Pool — Fri, 08 May 2009 14:28:33 +0000

[...] patents related to the Long Term Evolution 4G wireless standard — the second such attempt to create an LTE patent pool. The creation of some sort of universal licensing scheme for LTE could theoretically lower the [...]

By: Will 4G Networks Get Sidetracked by Patent Problems? - GigaOM

Will 4G Networks Get Sidetracked by Patent Problems? - GigaOM — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:35:59 +0000

[...] group of handset makers has banded together to create a patent framework for LTE, but other key players, notably the silicon vendors are absent. ADC adds another player to that [...]

By: Vijay Nagarajan

Vijay Nagarajan — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:11:26 +0000

Part of the problem with LTE or any OFDMA-based standard is the diffused nature of the IP. Many more companies have a stake in the IP pie now than for example, in WCDMA in which Qualcomm has close to 30% of essential IP. So, if there is no upper bound on the royalty rates, the costs can be more prohibitive than the existing CDMA standards and will have a direct impact on the handset ASP. The handset vendors and carriers want to make sure that no one company becomes an Achilles heel in the productization and large scale proliferation of these technologies. However, even if chipset vendors join the bandwagon, these standards will still run the risk of an outsider company staking its claim on essential IP. So, while the 3GPP has tried hard not to repeat the 'Qualcomm effect' again for LTE, it will be interesting to see how this strategy plays out in the long run.