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United States Patent 9,826,515
Freda , et al. November 21, 2017
Methods, systems and apparatus for defining and using PHICH resources for carrier aggregation
Abstract
Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed to provide feedback to a user equipment (UE). A UE may transmit uplink data via a supplementary cell. A network device, such as a HeNB, eNB, etc., may receive the uplink data from the UE via the supplementary cell. The network device may send feedback associated with the uplink data to the UE via a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) when downlink data is available for transmission to the UE. The feedback may be physical hybrid ARQ indicator channel (PHICH) ACK/NACK information. The feedback sent via the PDSCH may be multiplexed with the downlink data. The network device may send the feedback associated with the uplink data to the UE via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) when downlink data is not available for transmission to the UE.
Inventors:
Freda; Martino (Laval, CA), Beluri; Mihaela C. (Jericho, NY), Gauvreau; Jean-Louis (La Prairie, CA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
Freda; Martino
Beluri; Mihaela C.
Gauvreau; Jean-Louis
Laval
Jericho
La Prairie
N/A
NY
N/A
CA
US
CA
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000002966189
Appl. No.:
14/125,903
Filed:
June 14, 2012
PCT Filed:
June 14, 2012
PCT No.:
PCT/US2012/042412
371(c)(1),(2),(4) Date:
February 19, 2014
PCT Pub. No.:
WO2012/174213
PCT Pub. Date:
December 20, 2012
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20140204854 A1 Jul 24, 2014
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
61496911 Jun 14, 2011
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 72/042 (20130101); H04L 5/0092 (20130101); H04L 5/0055 (20130101); H04L 1/18 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 4/00 (20090101); H04W 72/04 (20090101); H04L 1/18 (20060101); H04L 5/00 (20060101)
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InterDigital Wins IDTechEX Best IoT Technology Development Award for oneTRANSPORT Data Marketplace
Date : 11/16/2017 @ 8:30AM
InterDigital, Inc. (NASDAQ:IDCC), a mobile technology research and development company, today announced that it has received the Best IoT Technology Development Award from IDTechEX Awards for the oneTRANSPORT™ data marketplace powered by the Chordant™ platform.
The IDTechEX Awards recognize company development and success in the latest emerging technologies which include 3D Printing, Electric Vehicles, Energy Harvesting, Energy Storage, Graphene, Internet of Things, Printed Electronics, Sensors & Wearable Technology. The Best IoT Technology Development award recognizes significant development in improving and enabling IoT, either hardware, software or system based.
Chordant, InterDigital’s Smart City-focused business, provides means for cities to aggregate disparate systems into a single platform. The oneTRANSPORT data marketplace is powered by the Chordant platform that uses the global oneM2M™ standard to bring data from multiple transport sources and owners into a data-as-a-service marketplace. This solution is a breakthrough because it has been applied to tackle large-scale change in the local government, Smart Cities and intelligent transport sectors.
“We’re delighted to receive this honor from IDTechEX, which underscores our commitment to driving the industry forward through innovation,” said Jim Nolan, Executive Vice President, Chordant, at InterDigital. “This award marks the ninth time that our platform has been shortlisted or won a major award within the industry.”
Click here for more information on the IDTechEX Awards.
About InterDigital®
InterDigital develops mobile technologies that are at the core of devices, networks, and services worldwide. We solve many of the industry's most critical and complex technical challenges, inventing solutions for more efficient broadband networks and a richer multimedia experience years ahead of market deployment. InterDigital has licenses and strategic relationships with many of the world's leading wireless companies. Founded in 1972, InterDigital is listed on NASDAQ and is included in the S&P MidCap 400® index.
InterDigital is a registered trademark of InterDigital, Inc. Chordant and oneTRANSPORT are trademarks of InterDigital. oneM2M is a trademark of the Partners Type 1 of oneM2M.
For more information, visit: www.interdigital.com.
About Chordant™
Chordant, an InterDigital business, is part of a global company passionate about innovation and a standards-based approach that stimulates thriving global ecosystems. Solutions powered by the Chordant platform address the fundamental challenges in Smart City deployments. Like a perfect chord of musical notes, the Chordant platform brings harmony to diverse devices, data and services. We have created one of the largest Smart City deployments, integrating hundreds of transport data sources into a transport data marketplace. Our Smart City solutions have also been recognized by leading analyst firms and organizations. For more information, visit: www.chordant.io.
InterDigital Contact:
Patrick Van de Wille
Email: patrick.vandewille@interdigital.com
+1 (858) 210-4814
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There are two types of iPhone X, and one is faster than the other
Chris Mills @chrisfmills November 14th, 2017 at 3:41 PM
There’s one little detail about the iPhone X that Apple likes to keep quiet: there’s really two different versions of the phone. Apple sourced baseband modems, the parts that deal with cellular connections, from both Intel and Qualcomm. Depending on where you bought your phone and what network you’re on, your iPhone X could have a Qualcomm or Intel modem — and they’re not created equal.
Provisional testing from SpeedSmart, a company that crowdsources speedtests from individual users through an app, shows that there is a small but real difference in speeds between the Intel and Qualcomm versions of the iPhone X, even when they’re on the same network. The catch is that it’s Intel’s modem, which is regarded to be behind Qualcomm’s in many respects, that turns out to be faster.
Before diving into the results, it’s worth keeping two important things in mind. First, these results aren’t conclusive: the data only measures speed, not variables like location, cell signal, or LTE bands, and the sample size is still small, as the phone hasn’t even been out for two weeks yet. The author of the report says that “an admittedly small number of speed tests have been taken with the iPhone X compared to other iPhone models,” so don’t go jumping to any conclusions just yet.
The second thing to remember is that Apple has artificially limited Qualcomm’s modem to reduce any performance differences between the Intel and Qualcomm phones. Although we don’t know the exact details, it appears that Apple disabled certain LTE-Advanced technologies that Qualcomm’s modem supports but Intel’s does not. Given the complexity of modem design, that could have slowed regular LTE performance on Qualcomm’s chip as well.
All that being said, here’s the important numbers: On AT&T and T-Mobile, the two networks that support both the Qualcomm and Intel iPhone X models, the Intel phone was faster. On AT&T, Intel iPhone X averaged 30.13Mbps, while the Qualcomm iPhone X averaged 27.46Mbps. On T-Mobile, the Intel phone averaged 33.34Mbps, and the Qualcomm device averaged 26.54Mbps.
That’s the opposite result to what Cellular Insights found when it tested the Qualcomm and Intel iPhone 7 Plus models last year. That testing investigated how the two phones performed in “sub-optimal” conditions, and found that the Qualcomm iPhone 7 Plus performed significantly better than the Intel device. At first glance, that seems to have been reversed this year.
http://bgr.com/2017/11/14/iphone-x-speed-test-att-vs-t-mobile-qualcomm-vs-intel/
United States Patent 9,819,427
Wang , et al. November 14, 2017
Emergency information in system information broadcast
Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing an ETWS message to a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU). The WTRU is configured to receive a paging message indicating a change in system information, wherein in response to the paging message to receive a system information block (SIB) 1 to determine a schedule for reception of earthquake and tsunami warning system (ETWS) information in system information blocks (SIBs). The WTRU is further configured to receive the SIBs with the ETWS information and to separately receive segments of an ETWS message and to combine the segments to reproduce the ETWS message.
Inventors:
Wang; Peter S. (East Setauket, NY), Zhang; Guodong (Syosset, NY), Somasundaram; Shankar (Sunnyvale, CA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000002949204
Appl. No.:
14/671,072
Filed:
March 27, 2015
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20150200734 A1 Jul 16, 2015
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
12486029 Jun 17, 2009 9008605
61074229 Jun 20, 2008
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04H 20/59 (20130101); H04H 20/72 (20130101); H04W 76/007 (20130101); H04W 4/22 (20130101); H04W 48/10 (20130101); H04W 28/06 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04M 11/04 (20060101); H04H 20/59 (20080101); H04H 20/72 (20080101); H04W 76/00 (20090101); H04W 4/22 (20090101); H04W 28/06 (20090101); H04W 48/10 (20090101)
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United States Patent 9,819,472
Pan November 14, 2017
Wireless user equipment for use in reducing cross cell interference
Abstract
A method for reducing cross cell interference in a wireless time division duplex communication system using code division multiple access, the system having at least one user equipment (UE) and a base station (BS) is disclosed. The method begins by measuring an interference level of each timeslot at the BS. A timeslot is eliminated for additional uplink communication if the measured interference level exceeds a first threshold. UEs in nearby cells that are large interferers are identified and their downlink timeslot usage is gathered. A timeslot is eliminated for uplink communication for a large interferer UE that uses the timeslot for downlink communication.
Inventors:
Pan; Kyle Jung-Lin (St. James, NY)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Technology Corporation
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Technology Corporation (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000002949247
Appl. No.:
14/551,735
Filed:
November 24, 2014
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20150078315 A1 Mar 19, 2015
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
13593908 Aug 24, 2012 8897711
12243622 Sep 11, 2012 8265560
11099325 Nov 11, 2008 7450905
10427174 Apr 19, 2005 6882849
10003487 Jul 8, 2003 6591109
60313336 Aug 17, 2001
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04L 5/0073 (20130101); H04B 7/2618 (20130101); H04L 5/0037 (20130101); H04W 72/082 (20130101); H04W 88/08 (20130101); H04B 2201/709709 (20130101); H04W 24/10 (20130101); H04W 28/04 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 4/00 (20090101); H04J 3/14 (20060101); G08C 17/00 (20060101); H04L 5/00 (20060101); H04W 72/08 (20090101); H04B 7/26 (20060101); H04W 28/04 (20090101); H04W 24/10 (20090101); H04W 88/08 (20090101)
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United States Patent 9,819,947
Ye , et al. November 14, 2017
Methods, apparatus and systems for scalable video coding with mixed interlace and progressive content
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, and systems for video coding/decoding are disclosed. One representative method includes a decoder receiving video content including at least a base layer (BL), an enhancement layer (EL) and phase information. The phase information includes an indicator indicating one or more sets of phase parameters from among plural sets of phase parameters. The method further includes assembling the BL into an inter-layer reference (ILR) picture based on the video content and the received phase information, selecting one or both of the ILR picture or an EL reference picture, and predicting a current EL picture using the phase information and one or more of the selected ILR picture or the selected EL reference picture.
Inventors:
Ye; Yan (San Diego, CA), He; Yong (San Diego, CA), He; Yuwen (San Diego, CA), Neff; Ralph (San Diego, CA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
VID SCALE, INC.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
VID SCALE, INC. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000002949665
Appl. No.:
14/581,488
Filed:
December 23, 2014
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20150189298 A1 Jul 2, 2015
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
61939217 Feb 12, 2014
61923110 Jan 2, 2014
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04N 19/196 (20141101); H04N 19/117 (20141101); H04N 19/139 (20141101); H04N 19/16 (20141101); H04N 19/174 (20141101); H04N 19/513 (20141101); H04N 19/172 (20141101); H04N 19/70 (20141101); H04N 19/33 (20141101)
Current International Class: H04N 19/196 (20140101); H04N 19/174 (20140101); H04N 19/117 (20140101); H04N 19/513 (20140101); H04N 19/139 (20140101); H04N 19/172 (20140101); H04N 19/16 (20140101); H04N 19/70 (20140101); H04N 19/33 (20140101
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United States Patent 9,820,212
Mukherjee , et al. November 14, 2017
Wireless communication method and apparatus for performing home Node-B identification and access restriction
Abstract
A method and a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), including a universal subscriber identity module (USIM), for identifying a closed subscriber group (CSG) cell are disclosed. The WTRU receives a broadcast from a cell including a cell identifier (ID). If the cell ID is associated with a CSG cell, the WTRU determines whether the CSG ID is programmed in the USIM. The cell broadcast may include a single bit information element (IE) indicating that the cell is a CSG cell. If the cell ID is a CSG ID, the cell ID may further include a plurality of fields which indicate at least one of a country, a region, an operator, and a home evolved Node-B (HeNB) number. The cell broadcast may further include a bit indicating whether the CSG cell is public or private. The cell broadcast may further include a bit indicating that emergency calls are allowed from all users.
Inventors:
Mukherjee; Rajat P. (Toronto, CA), Sammour; Mohammed (Alrabieh-Amman, JO), Somasundaram; Shankar (Sunnyvale, CA), Miller; James M. (Melville, NY), Wang; Jin (Wilmington, DE)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Technology Corporation
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Technology Corporation (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000002949900
Appl. No.:
15/218,896
Filed:
July 25, 2016
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20160337939 A1 Nov 17, 2016
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
14720375 May 22, 2015 9432819
14084329 Jul 7, 2015 9078117
13675535 Feb 18, 2014 8654750
13311055 Dec 18, 2012 8335199
12105574 Dec 6, 2011 8072953
60913717 Apr 24, 2007
60940572 May 29, 2007
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 48/02 (20130101); H04L 63/104 (20130101); H04W 4/08 (20130101); H04W 8/186 (20130101); H04W 12/08 (20130101); H04W 36/0033 (20130101); H04W 48/14 (20130101); H04W 48/16 (20130101); H04W 76/021 (20130101); H04W 48/08 (20130101); H04W 84/045 (20130101); H04W 8/183 (20130101); H04W 12/06 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 8/18 (20090101); H04W 48/02 (20090101); H04L 12/66 (20060101); H04L 29/06 (20060101); H04W 48/14 (20090101); H04W 4/08 (20090101); H04W 12/08 (20090101); H04W 48/08 (20090101); H04W 48/16 (20090101); H04W 36/00 (20090101); H04W 76/02 (20090101); H04W 12/06 (20090101); H04W 84/04 (20090101)
Field of Search: ;370/331
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United States Patent 9,820,269
Pan , et al. November 14, 2017
Uplink grant, downlink assignment and search space method and apparatus in carrier aggregation
Abstract
Methods of mapping, indicating, encoding and transmitting uplink (UL) grants and downlink (DL) assignments for wireless communications for carrier aggregation are disclosed. Methods to encode and transmit DL assignments and UL grants and map and indicate the DL assignments to DL component carriers and UL grants to UL component carriers are described. Methods include specifying the mapping rules for DL component carriers that transmit DL assignment and DL component carriers that receive physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), and mapping rules for DL component carriers that transmit UL grants and UL component carriers that transit physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) when using separate coding/separate transmission schemes.
Inventors:
Pan; Kyle Jung-Lin (Saint James, NY), Gauvreau; Jean-Louis (La Prairie, CA), Pietraski; Philip J. (Jericho, NY), Terry; Stephen E. (Northport, NY), Zhang; Guodong (Syosset, NY)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000002949954
Appl. No.:
14/673,538
Filed:
March 30, 2015
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20150208398 A1 Jul 23, 2015
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
13654182 Oct 17, 2012 8995376
12723308 Mar 12, 2010
61160167 Mar 13, 2009
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 72/042 (20130101); H04L 5/001 (20130101); H04L 5/0037 (20130101); H04L 5/0053 (20130101); H04L 5/0078 (20130101); H04W 52/146 (20130101); H04W 52/32 (20130101); H04W 72/0406 (20130101); H04L 5/0094 (20130101); H04W 52/34 (20130101); H04L 5/0007 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 8/00 (20090101); H04W 52/14 (20090101); H04W 52/32 (20090101); H04W 72/04 (20090101); H04W 52/34 (20090101); H04L 5/00 (20060101)
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United States Patent 9,820,335
Pinheiro , et al. November 14, 2017
System and method for sharing a common PDP context
Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods and devices for sharing a packet data protocol (PDP) context among a plurality of devices. For example, a method or sharing a PDP context among a plurality of devices may include a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) sending a request to establish or modify a PDP context. The request to establish or modify the PDP context may include an indication that the WTRU is a member of shared context group. The method may also include the WTRU receiving a response indicating that the request to establish or modify the PDP context was accepted. The method may also include the WTRU acting as a gateway for at least one other device in the shared context group. The request to establish or modify the PDP context may be an attach request. The indication that the WTRU is a member of shared context group may be a group identifier (ID).
Inventors:
Pinheiro; Ana Lucia A. (Breinigsville, PA), Kaur; Samian J. (Plymouth Meeting, PA), Cha; Inhyok (Seoul, KR), Howry; Dolores F. (Malvern, PA), Starsinic; Michael F. (Newtown, PA), Majumder; Debjani (Bangalore, IN), Seed; Dale N. (Allentown, PA), Wang; Chonggang (Princeton, NJ), Dong; Lijun (Bridgeport, PA), Lu; Guang (Dollard-des-Ormeaux, CA), Ding; Zongrui (King of Prussia, PA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
Pinheiro; Ana Lucia A.
Kaur; Samian J.
Cha; Inhyok
Howry; Dolores F.
Starsinic; Michael F.
Majumder; Debjani
Seed; Dale N.
Wang; Chonggang
Dong; Lijun
Lu; Guang
Ding; Zongrui
Breinigsville
Plymouth Meeting
Seoul
Malvern
Newtown
Bangalore
Allentown
Princeton
Bridgeport
Dollard-des-Ormeaux
King of Prussia
PA
PA
N/A
PA
PA
N/A
PA
NJ
PA
N/A
PA
US
US
KR
US
US
IN
US
US
US
CA
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000002950015
Appl. No.:
13/435,479
Filed:
March 30, 2012
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20130155948 A1 Jun 20, 2013
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
61470867 Apr 1, 2011
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 88/08 (20130101); H04W 4/005 (20130101); H04W 12/06 (20130101); H04W 76/02 (20130101); H04W 88/16 (20130101); H04W 84/042 (20130101); H04W 88/02 (20130101); H04W 88/14 (20130101); H04W 80/04 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 88/08 (20090101); H04W 12/06 (20090101); H04W 76/02 (20090101); H04W 4/00 (20090101); H04W 88/16 (20090101); H04W 88/02 (20090101); H04W 84/04 (20090101); H04W 80/04 (20090101); H04W 88/14 (20090101)
Field of Search: ;370/328,390,400,315,312,352,401,230,235,252,311,335,342,356,392,469 ;455/422
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my3sons87 - My guess is RIM:
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RIM Extends InterDigital Patent License Ahead Of BlackBerry 10
RIM, InterDigital Ink New Patent Deal
By David Zielenziger @DavidZie On 01/02/13 AT 2:19 PM
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RIMM's Blackberry series.
Photo: Reuters
BlackBerry developer Research in Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) has extended its multiyear patent licensing deal with InterDigital Inc. (NASDAQ:IDCC), clearing another obstacle ahead of this month’s introduction of the BlackBerry 10.
Terms weren’t disclosed. Last month, the Waterloo, Ontario-based smartphone developer resolved another patent dispute with Finland’s Nokia Oyj (NYSE:NOK) and later disclosed it had paid Nokia about $65 million.
InterDigital, a developer of wireless technologies in King of Prussia, Pa. -- which had tried to auction itself in 2011 in a bid to cash in on its intellectual property -- didn’t announce a value, either. The deal “continues the strong validation of InterDigital’s patent portfolio,” said Lawrence Shay, president of the company’s patent-holding subsidiaries.
RIM, which reported an unexpected third-quarter profit last month, plans to ship the long-delayed BlackBerry 10 on Jan. 30.
Broadcom Says Fully Committed To Buy Qualcomm
RTTNews Nov. 13, 2017, 12:09 PM
(RTTNews) - Broadcom Ltd. (AVGO) Monday said it remains fully committed to pursuing its acquisition of Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM).
Broadcom's offer of $70.00 per share, which consists of $60.00 in cash and $10.00 per share in Broadcom shares, represents a 28% premium over the closing price of Qualcomm's common stock on November 2, 2017, the last unaffected trading day prior to media speculation regarding a potential transaction, and a premium of 33% to Qualcomm's unaffected 30-day volume-weighted average price.
The Broadcom proposal stands whether Qualcomm's pending acquisition of NXP Semiconductors N.V. is consummated on the currently disclosed terms of $110 per NXP share or is terminated.
Hock Tan, President and Chief Executive Officer of Broadcom, stated, "This transaction will create a strong, global company with an impressive portfolio of industry-leading technologies and products, and we have received positive feedback from key customers about this combination. We continue to believe our proposal represents the most attractive, value-enhancing alternative available to Qualcomm stockholders and we are encouraged by their reaction. Many have expressed to us their desire that Qualcomm meet with us to discuss our proposal. It remains our strong preference to engage cooperatively with Qualcomm's Board of Directors and management team."
http://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/Broadcom-Says-Fully-Committed-To-Buy-Qualcomm-1007891784
InterDigital, Inc. - Common Stock
Settlement Date
Short Interest
Percent Change
Average Daily Share Volume
Days to Cover
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10/13/2017 1,422,896 (6.22) 257,481 5.53
09/29/2017 1,517,206 (9.60) 391,107 3.88
09/15/2017 1,678,350 (2.83) 298,575 5.62
08/31/2017 1,727,151 0.13 266,895 6.47
08/15/2017 1,724,910 (12.22) 292,042 5.91
07/31/2017 1,964,963 (0.33) 381,081 5.16
07/14/2017 1,971,455 (0.19) 265,936 7.41
06/30/2017 1,975,204 (9.87) 276,097 7.15
06/15/2017 2,191,388 8.55 329,036 6.66
05/31/2017 2,018,758 6.65 348,544 5.79
05/15/2017 1,892,844 12.79 364,662 5.19
04/28/2017 1,678,167 2.89 379,025 4.43
04/13/2017 1,631,084 (2.05) 316,395 5.16
03/31/2017 1,665,246 4.75 277,431 6.00
03/15/2017 1,589,686 2.37 355,660 4.47
02/28/2017 1,552,902 17.72 754,104 2.06
02/15/2017 1,319,121 26.28 407,973 3.23
01/31/2017 1,044,573 14.88 269,677 3.87
01/13/2017 909,276 2.05 329,518 2.76
12/30/2016 890,985 (10.60) 345,662 2.58
12/15/2016 996,635 (4.05) 498,068 2.00
11/30/2016 1,038,670 (18.76) 244,995 4.24
11/15/2016 1,278,516 (7.84) 366,671 3.49
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Qualcomm opens up on Apple in a legal filing
The first salvo in this war is a mind-blowing
Nov 6, 2017 by Charlie Demerjian
There have been some curious rumors about Qualcomm and Apple lately, lets take a look at their roots. Join SemiAccurate in taking apart this starting with some alleged very bad behavior by Apple.
If you remember the last time there was a pubic spat between these two companies, most pundits took one of two positions. We wrote, “What SemiAccurate does care about is why this is happening, essentially what drove Apple to get their panties in a bunch enough to start a hot war now? This is where the two reasons being bandied about in the press come in. One says that since Apple has a second supplier for LTE modems, Intel for the iPhone 7, they are emboldened to try and gain leverage over Qualcomm. The other camp contends that this is simply a spat over royalties, Apple’s margin are obviously in dire need of a boost. Lets take a look at these scenarios before we state the reason SemiAccurate feels led to shells being lobbed between Cupertino and San Diego.” (Author’s note: This article never went up for a variety of reasons but the sentiment remains unchanged)
Our conclusion was that both sides were wrong, effectively Intel’s execution on the modem front was and still is so woeful that they aren’t a second source. This new spat only reinforces our opinion that we were right about the underlying reasoning from Apple. That said a new court filing yesterday sheds a lot of light on the current crossfire. Let’s look at the lay of the land starting with a Reuters piece about Apple supposedly designing out Qualcomm modems in the next iPhone.
That died down until a not-so-coincidental ‘leak’ to the Wall Street Journal about Qualcomm being designed out of Apple for a reason. The story reads as if Apple is the victim, they had no choice but to get rid of the miscreants. The story goes on to imply that Qualcomm was withholding critical software from Apple to hurt Apple, so there was no choice but to go to Intel and Mediatek.
The problem with this is if you stop and do the barest minimum logical parsing, something no news outlet seems to have done, this story doesn’t stand up. This is why we used the single quotes around the word leak above, it isn’t a leak, it is a one sided plant to kick Qualcomm in the sensitive bits, and the timing of the day before Qualcomm earnings isn’t coincidental.
Lets go back to the logic or lack thereof. Apple is one of Qualcomm’s biggest clients and unquestionably the one with the highest SKU mix. Apple is also probably Qualcomm’s most lucrative client. For years the two made each other a lot of money. The software that Apple alleges Qualcomm withheld is “critical” to using Qualcomm chips in Apple phones. If Qualcomm is in a spat with Apple, withholding this software quite possibly means Apple can’t use Qualcomm modems in the next gen iPhone.
The part that doesn’t make sense is that if Qualcomm withheld this software, they are preemptively shutting out about 20% of their market. According to the articles on the subject, Qualcomm did this, a day before their earnings, to hurt themselves and make themselves look stupid. Can you think of a better reason that a company would cut out that much of their revenue base, feng shui isn’t it either. If you stop and think about it, it makes no sense as given to the WSJ.
The very next day however there was a court filing from Qualcomm pointing a finger at Apple. It is ugly and linked below for subscribers. It says in no uncertain terms that Qualcomm did actually withhold some software from Apple, but allegedly did it for a very solid reason. That software doesn’t seem to actually be necessary to make a product with Qualcomm radios, the filing points out that Apple is one of the few, if only, company that has access to the software, and dozens if not hundreds of OEMs successfully make quite functional Qualcomm phones without it.
So what is this filing about? It seems Apple was granted access to this code under a 2010 agreement called the Master Software Agreement (MSA). This granting comes with a host of conditions not uncommon to such revealing of corporate crown jewels between companies. These include things like restricting access to specific secure computers, not allowing engineers with access to the code to work on competing products for a period of time, and maintaining a list of accesses with who used the code and why. There are also more prosaic things like audit rights for Qualcomm and the obvious non-disclosure agreements.
When SemiAccurate first read the filing our mind was kind of blown. No not because of Apple’s handling of IP, we have heard several horror stories about that from many vendors not related to Qualcomm, but of the sheer stupidity alleged in the document. While this kind of thing probably happens all the time in the corporate world, rarely does a company get publicly allegedly caught with their pants down.
What are we talking about? How about this gem from the court filing, “9. The restrictions in the MSA are designed to maintain the confidentiality of Qualcomm’s source code and related proprietary information. Upon information and belief, Apple has violated the confidentiality and restricted use provisions of the MSA. For example, in July Apple requested that Qualcomm provide details about how Qualcomm’s implementation of a particular interprocessor communication was designed to meet a certain wireless carrier’s requirements. Qualcomm’s proprietary implementation of this communication protocol is not dictated by any standard and it contains Qualcomm’s highly confidential trade secrets. Apple, however, included in the “CC’d Persons” distribution list for this request an engineer from Intel (a competitive vendor) and an Apple engineer working with that competitive vendor.” Not very bright but possibly a simple case of fat fingering when addressing an email.
That explanation sounds good until you read the next bit, “In a separate incident, Qualcomm received correspondence indicating that rather than preventing information regarding Qualcomm’s proprietary implementations from being shared with Apple engineers working with competitive vendors, Apple appears to have merely redacted the code name that Apple uses for Qualcomm on that correspondence.” This appears to be a bit more toward the Oscar Wilde quote, “To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.”
But it goes on, “As another example, an Apple engineer working on a competitive vendor’s product asked an Apple engineer working on Qualcomm’s product to request assistance from Qualcomm relating to a downlink decoding summary for carrier aggregation.” Unfortunately Oscar Wilde’s pithy quotes only went up to two, this is at least three and Oscar stopped with the quotes many years ago. Also do note that Intel’s modems were and still are significantly behind Qualcomm’s capabilities here. In the iPhone 7 generation, Apple had to hobble Qualcomm modems to the capabilities of the Intel ones, things like this are the reason. It unquestionably hurts Apple and their customers to have an inferior radio solution.
This looks kind of bad for Apple, but remember two things, these are only Qualcomm’s allegations and this is the reason why audit clauses are built in to such contracts. If Apple kept the required list of accesses, it should be cleared up in short order, right? Luckily the next section of the filing has information on the subject.
“10. The MSA provides Qualcomm the right to, at least once per year and in Qualcomm’s sole discretion, audit Apple to ensure Apple’s compliance with its obligations under the MSA. On February 28, 2017, Qualcomm requested an audit under the MSA. To date, despite Qualcomm’s repeated requests, Apple has refused to permit Qualcomm to audit Apple’s compliance with the provisions of the MSA. Qualcomm seeks specific performance of Apple’s obligations under the MSA to provide sufficient information to Qualcomm to confirm that Apple has at all times complied with its obligations related to Qualcomm’s software. Qualcomm also seeks compensation for Apple’s breach of the MSA and its failure to adhere to the use restrictions placed on the Qualcomm code by the MSA.” Allegedly speaking, Doh! This is starting to look allegedly ugly.
But wait there’s more! “22.On February 28, 2017 Qualcomm requested an audit pursuant to the MSA, stating that it would commence the audit beginning on March 20, 2017. Apple responded, claiming that three weeks’ notice was not “reasonable,” and refusing to let the audit proceed on that date. Apple also admitted that it had not maintained the list of Authorized Engineers who had accessed the software, the purpose for such access and any actions taken as a result of such access, which Apple was required to maintain under MSA § 3.3(d).
23.In subsequent correspondence, Apple provided some information requested by Qualcomm, such as what Apple claimed to be a list of Authorized Engineers pursuant to MSA § 3.3(d) and certain transactional records from Apple repositories hosting certain Qualcomm software. The information provided by Apple was incomplete and insufficient for Qualcomm to audit Apple’s compliance or lack thereof with its obligations under the MSA, including but not limited to the requirement that certain software “shall only be stored, viewed, and used by Authorized Engineers on Restricted Computers in Authorized Locations[.]” MSA 3.3(a). Apple has failed to provide additional information in response to Qualcomm’s follow-up requests for information that would allow Qualcomm to meaningfully exercise its audit rights.
24.In other respects, Apple flatly refused to permit Qualcomm to proceed with the audit. For example, Qualcomm requested to inspect “Restricted Computers, Approved Machines, and Authorized Locations.” Apple refused to permit this inspection, stating that doing so would be “unworkable.” Similarly, Qualcomm sought to audit Apple’s compliance with the MSA with respect to “additional debug messages and log packets” added by Apple pursuant to MSA § 3.3(b), but Apple has refused to permit that inspection.” This has now surpassed anything Oscar Wilde could come up with, but it isn’t over yet.
See? “25.Subsequent to Apple’s refusal to permit audit and inspection under the MSA,
8 Qualcomm became aware of a posting regarding Intel Corp. layoffs that appears to have been posted by a former modem design engineer, and which contains several statements of concern that on August 14, 2017 Qualcomm specifically requested Apple investigate. The post references a CNBC article reporting on the ITC action filed by Qualcomm against Apple and goes on to say: “We were told to ignore intellectual property rights when designing the modem. There was even a conspiracy to copy Qualcomm’s technology by hints from Apple about the ‘reference device’.”This statement appears to be made by an Intel engineer working on the Apple (Intel branded)modem.
26.Qualcomm requested in writing that Apple investigate whether and to what extent any engineers working on the Intel branded modem for use in the Apple iPhone were provided Qualcomm intellectual property and/or confidential information in any form. Qualcomm also requested that Apple investigate whether and to what extent Qualcomm’s modem hardware or software was ever referred to by Apple as the “reference device”, or other similar descriptions in the context of modem design.
27.On August 24, 2017, Apple responded to Qualcomm’s request by refusing to conduct any investigation. Apple specifically responded as follows: “Apple does not plan to conduct an investigation [].””
When your head stops spinning over this filing, go back to the ‘leak’ in the Wall Street Journal. It alleges Qualcomm withheld critical software from Apple so Apple couldn’t possibly make the next gen iPhones with Qualcomm radios. The story effectively says it wasn’t Apple allegedly mis-handling Qualcomm’s crown jewels, it was Qualcomm shooting themselves in the foot so they could lose 20% of their revenue, give or take. Ignore that it makes no sense, that was the story that the WSJ repeated. Any guess where the ‘leak’ came from?
More interesting is the timing. Yes it was the day before Qualcomm earnings but it was also the day before the court filing. Given the complexities of this kind of litigation, think Apple had a copy, or at least a heads up a day or two before Qualcomm actually filed?S|A
https://semiaccurate.com/2017/11/06/qualcomm-opens-apple-legal-filing/
Qualcomm buy may pit Broadcom against Intel in 'connected car' fight
Stephen Nellis November 8, 2017 / 6:17 AM / Updated 6 hours ago
(Reuters) - If Broadcom Ltd’s unsolicited $103 billion bid for Qualcomm Inc succeeds, it could set up a battle with Intel Corp for dominance in the production of the next generation of communications chips, which will play a vital role in so-called connected cars.
Vehicles of every sort already are starting to add wireless chips to download everything from maps to entertainment, and in a few years nearly every new car may be connected. Self-driving cars, still in test mode, will accelerate the move.
“The amount of chips per car is going to grow dramatically,” said Egil Juliussen, a principal analyst for automotive technology at IHSMarkit.
Chip makers are scrambling to create new mobile networks, the so-called fifth generation, which will link phones as well as cars, drones and even industrial devices such as smart street lights, which count pedestrians and send data to city planners.
Qualcomm long was the dominant communications chip maker for mobile phones, although computer chip maker Intel has begun muscling into the space. Each now supplies about half Apple Inc’s iPhone communications chips, for instance.
Now they are jockeying in a mature market to design so-called 5G networks that will be up to 10 times as fast as wireless networks today, which are expected to start rolling out in 2020. Research firm IDC predicts 1.53 billion smart phones will be shipped in 2017 expanding to only 1.77 billion units in 2021.
The market for modem chips for cars, by contrast, is expected to grow sharply. Tristan Gerra, a senior semiconductor analyst for Robert W. Baird & Co, said that this year, only about 12 million of the 90 million cars manufactured per year have internet connectivity. But connectivity will become ubiquitous on self-driving cars.
“You basically (will) have 80 million units per year that are going to get a modem,” he said.
Intel and Qualcomm declined to comment.
Qualcomm itself is trying to buy NXP Semiconductors, a maker of automotive chips from so-called “infotainment” system chips to camera systems, for $38 billion. It is unclear whether that deal will go through and whether Broadcom would take on NXP, but Broadcom has said it is willing to do so.
A tie-up between the three companies could create a formidable competitor in the automotive chip space, said IHSMarkit’s Juliussen. He views Intel and Nvidia Corp, which make both make the main processors used in self-driving vehicles, as leaders in the young market, but a combined Broadcom-Qualcomm-NXP would be a strong third-place.
Intel has bought itself into relationships with autonomous car developers thanks to its acquisition of vision system maker Mobileye. Broadcom would get something similar with NXP, Juliussen said.
If Broadcom pulls off both deals, its market position in some areas could be dominant, said Cowen and Co analyst Karl Ackerman.
“[Broadcom] would basically own the majority of the high-end components in the smart phone market and they would have a very significant influence on 5G standards, which are paramount as you think about autonomous vehicles” and connected factories, he said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-qualcomm-m-a-broadcom-intel/qualcomm-buy-may-pit-broadcom-against-intel-in-connected-car-fight-idUSKBN1D81CP
Paullee - Although I could not hear the questions being asked at the end of the presentation, Mr. Merritt's response concerning AVGO/QCOM seemed to be interesting. But then it is always a matter of interpretation.
United States Patent 9,813,494
Ding , et al. November 7, 2017
Context-aware peer-to-peer communication
Abstract
Methods and systems are disclosed for determining context information for one or more peers to be used in a peer discovery and/or peer association process(es) and/or to otherwise facilitate P2P proximity communications. For example, a method for determining peer context information may include receiving a context-aware identifier (CAID). The CAID may include one or more items of context information associated with the peer in addition to an indication of an identity of the peer. A first portion of the CAID may be decoded to determine a first item of context information associated with the peer. The first portion of the CAID may be decodable without having to process a payload portion of the message. It may be determined whether to continue processing one or more of the CAID or the message based on the first item of context information. The CAID may be used in discovery and/or association procedure(s).
Inventors:
Ding; Zongrui (Portland, OR), Wang; Chonggang (Princeton, NJ), Russell, Jr.; Paul L. (Pennington, NJ), Li; Qing (Princeton Junction, NJ), Li; Hongkun (Malvern, PA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000002937352
Appl. No.:
14/400,279
Filed:
May 9, 2013
PCT Filed:
May 09, 2013
PCT No.:
PCT/US2013/040260
371(c)(1),(2),(4) Date:
November 10, 2014
PCT Pub. No.:
WO2013/169974
PCT Pub. Date:
November 14, 2013
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US 20150127733 A1 May 7, 2015
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Current CPC Class: H04L 67/104 (20130101); H04L 67/16 (20130101); H04W 4/005 (20130101); H04W 8/005 (20130101); H04W 8/24 (20130101); H04W 4/08 (20130101); H04W 76/023 (20130101)
Current International Class: G06F 15/16 (20060101); H04W 4/08 (20090101); H04L 29/08 (20060101); H04W 8/00 (20090101); H04W 4/00 (20090101); H04W 8/24 (20090101); H04W 76/02 (20090101)
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United States Patent 9,813,842
Ahmad , et al. November 7, 2017
Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to proximity services (ProSe) direct discovery
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, systems, devices, and computer program products directed to enhancements to proximity-based services (ProSe) direct discovery are provided. Among the methods is a method that may be implemented in a proximity services (ProSe) function and that may include receiving a discovery request message including a ProSe application identifier; determining whether or not the ProSe function can retrieve a valid ProSe application code corresponding to the ProSe application identifier; and transmitting a reject-type discovery response message conditioned on the determining that a valid ProSe application code is not available to the ProSe function.
Inventors:
Ahmad; Saad (Montreal, CA), Helmy; Amir (Vancouver, CA), Wang; Guanzhou (Brossard, CA), Canonne-Velasquez; Loic (Verdun, CA), Olvera-Hernandez; Ulises (Montreal, CA), Watfa; Mahmoud (Saint Leonard, CA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
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Type
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000002937656
Appl. No.:
15/092,559
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April 6, 2016
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Current International Class: H04B 7/00 (20060101); H04W 4/00 (20090101); H04W 8/00 (20090101)
Field of Search: ;455/41.2
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United States Patent 9,813,941
Marinier , et al. November 7, 2017
Efficient L2 processing and protocol data units wireless communications
Abstract
Enhanced MAC-es PDUs are created by concatenating enhanced MAC-es service data units (SDUs) based on higher layer PDUs and segments thereof, where segmentation information is included in the enhanced MAC-es headers. An enhanced MAC-e header is generated for each enhanced MAC-es PDU to describe information about the enhanced MAC-es PDU. An enhanced MAC-e PDU is created by concatenating enhanced MAC-es PDUs and enhanced MAC-e headers. An enhanced MAC-es header may include a Transmit Sequence Number (TSN) field, a Segmentation Description (SD) field, length (L) fields to indicate the length of each enhanced MAC-es SDU and/or logical channel indicator (LCH-ID) fields. An enhanced MAC-e header may include one or more logical channel indicator (LCH-ID) fields for corresponding enhanced MAC-es PDUs or MAC-s SDUs and length (L) fields.
Inventors:
Marinier; Paul (Brossard, CA), Pani; Diana (Montreal, CA), Cave; Christopher R. (Dollard-des-Ormeaux, CA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
Wilmington
N/A
DE
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000002937743
Appl. No.:
14/691,005
Filed:
April 20, 2015
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United States Patent 9,813,951
Terry , et al. November 7, 2017
Method and apparatus for cell update while in an enhanced cell.sub.--FACH state
Abstract
A method and apparatus for cell update while in a Cell_FACH state are disclosed. After selecting a target cell, system information is read from the target cell including high speed downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH) common system information. A radio network temporary identity (RNTI) received in a source cell is cleared and a variable HS_DSCH_RECEPTION is set to TRUE. An HS-DSCH medium access control (MAC-hs) entity is configured based on the HS-DSCH common system information. High speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) transmission is then received in the target cell. A CELL UPDATE message is sent to notify of a cell change. The HSDPA transmission may be received using a common H-RNTI broadcast in the system information, a reserved H-RNTI as requested in a CELL UPDATE message, or a temporary identity which is a subset of a U-RNTI. The MAC-hs entity may be reset.
Inventors:
Terry; Stephen E. (Northport, NY), Pani; Diana (Montreal, CA), Marinier; Paul (Brossard, CA), Di Girolamo; Rocco (Laval, CA), Cave; Christopher R. (Dollard-des-Ormeaux, CA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Technology Corporation
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Technology Corporation (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000002937753
Appl. No.:
15/225,889
Filed:
August 2, 2016
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Broadcom Bid for Qualcomm Carries Risks for Mobile Industry Innovation
By: Wayne Rash | November 06, 2017
There's little reason to wonder why Qualcomm might be worth $105 billion to Broadcom. That's because there is no doubt that your smartphone is using technology from Qualcomm.
You've probably heard about the company’s Snapdragon processors that power most of the Android phones out there. But Qualcomm also makes the chips that handle the communications for most manufacturers' smartphones and it has patents that get license fees from the rest.
This fact clearly was not lost on Broadcom, another networking company that’s deeply involved in mobile communications, notably in WiFi chips as well as mobile processors.
The synergies are clear enough that Broadcom is proposing making Qualcomm its latest takeover target if antitrust regulators are willing to approve the deal. However, Qualcomm is reportedly not thrilled with Broadcom's bid, saying that it undervalues the company.
The $70 per share that Broadcom is offering is a significant premium over what Qualcomm is currently trading for, but it’s close to parity when compared with the stock price a year ago. Since then Qualcomm has been hammered by lawsuits, examined by regulators and is in the midst of losing Apple as a customer. These events are depressing Qualcomm’s stock price.
Apple is a big worry for Qualcomm since the company has moved to Intel for the modems it needs to reach cellular networks. The company’s patents still apply to the Intel chips, but here Apple is fighting back, saying that Qualcomm’s licensing fees are unreasonable.
Meanwhile, the mobile device industry in looking toward a future without an independent Qualcomm, which may or may not be good news. On one hand, if Broadcom's buyout bid is successful, it’s not clear what the future course of Qualcomm and its products will be. On the other, there’s hope that Broadcom will be more reasonable when it comes to license fees.
But for the mobile industry there’s a lot more going on than modem suppliers and license fees. Apple, for example, has already begun the process of leaving Qualcomm behind completely, although it's unclear how it can buy or build the mobile processors it needs without paying license fees to Qualcomm.
Apple is already suing about the size of the licensing fees. But it’s safe to assume that the move to Intel modems will put a crimp in Qualcomm’s license revenue. But it also appears to be likely that Apple will begin making its own communications chips fairly soon, and if possible it will find a way that doesn’t depend on Qualcomm’s licenses.
Then there’s Samsung. Like Apple, Samsung can make its own chips even though it currently uses Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processors for phones it sells in the U.S. However, like Apple, Samsung also has its own line of processors, such as the Exynos systems that the company uses in its Galaxy S8 phones sold outside the U.S., where they don’t need to support CDMA networks.
But there’s no reason why Samsung can’t build its own chips, especially those pesky modem chips, and there’s no reason the company can’t buy them from Intel.
If the two major phone makers decide they don’t need Qualcomm, then the company is in a world of hurt. Worse, if Apple’s lawsuits fighting the Qualcomm license fees come out in Apple’s favor, this also helps every other device maker, because they will benefit from the findings as well, cutting Qualcomm’s revenue even further.
Broadcom is in a position to make the legal troubles go away by improving the license fees so that manufacturers stop fighting them. This would have the long-term impact of ensuring a continued if somewhat lower revenue stream while Broadcom would be able to leverage its position into a near-monopoly.
But it’s not clear that such a position is good for the long term growth of the industry, or of the technologies that the industry depends on. Qualcomm, after all, is a major innovator in mobile technologies and is currently working on the hardware to support the new 5G networks that will go into operation over the next five to eight years.
Broadcom, on the other hand makes most of its money through buying companies, keeping the technologies it wants or the parts of companies it wants and selling the rest.
The company, formerly known as Avago Technologies, is the end result of the Hewlett-Packard spin-off of Agilant Technologies in 1999. Avago bought Broadcom along with several other companies and took its name.
The acquisitions, integration and sell-off of various unneeded corporate components is a core part of Broadcom’s business practices and there’s every reason to expect that to continue with a Qualcomm acquisition.
While Broadcom is known for making money through mergers and acquisitions, but it’s not as well known for its engineering acumen or as a mobile technology innovator.
While Broadcom does its own product development, it’s not on the scale that we’ve seen from Qualcomm. Problem is, Qualcomm has gotten greedy and that may ultimately bring its downfall as an independent company.
If the Qualcomm deal is possible the level of greed it displayed in the mobile chip market will moderate, but perhaps so will the level of innovation. For the long term, this is not a good thing.
Despite my overall annoyance with Qualcomm for the decision the company made years ago to kill off Eudora, which was probably the best email client ever developed, I think it’s still better for the industry for the proposed acquisition to fail, either because the numbers don’t work or because regulators oppose it, than for it to succeed and risk the extinction of its innovation-friendly culture.
http://www.eweek.com/mobile/broadcom-bid-for-qualcomm-carries-risks-for-mobile-industry-innovation
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"I would even go out on a limb and say that at some point, Broadcom MIGHT make a bid to take InterDigital in order to further strangthen and solidify the future of IoT and sensor technology."
Apple Inc. Is the Key to the Broadcom/Qualcomm, Inc. Deal
Dana Blankenhorn InvestorPlace November 06, 2017
Just days after announcing it would move its offices from Singapore to the U.S., Broadcom Ltd (NASDAQ:AVGO) is launching its biggest acquisition effort, offering to buy Qualcomm, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM) for $70 per share, about $103 billion. It’s not a coincidence.
From its Singapore base, the company formerly known as Avago Technologies found its effort to buy Brocade Communications Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:BRCD) last year slowed by a U.S. review covering the sale of key technology to foreign entities, known as the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, or CFIUS.
Now, with an appearance in the Oval Office by Malaysian-born CEO Hock Tan, that may no longer be a problem. The same would be true of a Qualcomm deal.
Qualcomm had become a bargain, falling 7% in value during a year where every other Big Tech name was rising sharply, because of its long-standing dispute with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) over chip royalties.
Apple is demanding discounts on intellectual property royalties, which Qualcomm charges for its patents even if a company buys chips elsewhere. Under CEO Steve Mollenkopf, Qualcomm has gone to war. Apple has responded in kind and the reputation of both sides has been bloodied.
Tan is likely to end the conflict, doubtless on better terms than Mollenkopf is currently offering. There is also the question of what now happens with Qualcomm’s ongoing effort to buy NXP Semiconductors Inc. (NASDAQ:NXPI), which has stalled as investors like Elliot Management seek a higher price.
Broadcom has said its offer stands whether the NXP deal is completed at the current price of $110 per NXP share, or not. In other words, take it or leave it.
Broadcom is already a major Apple supplier, and if Tan, a hero in his native Malaysia, can broker a peace deal he could slow Apple’s ongoing efforts to seek other suppliers for its modem chips, such as Intel Corp. (NASDAQ:INTC).
Skepticism Continues
Investors have yet to grab the premium in Qualcomm that Broadcom is offering as trading opened on Nov. 6, with Qualcomm opening at less than $65 per share, against a deal value of $70 per share.
One reason for that is that $10 per share of the price being offered represents Broadcom stock, and the deal would be partly funded by $30 billion in new debt, increasing Broadcom’s debt-to-assets ratio. Another reason is that the deal could still take 18 months to clear through global antitrust regulators.
As this was written, Qualcomm was still evaluating the deal but it is expected to reject the current price. Some analysts believe Qualcomm could fetch $85 per share in a bidding war, but that would require a second bidder.
While the deal might end the Apple litigation, a Broadcom-Qualcomm deal would put together two companies who fought one of the biggest legal wars of the past decade, during which Qualcomm’s lawyers were charged with serious ethical violations.
There are a lot of moving parts in this story, but the picture of Trump hugging Tan is the one that endures. If completed, this would be the largest pure technology merger of all time, and while the company’s headquarters may remain American, its head will be in the Far East.
The Bottom Line
The merger is going to take time to play out. Broadcom is already a major supplier to Apple, and Apple’s view on this deal may be the key to whether it takes place.
My guess is that if Apple makes some move approving the deal, through a negotiation with Broadcom management, it’s very likely to go through. You don’t argue with companies whose market cap is $900 billion. Or with the President of the United States.
Dana Blankenhorn is a financial and technology journalist. He is the author of the historical mystery romance The Reluctant Detective Travels in Time, available now at the Amazon Kindle store. Write him at danablankenhorn@gmail.com or follow him on Twitter at @danablankenhorn. As of this writing, he owned no shares in companies mentioned in this article.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-inc-key-broadcom-qualcomm-152440166.html
Fish - My choice of words were not the best... but what I meant was that a transaction by Broadcom would not be completed unless there was a resolution between QCOM & AAPL.
Additionally I wonder if Broadcom would team up with Apple to take out Qualcomm?
Broadcom Explores Deal to Buy Chipmaker Qualcomm
By Ed Hammond, Dinesh Nair, and Ian King
?November? ?03?, ?2017? ?1?:?42? ?PM Updated on ?November? ?03?, ?2017? ?2?:?35? ?PM
Broadcom Ltd. is considering a bid of more than $100 billion for Qualcomm Inc., according to people familiar with the matter, in what would be the biggest-ever takeover of a chipmaker.
Broadcom is speaking to advisers about the potential deal, said the people, who asked not to be identified because talks are private. The offer of about $70 a share would include cash and stock and is likely to be made in the coming days, the people said. A final decision on whether to proceed has not been made, they said.
Qualcomm shares rose as much as 19 percent in New York in their biggest intraday move since October 2008. They traded up 12 percent at 2:23 p.m., valuing the company at $91 billion. Broadcom rose 4.7 percent, for a market valuation of $111 billion.
Representatives for Broadcom and Qualcomm declined to comment.
Broadcom Chief Executive Officer Hock Tan is a voracious acquirer, and he’s played a key role in a wave of consolidation engulfing the $300 billion semiconductor industry over the last three years. Broadcom, created in 2016 when Avago Technologies Ltd. acquired then-Broadcom Corp. for $37 billion, has built itself from a former division of Hewlett Packard into one of the industry’s largest chipmakers via a string of purchases. Tan has said he intends to seek more deals, a strategy that could be limited by opposition from U.S. regulators.
Broadcom, a major supplier to Apple Inc., said this week it will return its headquarters to the U.S. from Singapore. The company already lists San Jose, California, as a corporate co-headquarters.
Qualcomm finds itself in a weakened state. Before today, its shares had slumped 16 percent this year, compared with a 41 percent surge in the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index -- in part due to an escalating legal battle with Apple that’s costing revenue and jeopardizing the business model that for years made Qualcomm one of the most successful chipmakers in the world.
At issue are the licensing fees that Qualcomm charges for patents that cover the basics of how mobile phone systems work. Apple contends Qualcomm is unfairly charging too much and illegally taking advantage of its market position in chips. Qualcomm has countered that Apple, one of its largest customers, has lied to regulators in an unfair attempt to bully its opponent into charging less.
Qualcomm, based in San Diego, California, is also confronting headwinds in closing its $47 billion purchase of NXP Semiconductors NV. The deal is facing regulatory examination in Europe and opposition from some shareholders including activist hedge fund firm Elliott Management Corp., which has argued the offer undervalues NXP.
Aside from the financial challenges of such a large deal, Broadcom would also encounter close regulatory scrutiny. Based on 2016 revenue, the enlarged company would be the world’s third largest chipmaker behind Intel Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co. and give it a huge swath of the supply chain of vital phone components such as Wi-Fi and cellular modem chips. The two companies are already among the top ten providers of chips ranked by revenue in an industry that’s consolidating rapidly.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-03/broadcom-is-said-to-explore-deal-to-acquire-chipmaker-qualcomm-j9k6u92n
There is no way that Broadcom would consider buying a massive lawsuit against Apple. JMHO
Broadcom explores deal to buy Qualcomm - Bloomberg
Reuters November 03, 2017
(Reuters) - Broadcom Ltd (AVGO.O) is exploring a deal to buy smartphone chip maker Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O), in what could be the biggest ever acquisition of a chipmaker, Bloomberg News reported on Friday.
Broadcom is speaking to advisers about the potential deal, Bloomberg said, citing people familiar with the matter.
Neither company immediately responded to Reuters requests for comment
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/broadcom-explores-deal-buy-qualcomm-175811102.html
Qualcomm sues Apple, accusing it of sharing chip code with Intel
Another lawsuit in the ongoing fight
by Chaim Gartenberg@cgartenberg Nov 2, 2017, 2:26pm EDT
Qualcomm has launched another lawsuit against Apple, accusing the iPhone maker of sharing proprietary code with Intel, according to a report from Bloomberg.
The lawsuit claims that Apple breached contract with Qualcomm in regard to software that’s required to allow mobile chips to interact with the rest of a phone. It’s the latest in a series of lawsuits between the two companies, which kicked off back in January when Apple sued Qualcomm and accused the chip maker of overcharging for use of patents.
Currently, Apple manufactures its phones with chips from both Qualcomm and Intel, although a recent report from The Wall Street Journal indicated that the company could be dropping Qualcomm entirely as a result of the ongoing squabbles between the two companies.
https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/2/16599302/qualcomm-sues-apple-chip-code-software-intel-lawsuit
Gemalto LTE-M IoT technology paves the way for widespread adoption
This module supports remote device updates and the quality of service management for as long as the device functions.
ETTelecom | October 31, 2017, 17:25 IST
NEW DELHI: Gemalto's LTE Cat M1 IoT module, certified by Verizon will expand the use of cellular connections in applications such as security systems, points of sale, vending and eHealth solutions with very low power consumptions. Emerging Low-Power Wide-Area wireless technologies, including LTE-M and NB-IoT allow devices to efficiently connect to existing 4G networks.
The Cinterion IoT module with an embedded eSIM makes connecting better and simplifies solution design by combining two components into one. This module supports remote device updates and the quality of service management for as long as the device functions.
"With decades of experience in provisioning services and more than 50 global MNO references for On-Demand Connectivity, Gemalto is in the lead position to help drive adoption and transform the way IoT technology is deployed in the future,"? said Andreas Haegele, SVP IoT Products, Gemalto.
The module features quick wake-up times that are 15 times faster than traditional solutions, preserving power and improving the responsiveness which are important elements for power sensitive, battery-operated IoT applications.
https://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/gemalto-lte-m-iot-technology-paves-the-way-for-widespread-adoption/61362378
United States Patent 9,807,606
Ye , et al. October 31, 2017
Information-theoretically secure secrecy generation
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for performing information-theoretically secure cryptography using joint randomness not shared by others. Two valid communicating entities independently generate samples of a shared source that is not available to an illegitimate entity. The shared source may be a satellite signal, and each legitimate entity may generate uniformly distributed samples from a binary phase-shift keying signal received on an independent channel. Alternatively, the shared source may be a channel between the two legitimate entities, such that each legitimate entity generates samples of unknown distribution based on the channel impulse response of the channel. One legitimate entity generates an encryption key, a quantization error, and a syndrome from its samples. The quantization error and the syndrome are reported to the other legitimate entity. The other legitimate entity generates a matching encryption key using its samples, the quantization error, and the syndrome.
Inventors:
Ye; Chunxuan (San Diego, CA), Reznik; Alexander (Titusville, NJ)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000002923477
Appl. No.:
14/492,684
Filed:
September 22, 2014
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20150003612 A1 Jan 1, 2015
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
12464236 May 12, 2009 8842826
61052333 May 12, 2008
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 12/04 (20130101); H04L 9/0819 (20130101); H04L 63/062 (20130101); H04L 9/0875 (20130101); H04L 2209/80 (20130101); H04L 2209/24 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 12/04 (20090101); H04L 9/08 (20060101); H04L 29/06 (20060101)
PPP
United States Patent 9,807,608
Cha , et al. October 31, 2017
System of multiple domains and domain ownership
Abstract
Methods and instrumentalities are disclosed that enable one or more domains on one or more devices to be owned or controlled by one or more different local or remote owners, while providing a level of system-wide management of those domains. Each domain may have a different owner, and each owner may specify policies for operation of its domain and for operation of its domain in relation to the platform on which the domain resides, and other domains. A system-wide domain manager may be resident on one of the domains. The system-wide domain manager may enforce the policies of the domain on which it is resident, and it may coordinate the enforcement of the other domains by their respective policies in relation to the domain in which the system-wide domain manager resides. Additionally, the system-wide domain manager may coordinate interaction among the other domains in accordance with their respective policies.
Inventors:
Cha; Inhyok (Yardley, PA), Guccione; Louis J. (East Chester, NY), Shah; Yogendra C. (Exton, PA), Schmidt; Andreas U. (Frankfurt, DE), Pattar; Sudhir B. (Mount Laurel, NJ)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
Cha; Inhyok
Guccione; Louis J.
Shah; Yogendra C.
Schmidt; Andreas U.
Pattar; Sudhir B.
Yardley
East Chester
Exton
Frankfurt
Mount Laurel
PA
NY
PA
N/A
NJ
US
US
US
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000002923479
Appl. No.:
12/763,827
Filed:
April 20, 2010
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20110099605 A1 Apr 28, 2011
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
61171013 Apr 20, 2009
61226550 Jul 17, 2009
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 12/06 (20130101); H04W 12/04 (20130101); H04L 63/20 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 12/06 (20090101); H04W 12/04 (20090101); H04L 29/06 (20060101)
Field of Search: ;726/3
PPP
United States Patent 9,807,644
Ma , et al. October 31, 2017
Hierarchical traffic differentiation to handle congestion and/or manage user quality of experience
Abstract
Methods, apparatuses and systems for performing hierarchical traffic differentiation and/or employing hierarchical traffic differentiation are provided. These methods, apparatuses and systems may be implemented to, for example, handle congestion and/or to manage user quality of experience (QoE). Performing the hierarchical traffic differentiation may include differentiating or otherwise classifying (collectively "differentiating") traffic mapped to, or within, a bearer formed in accordance with a QoS class into multiple traffic sub-classes. Employing the hierarchical traffic differentiation may include scheduling and/or policing (e.g., filtering) the differentiated traffic for transmission based on a prioritization of, and/or policy for managing, the multiple traffic sub-classes.
Inventors:
Ma; Liangping (San Diego, CA), Kaur; Samian (Plymouth Meeting, PA), Karampatsis; Dimitrios (Reading, GB), Rapaport; Avi (Hamitspe, IL), Sternberg; Gregory (Mt. Laurel, NJ), Reznik; Yuriy (San Diego, CA), Zeira; Ariela (Huntington, NY), Liu; Weimin (Chatham, NY), Soni; Naresh (San Diego, CA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
VID SCALE, INC.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000002923512
Appl. No.:
14/376,973
Filed:
February 16, 2013
PCT Filed:
February 16, 2013
PCT No.:
PCT/US2013/026550
371(c)(1),(2),(4) Date:
August 06, 2014
PCT Pub. No.:
WO2013/123467
PCT Pub. Date:
August 22, 2013
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20150009826 A1 Jan 8, 2015
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
61754939 Jan 21, 2013
61747200 Dec 28, 2012
61600568 Feb 17, 2012
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 28/0289 (20130101); H04L 47/2408 (20130101); H04W 28/0263 (20130101); H04W 72/1242 (20130101); H04W 28/0268 (20130101); H04W 88/16 (20130101); H04L 47/32 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 28/02 (20090101); H04W 72/12 (20090101); H04L 12/851 (20130101); H04L 12/823 (20130101); H04W 88/16 (20090101)
Field of Search: ;370/229,230,233,235-236,310,336,328-32 ;709/223-225
PPP
United States Patent 9,807,699
Oteri , et al. October 31, 2017
Clear channel assessment (CCA) threshold adaptation method
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses are described herein for adapting clear channel assessment (CCA) thresholds with or without Transmit Power Control (TPC) are disclosed. An IEEE 802.11 station (STA) may dynamically calculate a STA specific transmit power control (TPC) value and a STA specific clear channel assessment (CCA) value based on a target TPC parameter and a target CCA parameter. The target TPC parameter and the target CCA parameter may be received from an IEEE 802.11 cluster head configured to control TPC and CCA for a plurality of STAs associated with the BSS. The target TPC parameter and the target CCA parameter also may be related. The STA may then determine whether a carrier sense multiple access (CSMA) wireless medium of a wireless local area network (WLAN) basic service set (BSS) is occupied or idle based on the STA specific CCA value.
Inventors:
Oteri; Oghenekome (San Diego, CA), Xia; Pengfei (San Diego, CA), Wang; Xiaofei (Melville, NY), Lou; Hanqing (Melville, NY), Ghosh; Monisha (Chicago, IL), Olesen; Robert L. (Melville, NY), Shah; Nirav B. (San Diego, CA), La Sita; Frank (Melville, NY)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000002923560
Appl. No.:
15/021,634
Filed:
September 12, 2014
PCT Filed:
September 12, 2014
PCT No.:
PCT/US2014/055445
371(c)(1),(2),(4) Date:
March 11, 2016
PCT Pub. No.:
WO2015/038930
PCT Pub. Date:
March 19, 2015
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20160227489 A1 Aug 4, 2016
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
61877699 Sep 13, 2013
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 52/243 (20130101); H04W 74/0808 (20130101); H04W 52/12 (20130101); H04W 84/12 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 52/24 (20090101); H04W 74/08 (20090101); H04W 84/12 (20090101); H04W 52/12 (20090101)
Field of Search: ;455/522
PPP
United States Patent 9,807,706
Shin , et al. October 31, 2017
Power control for devices having multiple antennas
Abstract
Power control for devices having multiple transmit antennas are disclosed, including power control methods for Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) and Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) transmissions for a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). The PUCCH and SRS power control methods include selecting a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) mode and changing the power of the PUCCH or SRS transmission based on the selected MIMO mode. Another power control method estimates an antenna gain imbalance (AGI) for a WTRU having at least two transmit antennas. The AGI is based on measuring a Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) on each transmit antenna. Each transmit antenna is then scaled by an AGI scaling factor based on the estimated AGI.
Inventors:
Shin; Sung-Hyuk (Northvale, NJ), Stern-Berkowitz; Janet A. (Little Neck, NY), Koo; Changsoo (Melville, NY), Beluri; Mihaela C. (Jericho, NY)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000002923567
Appl. No.:
14/690,658
Filed:
April 20, 2015
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20150230190 A1 Aug 13, 2015
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
12894819 Sep 30, 2010 9031146
61248203 Oct 2, 2009
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 52/325 (20130101); H04B 7/0413 (20130101); H04B 7/0689 (20130101); H04W 72/0413 (20130101); H04W 52/146 (20130101); H04W 52/42 (20130101); H04B 7/0871 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 52/32 (20090101); H04W 72/04 (20090101); H04W 52/14 (20090101); H04B 7/04 (20170101); H04B 7/0413 (20170101); H04W 52/42 (20090101); H04B 7/08 (20060101); H04B 7/06 (20060101)
PPP
United States Patent 9,807,709
Deng , et al. October 31, 2017
Device to-device (D2D) cross link power control
Abstract
Device-to-device (D2D) cross link power control systems and methods may be disclosed. For example, a device such as a UE or WTRU may determine whether it may have simultaneous transmissions where at least one of the transmissions may include a cross link transmission. The device may further determine whether a total transmit power of the simultaneous transmissions may exceed a maximum transmit power of the device. If the device may have simultaneous transmissions and such transmissions may exceed the maximum transmit power, the device may reallocate power based on a priority or priority setting. The device may further determine a maximum cross link power, a maximum device power, and a cross link transmit power level such that the device may further control the power for transmissions based thereon.
Inventors:
Deng; Tao (Roslyn, NY), Sternberg; Gregory S. (Mt. Laurel, NJ), Marinier; Paul (Brossard, CA), Poitau; Gwenael (Montreal, CA), Rudolf; Marian (Montreal, CA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000002923570
Appl. No.:
13/906,063
Filed:
May 30, 2013
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20130324182 A1 Dec 5, 2013
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
61653765 May 31, 2012
61785033 Mar 14, 2013
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 52/383 (20130101); H04W 52/281 (20130101); H04W 52/346 (20130101); H04W 88/06 (20130101); H04W 52/367 (20130101); H04W 76/023 (20130101); H04W 76/025 (20130101); H04W 52/365 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04B 7/00 (20060101); H04W 52/34 (20090101); H04W 52/38 (20090101); H04W 52/28 (20090101); H04W 88/06 (20090101); H04W 52/36 (20090101); H04W 76/02 (20090101)
PPP
United States Patent 9,807,778
Ma , et al. October 31, 2017
Dynamic spectrum management
Abstract
Described herein are methods, metrics and apparatus for bandwidth allocation for cognitive radio. Information that needs to be passed between different components of a dynamic spectrum management (DSM) system for dynamic bandwidth allocation along with the corresponding interfaces is identified. Methods and associated metrics for measuring network performance, evaluating channel sensing results and handling various bandwidth allocation scenarios are presented. Also provided is an admission control mechanism for quality of service support. Alternate channel monitoring may be performed in the background so that when a new channel is needed, an alternate channel may be immediately allocated and service disruption to the DSM system is reduced. A channel may be dynamically assigned as the primary channel in multiple channel scenarios to support tasks such as transmission of acknowledgment frames. Hybrid mode devices that may access a television white space (TVWS) database and perform spectrum sensing are also described.
Inventors:
Ma; Liangping (San Diego, CA), Touag; Athmane (Laval, CA), Freda; Martino M. (Laval, CA), Gauvreau; Jean-Louis (La Prairie, CA), Ye; Chunxuan (San Diego, CA), Demir; Alpaslan (East Meadow, NY), Chincholi; Amith V. (Sunnyvale, CA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000002923634
Appl. No.:
14/733,759
Filed:
June 8, 2015
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20150271834 A1 Sep 24, 2015
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
13270438 Oct 11, 2011 9083568
61391901 Oct 11, 2010
61412189 Nov 10, 2010
61413137 Nov 12, 2010
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 72/085 (20130101); H04L 1/00 (20130101); H04L 5/0037 (20130101); H04L 5/0058 (20130101); H04L 27/0006 (20130101); H04W 16/14 (20130101); H04W 52/367 (20130101); H04W 72/0453 (20130101); H04W 16/10 (20130101); H04W 24/10 (20130101); H04W 24/00 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04L 29/02 (20060101); H04W 52/36 (20090101); H04W 16/10 (20090101); H04W 16/14 (20090101); H04W 72/04 (20090101); H04L 1/00 (20060101); H04L 27/00 (20060101); H04W 72/08 (20090101); H04L 5/00 (20060101); H04W 24/00 (20090101); H04W 24/10 (20090101)
PPP
United States Patent 9,807,782
Kaur , et al. October 31, 2017
Method and apparatus for a multi-radio access technology layer for splitting downlink-uplink over different radio access technologies
Abstract
A multi radio access technology layer (MRL) is a convergence layer solution, located between the protocol layers and the technology-dependent MAC layers. The MRL layer is technology independent and uses the information received from the underlying technologies to select the most appropriate uplink and downlink technologies to match the respective service requirements.
Inventors:
Kaur; Samian (Plymouth Meeting, PA), Reznik; Alexander (Pennington, NJ), Castor; Douglas R. (Norristown, PA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000002923638
Appl. No.:
15/019,907
Filed:
February 9, 2016
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20160165621 A1 Jun 9, 2016
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
12859863 Aug 20, 2010 9295092
61235791 Aug 21, 2009
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 72/1215 (20130101); H04W 76/026 (20130101); H04W 88/06 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 72/12 (20090101); H04W 76/02 (20090101); H04W 88/06 (20090101
PPP
Taiwan FTC closes four-year investigation of InterDigital, finding no antitrust violations
Taiwan October 27 2017
Announcing its third quarter financial results on Thursday, InterDigital told investors that Taiwan’s antitrust regulator has ended its probe into the company, having found no violations of Taiwan’s Fair Trade Act. The decision is a good result for the company led by Bill Merritt, providing a validation of the its SEP licensing practices at a time when competition watchdogs around the region are carefully scrutinising this market.
The Taiwan Fair Trade Commission (TFTC) had been looking into InterDigital since 2013. In a call with analysts, Merritt said he was not surprised by the findings. To come through to the other side of the investigation after years of very close scrutiny, he suggested, is a reflection of how reasonable InterDigital’s licensing programme is. Asked whether the outcome will clear the way for any additional licence agreements, he stated: “We certainly will tout it with folks, but it's not something that was a stumbling block in deals we do.”
The result looks especially good for InterDigital considering that only two weeks ago, the TFTC hit Qualcomm with a record $773m fine for abuse of its SEP patent position. The summary of that decision, which has been translated into English since IAM’s initial reporting on it, faults Qualcomm for refusing to license to rival chipmakers, adopting a “no licence, no chip” policy and offering exclusive rebates to certain implementers. Qualcomm says it will appeal the penalty in Taiwan’s courts.
InterDigital has come through on the other side of several disputes that involved antitrust claims in both China and Taiwan. The company made several commitments in China to get a suspension of an NDRC investigation back in 2014; now the company has a licence deal in place and an R&D relationship with Huawei. That same year, it got into a dispute with a Taiwan-based mobile manufacturer called Arima Communications. Arima filed antitrust lawsuits in both mainland China and Taiwan, as well as a TFTC complaint. The two parties settled in 2015.
The wrap-up of the TFTC inquest lifts a potential cloud over a very impressive stretch for InterDigital and Merritt. Huawei, Apple and Samsung are all under licence, and the company reported recurring revenue during the quarter just ended of $88.5 million, a 5% increase over the same period last year.
With two big decisions out of previously quiet Taiwan and IAM yesterday reporting big divisions within the European Commission over upcoming SEP guidelines, the last couple of weeks have provided plenty of fresh antitrust developments to discuss at IPBC Asia 2017, which kicks off this Sunday at the Palace Hotel in Tokyo. A Monday morning plenary will tackle all this and more.
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