magillagorilla: This appears to be infrastructure related, and IDCC has done work in this area.
InterDigital Unveils 3.5GHz Shared Spectrum Radio Solution Enabling Guaranteed QoS
From the article:
"This development comes on the heels of some of InterDigital's groundbreaking TV White space research – indeed, our radio is a dual-mode 3.5GHz/TV White Space radio – and clearly positions our research as among the most innovative and advanced in this nascent technology space."
magilla nnd olddog: Sounds like a deal in the making between Google and InterDigital.
Maybe now, they will make the right move and propose a business merger between the two companies.
A better deal than the Motorola deal where they bought MOT for $12.5 billion. Heck, I think the IDCC management would take half of what Mot sold for. I certainly would vote YES !
Look who else is getting into "shared spectrum" with Google......which IMO, is very directly related to the '244 patent.
Microsoft Applies To Fcc For Rural Broadband Tests Jun 22, 2016
Microsoft has filed application for special temporary authority (STA) from the FCC to test sensors in the white space VHF and UHF bands to “determine their suitability for precision agriculture applications”. If approved, tests would start in July and run until January 2017. Four experimental units, produced by Microsoft, will be tested at various sites in the US. No other details have been released. For more information, see the the links below; http://blouinnews.com/92430/story/microsoft-looks-white-spaces-rural-we
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Microsoft seeks STA from FCC to test TV white space for agriculture apps by Monica Alleven | Jun 20, 2016
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has filed an application with the FCC for Special Temporary Authority (STA) to test sensors using white space device operations in the VHF and UHF bands to determine their suitability for precision agriculture applications.
If approved, the tests would start in July and run through mid-January 2017. The company says it would test four experimental units manufactured by Microsoft. Some tests would occur at Microsoft's campus in Redmond, Washington, and some would be conducted at farms in Essex, New York, as well as in Carnation, Washington, which is east of Seattle.
However, Microsoft's STA application doesn't offer any other details on the company's ultimate intentions.
Microsoft has been working with industry and government partners around the world to demonstrate the viability and potential of Dynamic Spectrum and TV white spaces for several years. The company says the viability of the technology has been proven in more than a dozen trials and commercial deployments around the world, ranging from remote villages in Africa to dense urban centers in Asia.
In the U.S., the FCC first proposed opening TV white spaces in 2009. The goal was to allow the use of unlicensed wireless transmissions in the TV broadcasting channels that were not being used, the so-called "white spaces" of the band. However, to ensure that those unlicensed transmissions didn't interfere with existing TV broadcasts, the FCC required devices working in the white spaces to register themselves with a TV white spaces database.
Microsoft has said the one essential infrastructure piece needed to deploy a TV white spaces network is a database. The database lets devices in a given area know which spectrum is available for access in that location. Microsoft has received conditional authority from the FCC to serve as a white space database administrator, which requires going through a certification process.
In the United States, the FCC has already approved Google, Telcordia, Spectrum Bridge and Key Bridge as database administrators.
In India, Microsoft recently experienced a setback when the Department of Telecom (DoT) decided not to allocate the 470-582 MHz spectrum band for commercial deployment of TV white space technology, the Hindu Business Line reported. Microsoft has been pushing for deployment of TV white space technology to enable low-cost broadband internet in India
OD and all, I have been looking a lot more into this technology (referenced in your post) and have found some interesting dots/tea leaves. Not that this helps much in our reading of same, but it does highlight (IMO) the incredible importance of the ‘244 patent. It looks like the '244 if reversed, could cause many a world of hurt? magilla
Dot 1 Additional comment from the link in your post: InterDigital's 3.5GHz and TVWS dual transceiver with guaranteed QoS service software in conjunction with Spectrum Bridge's shared spectrum database is being demonstrated this week at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Dot 2 From the patent description: The '244 patent covers a system and method of "short-range, high-speed, and long-range, lower-speed, data communications using a dual-mode unit."
Dot 3 From Respondents complaints about IDCC’s motion to amend the ITC 337/868, to include the ‘244 patent. (This was denied and excluded in the ITC investigation, but included in the DE case) ITC 337/868 - ALJ Rodgers order denying IDCC‘s amended complaint to add the 244 ‘respondents continue that six of the eleven claim charts for the ‘244 patent are for products not identified in the original complaint, and add an entirely new category of accused devices that does not exist in the current investigation – dual mode devices that lack 4G capability and are designed to operate with 3G networks that are not otherwise alleged to provide a basis for infringement. http://www.itcblog.com/images/order27in868.pdf
Definition: Spread Spectrum Spread spectrum is a form of wireless communications in which the frequency of the transmitted signal is deliberately varied. This results in a much greater bandwidth than the signal would have if its frequency were not varied.
Shared Spectrum and the 3.5 GHz Band JANUARY 13, 2016
Recently FierceWireless reported that Google, AT&T and Nokiahave begun exploring in the 3.5 Ghz band. This helps validate the work we’ve done over the last 3 years to help make shared spectrum on the 3.5 GHz band a reality. It’s not just passing interest the 3.5 GHz band, it is larger than that. And it’s a clear sign that shared spectrum is truly disruptive.
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