Posted on 12/29/2018 5:23:35 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Before the new technology becomes a reality for consumers, two transitions need to take place.
1) Mobile operators have to upgrade their networks with 5G gear made by the likes of Huawei and ZTE of China, Sweden’s Ericsson and Finland’s Nokia. And;
2) Phone makers need to make handsets with built-in 5G radios ready to hook up to networks.
Qualcomm is the dominant player in smartphone communications chips, making half of all core baseband radio chips in smartphones. It is one of the last big U.S. technology companies with a major role in mobile communications hardware.
Most other baseband chips come from Asia: MediaTek of Taiwan holds about one quarter of the market, while Samsung Electronics and Huawei -— two big smartphone makers - develop chips for their own devices. Huawei does through a subsidiary known as HiSilicon.
Its dominant position in 5G comes from its mastery of two areas:
1) Getting its patents adopted in what are known as standards and then
2) Selling the chip designs that work with those standards.
The standards are set by a global body to ensure all phones work across different mobile networks, and whoever’s essential patents end up making it into the standard stands to reap huge royalty licensing revenue streams.
Qualcomm has landed a number of these foundational patents, which means that both handset makers and telecommunications gear makers will have to pay it licensing fees. It dominated standards setting in 3G and 4G wireless and looks set to top the list of patent holders heading into the 5G cycle.
Check this out:
1. US detains Huawei CFO in Canada, arrests Chinese intelligence officer Yanjun Xu in Belgium, extradites to US. China hits US Intel providers. Google/China Dragonfly OP fails after POTUS interference, China attack on CenturyLink 911 services, possibly DOD Dark Fiber services?
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1078610531399811077.html
That’s one scary read!
“Everything’s watching me” won’t be a phrase uttered by paranoriacs in the future.
That link talks about corruption with the Lippo Group. That’s a blast from the past. The Lippo Group was tied to the Clintons in the 1990s. Odd how things seem to link together.
It's the "Monkeys and Typewriters" approach, or less potentially offensive "throw everything at the wall and see what sticks" approach. Thanks SeekAndFind.
OK, but what is "SEP"?
““Everything’s watching me” won’t be a phrase uttered by paranoriacs in the future.”
Particularly when China is Big Brother! What is shocking is how far behind it appears American companies are in this race.
“OK, but what is “SEP”? “
Just looked it up “System Enabling Patent!”
RE: OK, but what is “SEP”?
“SEP” — Standard-Essential Patent
SEPs play an important role in standardisation, as they provide incentives for companies to develop technologies for standards and to contribute to standardisation, which involves costly private investment for public benefit. Further, patent holders will have an interest in improving existing standards if they can recoup the costs through SEP royalty fees; successful 3G and 4G licensing programmes have proven that SEP royalties are highly lucrative. Moreover, various SEP-related litigation cases indicate that SEP ownership controls how mobile technologies are used.
In recent years, the number of 5G-related SEPs has increased sharply. However, only a few companies have declared that they own such patents and Nokia and ZTE are among those which are yet to do so.
All that concerns me ...
Will this be a spectrum hog?
What’s the opinion on that?
Wiki: “5G will use spectrum in the existing LTE frequency range (600 MHz to 6 GHz) and also in millimeter wave(mmWave) bands (24–86 GHz). “
Sounds like a lot.
|
Applicant/assignee |
5G SEP family share |
Market coverage |
Citation relevance |
|
Qualcomm |
8.6% |
1.43 |
0.74 |
|
Huawei |
7.92% |
1.43 |
0.56 |
|
LG Electronics |
7.38% |
1.34 |
2.63 |
|
Ericsson |
6.74% |
1.23 |
0.66 |
|
Samsung |
5.77% |
1.31 |
0.95 |
|
ZTE |
4.1% |
1.45 |
0.62 |
|
Nokia |
3.48% |
1.23 |
1.43 |
|
Intel |
3.04% |
1.52 |
0.66 |
|
NTT DOCOMO |
2.61% |
1.46 |
0.93 |
|
Alcatel-Lucent (acquired by Nokia) |
2.06% |
1.28 |
1.57 |
|
NEC |
1.91% |
1.39 |
0.72 |
|
Sony Corporation |
1.75% |
1.47 |
1.39 |
|
ETRI |
1.7% |
0.98 |
0.79 |
|
Sharp |
1.69% |
1.43 |
0.9 |
|
Panasonic |
1.47% |
1.46 |
1.14 |
|
BlackBerry Limited |
1.29% |
1.21 |
1.37 |
|
Apple |
1.12% |
1.24 |
0.96 |
|
InterDigital |
1.08% |
1.61 |
2.43 |
|
MediaTek |
0.79% |
1.31 |
1.21 |
|
Motorola |
0.71% |
1.28 |
0.99 |
Table 2 lists the top 20 patent portfolio shares of 5G SEP owners, estimating that Qualcomm, Huawei, LG Electronics, Ericsson and Samsung own the largest 5G SEP portfolios. In comparison to the technical contribution and the meeting attendance data (see part one), companies such as Alcatel-Lucent, Sharp, Panasonic, BlackBerry, Apple and InterDigital appear in the top 20 patent owners, despite not being among the strongest standards contributors.
The market coverage indicator estimates the patent family size by counting each country of a patent family divided by the country’s gross domestic product. The count is normalised and compared to industry averages (using IPC or CPC, year and country). Table 2 shows that most 5G patent portfolios have extensive international coverage (a score higher than one is above average), with only ETRI showing a more localised portfolio.
The citation relevance indicator counts the normalised number of received patent citations (not counting self-citations). LG Electronics, InterDigital, Alcatel-Lucent and Nokia scored highest, indicating that they own valuable patent portfolios.
The data provides a first glimpse of the 5G patent landscape. It will be exciting to monitor which company will become the strongest IP owner for 5G essential technologies over the coming years.
Gee! Talk about a universal spy network. He knows when you are sleeping, he knows when you’re awake. You had better be good for goodness sake. Enslavement of the connected human race. And the Chinese are leading the way. Just pay your taxes and never stray from the official party line.
Just looked it up “System Enabling Patent!”
Thank you.
I put “SEP” into google and it was, ‘Simplified Employee Pension, as far as I could see...
I like to know what is behind the acronym.
I think some parts of Germany don’t have 3G yet.
I really detest it when acronyms aren’t defined.
WTH is an ‘SEP’?
RE: I think some parts of Germany don’t have 3G yet.
How can that be? Germany is supposed to be one of the most technologically advanced countries in the world...
Too many foreigners?
That link talks about corruption with the Lippo Group. That’s a blast from the past. The Lippo Group was tied to the Clintons in the 1990s. Odd how things seem to link together.
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