Who is leading the 5G patent race?

IAM Media ^ | 12/28/2018 | Tim Pohlmann

[PAR35]

Will this be a spectrum hog?

Yes and no. The capacity of the bandwidth will be greatly increased by 5G, but the number of devices using the bandwidth will increase exponentially.

[mrsmith]

Thanks.

5G pet bracelets... what silly things won’t consumers demand?
Lot of the spectrum wasted. And that will keep other uses out.

[vette6387]

“I like to know what is behind the acronym.”

I worked in the Silicon Valley for 25 years. As I understand it, 5G is a completely new generation of internet connectivity, and that there are most likely a sheaf of patents covering the system architecture and most likely approaches to chip set designs to enable the new system. That’s why it’s disturbing to me to see that Chinese companies are in the lead here with Korean and other Asian countries with what appears to be major chunks of the patented technology to make 5G work. No wonder we’re concerned about Huaweh and ZTE, and why the CFO of Huaweh is in jail in Canada awaiting extradition to the US because the Chinese are going to steal their way to the lead in everything.

[aquila48]

So, which company’s stock should we buy?

QCOM is at 57 from a high of 75 and paying a nice 4.4% dividend.

Huawei is not public.

Any others?

[Viiksitimali]

Nokia acquired Alcatel-Lucent in 2015.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2015/04/15/nokia-buys-alcatel-lucent-for-16-6-billion/

[PIF]

All 5G Chinese made networks will, in some fashion or another, report back to the Chinese PLA, which owns/controls all Chinese companies.

[PAR35]

It’s not wasted. It’s being used to spy on you. Your refrigerator will track what you eat. Your stove will track whether you are risking your health by undercooking or wasting energy by overcooking. Are you cleaning your countertops properly? Politically incorrect speech in your home? “Alexia, what is a re-education training center, and when will my ride there show up?”

Where did you drive today, and did the route you selected waste energy. How many people were in your vehicle. And what did you buy with your chip when you got there. And who stopped by your house to visit in person today - your doorbell camera will be happy to tell us.

Tag reading cameras. Facial recognition software. All for one purpose.

As for wasted spectrum, that really depends on the range to the backhaul. Run fiber to every light pole in town, and then put a small antenna on each, and capacity is going to be much higher than the scattered large towers used today. Or since I already have fiber to the house, put a unit on my box outside to gather from me and my neighbors.

The goal is for 5G to not just replace current cell service, but to replace WiFi as well. No private networks, everything monitored by Google, or Amazon, or Facebook, or Dell, or AT&T, or a handful of other government approved monitors.

[PAR35]

Chinese Foxconn bought Japanese Sharp.

[Wuli]

Sad report, how little U.S. corporate giants are in this 5G advance.

“Globalism” and “free enterprise” are truly NOT practiced anywhere in East Asia - Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan. They are all nationalist, mercantilist, state-capitalist (each in their own way) while the boards of all the U.S. majors were convinced to ignore that and treat them (Asian companies) no different than a competing American company; while the Asia corporate giants are all nationalists caring about their nationalism first and last, not western “globalism”.

[Pollard]

“A global 5G network would unify mobile communication and connect individuals or devices to everything through the Internet of Things (IoT). 5G technology can connect vehicles, ships, buildings, meters, machines and other items with electronics, software, sensors and the Cloud, while embedded 5G technology would allow machines to exchange information and integrate computer-based systems in the physical world.”

Every breath you take
Every move you make
Every bond you break
Every step you take
I’ll be watching you

Every single day
Every word you say
Every game you play
Every night you stay
I’ll be watching you

Oh, can’t you see
You belong to me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMOGaugKpzs

[Svartalfiar]

I really detest it when acronyms aren’t defined.

A global 5G network would unify mobile communication and connect individuals or devices to everything through the Internet of Things (IoT).

Funny, they did define the one acronym a lot of people will know nowadays (and only use it once in the rest of the article), but they don't define the acronym central to the article, which is much less well-known. And has a wide range of meanings.