Research and Markets: Long Term Evolution - LTE - MIMO - Technology and Competitor Landscape Report - Key Players, Innovators and Industry Analysis

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/04fd97/long_term_evolutio) has announced the addition of the "Long Term Evolution - LTE - MIMO - Technology and Competitor Landscape Report - Key players, innovators and industry analysis" report to their offering.

LTE MIMO standard is being defined by the 3GPP group. As the de-facto standards body, all firms actively participating in the standardization process contribute/declare their patents to the body. The patents contributed to the 3GPP body have to be declared as relevant to (a) the standard and (b) the technical specification within the standard by the contributing company. Step (a) of the declaration citing the relevant standard for the patent is mandatory, failing which the contributing company is not eligible for royalties. Part (b) involving citing the relevant technical specification to which the patent is relevant is voluntary.

The patent contributions to any LTE standard are voluntary and are not screened by the 3GPP body for their relevance to the technical subject. As a result, akin to a gold rush, companies have a strong incentive to disclose as many patents as they have relevant to as many technical specifications as possible. In summary, contributions to a technical specification do not necessarily mean the patents are relevant to the standard.

The gold rush phenomenon increases the information asymmetry between the patent holder and a potential licensee. This information asymmetry creates challenges for companies that sit down to negotiate expensive royalty arrangements subsequent to the commercial roll out of the standard.

It is thus extremely important for a licensee to understand the essential patents in any standard. A standard is an amalgamation of many technical specifications, and one needs to understand the essential patents in each technical specification of the standard.

Key Topics Covered:

1. Introduction

1.1. Long Term Evolution (LTE)

1.2. Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO)

1.2.1. Evolution of MIMO

1.3. LTE-MIMO

1.3.1. Single-user schemes

1.3.2. Multi-user schemes

1.4. Comparison of MIMO in LTE with other standards

1.4.1. MIMO in HSPA+ (3GPP Release 7/8)

1.4.2. MIMO in WIMAX (802.16e-2005)

1.4.3. MIMO in WLAN (IEEE 802.11n)

1.4.4. MIMO in LTE (3GPP Release 8)

2. Taxonomy for LTE-MIMO

3. Key Findings

3.1. Process flow for identifying probably essential patents of MIMO from ETSI

3.2. Probably essential patents analysis

3.2.1. Technology vs. No. of Patents

3.3. Technology vs. Assignee

3.3.1. Single-User MIMO

3.3.2. Technology Comparison

4. References

Companies Mentioned:

• AT&T
• Huawei
• ETRI
• Interdigital
• Ericsson
• LG Electronics
• Motorola Inc
• Motorola Mobility
• Nokia
• Nortel
• NTT Docomo
• Qualcomm
• Samsung
• Sharp KK
• Texas Instruments

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