PA\'s IPR Services In Wireless Technology - May 2009

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Intellectual Property in Wireless Technology

Introduction to PA’s IPR Services

Graham Bell

May 2009

© PA Knowledge Limited 2009. Page 2Intellectual Property in Wireless Technology

Contents

• Introduction to PA

• PA’s Communications and Electronic Systems

• Examples of our Technology Development

• PA’s Intellectual Property Services


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= PA office

UK:

MadisonBoulder

Cambridge, MA

Houston

Bangalore

Melbourne

Singapore

Lima

Auckland

Mexico

Barbados

Nigeria

Egypt

Kazakhstan

KyrgyzstanTajikistan

BangladeshPakistan

RomaniaBosnia & Herz

Jordan

GeorgiaArmenia

Uzbekistan

Turkmenistan

• Founded 60 years ago

• More than 40 offices in 20 countries

• Around 3,000 people

• Major focus on technology

• Major presence in wireless and 3G

• Pioneer in Software Defined Radio (SDR) for wireless infrastructure and terminals

• Leading provider of support in wireless IPR

HQ in London Cambridge Technology Centre

Summary of PA

Introduction to PA. . .


PA’s Communications and Electronic Systems

Part of PA’s Global Technology Group. We are a group of engineers and scientists based in our Cambridge Technology Centre in the UK.

Our skills cover all aspects of technology development, including:

• Radio front-end design

• Baseband hardware, FPGA and ASIC

• Embedded software and protocol stacks

• Handset Applications

• Network design

We provide expert technical services to our clients in wireless technologies

Applications

Protocol Stack

Embedded Software

Baseband hardware

Radio front-end

Networks

PA’s Communications and Electronic Systems …


PA’s Communications and Electronic Systems

We help our clients develop and grow their businesses through Innovation and the application of Technology.

We do this in three main areas:

• Providing strategic advice on the application of technology

• Improving our clients’ effectiveness in product innovation and manufacturing

• Complementing our clients’ capability by developing technologies for them

PA’s Communications and Electronic Systems …


Two decades providing leading edge technology

1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010

1989: GSM equaliser

demo

1995: GSM chipset development for

Far Eastern Manufacturer

1999: First 3G video call demo,

with Motorola

1999: Ubinetics spin-out –

World’s first 3G test mobile

2002: multi-mode 3G base station baseband, with

ADI

2001: Real time video telephony over packet

channels, with Alphamosaic

2005: World’s first 3G software

defined interference test

simulator

2007: Mobile WiMAX

development using SDR techniques

2007: PA helps develop the first Vodafone-only

branded handset

Technology Development …

2006: PA leads a consortium developing

technologies for Galileo


3G Development: PA Ventures: UbiNetics

• Formed in January 1999 - spun off from wireless technology

• Using IPR developed by PA Consulting to deliver products

• Wireless solutions to voice and data centric markets

• Solutions for 3G in test and tools markets

• Customisation of wireless technology using established agility

• Sold to Cambridge Silicon Radio and Aeroflex in 2005



PA’s 3G developments – fixed wireless access

• Hardware and Radio for innovative service

• Wireless “last mile access”

• Complex modulation

• High power output

• Thermal management

• Engineered for initial production run

• Plastics designed and prototyped in house



PA helped Vodafone to develop the first Vodafone-only branded handset

• Vodafone decided to commission Huawei Technologies to develop and manufacture a customised, competitively-priced 3G handset.

• Vodafone asked PA to help ensure a successful outcome within the challenging nine-month timescale

• PA helped Vodafone to gain the benefits of offshore development –fast delivery at lower cost – with minimal risk and no sacrifice of quality

• The project was outstandingly successful. The Vodafone 710 3G handset was delivered on schedule, and Vodafone launched the product across Europe in October 2006.


PA’s role coordinating Galileo Development

• PA led a consortium of European companies developing technologies for Europe’s Galileo Satellite Navigation System.

• The GREAT has delivered a library of IP blocks, which deliver “best in class”price/performance for a Galileo receiver for Location Based Service applications – exploiting the special capabilities of the Galileo signal.

• The programme has demonstrated a system built using the results of the work by different members of the consortium including advanced baseband algorithms


PA’s IPR Services

PA Consulting Group has been active in IPR in mobile technologies for over 12 years.

We are engineers, not lawyers, but we have a good understanding of claim language. About 80% of our business is technology development for our clients in 2.5G/3G and beyond 3G technologies.

We use of understanding of patents and our expertise in the standards to provide IPR services to our clients.

We offer two services in IPR:

• Standard reports

• Custom IPR consulting Services

We are members of ETSI, UMTS Forum and the WiMAX Forum and have links with IP thought leaders including the European Commissions and a network of patent attorneys and law firms. We have supported a number of high profile litigation cases in the US, UK and Europe.

IPR Services …


PA’s Standard IPR Reports

We currently offer a number of standard reports including:

• How to license GSM - which summarizes who owns Essential IP, how they tend to behave, what royalty rate they are likely to charge and licensing strategies

• PA’s patent-by-patent analysis of patents declared Essential to 3G.

PA’s reports are well known in the industry and have been purchased by more than 20 leading manufacturers of infrastructure and handsets

• Customers include some of the biggest players in 3G

• Customers range across Europe, US, Japan, Korea and Taiwan.

We believe we are the only independent source of information on the truly Essential patents and this is reflected in the industry recognition for our services.

Standard IPR Reports …


PA’s 3G Essential IPR reports – a patent-by-patent analysis

PA has taken the lists of patents declared to ETSI and ARIB (several thousand families) and evaluated each one against the 3G specifications to understand whether it is really Essential or just a useful implementation.

This information has been captured into a database (part of the deliverable) and we provide a report analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of various companies.

We have packages for:

• WCDMA/HSDPA

• cdma2000 1x/EV-DO

• 3GPP-LTE

Standard IPR Reports …


Custom Consulting Services in IPR

In addition to our standard reports we also provide customized IP consultancy:

• Patent strategy – Although companies recognize that patents have value, they often don't maximize the benefit of this early enough when developing IP. PA provides strategic consulting services to help companies target and exploit IP to achieve maximum value.

• Patent mining – We search your patent portfolio to locate patents you own which might be Essential to the various wireless standards. Our evaluation methodology allows us to rapidly cut down hundreds of candidate patents into a few tens which can be further evaluated. Claim charts can be developed if required.

• Patent Evaluation – Our skills in patent evaluation and ten years' experience in wireless patent evaluations and the licensing industry are at your disposal. Typically we are asked to develop claim charts for specific patents or assist in developing a licensing strategy.

• Prior Art Searching – We provide technical expertise to identify if components of the invention claimed in a patent were known prior to the filing of the patent and thus are invalid. This information can be used by patent attorneys as defense against alleged infringement action, or as leverage in negotiation with other parties for patent acquisition.

• Litigation Support – Either direct support to attorneys or testifying expert. PA provides individuals with technical experience in developing wireless products with specific expertise and real industry knowledge.

Custom IPR Consulting Services …


WiMAX Patent Evaluation - Siemens

Siemens has an extensive portfolio of Intellectual Property (IP) including WCDMA, cdma2000 and WiMAX. To optimize licensing revenues, Siemens’licensing division needs to understand which patents are Technically Essential. Siemens turned to PA for help.

PA used its rapid patent evaluation skills to locate potentially Essential patents from large candidate lists. PA’s engineers then worked with Siemens’ patent attorneys and engineers to evaluate these potentially Essential patents in detail, including developing claim charts where appropriate.

PA’s efforts helped Siemens grow its Essential IP portfolio in the technologies of interest and present a clear picture of the portfolio to its licensees.

Custom IPR Consulting Services …


Contact details

For more information, contact:

Graham BellCommunications and Electronic SystemsCambridge Technology Centre MelbournHertfordshireTel: +44 1763 267 325

E-mail: [email protected]

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