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In the expanding universe of the Internet of Things (or “IoT”), transportation and “smart city” projects are at once among the most complex, and also the most advanced, types of IoT platforms currently in deployment. While their development is relatively …

A conversation about millimeter wave densification with Alpaslan Demir, Principal Engineer, InterDigital The below is only a summary. Download a transcript of the complete interview and the full report “Massively densified networks. Why we need them and how we can build them.” In …

17 companies set to partner with the U.S. government for R&D The Obama administration announced new funding and private-sector partnerships for wireless research to build on the Federal Communication Commission’s approval of high-band spectrum for the development of “5G” services. …

Nearly half of IT budgets will be dedicated to IoT development and implementation by 2020 as IoT services adoption continues to grow. IT budgets are in for a significant transformation as Internet of Things (IoT) services become a top priority …

As the world becomes more and more urban, mayors and municipalities are striving to make their cities smarter. In theory at least, information and communications technologies can keep traffic moving, detect and prevent crime, monitor the condition of roads, lighting, …

As the world becomes more and more urban, mayors and municipalities are striving to make their cities smarter. In theory at least, information and communications technologies can keep traffic moving, detect and prevent crime, monitor the condition of roads, lighting, …

Industry leaders discuss the importance of involvement in 5G standards process There’s a lot of industry excitement around 5G and associated use cases, but, as it stands, there’s still a lot of work to be done in locking down the …

Learn about InterDigital’s support of 5G and the Internet of Things, as well as the company’s role in the standards-setting process Discourse in the telecommunications industry is currently focused on next-generation 5G mobile networks, which, through dramatic increases in throughput …

Unlicensed spectrum is hugely valuable, and mobile operators are increasingly eager to leverage that spectrum. They started with Wi-Fi offload, and are now moving to LTE-Unlicensed and new ways to integrate Wi-Fi in their networks (carrier Wi-Fi, LWA). The Senza Fili …

InterDigital looks at different protocols that can help smooth the delivery of video traffic In my previous article we looked at the limitations of the traditional method of video delivery over the Web and particularly as it relates to mobile …

Learn about InterDigital’s support of 5G and the Internet of Things, as well as the company’s role in the standards-setting process Discourse in the telecommunications industry is currently focused on next-generation 5G mobile networks, which, through dramatic increases in throughput …

InterDigital claims a new model is needed to handle growing video traffic Video has crushed the Internet. In 2014, video represented 64% of all consumer Internet traffic, and that will grow to between 80% and 90% by 2019. The pain …

As RCR Wireless News prepared for its 2016 Analyst Predictions Day, the editorial team met with analyst Roger Entner of Recon Analytics and Chris Pearson of 4G Americas to hear their forecasts for the year ahead. The conversation was part …

As demand for video and next-generation services increases, content needs to live one hop from the end user Global telecommunications networks are fundamentally changing to keep up with consumer demand for mobile data. Information centric networking or ICN, which envisions …

DALLAS – Small Cells Americas, a 9-year-old event that takes place each fall in Dallas, highlighted a carrier Wi-Fi track on its agenda for the first time last year. This year, Wi-Fi was a dominant theme throughout the event as …

InterDigital digs into the role of NFV and SDN in 5G plans Virtualization technologies using software-defined networking and network functions virtualization are expected to play a significant role in the development of next-generation mobile technology standards expected to rollout under …

Recently I had an opportunity to speak with InterDigital about oneTransport, which has emerged from Innovate UK’s integrated transport initiative and is the concept for an open market place to access transport data and transport analytics in order to develop intelligent …

RCR Wireless News recently had the opportunity to discuss the transition from LTE to “5G” with Chris Cave, director of research and development for InterDigital. We discussed four topics: spectrum; ongoing LTE evolution; network infrastructure differences between LTE and 5G; and shared …

In this third of our “5G is coming!” series of articles, we look at the radio access network and its transformation projected in the “5G” era. As outlined in our first article, 5G is about supporting the Internet of everything …

The bigger 5G bang will be in the network In the first of our series of articles, “5G is coming: Wireless telecoms is dead, long live wireless IT,” we identified flexibility and simplification as two of the key cornerstones upon …

While presenting on the topic of “5G” recently, I was asked: “Why are we making everything so complicated?” In that moment, as I surveyed the audience of principally telecom industry types – of which I proudly count myself as a …

U.S. mobile operators have had something of a love-hate relationship with Wi-Fi in recent years. AT&T Mobility, Sprint and T-Mobile US were all owners of public Wi-Fi hot spots at one time, but today only AT&T operates a significant Wi-Fi …

Voice over Wi-Fi has been of interest to operators ever since the move toward IP networks began, but Apple created a new sense of urgency when it announced support for VoWi-Fi as part of iOS 8. Since that time, all …

Unlicensed spectrum is hugely valuable, and mobile operators are increasingly eager to leverage that spectrum. They started with Wi-Fi offload, and are now moving to LTE-Unlicensed and new ways to integrate Wi-Fi in their networks (carrier Wi-Fi, LWA). The Senza Fili …