SEP Essentials

I first met Graham Bell during the Innovatio MDL litigation. [1]   Innovatio IP Ventures, LLC (Innovatio) had acquired patents from Broadcom Corporation (“Broadcom”) that, during the Innovatio litigation, were found to be essential to the Wi-Fi standard.  Innovatio sent thousands of letters to small businesses and mom and pop shops alleging that their use of Wi-Fi infringed those patents.  Innovatio demanded as much as $2,500 per location to use Wi-Fi and to provide (usually

Way back when I first started this blog, I interviewed Andrew Myles  (see Interview with Andrew Myles - Part 1  and Interview with Andrew Myles - Part 2 ). As I noted in those posts, Andrew was a contributor to the IEEE 802.11 Working Group for more than twenty years and has also spent a great deal of time in recent years working to promote peaceful coexistence between Wi-Fi, cellular and other radio based telecommunications standards as the Chair of the IEEE 802.11 Coexisten

My posts reflect my personal experiences and conclusions, grounded in my observations and supporting evidence. I also recognize the value of diverse perspectives in understanding standards and SEP-related issues. To enrich the conversation, I have decided to host occasional guest posts that offer insights and reflections from individuals with unique expertise or interesting viewpoints.   My first guest post is from Earl Nied. Earl writes his own posts (see Earl Nied | LinkedI

We are back with Andrew Myles. Please see my Interview with Andrew Myles – Part 1 for information about Andrew and his background. My first set of questions relates to how things have changed over the time you have been involved in standard development. Let’s start with participation in the meetings. What have you seen change over time related to who participates in standards development? One thing that has really changed in the 802.11 development effort is that some compa

What is the purpose of a standard? “The focus of standards development should be the benefit of humanity.” Andrew Myles (quoting from the IEEE’s mission statement ). Andrew Myles has been involved in standards development for decades, starting in the late 1980s. He has been a contributor to ANSI’s FDDI development (ANSI X3T9.5), to the IETF’s Mobile-IP development group, a very long time contributor to IEEE’s 802.11 working group, to 3GPP’s RAN1 Technical Specification Grou