5G vRAN with Open RAN saves 92% over LTE

Traditional LTE Radio Access Networks (RANs) are expensive because of their high usage of expensive physical components. The use of a virtualized RAN (vRAN), orchestration, and automation in 5G dramatically decreases deployment and support costs while increasing network capacity. Open RAN (O-RAN)  also allows greater flexibility in procurement decisions as equipment can be sourced from multiple vendors rather than just 1. 

These factors along with vRAN and Open RAN overall benefits incentivizes network providers to quickly deploy 5G.

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Another ETRI HEVC patent challenged in the EPO

On July 12, 2022, Unified Patents filed an opposition in the EPO against EP 2672708. The EP ‘708 patent is owned by the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI). The patent is related to patents that have been declared essential to Access Advance and SISVEL’s AV1 and VP9 patent pools.

Fill out the form below to read the entire filing. Unified is represented by Owain Staines at HGF Law and by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Roshan Mansinghani.

ETRI HEVC patent challenged in EPO

On July 5, 2022, Unified Patents filed an opposition in the EPO against EP 3402195. The EP ‘195 patent is owned by the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI). The EP ‘195 patent involves improving the efficiency of encoding and decoding methods with particular reference to determining quantization parameters for encoding and decoding object blocks such that the quantization parameters are adaptively set according to prevailing or neighboring conditions. It is related to patents that have been declared essential to Access Advance and SISVEL’s AV1 patent pool.

Fill out the form below to read the entire filing. Unified is represented by Harry Hutchinson at HGF Law and by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Roshan Mansinghani.

Big Will Enterprises '914 prior art found

Unified is pleased to announce prior art has been found on U.S. Patent 8,559,914. The patent is owned by Big Will Enterprises, Inc., an NPE. The ‘914 patent is owned by Big Will Enterprises, Inc., an NPE. The patents generally relate to an interactive personal surveillance and security (IPSS) system for users carrying wireless communication devices. The patents have been asserted against Montblanc, Unaliwear, and Kronoz.

We would also like to thank the dozens of other high-quality submissions that were made on this patent. The ongoing contests are open to anyone, and include tens of thousands of dollars in rewards available for helping the industry to challenge NPE patents of questionable validity by finding and submitting prior art in the contests. Visit PATROLL today to learn more about how to participate.

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$2,000 Awarded for Big Will Enterprises '558 prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winner, Candy Khemka, who was awarded a cash prize of $2,000 for her prior art submission for U.S. Patent 9,049,558. The patent is owned by Big Will Enterprises, Inc., an NPE. The ‘558 patent generally relates to electronic messaging technologies for accurately identifying motion activity (MA) associated with mobile things (MT) using sensor data from a wireless communication device (WCD) transported by the MT so as to enable or initiate an activity based actions. It had been asserted against Montblanc, Unaliwear, and Kronoz.

We would also like to thank the dozens of other high-quality submissions that were made on this patent. The ongoing contests are open to anyone, and include tens of thousands of dollars in rewards available for helping the industry to challenge NPE patents of questionable validity by finding and submitting prior art in the contests. Visit PATROLL today to learn more about how to participate.

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