A Leading Contributor to Wireless Standards

Through its work with leading standards organizations, InterDigital has played a central role in defining global wireless standards for the industry. Most notable are the company’s many contributions to the principal 3G standards groups that are developing the specifications for future generation wireless communications technologies and products. Currently, hundreds of our technology contributions on WCDMA, HSDPA and HSUPA are included in today’s 3G specifications. InterDigital is also among the leading contributors to the standardization process for 3G LTE (Long Term Evolution) or 4G, 802.21 (seamless mobility), and other convergence solutions.

Leadership Positions Held

InterDigital has served, or is currently serving, in many important leadership positions in key industry standards initiatives. Included among these are:

• Chair of the IEEE 802.16a Task Group (WiMAX Broadband Wireless Access, 2-11 GHz)
• Chair of the IEEE 802.16e Task Group (WiMAX Mobile Broadband Wireless Access, based on the 2-11GHz IEEE 802.16a air interface)
• Chair of the IEEE 802.16m Task Group (WiMAX 802.16 Advanced)
• Vice Chair of the 3GPP RAN Working Group 3 (WG3)
• Chair of ATIS WTSC Wireless Wideband Internet Access
• North American Rapporteur for ITU-R IMT-2000 Deployment Handbook
• Editor, 3GPP RAN WG1 Physical Layer Procedures (TDD)(R5)
• Editor and Rapporteur, 3GPP RAN WG4, TDD Base Station Classification