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To: engineer who wrote (196344)10/30/2025 8:44:16 PM
From: mk5111 Recommendation

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Makes sense; I first learned about OFDM in a wireless communications class around 2000.



To: engineer who wrote (196344)10/30/2025 8:44:49 PM
From: Maurice Winn8 Recommendations

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  Respond to of 197214
 
Flarion had some OFDM patents in the 1990s. Andrew Viterbi joined them before Qualcomm bought Flarion early 21st century. A few of we shareholders asked about OFDM at an AGM. Andrew said Qualcomm had expertise in OFDM which looked a threat to CDMA.

Mqurice



To: engineer who wrote (196344)10/31/2025 2:26:56 AM
From: Silcon Observer2 Recommendations

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Dr. John
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If I remember correctly, WFA/IEEE membership almost negatives your ability to monetize your patents. I think, at some point Qualcomm was looking to get out of the membership because of these policies...

Bottomline is Wi-Fi patents are not as monetizable as cellular patents.