Sisvel S.p.A. a global leader in facilitating intellectual property management and patent rights, has unveiled its plans to hold two day conference to discuss structuring a Long Term Evolution, or “LTE,” - System Architecture Evolution, or “SAE,” patent pool. The two day meeting of LTE-SAE for the vital patent possessors is proposed to commence on Feb. 2, 2010.

 

The conference is projected to draw spirited participation from prominent telecom technology business and key global LTE-SAE stakeholders. The conference is also expected witness and open for LTE patent or patent submissions to be evaluated by an autonomous assessor.

 

“The timing of our facilitation meeting is consistent with our view that an LTE/SAE pool should be structured to encourage the broadest participation possible,” Giustino de Sanctis, managing director of Sisvel Germany, said. “Sisvel is announcing this facilitation meeting in advance to give all LTE/SAE stakeholders ample opportunity to have a seat at the table.”

 

Sisvel requested the companies and other part takers interested to get involved in the shaping of an LTE-SAE patent pool to get in touch with them well in advance to make an assessment of required essentials. The last date for the submission of patents is fixed as Dec. 15, 2009.

 

General Richard I. Neal, president of Sisvel U.S. said that by bringing together a broad group of LTE-SAE essential patent owners from across the globe, Sisvel is promoting an open process to move towards a transparent and efficient joint-licensing program for LTE-SAE.

 

“We have already made the patent evaluation process more efficient, with independent experts engaged in the U.S., Europe, Japan, Korea, and China at standard rates equivalent to approximately euro 5,000 -- well below the cost of evaluation in some other pools,” Neal said.

 

In the development process, Sisvel has extended the LTE-SAE call for patents way ahead of the original listing of 36 series Radio Access Specifications. The parallel development of stipulations connected to Evolved Packet System, or “EPS,” along with Radio Access Specifications enabled the release of eight additional specifications to make the LTE-SAE system compact.

 

The LTE is a development over the existing 3GPP standards for land mobile infrastructure. The LTE design is mainly meant for the users of high speed data services offering high level transmission speed and superior cliental experience. The SAE is essentially an improvement over the existing Packet Switched Technology to meet the constraints of every growing IP traffic requirements.