Standard Essential Patents Archives

2025 Retrospective on Cellular, Wi-Fi, and Video Compression Standards and What We’re Watching in 2026

Ofinno’s Standards Readouts feature expert insight and analysis that translates complex standardization progress into actionable insights to help navigate the future 5G/6G, next-gen Wi-Fi, and media compression technologies. Overview 2025 brought meaningful progress across the cellular, Wi-Fi, and video compression standards communities. In 3GPP, Release 19 reached its functional freeze while Release 20 initiated 6G … Read more

IEEE 802.11 Sets Early Architectural Boundaries for Wi-Fi 8 and IMMW

Ofinno’s Standards Readouts feature expert insight and analysis that translates complex standardization progress into actionable insights to help navigate the future 5G/6G, next-gen Wi-Fi, and media compression technologies. Overview The November IEEE 802.11 plenary in Bangkok signaled a clear shift in next-generation Wi-Fi work. For 802.11bn (Wi-Fi 8), the group is now deep in the … Read more

3GPP Starts Defining What ‘Day-1 6G’ Will Actually Mean

Ofinno’s Standards Readouts feature expert insight and analysis that translates complex standardization progress into actionable insights to help navigate the future 5G/6G, next-gen Wi-Fi, and media compression technologies. Overview At the November 2025 3GPP meetings in Dallas, discussions across the Service and System Aspects (SA) and Radio Access Network (RAN) working groups marked a clear … Read more

The Next-Generation Video Coding Race Heats Up

Ofinno’s Standards Readouts feature expert insight and analysis that translates complex standardization progress into actionable insights to help navigate the future 5G/6G, next-gen Wi-Fi, and media compression technologies. Overview In October, the 40th meeting of the Joint Video Experts Team (JVET) in Geneva brought together many of the key players in video compression to shape … Read more

A Look Back on IAM’s IPBC Global 2022

Earlier this month, Ofinno Chief Intellectual Property Officer, Kavon Nasabzadeh, and Ofinno Senior IP Counsel and RAN Team Portfolio Manager, Jake Mangan, attended IAM’s annual IPBC Global conference in Chicago, representing Ofinno as Networking Sponsor. Every year, IPBC Global brings together the global IP market’s elite players and deal makers in one place, and the … Read more

Wi-Fi 8: What Will the Next-Generation (Next-Gen) of Wi-Fi Be?

Next-Gen Wi-Fi will be able to provide significant enhancements to several system Key Performance Indicators (KPI) such as throughput and latency when compared to the existing Wi-Fi based on IEEE 802.11 WLAN standards. With IEEE 802.11be (expected to be marketed as Wi-Fi 7 by Wi-Fi Alliance) has been currently in progress, the IEEE standard association … Read more

Towards AI-Enabled Wireless Communications

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) methods have recently shown great potential in dealing with complex and high-dimensional optimization problems in various wireless communications settings. By leveraging the concept of big data, AI/ML approaches can provide robust performance with reasonable computational complexity for designing large-scale systems. Accordingly, AI/ML approaches have advantages from both performance … Read more

Flying High: How Ofinno is Tapping In-Flight Wireless Connection

You’ve probably seen an ad saying anywhere you go in the sky, you can now enjoy the internet as you do on the ground. Yes, more airlines are competitively providing in-flight internet nowadays and you can now stay connected during your flight. Despite the competition of in-flight internet services between airlines, the wireless technology supporting … Read more

A Fine Line to Tread: An Introduction to the Ofinno Legal Team

This is the first of several upcoming blog posts about the legal team at Ofinno. This first post introduces the Legal Team and summarizes the skills and expertise they continue to develop in sustaining Ofinno’s mission of creating world-class patent portfolios. Those experienced in the patent business (including attorneys, agents, and paralegals) are familiar of … Read more