5G Patent Licensing in Industrial Internet of Things : An analysis of patent licensing design criteria for future licensing of 5G in the segment of Industrial Internet of Things
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Examensarbete för masterexamen
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2022
Författare
Harder, Leonard
Larsson, Henrik
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The global trend of Internet of Things is spreading into the industrial sector, driven of gains in
efficiency and cost reduction. Wireless technologies lay the foundation of IoT and 5G has the
possibility to enable new use-cases for the industry. An effective licensing solution is requested to
help spread the adoption of the technology while also incentivizing further research and development
in cellular technology. The aim of this thesis is to investigate and evaluate design criteria of such a
solution.
This is important as it is likely to increase adoption rate and lower transaction cost associated with
acquiring technology licenses for 5G. This in turn also supports innovation.
The study was conducted in two parts consisting of a literature review and a series of semi-structured
interviews respectively. The interviewees represented telecom companies, IIoT OEMs, manufacturing
companies, academia and licensing entities. The study also analyses the case of automotive IoT
licensing of Avanci and analyses its transferability to the case of IIoT. The results collected were then
triangulated and analyzed, and conclusions were drawn.
The study concluded that 5G contributes a lot of value to IIoT, especially within low latency and high
reliability applications. Furthermore, a patent pool is likely a suitable solution, primarily due to the
market characteristics of IIoT. These characteristics include, but are not limited to, the numbers of
both SEP holders and implementers, and their desire to have a transparent, predictable, and simple
licensing arrangement.
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5G , IIoT , patent licensing , patent pool , automotive