5G is coming, can Huawei make a lot of money from patents?

As we all know, in the field of communication technology, standard essential patents have high value. As the king of communication technology, Qualcomm has been collecting money in the world by virtue of its own patents,"Qualcomm tax" came into being, only2018In 2010, Qualcomm's patent licensing fees were as high51billion US dollars, net profit exceeded35Billions of dollars. while in3Gand4GIn the era, Chinese enterprises have almost no right to speak in the field of communication technology, such as Xiaomi,OPPO,VIVOSuch as mobile phone enterprises, a value3000Yuan's mobile phone will have to pay nearly 100 yuan of patent license fees to Qualcomm. And now, the rise of China's communication technology, in5Gfield, Huawei's5GTechnology and equipment are in a leading position in the world, and more and more countries are choosing to cooperate with Huawei.5GConstruction. Can Huawei rely on the mastery5GWhat about patents?

Statistics show that as2019Year3In January, Chinese manufacturers have applied for major global applications.5GPatented34%, followed by South Korea and the United States, with respective25%and14%. As can be seen in the above data, the Chinese enterprises5GThe number of patent applications is already far ahead. In communications, another measure is the standard essential patent (Standard Essential Patents). Whoever is in control.5GThe standard must be patented, and it is possible to win the race to develop a new generation of advanced industries. from the global5GIn terms of the distribution of standard essential patents, Huawei has1554One5GStandard essential patents, Nokia, Samsung,LGFollowed by the Chinese enterprise ZTE has1208One5Gstandard essential patents, ranking fifth, while currently in3Gand4GThe absolute leader in the field, Qualcomm, has846Item5GStandard essential patents, ranked sixth. Companies with a large number of standard-essential patents will be able to obtain considerable patent licensing fees and make their base stations, smartphones and other devices more competitive in terms of price. From the perspective of the number of patent applications and the standard necessary patents, Huawei seems to have mastered the basic conditions for making profits from patents.

with4GThe difference is,5GThere is a fundamental difference in the application scenario.4GThe application direction mainly focuses on smart phones, smart device data transmission and network connection. And5GThe application scenarios are subdivided, and the main application scenarios include (1)eMBB, enhanced mobile broadband, is aimed at high-volume mobile broadband services; (2)URLLC, ultra-high reliability and ultra-low latency communication, mainly used in unmanned driving and other services, in these areas,5GThe response time will be greatly reduced, taking unmanned driving as an example,3GThe response time500ms,4GThe response time50ms, and5GThe response time0.5ms,5GThe development of these services has made it possible; (3)mMTCThe big connection Internet of Things is aimed at large-scale Internet of Things business. It involves the smartphone business.eMBBScenario is taken as an example, the channel for carrying out network connection is divided into two parts, data channel and control channel, data channel is used to be responsible for the encapsulation transmission of data, and the main function of control channel is to control the direction of transmission, ensure that there is no transmission error. Only when the two modules cooperate with each other can they better complete the task, and currently Huawei has only obtained the control channel.PolarThe more important data channel scheme uses Qualcomm'sLDPCcoding scheme, that is, Huawei has only mastered part ofeMBBUnder the scene5GPatents. Therefore, in the use5GIn the process of network, Huawei still has to pay according to Qualcomm's charging criteria. On the contrary, if Qualcomm wants to use Huawei's control channel patent, it also has to pay Huawei the patent license fee accordingly.

2019At the beginning of the year, Huawei announced5GTechnology fee standard, Huawei's patent uniform fee standard is.4%. Qualcomm's previously announced charging standard is that if Qualcomm is adopted5GTechnology, Multimode5GPhone will be charged4%of patent costs, and5GPhone will be charged5%. Therefore, Huawei's charges are5GSlightly lower than Qualcomm on the phone. In addition, Huawei also stated that it must adhere to the principle of reasonableness in the use of patent royalties, and excessively high fees are obviously unreasonable, and it promises to maintain fair patent principles and try to reduce them.5GLicensing fees for patents.

No doubt, in5GIn the market, Huawei, like Qualcomm, is a patent provider, which can enjoy a share of patented technology.5GThere is no doubt that smart device manufacturers of mobile networks need to pay patent licensing fees to Huawei. According to previous Qualcomm3Gand4Gon the charging standards and charging situation, future5GAfter successful application, Huawei will be able to rely on the standard necessary patents on hand and make a lot of money.