Wi-LAN continues to perform internal technology developments. In the tradition of our origins as a wireless communications company, much of our research is related to communications or applying communications concepts to other fields.
Our current efforts include:
- Improved transport of video and other data over 5g satellite
- Coordinated charging of satellites and satellite sub-payloads
- Coordinated charging of IoT devices
- Blockchain
Our earlier work has included:
- Improving the transport of over-the-top (OTT) video over broadband wireless
- Smart Grid
- Intelligent Geo-Fencing
- Applying scheduling algorithms to data centers
- V2V communications
- LTE Uplink interference resolution
- Advanced wireless physical layers
- Sensing for reuse of TV channels
Funded External R&D
Wi-LAN funds external R&D related to our areas of interest. This is primarily collaboration between Wi-LAN and academia to jointly develop future looking technologies.
Our current efforts include:
- Evolving cryptography algorithms
- Measuring the quality of encryption algorithms and random number generators
- Ensuring encryption in a device has not been spoofed
- On-chip duplexers and filters to enable FDD massive MIMO communication in mmWave and THz bands
- Modulators for 6G
- True random number generators
https://www.wilan.com/technology-development
-Wilan R/D has great wireless tech expertise and capabilities to address 5G/6G mobility connection/toll collection challenges not just its patent values..