Jan Uddenfeldt
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Jan Uddenfeldt | |
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 Uddenfeldt in 2017 | |
| Occupations | Sony Erricson (1989–2010), Air5 (?-present) |
| Years active | 1989-present |
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Jan Uddenfeldt is a Swedish telecommunications engineer and former technology executive at Ericsson and Sony Ericsson.[1][2] He received his PhD in 1973 from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. He joined Ericsson in 1978 and later became senior vice president of the company.[2]
In 2010, Uddenfeldt became chief technology officer of Sony Ericsson.[3][4][5][6] He later co-founded Air5.[7] He has been a member of the Royal Academy of Engineering Sciences since 1989[8] and is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.[9][10]
Career
[edit]Uddenfeldt joined Ericsson in 1978 and later held senior technology and research positions within the company.[2] His work included the development of mobile communications technologies such as 3G, 4G LTE and Bluetooth.[11] He later served as chief technology officer of Sony Ericsson.[3][6] He subsequently co-founded Air5.[7]
Patents
[edit]Uddenfeldt has been named as an inventor on patents relating to mobile communications, including work involving soft handoff and predictive encoding. He received his first patent at the age of 28.[2][12][4][13][14] His academic work also included research on teletransmission.[12][4]
Awards
[edit]- Eduard Rhein Foundation Prize[15][16]
- NEC C&C Prize (2014)[17]
- IVA Gold Medal[18]
- TechAmerica Innovator Award for telecommunications equipment (2009)[8]
- Wireless Hall of Fame (2014)[3]
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Jan Uddenfelt | The Swedish American Chamber of Commerce - SF/SV". Jan Uddenfelt | The Swedish American Chamber of Commerce - SF/SV. Retrieved 2024-12-11.
- 1 2 3 4 "Jan Uddenfeldt". ericsson.com. Retrieved 2024-12-11.
- 1 2 3 "Jan Uddenfeldt". wirelesshistoryfoundation.org. 25 April 1999. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
- 1 2 3 "LIBRIS - sökning: WFRF:(Uddenfeldt Jan 1950 )". libris.kb.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-12-12.
- ↑ Karlberg, Lars Anders (2008-05-06). "Ericssons mobilveteran flyttar till Silicon Valley". www.nyteknik.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-12-13.
- 1 2 "Teknikveteran till Sony Ericsson". etn.se. Retrieved 2024-12-13.
- 1 2 "Air5 is confident its tech will harmonise broadband infrastructure". IOT Insider. 2024-08-24. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
- 1 2 "Jan Uddenfeldt". www.sciforum.hu. Retrieved 2024-12-13.
- ↑ "Dr. Jan Uddenfeldt Joins Guavus Industry Advisory Board". BusinessWire.
- ↑ "IEEE Fellow | IEEE Communications Society". www.comsoc.org. Retrieved 2024-12-13.
- ↑ "5 principles for a fulfilling career from the 'Father of Digital Mobile Communication'". CIO. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
- 1 2 "LIBRIS - Predictive encoding with dela..." libris.kb.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-12-12.
- ↑ US5327576A, Uddenfeldt, Jan & Hermansson, Hans, "Handoff of a mobile station between half rate and full rate channels", issued 1994-07-05
- ↑ USRE36079E, Uddenfeldt, Jan E. & Raith, Alex K., "Handover method for mobile radio system", issued 1999-02-02
- ↑ "1980 | Eduard Rhein Stiftung". www.eduard-rhein-stiftung.de. Retrieved 2024-12-13.
- ↑ "Eduard Rhein Technology Award 2023 - IMTEK". www.imtek.de. Retrieved 2024-12-13.
- ↑ NEC. "NEC C&C; Foundation Awards 2014 C&C; Prize: Press Releases | NEC". www.nec.com. Archived from the original on 2024-03-02. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
- ↑ "Jan Uddenfeldt - IVA". www.iva.se. Retrieved 2024-12-13.