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Update:
AVM is updating its Firmware now.
AVM brings FritzOS updates because of Huawei patent lawsuitMost Wi-Fi 6-capable Fritz boxes have received new FritzOS versions. AVM wants to avoid Huawei's patent claims.Reaction to lost Huawei lawsuitWhen asked, AVM confirmed that the firmware updates were related to Huawei's patent lawsuit against the Wi-Fi 6 Fritz boxes. According to Huawei, AVM uses patented technology to implement Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA). Huawei's patent relates to the Wi-Fi 6 signaling fields that indicate whether a data packet should go to one or more clients. AVM has now adapted this, but did not provide any further details upon request.In the first instance, AVM lost the patent lawsuit, but has already appealed and is also taking action against Huawei before the Federal Patent Court. The firmware updates are now intended to additionally secure the AVM devices."With the updated firmware from January 1, 2024 for six Wi-Fi 6 products, the controversial accusation of patent infringement is resolved. The adjustment has been active for newly installed devices since January 1, 2024. Existing devices are not affected by this and are for "The updated firmware has no effect on normal use," an AVM spokeswoman wrote to us.No update for the Fritzbox 7590 AXIt is noticeable that the Fritzbox 7590 AX, as the top DSL model, has not received an update. AVM has already said that the Huawei patent does not come into play in its own WLAN routers - perhaps there was now just an alignment of all models with the Fritzbox 7590 AX.
Same Patent from Huawei is used from Amazon and Netgear too.
Source:
www.heise.de
AVM is updating its Firmware now.
AVM brings FritzOS updates because of Huawei patent lawsuitMost Wi-Fi 6-capable Fritz boxes have received new FritzOS versions. AVM wants to avoid Huawei's patent claims.Reaction to lost Huawei lawsuitWhen asked, AVM confirmed that the firmware updates were related to Huawei's patent lawsuit against the Wi-Fi 6 Fritz boxes. According to Huawei, AVM uses patented technology to implement Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA). Huawei's patent relates to the Wi-Fi 6 signaling fields that indicate whether a data packet should go to one or more clients. AVM has now adapted this, but did not provide any further details upon request.In the first instance, AVM lost the patent lawsuit, but has already appealed and is also taking action against Huawei before the Federal Patent Court. The firmware updates are now intended to additionally secure the AVM devices."With the updated firmware from January 1, 2024 for six Wi-Fi 6 products, the controversial accusation of patent infringement is resolved. The adjustment has been active for newly installed devices since January 1, 2024. Existing devices are not affected by this and are for "The updated firmware has no effect on normal use," an AVM spokeswoman wrote to us.No update for the Fritzbox 7590 AXIt is noticeable that the Fritzbox 7590 AX, as the top DSL model, has not received an update. AVM has already said that the Huawei patent does not come into play in its own WLAN routers - perhaps there was now just an alignment of all models with the Fritzbox 7590 AX.
Same Patent from Huawei is used from Amazon and Netgear too.
Source:
Fritzboxen: AVM bringt FritzOS-Updates wegen Huawei-Patentklage
Die meisten Wi-Fi-6-fähigen Fritzboxen haben neue FritzOS-Versionen erhalten. AVM will damit Patentansprüchen von Huawei ausweichen.
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