While WiFi and cellular technologies increasingly work together as part of a broader HetNet, the bodies defining their core radio standards remain very separate. The IEEE’s 802.11 group and the 3GPP have produced specifications, such as Hotspot 2.0 and TWAG (Trusted Wireless Access Gateway) respectively, to help the two platforms cooperate, and of course, there are many common members of both organizations. But there is very limited cross-fertilization when it comes to the base standards. There were hopes this might change in 5G and that the IEEE might have more direct input to the 3GPP’s New Radio deliberations. But there was no 802 or WiFi official representation at the kick-off of the 3GPP’s 5G process in autumn 2015. In reality,…