About Us
Myko Labs is a technology research, systems engineering, and consulting company.
We have deep technical expertise in wireless (WPAN, WLAN, LPWAN) technologies, systems architecture, protocols and algorithms design, standards development, cross-layer optimizations, quality-of-service, scheduling algorithms, power save protocols, performance analysis, health monitoring, test methodologies, network deployments, product feature roadmaps, and product development life cycles.
Eric Wong PhD
Eric Wong, Ph.D. is the Founder and Principal of Myko Labs, LLC. Eric has spent more than 20 years of work experience in wireless (WLAN, WPAN, and LPWAN) protocols, systems designs, feature roadmaps, product development, and product life cycles at multiple Fortune 500 companies and a startup.
Throughout his career, Eric has gone through multiple product life cycles. He has invented proprietary protocols, algorithms, wireless architectures, and systems solutions used in products like Broadcom Wi-Fi chips, Apple products, Amazon Sidewalk, Amazon Just Walk Out (JWO), and Mimosa Network point-to-point fixed wireless solutions.
Eric has contributed several mandatory MAC features to the IEEE 802.11ah (Wi-Fi HaLow) and IEEE 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) standards. Eric also served as the MAC co-chair for the IEEE 802.11ax standards development group. Eric is a Senior Member of IEEE.
Eric holds a Ph.D. from the University of California San Diego, a Master of Engineering from Cornell University, and a Bachelor of Engineering from the National University of Singapore. All in wireless networking and communications. He has co-authored more than 50 U.S. and international patents.
Experience
- Myko Labs, Founder and Principal, 2024-Present
- Amazon.com, Sr. Wireless Systems Architect, 2022-2023
- Meta, Wireless Architect, 2021-2022
- Amazon.com, Sr. Wireless Systems Architect, 2017-2021
- Apple, Sr. Wireless Architect, 2014-2017
- IEEE 802.11, Co-chairman for 802.11ax MAC ad-hoc 2015-2017
- Mimosa Networks, Sr. Wireless Architect, 2013-2014
- Broadcom, Sr. Staff Scientist-Systems Design, 2011-2013
- UC San Diego, Graduate Student Researcher, 2002-2008
Product Portfolio
- Amazon Just-Walk-Out IoT Sensor Networks - Full protocol stack optimization, algorithms, and proprietary wireless protocols
- Amazon Sidewalk - Proprietary LoRa Wireless MAC, and Network Discovery protocols
- Meta Smart Glasses - Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity features roadmap and requirements
- Apple Auto-unlock - Proprietary Wi-Fi Time-of-flight (ToF) networking
- IEEE 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6)
- IEEE 802.11ah (Wi-Fi HaLow)
- Mimosa Network Point-to-point Fixed Solution - Proprietary Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) MAC protocol
- Cisco Mobile Video, LTE SGW, WiMAX Gateways - TCP bandwidth estimation, and rate optimization features in for video delivery to mobile devices
Patents
- More than 50 U.S. and international patents granted in every company and all projects
IEEE 802.11 Standards
- Receive operating mode (ROM) indication in IEEE 802.11ax MAC (mandatory MAC feature)
- Bi-directional TXOP (Speed frame exchange, mandatory MAC feature) in IEEE 802.11ah MAC
- Relay, and Flow Control in IEEE 802.11ah MAC