ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,219,576, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Enhanced uplink beam management" was invented by Yushu Zhang (Beijing), Alexei Davydov (Nizhny Novgorod NIZ, Russia), Guotong Wang (Beijing) and Gang Xiong (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for uplink beam management and power control in wireless communications systems. Disclosed embodiments include beam management and power control enhancements for Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH), Sounding Reference Signal (SRS), and Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUSCH) transmissions. O...