ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,452,701, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Cisco Technology Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Dual mode Wi-Fi operation in shared and non-shared channels" was invented by Sri Gundavelli (San Jose, Calif.), Arun G. Khanna (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Indermeet Singh Gandhi (San Jose, Calif.), Mark Grayson (Berkshire, Great Britain) and Pascal Thubert (Roquefort les Pins, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to simultaneous operation of Wi-Fi access points in a super cell mode and a standalone mode and controlling connectivity of end terminals thereto. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a configuration for a group ...