ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,049, issued on July 1, was assigned to DISH Wireless LLC (Littleton, Colo.).

"Anchor point movement in a compound cellular network" was invented by Mehdi Alasti (Reston, Va.), Siddhartha Chenumolu (Ashburn, Va.) and Mariam Sorond (Reston, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first cellular network may connect user equipment (UE) with a data network using a first anchor point. The first cellular network may transition the UE from the first anchor point to a second anchor point. Following the transitioning, the first cellular network may connect the UE with the data network using the second anchor point. The UE may then be transitioned ...