ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,231,177, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. (Munich).

"Apparatus, measurement system and measurement setup and methods for testing an apparatus" was invented by Thomas Haustein (Berlin), Paul Leather (Berlin), Ramez Askar (Berlin), Leszek Raschkowski (Berlin), Marcus GroBmann (Erlangen, Germany) and Markus Landmann (Erlangen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus configured for wirelessly communicating in a wireless communications network includes a wireless interface configured for wireless communication and a controller configured for controlling a beam ...