ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,452,922, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to MediaTek Inc. (Taiwan).

"Special dual CTS mode for improvement in collision avoidance" was invented by Tsung-Hsuan Wu (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Chao-Wen Chou (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Ching-Yu Kuo (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Ping Hsien Chiang (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Ming-Yen Tsai (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various techniques pertaining to a special dual clear-to-send (CTS) mode for improvement in collision avoidance in wireless communications are described. A first station (STA) transmits a request-to-send (RTS) and, in response, receives a first CTS from a second STA. The first STA waits to receiv...