ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,990, issued on May 27, was assigned to Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, Texas).

"Base station antenna with high performance active antenna system (AAS) integrated therein" was invented by XiaoHua Hou (Richardson, Texas), Peter J. Bisiules (LaGrange Park, Ill.) and Sammit Patel (Dallas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A base station antenna includes a first antenna having first and second spaced-apart columns of first radiating elements therein, which are configured to operate within a first frequency band. An active antenna system (AAS) is provided, which is configured to operate within a second, typically higher, frequency b...