ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,314,069, issued on May 27, was assigned to Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, Texas).

"Methods and equipment for reducing power loss in cellular systems" was invented by John Charles Chamberlain (Hickory, N.C.), Michael R Guerin (St Charles, Ill.) and Erik William Lilieholm (Richardson, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of powering a radio that is mounted on a tower of a cellular base station are provided in which a direct current ("DC") power signal is provided to the radio over a power cable and a voltage level of the output of the power supply is adjusted so as to provide a substantially constant voltage at a first ...