ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,526,118, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to PHYTunes Inc. (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for communication network performance" was invented by Chan-Soo Hwang (Cupertino, Calif.), Jisung Oh (Palo Alto, Calif.), Akula Aneesh Reddy (San Jose, Calif.) and Kenneth R. Cioffi (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods resolve the hidden node problem in Wi-Fi communications and significantly reduce intra-extended service set (ESS) interference management and inter-ESS interference, thereby, improving network performance and enhancing user experience. In various embodiments, this is achieved by using connecti...