ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,301, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to QUALCOMM Inc. (San Diego).

"Radio access network sharing using a non-transparent proxy function" was invented by Luis Fernando Brisson Lopes (Swindon, Great Britain), Prasad Reddy Kadiri (San Diego), Karl Georg Hampel (Jersey City, N.J.), Lenaig Genevieve Chaponniere (La Jolla, Calif.) and Gavin Bernard Horn (La Jolla, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. An access and mobility management function (AMF) proxy may establish communication links with a RAN and a first AMF of a first network operator, and with a second AMF of...