ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,262,258, issued on March 25, was assigned to QUALCOMM Inc. (San Diego).

"Early measurements during inter-rat cell reselection in wireless communication" was invented by Peng Cheng (San Diego) and Masato Kitazoe (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present disclosure relate to apparatuses, methods, and systems for performing early measurements during inter-RAT reselection. During cell reselection, a user equipment (UE) switches from a first cell using a first radio access technology (RAT) to a second cell using a second RAT that is different from the first RAT. The UE receives a measurement configuration from the firs...