ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,425,958, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to QUALCOMM Inc. (San Diego).

"UE enhancement prioritizing 5G NR cell selection" was invented by Sharda Ranjan (Hyderabad, India), Naga Chandan Babu Gudivada (Hyderabad, India), Kuo-Chun Lee (San Diego), Ozcan Ozturk (San Diego), Xipeng Zhu (San Diego) and Tom Chin (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the disclosure relate to mechanisms for enhancement in UE cell selection to prioritize cells supporting 5G New Radio (NR) in standalone mode (SA) and in non-standalone (NSA) mode. In some examples, a UE may identify a plurality of cells within an area including a location of the UE....