ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,992, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to RAKUTEN MOBILE INC. (Tokyo).

"Network operating system and network management method" was invented by Tsuyoshi Itagaki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a network operating system, a consumed resource manager of a slicing control device manages a resource consumed by a base station. A terminal information manager manages a type of terminal and a service in use. A cell manager manages cell information and creates a neighbor cell list. A movement information acquirer acquires movement information suggesting motion of a terminal. A motion predictor predicts, on the basis of the movement inf...