ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,464,431, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to RAKUTEN SYMPHONY INC. (Tokyo).

"Ultra-broadband radio link identification for outdoor small cell site locations" was invented by Sudeep Jain (Indore, India), Durgesh Rathore (Indore, India), Shanu Kore (Indore, India) and Keshav Sharma (Indore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for identifying radio transmission links for one or more cells within a network. The method includes receiving location data with respect to a cell within the network, determining if a first line of sight is substantially clear between the cell and a first nearest radio transmitter to the cell, upon ...