ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,432, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Ruckus IP Holdings LLC (Claremont, N.C.).

"Coordinated frequency usage in multi-AP environments" was invented by Carol Ansley (Johns Creek, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for operating an access point in a wireless network so as to reduce congestion. The access point may have a transmitter capable of broadcasting a beacon indicating a channel over which the access point propagates wireless data. The channel broadcast by the access point may be optimized for future cooperative use of the channel with a second access point."

The patent was filed on March 10, 2022, under App...