ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,513,684, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Network control node for controlling provision of radio beacon signals" was invented by Hugo Jose Krajnc (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Leendert Teunis Rozendaal (Valkenswaard, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is directed to a network control node (100), for controlling provision of radio beacon signals (B1, B2, B3 by network nodes (120, 130, 140) of a wireless communication arrangement (150). The network control node comprises a beacon-control unit (104) connected to a network-data ascertainment unit (102) and configured, us...