ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,011, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Sprint Spectrum LLC (Bellevue, Wash.).

"Use of noise as a basis to control configuration of narrowband carrier within wideband carrier" was invented by Sreekar Marupaduga (Bellevue, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system to control configuration of a narrowband carrier within frequency bandwidth of a wideband carrier, where the frequency bandwidth of the wideband carrier defines a plurality of frequency segments. An example method includes selecting one of the frequency segments of the frequency bandwidth of the wideband carrier on which to define the narrowband carrier, wit...