ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,231,211, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC (Overland Park, Kan.).

"mmWave 5G propagation using inter-sector beamsets" was invented by Chaitanya Chukka (Carol Stream, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, media, and systems are provided for improving beamset management and enhancing coverage in a wireless telecommunication network utilizing millimeter wave (mmWave) communications. The wireless telecommunication network can correspond to an urban area, for example. As one example, the technology disclosed herein can reduce dropped call rates within the wireless telecommunication network. In embodiments, sec...