ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,245,166, issued on March 4, was assigned to T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC (Overland Park, Kan.).

"Reference signal enhancement in a wireless communication network" was invented by Sreekar Marupaduga (Overland Park, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless communication network wirelessly transmits data signals to wireless communication devices. The wireless communication network wirelessly transmits reference signals to the wireless communication devices at an initial reference signal power level. The wireless communication network determines an amount of the wireless communication devices that wirelessly receive the data signals. The w...