ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,389,477, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to T-Mobile USA Inc. (Bellevue, Wash.).

"Staggered IMS bearer activation and radio bearer activation in 5G non-standalone networks" was invented by Muhammad Tawhidur Rahman (Bellevue, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems, and methods relate to performing Internet Protocol (IP) Media Subsystem (IMS) bearer activation and radio bearer activation at different times. In some embodiments, a radio bearer is activated after the IMS bearer is activated. The radio bearer that is activated after the IMS bearer is activated may utilize a different Radio Access Technology (RAT) than an initia...