ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,462, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to T-Mobile USA Inc. (Bellevue, Wash.).

"Systems and methods for optimizing cellular spectrum utilization" was invented by Muhammad Tawhidur Rahman (Bellevue, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method for managing radio spectrum in a cellular network including periodically analyzing a local spectrum utilization data to determine spectrum use levels at the local base station. The method may include periodically receiving, at the local base station, neighbor spectrum utilization data from at least one neighbor base station in the cellular network. The neighbor spectrum utili...