ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,854, issued on March 18, was assigned to T-Mobile USA Inc. (Bellevue, Wash.).
"User equipment specific bandwidths" was invented by William M. Shvodian (McLean, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "System and methods for allocating user equipment (UE) specific carrier bandwidth are described. A bases station may advertise cell specific carrier bandwidth and an initial bandwidth part that represent a subset of the carrier bandwidth available to the base station. A UE may respond with an indication that is has bandwidth capabilities that include a greater range of frequencies than those of the cell specific carrier bandwidth. In response...