ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,175, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to ZTE Corp. (Shenzhen, China).

"Power control for random access protocols" was invented by Wei Cao (Guangdong, China), Li Tian (Guangdong, China), Ziyang Li (Guangdong, China), Junfeng Zhang (Guangdong, China) and Chenchen Zhang (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and devices for power control for random access protocols in mobile communication technology are described. An exemplary method for wireless communication includes broadcasting, by a network node serving a cell, an indication of a transmit power level that is specific to the cell, wherein the indication is...