ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,720,327, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Seattle).

"Using location information to iteratively plan radio-based networks" was invented by Ximeng Simon Yang (San Fancisco, Calif.), Nathan Labadie (Hollister, Calif.) and Cheol Su Kim (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are various embodiments for using indoor location information to iteratively plan radio-based networks. In one embodiment, locations of a plurality of wireless devices are determined in a radio-based network having an initial cell arrangement. Heat map data is generated based at least in part on the locations of the pluralit...