ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,177, issued on July 28, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Harmonization of spectrum access tier and core network architecture" was invented by Alexander Sirotkin (Hod Hasharon, Israel), Haijing Hu (Los Gatos, Calif.) and Pavan Nuggehalli (San Carlos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques are disclosed for the harmonization of a spectrum access tier and a core network architecture. One example includes a method implemented for the harmonization of a spectrum access tier and a core network architecture. An access and mobility management function (AMF) of a first network can receive a first request message, inc...