ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,449, issued on May 12, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Systems, methods, and devices for dynamic adaption of different antenna configuration communications" was invented by Han Pu (Shanghai), Lijie Zhang (Beijing), Lele Cui (Beijing) and Kai Zhang (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The techniques provide solutions for a user equipment (UE) and base station to switch between T1R4 and 2T4R for sounding reference signals (SRS). The UE and base station may communicate SRS using 2T4R. The UE and/or base station may detect and evaluate a signal quality trigger and/or condition relating to switching from T2R4 to T1R4. T...