ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,451, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (Atlanta) and AT&T Mobility II LLC (Atlanta).

"Apparatuses and methods for enhancing quality of service via an exploration of configuration options" was invented by Ajay Mahimkar (Edison, N.J.), Changhan Ge (Austin, Texas), Zihui Ge (Madison, N.J.), Shomik Pathak (Richardson, Texas), Maulik Shah (Carrollton, Texas) and Karunasish Biswas (Sammamish, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, establishing a first cluster comprising a first plurality of members, identifying a first plurality of values to trial in...