ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,732,828, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Cisco Technology Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Preemptive radio energization based on network demand" was invented by Tina Gundersen (Hampshire, Great Britain), Clark A. Carty (Brunswick, Ohio), Kasi R. Nalamalapu (Pleasanton, Calif.), Rajesh Tarakkad Venkateswaran (Bangalore, India), Carlos Pignataro (Cary, N.C.) and Eric A. Voit (Bethesda, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various methods, systems, and/or processes are described herein that rely on a demand-based optimization logic that aims to improve wireless network performance. It involves selecting a floorplan, identifying access points ass...