ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,444, issued on June 16, was assigned to Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung e. V. (Germany).

"Methods and apparatuses for positioning in a wireless communications network" was invented by Mohammad Alawieh (Erlangen, Germany), Ernst Eberlein (Erlangen, Germany), Tobias Feigl (Erlangen, Germany) and Thomas Von Der Grun (Erlangen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for improving positioning of a device in a wireless communications network. An example method, performed by a measuring device configured to communicate with a positioning device, includ...