ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,771,502, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to KDDI Corp. (Tokyo).
"Control device that improves communication efficiency in cell-free massive MIMO system composed of many antennas, control method of the same, processing device, processing method of the same, and computer-readable storage medium" was invented by Akio Ikami (Fujimino, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control device that functions as a RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) in an Open-Radio Access Network (O-RAN) identifies a plurality of antennas that are expected to receive a signal transmitted from a terminal device with at least a predetermined power, based on a location ...