US Patent Issued to Microsoft Technology Licensing on May 5 for "Satellites having broadband narrowband communication hardware" (Washington, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,621,050, issued on May 5, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Satellites having broadband narrowband communication hardware" was invented by Tusher Chakraborty (Bellevue, Wash.), Ranveer Chandra (Kirkland, Wash.) and Vaibhav Singh (Pittsburgh).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples are provided that relate to satellites utilizing both a narrowband communication channel and a broadband communication channel. One example provides a satellite comprising narrowband communication hardware configured to communicate on a control plane over a narrowband communication channel using an omnidirectional antenna. The s...