ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,786,867, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Nokia Solutions and Networks (Espoo, Finland).

"Energy saving in mobile communication systems" was invented by Anna Pantelidou (Massy, France), Hakon Helmers (Massy, France) and Peter Rost (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus, method and computer program is described comprising: receiving a first energy saving report from a local node in control of a first layer of a mobile communication system, wherein the first energy saving report comprises load and timing information relating to the first layer, generating an energy saving decision for the first layer, wherein the energy saving...