ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,786,779, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to NTT Inc. (Tokyo).

"Wireless communication system, centralized control device, centralized control method and centralized control program" was invented by Junichi Iwatani (Musashino, Japan), Hirantha Abeysekera (Musashino, Japan), Yusuke Asai (Musashino, Japan), Shoko Shinohara (Musashino, Japan), Tomoyuki Yamada (Musashino, Japan) and Yasushi Takatori (Musashino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless communication system according to an embodiment includes: a plurality of access points that perform wireless communication with wireless terminals; and a centralized control device that cen...