ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,720,394, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to QUALCOMM Inc. (San Diego).

"Inter-radio access network mobility enhancements for reduced capability user equipment" was invented by Ming Yang (San Diego), Kausik Ray Chaudhuri (San Diego) and Juan Montojo (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a system information block one message via a first radio access network (RAN) that indicates a return allowance state for the UE that identifies whether the UE is allowed to reconnect to the first RAN from a second RAN. The UE may perform a mobili...