ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,971, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to QUALCOMM Inc. (San Diego).

"Access to dedicated spectrum based on master information block" was invented by Le Liu (San Jose, Calif.), Toni Harri Henrikki Laehteensuo (Helsinki), Alberto Rico Alvarino (San Diego), Peter Gaal (San Diego) and Javier Rodriguez Fernandez (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a master information block that includes information indicating one or more parameters for communication in a dedicated spectrum for one or more dedicated...