ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,242, issued on May 12, was assigned to QUALCOMM Inc. (San Diego).

"Cell DRX/DTX-aware periodic and semi-persistent configuration" was invented by Ahmed Attia Abotabl (San Diego), Diana Maamari (San Diego) and Marwen Zorgui (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure provides methods, components, devices, and systems for enhancing communication efficiency and energy-saving in wireless networks by aligning periodic transmission occasions, including semi-persistently scheduled (SPS) periodic occasions, within cell Discontinuous Reception (DRX) and Discontinuous Transmission (DTX) cycles. Some aspects more specifically relat...