ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,425,143, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to SCA IPLA HOLDINGS INC..

"Inserting virtual carrier in conventional OFDM host carrier in communications system" was invented by Darren McNamara (Clevedon, Great Britain), Andrew Lillie (Bristol, Great Britain), Peter Darwood (Bristol, Great Britain) and Martin Beale (Bristol, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile telecommunications system including mobile terminals of first type and second type configured to transmit uplink data to a network over a radio interface using plural sub-carriers. The mobile terminals of first type configured to transmit uplink data on a first group o...