ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,598,521, issued on April 7, was assigned to T-Mobile Innovations LLC (Overland Park, Kan.).

"Systems and methods for user equipment handover preparation efficiency optimization" was invented by Roopesh Kumar Polaganga (Bothell, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for user equipment handover preparation efficiency optimization are provided. In some embodiments, a base station may learn from prior UE handover operation attempts which neighboring base stations are operating in a barred access mode, and apply that information to subsequent handover operation attempts for other UE. In some embodiments, a handover preparat...