ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,397, issued on July 14, was assigned to T-Mobile Innovations LLC (Overland Park, Kan.).

"Filter defined single wide carrier" was invented by Hui-Hsia Sung (Bellevue, Wash.), Brian Olsen (Kirkland, Wash.), Egil Gronstad (Encinitas, Calif.), Karri Kuoppamaki (Kirkland, Wash.) and Abdul Saad (Bellevue, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and access nodes are provided for providing a filter defined carrier. The systems and methods include selecting, at an access node, a frequency range encompassing multiple spectrum blocks and applying a digital filter to the frequency range to eliminate at least one spectrum block wit...