ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,621,762, issued on May 5, was assigned to T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC (Overland Park, Kan.).

"Serving cell planning tool" was invented by Chad Chun Fai Au (Kirkland, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for serving cell planning. Wireless high-speed internet (HSI) is becoming more popular as an alternative to traditional options due to convenience of installation, among other reasons. However, wireless HSI has some propagation challenges such as requiring a line-of-sight (LOS) with the serving cell as well as significant indoor penetration loss for radio signals operating at higher frequencies. Customer Premis...