ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,985, issued on April 7, was assigned to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) (Stockholm).

"Communication using a dual polarized antenna array" was invented by Sven Petersson (Savedalen, Sweden), Fredrik Athley (Vastra Frolunda, Sweden) and Andreas Nilsson (Gothenburg, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided mechanisms for communication in a wireless access network using a dual polarized antenna array. The antenna array comprises antenna elements of a first polarization and of a second polarization. A method comprises transmitting a first signal via a transmit antenna port in a transmit beam on a first link of the wi...