ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,616, issued on June 30, was assigned to ZTE Corp. (Shenzhen, China).

"Reference signal parameter modification for improved channel estimation in wireless communication systems" was invented by Yong Li (Shenzhen, China), Hao Wu (Shenzhen, China), Yuxin Wang (Shenzhen, China) and Chuangxin Jiang (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and devices for modifying reference signal parameters to improve channel estimation in mobile communication technology are described. An example method for wireless communication includes transmitting, by a first communication node to a second communication node, a reference sign...