H04W 16/00
Network planning
Official title: Network planning, e.g. coverage or traffic planning tools; Network deployment, e.g. resource partitioning or cells structures
H04W16/00 (Network planning) appears on 24,361 US grants and 28,940 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04W- Granted patents
- 24,361
- Published applications
- 28,940
- Assignees
- 2,798
- Inventors
- 25,052
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1987 | 9 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 170 | 0 |
| 2000 | 190 | 0 |
| 2001 | 168 | 59 |
| 2002 | 185 | 243 |
| 2003 | 172 | 246 |
| 2004 | 141 | 400 |
| 2005 | 159 | 370 |
| 2006 | 296 | 416 |
| 2007 | 267 | 481 |
| 2008 | 231 | 596 |
| 2009 | 245 | 546 |
| 2010 | 324 | 650 |
| 2011 | 434 | 617 |
| 2012 | 594 | 659 |
| 2013 | 685 | 1065 |
| 2014 | 847 | 1074 |
| 2015 | 1028 | 1435 |
| 2016 | 1171 | 1544 |
| 2017 | 1361 | 1795 |
| 2018 | 1490 | 1908 |
| 2019 | 2061 | 2070 |
| 2020 | 2067 | 2232 |
| 2021 | 1799 | 2111 |
| 2022 | 1788 | 2035 |
| 2023 | 1682 | 1900 |
| 2024 | 1676 | 1907 |
| 2025 | 1672 | 1587 |
| 2026 | 948 | 994 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- System, method, and apparatus for providing optimized network resources6 Oct 2026US 12,757,029 B2Digital Global Systems, Inc.
- Coexistence between radar application and communications in a mobile communications system6 Oct 2026US 12,757,030 B2Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Method and system for DSS between LTE cell and NR cell in wireless network6 Oct 2026US 12,757,031 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Hybrid cloud cellular network routing6 Oct 2026US 12,757,032 B2Boost SubcsriberCo L.L.C.
- Wireless signal beam management using reinforcement learning6 Oct 2026US 12,757,033 B2NVIDIA Corporation
- Edge device and method for sensor-assisted beamforming8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309860 A1Peltbeam Inc.
- Apparatus and methods for wireless coverage enhancement using technology detection8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313348 A1Charter Communications Operating, LLC
- Device, method and medium in spectrum sharing system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313385 A1Sony Group Corporation
- Scalalable Drone Swarm Networking with Unified 5G and Wi-Fi8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313386 A1Hughes Network Systems, LLC
- Method for supporting spatial computing functions in ims-based augmented reality calls with data channels8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313387 A1InterDigital VC Holdings, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus and method for coordinated music playback in wireless ad-hoc networks1,891US 6,757,517 B22004
- Wireless communication module system and method for performing a wireless communication1,290US 7,286,850 B2Agere Systems Inc. · 2007
- Millimeter-wave surface-wave communications708US 8,897,697 B1AT&T Intellectual Property I, L. P. · 2014
- Vehicle tracking, communication and fleet management system700US 6,611,755 B1Trimble Navigation Limited · 2003
- Method and system for connecting cells and microcells in a wireless communications network670US 5,890,055 ALucent Technologies Inc. · 1999