H04W 16/32
Hierarchical cell structures
H04W16/32 (Hierarchical cell structures) appears on 1,865 US grants and 2,079 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04W- Granted patents
- 1,865
- Published applications
- 2,079
- Assignees
- 354
- Inventors
- 2,634
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 10 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 24 | 0 |
| 1997 | 16 | 0 |
| 1998 | 19 | 0 |
| 1999 | 26 | 0 |
| 2000 | 17 | 0 |
| 2001 | 14 | 6 |
| 2002 | 22 | 18 |
| 2003 | 10 | 19 |
| 2004 | 10 | 11 |
| 2005 | 6 | 10 |
| 2006 | 13 | 20 |
| 2007 | 6 | 23 |
| 2008 | 5 | 20 |
| 2009 | 8 | 18 |
| 2010 | 11 | 44 |
| 2011 | 11 | 44 |
| 2012 | 17 | 59 |
| 2013 | 32 | 93 |
| 2014 | 64 | 103 |
| 2015 | 100 | 247 |
| 2016 | 122 | 263 |
| 2017 | 208 | 242 |
| 2018 | 205 | 188 |
| 2019 | 251 | 177 |
| 2020 | 201 | 143 |
| 2021 | 123 | 96 |
| 2022 | 103 | 64 |
| 2023 | 80 | 55 |
| 2024 | 59 | 58 |
| 2025 | 39 | 42 |
| 2026 | 20 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Methods and devices for wireless communications22 Sep 2026US 12,745,233 B2Intel Corporation
- Correlating network and physical layer activities23 Jun 2026US 12,665,624 B2ISCO International, LLC
- Method and system for exchanging secondary cell information for carrier aggregation16 Jun 2026US 12,659,089 B2John Mezzalingua Associates, Inc.
- Sounding signals for sub-meter base station localization16 Jun 2026US 12,659,892 B2Parallel Wireless, Inc.
- Systems and methods for communication control in a restricted environment9 Jun 2026US 12,652,288 B2Tecore, Inc.
- Sounding Signals for Sub-Meter Base Station Localization8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313569 A1Parallel Wireless, Inc.
- Correlating network & physical layer activities20 Aug 2026US 2026/0246488 A1ISCO International, LLC
- Communication system, control device, communication terminal, communication device, and communication method20 Aug 2026US 2026/0247467 A1NEC Corporation
- Communication management device and communication system16 Jul 2026US 2026/0205942 A11FINITY Inc.
- Management and control apparatus, base station, communication system and control method9 Jul 2026US 2026/0197754 A1NTT, Inc.
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- Distributed microcellular communications system290US 5,809,422 AWatkins-Johnson Company · 1998
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