Nokia Technologies was granted a patent for adaptive wireless channel access.

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    "event_at": "2026-10-13",
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    "patent_title": "Adaptive listen-before-talk mode selection",
    "patent_number": "US12764783",
    "uspto_assignee": "Nokia Technologies",
    "patent_abstract": "There is provided an apparatus, a method and a computer program product. In accordance with an embodiment the method comprises obtaining one or more configurations for at least one of a listen-before-talk on-mode and one or more configurations for a listen-before-talk off-mode, wherein each configuration includes at least one functionality specific to the associated listen-before-talk mode; determining which listen-before-talk mode shall be applied; examining which of the one or more configurations is associated with the indicated listen-before-talk mode; selecting the configuration associated with the indicated listen-before-talk mode; and activating or deactivating one or more of the functionalities defined by the selected configuration in the operation of the user equipment.",
    "precision_class": "structural",
    "invention_explanation": "A system that switches between checking whether a wireless channel is clear before transmitting and transmitting without that check, using settings tailored to each mode.",
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