ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,309,654, issued on May 20, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Generation node-B (GNB), user equipment (UE) and methods for handover in new radio (NR) systems" was invented by Candy Yiu (Portland, Ore.), Kyeongin Jeong (Youngin-si, South Korea), Sudeep K. Palat (Cheltenham, Great Britain), Richard C. Burbidge (Shrivenham, Great Britain) and Youn Hyoung Heo (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of a generation Node-B (gNB), User Equipment (UE) and methods for communication are generally described herein. The gNB may receive, from the UE, a first measurement report that indicates a first signal quality...