ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,614, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co. Ltd. (Beijing).

"Method for changing RRC state, communication apparatus, and storage medium" was invented by Wei Hong (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for changing an RRC state, performed by a terminal and including: sending first information to a base station, where the first information at least includes request information configured to request a change from a radio resource control (RRC) connected state to an RRC disconnected state; and the RRC disconnected state includes an RRC idle state or an RRC inactive state."

The patent was filed on...