ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,401,417, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Method and apparatus for network synchronization in satellite communication system" was invented by In Ki Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Joon Gyu Ryu (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and an apparatus for network synchronization in a satellite communication system is provided. a satellite station receives a superframe start timing (SST) and an initial counter value from a center station, and receives traffic information sent from a terminal station at a time determined based on the SST. Th...