ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,951, issued on May 20, was assigned to Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Time synchronization method using 5G reference time distribution and network entity performing the same" was invented by Yoo Hwa Kang (Daejeon, South Korea) and Changki Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a time synchronization method using 5G reference time distribution and a network entity performing the same. The time synchronization method may include receiving, by a time sensitive communication time synchronization function (TSCTSF), a 5G reference time distribution request inclu...