ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,445,993, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Method and apparatus for managing mobility in communication system" was invented by Jae Su Song (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An operation method of a relay terminal may include: receiving, from a first base station to which the relay terminal is connected, a first area identifier for a first area corresponding to the first base station; generating a first virtual area identifier distinct from the first area identifier; transmitting the first virtual area identifier to a first remote terminal c...