ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,284,619, issued on April 22, was assigned to FUJITSU Ltd. (Kawasaki, Japan).

"Method and apparatus for transmitting signal and communication system" was invented by Qinyan Jiang (Beijing), Tsuyoshi Shimomura (Yokohama, Japan) and Meiyi Jia (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus for transmitting a signal and a communication system. The apparatus includes a receiver configured to: receive a first synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (SS/PBCH block, SSB), the first synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block being not located on a first synchronization raster; and receive physical downlin...