ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,289,142, issued on April 29, was assigned to Huawei Technologies'Co.'Ltd.' (Shenzhen, China).
"Communication method and apparatus" was invented by Mao Yan (Chengdu, China) and Kuandong Gao (Chengdu, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure discloses a communication method and apparatus. In the method, a reflector is used to assist in communication between a terminal and an access network device, and in a reflector-assisted communication process, the reflector is indicated to be in a working mode when being required by the terminal or the access network device, to assist in communication, and the reflector is indicated to be in...