ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,213,096, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Tracking area update for moving cell and timing advance broadcast for non-terrestrial networks" was invented by Candy Yiu (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments herein provide techniques for indication of a tracking area and/or timing advance for a cell of a wireless cellular network. In embodiments, the techniques may be used for a moving cell and/or a non-terrestrial network (NTN). Other embodiments may be described and claimed."

The patent was filed on March 22, 2021, under Application No. 17/208,262.

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