ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,526,817, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to MediaTek Inc. (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan).

"Method for monitoring TCI field of DCI format" was invented by Cheng-Rung Tsai (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and methods are provided for monitoring a TCI field of a DCI format. In one novel aspect, monitoring a specific TCI field of a DCI format is provided. A DCI format may be applied to a DCI used between UE(s) and a BS. The DCI format may include a plurality of TCI fields. Each UE may be assigned a TCI field. The UE(s) assigned the same TCI field may be considered as assigned in the same group. The UE(s) in the same group may a...