ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,052, issued on June 3, was assigned to MediaTek Inc. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Enhancements on user equipment (UE) handling of non-access stratum (NAS) signaling connection release" was invented by Yuan-Chieh Lin (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Chien-Chun Huang-Fu (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for enhancing User Equipment (UE) handling of Non-Access Stratum (NAS) signaling connection release is provided. A UE establishes a NAS signaling connection with a mobile communication network belonging to a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN). The UE receives a NAS message including a Closed Access Group (CAG) information list from the...