ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,444, issued on May 27, was assigned to Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (Jiangsu, China).

"Autonomous parameter-varying communication synchronization method and system based on external clock" was invented by Yulong Zou (Suzhou, China), Zimu Fang (Suzhou, China), Zhixian Lin (Suzhou, China) and Zhongmiao Chu (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention are an autonomous parameter change communication synchronization method and system based on an external clock. The method comprises: firstly, two communication parties acquiring the same external clock source signal, and each correcting a local ...