ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,284,694, issued on April 22, was assigned to NEC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Communication system supporting network slicing" was invented by Sivapathalingham Sivavakeesar (Milton Keynes, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication system is disclosed in which a communication device forms part of a communication system in which network slicing is supported and in which at least one tenant is able to communicate using at least one slice type associated with that tenant. The communication device receives network slicing related information transmitted by a base station. The network slicing related information may comprise information i...