US Patent Issued to NEC on Feb. 10 for "Radio access network node, radio terminal, and methods therefor" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,216, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to NEC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Radio access network node, radio terminal, and methods therefor" was invented by Hisashi Futaki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A master RAN node (1) associated with a master RAT (1) communicates with a secondary RAN node (2) associated with a secondary RAT and provides a radio terminal (3) with dual connectivity that uses the master RAT and the secondary RAT. In response to receiving, from the radio terminal (3) or a core network (4), terminal capability information indicating that the radio terminal (3) supports the split bearer, the master RAN node (1) uses a PDCP e...