ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,273, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to NEC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Methods for communication, terminal device, network device, and computer readable media" was invented by Lin Liang (Beijing) and Gang Wang (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a solution for coverage enhancement. In a method for communication, a terminal device receives, from a network device, information on an inferring relation between a first channel associated with a first slot and a second channel associated with a second slot. The terminal device determines, based on the information, whether the first and second channels...