ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,219,369, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to NTT DOCOMO Inc. (Tokyo).

"Terminal and radio communication method" was invented by Yuki Matsumura (Tokyo) and Satoshi Nagata (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A terminal includes a control section that determines, when a spatial relation for specific UL transmission is not configured, one specific spatial relation between a quasi-co-location (QCL) parameter related to a latest slot for a start symbol for the specific UL transmission or a first or last symbol for DL transmission corresponding to the specific UL transmission and a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state or a reference...