ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,353, issued on July 8, was assigned to RAKUTEN MOBILE INC. (Tokyo).

"Synchronization of TN data and NTN data based on communication delay" was invented by Awn Muhammad (Tokyo) and Pankaj Shete (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication control apparatus that controls a terrestrial network including a terrestrial base station installed on the ground and capable of communicating with a communication device by means of time-continuous TN data, and, a non-terrestrial network including a flying base station and capable of communicating with a communication device by means of time-continuous NTN data, includes: a signal strength ...