ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,284,706, issued on April 22, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Method and apparatus for performing dual connectivity in heterogeneous network" was invented by Taesung Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Janghwan Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Seungbo Yoo (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 4th-Generation (4G) or 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond the 4G system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent se...