ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,389,394, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Method and apparatus for idle mode operation in wireless communication system" was invented by Anil Agiwal (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Soenghun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

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