ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,385, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for controlling E2 node in wireless communication system" was invented by Junhyuk Song (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Chungkeun Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a 5th generation (5G) or 6th generation (6G) communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. A method performed by an E2 node is provided. The method includes receiving a subscription request message from a radio access network (RAN) intelligent controller (RIC), transmitting a subscription res...