ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,513,701, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (South Korea).

"Control information for cooperative communication" was invented by Hyoungju Ji (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Hoondong Noh (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Jinhyun Park (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Youngrok Jang (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a communication technique that merges IoT technology with a 5G communication system for supporting higher data transmission rates than 4G systems, and a system therefor. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart homes, ...