ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,262,205, issued on March 25, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Method and apparatus for updating security configuration in next-generation wireless communication system" was invented by Sangbum Kim (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 5G or 6G communication system for supporting higher data rates after a 4G communication system such as LTE. A data transmission/reception method of a UE in a wireless communication system supporting integrated access and backhaul (IAB) communication, includes performing security proces...