ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,477, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method and apparatus for sidelink positioning in wireless communication system" was invented by Cheolkyu Shin (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Youngbum Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Hyunseok Ryu (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Kyoungmin Park (Gyeonggi-do, 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 a higher data transmission rate. A method performed by a first UE in a wireless communication system includes identifying a transmission power for an SL-PRS based on a maximum power...