ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,076, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Method and apparatus for a 2-step random access procedure in wireless communication system" was invented by Anil Agiwal (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jaehyuk Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method performed by a terminal of a 2-step random access procedure in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes transmitting a message A (MsgA) for the 2-step random access procedure, starting a window at a symbol for receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) of a message B (MsgB), wherein the...