ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,058, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Method and apparatus for periodic data transmission and reception in wireless communication system" was invented by Sungjin Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Younsun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyunseok Ryu (Suwon-si, South Korea), Cheolkyu Shin (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jeongho Yeo (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT)...