ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,956, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Method and device for performing beam searching in mobile communication system" was invented by Chaeman Lim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Suyoung Park (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a communication technique for a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate after a 4G system, and a system therefor. The disclosure may be applied to an intelligent service (for example, a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car or connected car, healthcare, digital educatio...