ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,094, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai, Japan).

"Method performed by user equipment, and user equipment" was invented by Chongming Zhang (Shanghai), Renmao Liu (Shanghai), Fangying Xiao (Shanghai) and Ningjuan Chang (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided in the present invention are a method performed by user equipment, and user equipment. The method performed by user equipment is a method for deactivating an SCG in a process in which UE configured with dual connectivity or multi-connectivity communicates with an MCG and the SCG. The MCG is a serving cell group controlled by an MN, and the SCG is a servi...