ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,204, issued on July 1, was assigned to SK TELECOM Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Device and method for controlling access to cell" was invented by Hyun Yong Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a new scheme (technology) capable of minimizing a data interruption time occurring at a user equipment (UE) side while enabling a normal access procedure to be performed in connection between the UE and a cell (e.g., a target cell) in a MIMO system."

The patent was filed on March 3, 2020, under Application No. 17/430,366.

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