ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,232,060, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION Co. LTD. (Guangdong, China).

"Synchronization indication method and device" was invented by Yue Ma (Chang'an Dongguan, China) and Xiaodong Yang (Chang'an Dongguan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a synchronization indication method and device. The method includes: receiving synchronization indication information transmitted by a network device, where the synchronization indication information indicates one or more serving cells as timing reference for a neighboring cell; taking time of a corresponding serving cell as timing referenc...