ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,600, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION Co. LTD. (Dongguan, China).

"Method and apparatus and device for indicating reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) working mode" was invented by Dajie Jiang (Dongguan, China) and Kun Yang (Dongguan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A working mode indicating method and apparatus and a device are provided. The method includes: receiving first information sent by a network side device, where the first information indicates an RIS working mode or a relay working mode."

The patent was filed on April 26, 2023, under Application No. 18/139,935.

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