ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,514, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Acer Inc. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Method of channel measurement for intelligent reflecting surface assisted wireless network and base station using the same" was invented by Hung-Yu Wei (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of channel measurement for intelligent reflecting surface assisted wireless network and a base station (BS) using the same method are provided. The method includes: transmitting a measurement configuration comprising mode information of an intelligent reflecting surface to a user equipment; receiving a measurement report corresponding to the measurement co...