ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,788, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co. Ltd. (Beijing).

"Orbital angular momentum-based communication method and apparatus and device" was invented by Liangang Chi (Beijing), Gaoming Duan (Beijing) and Feng Zheng (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An orbital angular momentum (OAM)-based communication method, includes: obtaining, by a terminal device, a first OAM mode indicated by a network device; and transmitting, by the terminal device, a control channel according to the first OAM mode, after entering a connected state; wherein the first OAM mode includes at least one OAM mode of: an OAM mode...