ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,621,792, issued on May 5, was assigned to Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co. Ltd. (Beijing).

"Method and apparatus for requesting PRS configuration, and communication device and storage medium" was invented by Xiandong Dong (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for requesting a positioning reference signal (PRS) configuration is performed by a communication node, and includes: sending a message carrying a suggested PRS configuration, wherein the suggested PRS configuration is a PRS configuration suggested by the communication node for terminal positioning."

The patent was filed on Oct. 12, 2020, under Application No. 18/248,613...