ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,777,438, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Controlling time synchronisation in a wireless network" was invented by Romain Guignard (Rennes, France) and Yacine El Kolli (Rennes, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling time synchronisation in a wireless network comprising a user equipment, UE, and a base station, is disclosed. The method, at the UE, comprises: determining time synchronisation requirements between the UE and the base station; generating a time synchronization control message for controlling a time synchronisation process between the UE and the base station based on the determined...