ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,787,041, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Charter Communications Operating LLC (St. Louis).

"Methods and apparatus for supporting sidelink communication between devices when at least one of the devices is in a network coverage area" was invented by Saran Khalid (Denver).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Efficient sidelink communications between devices, e.g., user equipment (UE) devices, is supported when at least one of the user devices is within a network coverage area. Various embodiments are well suited for use in a communications system including a network of CBRS base stations. A core network implements a sidelink control component (CN...