ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,659,816, issued on June 16, was assigned to Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Method and apparatus for managing synchronization in communication system" was invented by Hyun Seo Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Yong Jin Kwon (Daejeon, South Korea), Yun Joo Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Han Jun Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Jung Bo Son (Daejeon, South Korea), An Seok Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Yu Ro Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Sung Cheol Chang (Daejeon, South Korea) and Heesoo Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of a terminal may comprise: receiving, from a CU of a base ...