ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,568,431, issued on March 3, was assigned to HCL TECHNOLOGIES Ltd. (India).

"On demand network slicing" was invented by Jose Ignacio Blazquez Bartolome (Spring, Texas) and Wei Shen (Plano, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Network slicing is a feature and architecture in a 5G Standalone (SA) network. Permitting a device to request a network slice that has not already been pre-configured into the device will allow for the utilization of network slices that may have more suitable characteristics based on the particular needs of the device. Systems and methods are provided for on demand 5G slicing that allow a device to interact with the ...