ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,744,629, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Huawei Technologies'Co.'Ltd.' (Shenzhen, China).

"Communication method and apparatus" was invented by Lei Gao (Beijing), Chao Quan (Beijing) and Xingqing Cheng (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication method and a communication apparatus are disclosed. The method includes: A first node sends a first message on at least one broadcast frequency hopping channel, where the first message indicates a first resource on a first general frequency hopping channel; and sends a second message on the first resource, where the second message indicates a transmission opportunity group or a tr...