ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,621,902, issued on May 5, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and Wonkwang University Center for Industry-Academy Cooperation (Iksan-si, South Korea).

"Signaling method for sidelink communication DRX operation" was invented by Gene Back Hahn (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Ui Hyun Hong (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Hyuk Min Son (Iksan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operation of a reception terminal comprises the steps of: carrying out, in a first link, SL communication with a first transmission terminal on the basis of a DRX operation according to first DRX config...