ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,744,591, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method and device for uplink communication in non-terrestrial network" was invented by Young Kil Suh (Hwaseong, South Korea), Gene Back Hahn (Hwaseong, South Korea) and Ui Hyun Hong (Hwaseong, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and a device are configured for uplink communication in a non-terrestrial network. The method of operating a base station includes steps performed by a processor of the base station, including: predicting a first length of a feeder link between the base station and a satellite ...