ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,713,501, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method and device for group-based sensing in wireless LAN system" was invented by Sang Gook Kim (San Diego), Jinsoo Choi (Seoul, South Korea), Dongguk Lim (Seoul, South Korea) and Insun Jang (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a method and device for communicating in a wireless LAN system. A method for a first station (STA) to communicate in a wireless LAN system comprises the steps of: transmitting, to a plurality of STAs, a first frame for forming a group that is to perform a sensing operation; transmitting a second frame...