ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,732,317, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to NEC Corp. (Tokyo).
"Communication apparatus, system, and method" was invented by Shingo Watanabe (Tokyo), Kenji Wakafuji (Tokyo) and Masakazu Ono (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a receiver configured to receive upward data being transmitted from a terminal during an upward period from a terminal transmission start time to a terminal transmission end time in an upward slot, during an own apparatus reception period being equal in length to the upward period from an own apparatus reception start time being later than the ...