ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,707,283, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to NTT DOCOMO Inc. (Tokyo).

"Terminal and communication method" was invented by Shohei Yoshioka (Tokyo), Naoya Shibaike (Tokyo) and Satoshi Nagata (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A terminal includes: a transmission unit configured to transmit a plurality of first signals including a synchronization signal and a broadcast channel to a first terminal by applying different beams to the plurality of first signals; a reception unit configured to receive a second signal corresponding to at least one of the plurality of first signals by using a parameter corresponding to a beam that is applied to o...