ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,119, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to NTT DOCOMO Inc. (Tokyo).
"Terminal and communication method" was invented by Tomoya Ohara (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A terminal includes: a receiving unit configured to receive signals indicating whether or not monitoring of PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel) monitoring occasions for paging is necessary, prior to the PDCCH monitoring occasions, from a base station; and a control unit configured to determine whether or not to monitor the PDCCH monitoring occasions, based on the signals."
The patent was filed on Aug. 7, 2020, under Application No. 18/007,337.
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