US Patent Issued to Samsung Electronics, Seoul National University R&DB Foundation on May 19 for "Apparatus and method for data communication based on intelligent reflecting surface in wireless communication system" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,634,712, issued on May 19, was assigned to Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd (South Korea) and Seoul National University R&DB Foundation (South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for data communication based on intelligent reflecting surface in wireless communication system" was invented by Seunghyun Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Byonghyo Shim (Seoul, South Korea), Seungnyun Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Hyunsoo Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Yosub Park (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a 5G or a 6th generation (6G) communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate after a 4th generation...