ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,598,476, issued on April 7, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Method and apparatus for operation mode on unlicensed spectrum" was invented by Hongbo Si (Plano, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatuses for operation modes on unlicensed spectrum in a wireless communication system including a carrier operating with shared spectrum channel access. A method of operating a UE includes receiving a set of higher layer parameters from a BS over the carrier and determining, from the set of higher layer parameters, a first operation mode for the BS. The method further includes determining, fr...