ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,701,596, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for slice control and cell control in wireless communication system" was invented by Junhyuk Song (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seungwon Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Youngsung Kho (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Chungkeun Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a 5th generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data rate after a 4th generation (4G) communication system such as long-term evolution (LTE). According to various embodiments of the disclosure, a meth...