ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,059, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Mobility support method and device for multicast service in next generation mobile communication system" was invented by Donggun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Soenghun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to: a communication technique merging IoT technology with a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than a 4G system; and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart homes, smart buildings, smart citie...