ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,165, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Network slice-specific authentication and authorization (NSSAA)" was invented by Mahmoud Watfa (Middlesex, Great Britain) and Kundan Tiwari (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). Disclosed is a method of performing Network Slice-Specific Authentication and Authorization, NS SAA, in a telecomm...