ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,549,926, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Data processing method and apparatus of packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer supporting multicast and broadcast service (MBS) in next-generation mobile communication system" was invented by Donggun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Sangkyu Baek (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a communication technique for fusing a 5G communication system with IoT technology to support higher data rate after the 4G system and a system thereof. The disclosure may be applied to an intelligent service (e.g....