ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,549,959, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Network sharing method and apparatus for supporting multiple operators in wireless communication system" was invented by Sunggi Yang (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a communication technique for convergence of internet of things (IoT) technology and a 5th generation (5G) or a pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate beyond a 4th generation (4G) communication system, such as the long term evolution (LTE) and a system therefor. The disclosure is applied to intel...