ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,591, issued on July 21, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Wireless-core converged user plane device in communication system, and operating method" was invented by Jiyoung Cha (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dongmyung Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Younggyoun Moon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jungsoo Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sunwoo Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jinho Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a 5th generation (5G) or 6th generation (6G) communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a long term evolution ...