ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,660,044, issued on June 16, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Method and apparatus for link and traffic level EPCS setup and operations" was invented by Peshal Nayak (Plano, Texas), Vishnu Vardhan Ratnam (Plano, Texas), Rubayet Shafin (Allen, Texas) and Boon Loong Ng (Plano, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatuses for link and traffic level emergency preparedness communication services (EPCS) setup and operations are disclosed. A method for wireless communication performed by a non-access point (AP) multi-link device (MLD) that includes stations (STAs) comprises: forming a link wi...