ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,587,325, issued on March 24, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Method and device for HARQ-ack feedback transmission or reception for network cooperative communication" was invented by Euichang Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Youngrok Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a 5th generation (5G) or 6th generation (6G) communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. The disclosure may be applied to intelligence services (for example, smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, healthcare, digital education,...