ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,236, issued on May 12, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Method and apparatus for supporting RLC UM mode operation in next generation mobile communication system" was invented by Donggun Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Soenghun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Sangbum Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The disclosure may be applied to intelligent servi...