ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,787,066, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for random access and small data transmission using configured resources in wireless communication system" was invented by Anil Agiwal (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. A method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes transmitting, to a base station, a message A of a 2-step random access based on a configured grant small data transmission (CG-SDT)...