ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,200, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Method and apparatus for deciding packet communication range in terminal direct communication system" was invented by Hyunjeong Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Anil Agiwal (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "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) are provided. The communication method and system may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G commu...