ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,727, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION Co. LTD. (Dongguan, China).

"Data transmission method, apparatus and communication device" was invented by Jinhua Liu (Dongguan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data transmission method and apparatus, and a communication device are provided. The data transmission method is performed by a first communication device, including: generating a desired guard symbol medium access control layer control element (MAC CE) when a preset trigger condition is met; and sending the desired guard symbol MAC CE to a second communication device."

The patent was filed on March 7, ...