ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,161, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to ZTE Corp. (Shenzhen, China).

"Re-mapping network slices for supporting service continuity" was invented by Dapeng Li (Guangdong, China) and Yin Gao (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and devices related to digital wireless communication, and more specifically, to techniques related to sending, by a first network node to a second network node, a first message including information for handling access and mobility management tasks associated with a mobile device, wherein the first network node is serving a mobile device in a coverage area of the first network node; a...