Sony was granted a patent for adaptive multicast wireless communication.

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    "summary": "Sony was granted a patent for adaptive multicast wireless communication.",
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    "patent_number": "US12750868",
    "uspto_assignee": "SONY GROUP CORPORATION",
    "patent_abstract": "Provided in the present disclosure are a management electronic device and method for wireless communication, and a member electronic device and a method for wireless communication. The management electronic device for wireless communication comprises a processing circuit, wherein the processing circuit is configured to: select a bandwidth part (BWP) resource from a plurality of BWPs, so as to determine a multicast BWP used for multicast communication between the management electronic device and a plurality of member electronic devices in a group to which the management electronic device belongs, and/or a unicast BWP used for unicast communication between predetermined member electronic device pairs in the plurality of member electronic devices.",
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  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"domain":"sony.com","limit":20}'