ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,211, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Timing alignment in integrated access and backhaul" was invented by Majid Ghanbarinejad (Chicago), Hyejung Jung (Northbrook, Ill.) and Vijay Nangia (Woodridge, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for timing alignment in integrated access and backhaul. A method includes receiving, at an integrated access and backhaul ("IAB") node of a wireless communication network, a first configuration for receiving a downlink reference signal and a second configuration for receiving an uplink reference signal. The method ...