ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,224,852, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Method for determining a master clock in a communication network" was invented by Maximilian Schuengel (Darmstadt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a method for determining a master clock in a communication network having a plurality of stations that are communicatively connected to each other and each have a clock, wherein the master clock is used for time synchronization of the clocks of the stations, comprising the steps: determining by means of a model of the communication network, a synchronization path measure for ea...