ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,445,943, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SAGEMCOM BROADBAND SAS (Bois-Colombes, France).

"Method and device for selecting a node in a local area network" was invented by Michael Thien Bao Nguyen Dinh Hien (Rueil Malmaison, France) and Massinissa Lalam (Rueil Malmaison, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and a device for selecting a node in a local area network comprising nodes allowing an extension of wireless communication coverage, the nodes being interconnected by an access point interface of a backhaul subnetwork and a client interface of the backhaul subnetwork of another node, each node of the backhaul subnetwork emi...