ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,504, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) (Stockholm).

"Preventing reestablishment at descendant nodes with no alternative paths in integrated access backhaul" was invented by Ajmal Muhammad (Sollentuna, Sweden) and Oumer Teyeb (Montreal, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, system and apparatus are disclosed for preventing reestablishment at descendant nodes with no alternative paths in Integrated Access Backhaul (IAB) networks. In one embodiment, a method implemented in a network node configured to communicate with at least one descendant node over a backhaul network includes transmit...