US Patent Issued to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson on June 24 for "Communication nodes and methods for relative positioning of wireless communication devices" (Canadian, Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,316, issued on June 24, was assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (Stockholm).

"Communication nodes and methods for relative positioning of wireless communication devices" was invented by Joakim Axmon (Limhamn, Sweden), Arthur T. G. Fuller (Kanata, Canada) and Esther Sienkiewicz (Ottawa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A server node and method therein for assisting a first wireless communication device and a second wireless communication device to seek each other in a wireless communication network are disclosed. The server node inquires positioning and movement information of the first and second devices and obtains infor...