ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,309,681, issued on May 20, was assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) (Stockholm).
"Selecting a next hop for a data packet" was invented by Tommy Arngren (Sodra Sunderbyn, Sweden), Min Wang (Lulea, Sweden), Jan Christoffersson (Lulea, Sweden) and Marten Ericson (Gammelstad, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus are provided for selecting a next hop for a data packet. In one aspect, a method in a first node of selecting a next hop for a data packet includes determining a volume that is at least partially located between a first communication device and a destination node of the data packet, determining at...