ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,457,572, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION Co. LTD. (Guangdong, China).

"Timing adjustment method and related device" was invented by Shuyan Peng (Guangdong, China) and Jinhua Liu (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A timing adjustment method and a related device. The method includes: adjusting timing of a first link state based on first signaling, where the first link state is a link state of a first relay device or a terminal; and the first signaling is provided by a parent node of the first relay device, or a parent node of the terminal, or a first network-side device, where the parent node is a...