MUMBAI, India, Nov. 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617092589 A) filed by Lenovo Beijing Limited on July 30, 2026, for Intermediate Node Determination.

Inventors include Sun, Zhennian; Lei, Haipeng; Yu, Xiaodong; and Guo, Xin.

The application for the patent was published on October 30, 2026, under issue no. 44/2026.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to intermediate node determination. In an aspect, a first device (for example, a BS) receives, from a set of one or more second devices (for example, one or more of a relay, an IAB node, a UE, or a repeater), proximity information associated with one or more third devices (for example, an ambient internet of things (A-IoT) devic...