US Patent Issued to Koninklijke Philips on May 12 for "Enhanced scheduling in wireless networks with relay function" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,153, issued on May 12, was assigned to Koninklijke Philips N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Enhanced scheduling in wireless networks with relay function" was invented by Walter Dees (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Esko Olavi Dijk (Utrecht, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Enhanced scheduling in wireless networks with relay function In cellular or other wireless networks, relay terminal devices can be introduced to support an indirect network connection for remote terminal devices in out-of-coverage (OoC) areas to thereby improve network coverage. Such relay terminal devices buffer upstream and downstream data from/to other termi...