ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,217, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Parallel Wireless Inc. (Nashua, N.H.).

"Antenna integrated radio with wireless fronthaul" was invented by Steven Paul Papa (Windham, N.H.) and Rajesh Kumar Mishra (Westford, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system is disclosed, comprising: a wireless fronthaul access point coupled to a radio mast and in communication with a remote baseband unit, the wireless fronthaul access point further comprising a first millimeter wave wireless interface; and an antenna-integrated radio for providing access to user equipments (UEs), mounted within line of sight on the radio mast with the wireless fron...