US Patent Issued to QUALCOMM on Oct. 14 for "Techniques for efficient mobility using relay devices" (American, British, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,445,913, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to QUALCOMM Inc. (San Diego).

"Techniques for efficient mobility using relay devices" was invented by Lenaig Genevieve Chaponniere (La Jolla, Calif.), Hong Cheng (Basking Ridge, N.J.), Haris Zisimopoulos (London), Francesco Pica (San Diego) and Sebastian Speicher (Wallisellen, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) and a base station may determine whether the UE is inside or outside of a vehicle with a relay device. Techniques for determining whether the UE is inside or outside of the vehicle are des...