ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,713,473, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (Stockholm).

"Overlayed cell access handling" was invented by Walter Muller (Upplands Vasby, Sweden) and Patrik Karlsson (Sollentuna, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of establishing a connection between a wireless device and a wireless communication network includes receiving, at a first transmission/reception point, TRP, a random access request from the wireless device on a random access channel of a first cell associated with the first TRP, and transmitting, by the first TRP, a synchronization signal block, SSB, equivalent indication to th...