ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,944, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) (Stockholm).

"Fronthaul network units and methods therein for synchronization over a single optical fiber in a frontahul network" was invented by Tomas Thyni (Jarfalla, Sweden), Mats Forsman (Ronninge, Sweden), Stefano Ruffini (Rome), Mara Cosentino (Genoa, Italy) and Riccardo Ceccatelli (San Miniato, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method performed by second fronthaul network unit for enabling synchronization with a first fronthaul network unit over a first single optical fiber in a fronthaul network is provided. The method includes receiving a first...