ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,948, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (Stockholm).

"False cell detection in a wireless communication network" was invented by Prajwol Kumar Nakarmi (Sollentuna, Sweden) and Ikram Ullah (Stockholm).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Detection equipment (46) detects a false cell (18) in a wireless communication network (10). The detection equipment (46) obtains a test dataset (40) that comprises one or more test datapoints (42), with each test datapoint indicating a combination (44) of values detected for a cell characteristic. The detection equipment (46) tests for the presence of a false cell (18) ...