ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,198, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (Stockholm).

"Adaptive communication channel leg switching" was invented by Debasish Sarkar (Irvine, Calif.), Surajit Mondal (Bangalore, India), Aruna Mani (New Delhi), Shikha Singh (Gurgaon, India) and Ayan Sen (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A network node in a telecommunications network can measure a first throughput associated with a first communication channel between the network node and a communication device. The first communication channel can include an active communication channel that uses a first radio access technology, RAT. ...