US Patent Issued to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson on Nov. 3 for "Distributed unit, central unit and methods performed therein for packet management" (Swedish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,786,128, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) (Stockholm).

"Distributed unit, central unit and methods performed therein for packet management" was invented by Ingemar Johansson (Lulea, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method performed by a Distributed Unit (DU) for managing packets in a wireless communication network is provided. The DU determines a load in a buffer; and marks a packet from a Central Unit (CU), with a first indication related to end-to-end latency due to the determined load in the buffer. The DU then transmits the packet with the first indication to a UE; and transmits to the CU...