This paper is devoted to the O(3, 1) nonlinear sigma-model, which has
been proposed previously by the author. This model, which has been sho
wn to be closely connected with the Ablowitz-Ladik hierarchy, is now c
onsidered in the framework of the inverse scattering method. In this p
aper the problem is presented in the zero-curvature form, which is use
d to obtain the infinite sequence of the conservation laws and to deve
lop the inverse scattering transform for the case of the non-vanishing
boundary conditions.