Broadcom Corporation

Peltbeam Inc.

2pi-sigma Corporation

Wireless Photonics LLC

Other

Vivera Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Mediccene Inc.

22nd Solutions, LLC

American Telephone & Telegraph Co., At&t Bell Laboratories

At&t Bell Laboratories

Maxwellhook LLC

Mehdi Hatamian

Arman Rofougaran

Oscar Ernesto Agazzi

Arthur Abnous

Venkat Kalkunte

Puya Rofougaran

John L Creigh

Henry Samueli

Milan Rofougaran

Ahmadreza Rofougaran

David E Kruse

Shervin Alireza Odabaee

Bahram Jalali

David Kruse

Kavian Odabaee

Arya Behzad

Ramon Alejandro Gomez

Klaas Bult

Tom W Kwan

Chi-Hung Lin

Dan Nguyen

Esin Terzioglu

Mehrtash Ghalebi

Morteza Cyrus Afghahi

Paul Edalat

David Garrett

Kamran Ghobadi

Alexandra Jalali

Mehrtosh A Ghalebi

Oscar E Azazzi

Paul Penzes

Alexander G Dickinson

Ali Anvar

Zigmantas Leonas Budrikis

Sailesh K Rao

Charbel Maksoud

Arun N Netravali

Glenn Lawrence Cash

Peter Steve Kubik

Adrianus Ligtenberg

Vahid Ordoubadian

Gerald A Maguire

Matin Ebneshahrashoob

Marcy Garrett

A first optical routing device that includes a mounting component, a memory configured to store optical path options, where the optical path options are different fall-back laser-link options available to the first optical routing device to establish a laser beam connectivity, and an optical routing component attached to the mounting component. The mounting component includes a rechargeable battery to power operations of the first optical routing device and a processor that communicates over-the-air with a master communication device or one or more service communication devices via RF supervisory links, receives an instruction via the one or more RF supervisory links to control a movement of the mounting component along with the optical routing component, and performs a range measurement to compute a distance between the first optical routing device and an optical node.

Optical routing device for ultra-flexible and ultra-reliable laser beam based wireless communication

A wireless communication system includes a central cloud server that obtains a first type of telemetry information from hybrid analog-digital repeater devices and a second type from a master wireless access point device and service wireless access point devices, determines a wireless backhaul network topology based on the first type of telemetry information and the second type of telemetry information, determines beam alignment parameters for the hybrid analog-digital repeater devices based on synchronization signal blocks and feedback from the hybrid analog-digital repeater devices, controls the hybrid analog-digital repeater devices to relay downstream signals and upstream signals based on different polarization states in an intermediate frequency band, and causes each of the hybrid analog-digital repeater devices to relay user data in analog form and extract signal metadata from a portion of received radio frequency signals without execution of a decoding operation on the user data.

System and method of central cloud server managed wireless backhaul network using hybrid repeater devices

An edge device that includes a processor which obtains sensing information of a surrounding area from one or more external sensing devices in a communication range of the edge device. The processor communicates the sensing information to a central cloud server and obtains wireless connectivity enhanced information from the central cloud server based on the communicated sensing information. The wireless connectivity enhanced information is for a first user equipment (UE) and a second UE. The processor directs a first beam of radio frequency (RF) signal in a first wireless carrier network to the first UE and a second beam of RF signal in a second wireless carrier network to the second UE based on the obtained wireless connectivity enhanced information for the first UE and the second UE.

Edge device and method for handling service for multiple service providers

A wireless communication system includes a central cloud server that obtains a first type of telemetry information from a plurality of hybrid analog-digital repeater devices and a second type of telemetry information from a master wireless access point device and service wireless access point devices. The central cloud server assigns a different weightage to the first type of telemetry information with respect to the second type of telemetry information, determines one or more intra-node radio frequency (RF) beam parameters and one or more inter-node RF beam parameters for each of the plurality of hybrid analog-digital repeater devices based on the assigned different weightage, and causes the plurality of hybrid analog-digital repeater devices to dynamically form a wireless backhaul mesh network among the master WAP device, the plurality of hybrid analog-digital repeater devices, and the one or more service WAP devices.

System and method for telemetry information-based network role reassignments in wireless backhaul mesh network

An access repeater device that controls transmission of a first beam of radio frequency (RF) signals at a first transmit (Tx) power level. The access repeater device controls decrease of the first Tx power level of the first beam of RF signals to induce a UE response at a second UE to increase a Tx radio power of an RF signal by the second UE. The access repeater device identifies that the second UE responds to the first beam of RF signals communicated in a test direction from a plurality of different test directions and modulates a transmit power output of the first beam of RF signals towards the second UE in the test direction.

Access repeater device and method of detecting distribution of UEs based on induced UE response

A sample collection and testing device for analyzing blood is provided that includes a controller, a fluid flow pathway, a pump configured to move fluid through the fluid pathway, and an optical fluid measurement element configured to measure a light intensity of the fluid in the fluid flow pathway. The controller is configured to: start the pump to move a blood sample in the fluid flow pathway, receive a signal from the optical fluid measurement element indicating a detection of a leading edge of the blood in the fluid flow pathway, stop the pump to stop the moving of the blood in the pathway, receive a plurality of light intensity measurements from the optical measurement element, each light intensity measurement measured at a corresponding point of time, and provide a mapping of the light intensity measurements into an indication of a coagulation of the blood sample over a time period.

Automated medical sample collection and testing for providing blood coagulation indication

A communication system includes a cloud server comprising a processor. The processor obtains sensor data associated with each of a defined indoor area and a plurality of optical nodes in the defined indoor area, controls at least a master communication device to establish a laser beam-based wireless communication network in the defined indoor area, wherein the control of the master communication device is based on the obtained sensor data. The processor further obtains network monitoring and performance data of the laser beam-based wireless communication network from the master communication device, generates and communicates Laser Beam Network Control (LBNC) instructions to the master communication device based on the network monitoring and performance data, and controls the master communication device to instruct at least one optical routing device to dynamically adjust an orientation of a deflecting surface of the at least one optical routing device based on the LBNC instructions.

Communication system and method for cloud-assisted free-space optical backhaul

A communication system that includes a plurality of network nodes interconnected in a hierarchical communication network. The plurality of network nodes includes a plurality of slave nodes, a plurality of local master nodes, a plurality of regional master nodes, and a global master node. The plurality of slave nodes establishes communication with the plurality of local master nodes and a plurality of end-user devices. The plurality of local master nodes establishes communication with the plurality of regional master nodes. The plurality of regional master nodes establishes communication with the global master node. The global master node is configured to adjust data routing paths throughout the hierarchical communication network based on a mobility handling parameter associated with each level of hierarchy in the hierarchical communication network.

Communication system and method of wireless communication in hierarchical communication network

A repeater device as switch node in a wireless communication system, includes a donor antenna that obtains a first beam of RF signals from an upstream neighboring node. The repeater device further includes a switch circuit that detects a label in a preamble of each data frame of a plurality of data frames carried by first beam of RF signals independent of decoding other header information and user data in each data frame and determines routing decisions for the plurality of data frames based on the detected label in each data frame. The plurality of data frames is then switched, via a RF switching fabric, based on the detected label in each data frame such that each data frame is routed to a corresponding service phased antenna array of the plurality of service phased antenna arrays for communication via a plurality of service phased antennas.

Repeater device, wireless communication system, and method for ultra-low latency data frame routing using labelling

A repeater device having a donor radio antenna that captures publicly broadcast synchronization signals from an outdoor 5G Radio Access Network (RAN) node, and a controller that decodes the captured publicly broadcast synchronization signals from the outdoor 5G RAN node. The controller further synchronizes with the decoded publicly broadcast synchronization signals, to align a frame structure of the donor radio antenna to a frame structure of the outdoor 5G RAN node, independent of additional signaling and explicit coordination from the outdoor 5G RAN node. The repeater device further includes a relay radio antenna that communicates the synchronized publicly broadcast synchronization signals to a first set of indoor relay devices. The controller further re-configures access beams, from the relay radio antenna to match UE directions of one or more indoor user equipment (UEs), independent of the additional signaling and the explicit coordination from the outdoor 5G RAN node.

Repeater system and method for indoor distribution of cellular mmWave signals

A virtual fiber communication system includes a central cloud server that obtains telemetry information from a plurality of network nodes of a wireless backhaul mesh network. The central cloud server causes a plurality of hybrid analog-digital repeater devices to dynamically form the wireless backhaul mesh network among the plurality of network nodes. The central cloud server detects spectrum availability variations across the plurality of network nodes based on the obtained telemetry information and detects an increase in data traffic demand in one or more data propagation paths across the plurality of network nodes in the formed wireless backhaul mesh network. Based on the detected spectrum availability variations, the central cloud server controls the plurality of network nodes to inject additional capacity to one or more data sessions in the formed wireless backhaul mesh network in a real-time or near real time when the increase in data traffic demand is detected in the one or more data propagation paths.

Virtual fiber communication system and method for spectrum availability-based control of wireless backhaul mesh network

A cardiac monitoring system that automatically determines whether one or more electrodes are placed at wrong positions on a person's body includes an ECG monitor. The electrodes are connected to the ECG monitor wirelessly or by wire. Each electrode includes a position code that corresponds to a body location where the electrode is to be placed. The signals that are transmitted from each electrode include the position code assigned to the electrode. The profile of the signals received from the electrodes are compared with expected profile of the signals from the electrodes that are placed at each specific position on the body. The position code in the transmitted data of any electrode that is determined to be placed at a wrong position is automatically replaced with the position code corresponding to the electrodes' actual position. The leads are then determined based on the electrode signals and the electrodes' position codes.

Cardiac monitoring system with automatic detection of wireless electrode positioning

A communication system includes a plurality of edge devices comprising a first edge device. The first edge device fires a plurality of first beams from a donor antenna array based on different first beam indexes and fires a plurality of second beams from one or more relay antenna arrays based on different second beam indexes. The first edge device measures signal strength of each fired beam, identifies a donor beam index and one or more relay beam indexes based on the measured signal strengths exceeding a threshold, establishes a first communication link to an upstream neighboring node based on the identified donor beam index, creates one or more second communication links to one or more downstream neighboring nodes based on the identified relay beam indexes, and creates a mesh network of the plurality of edge devices based on the established communication links.

Communication system and method for operating a 5G mesh network for service continuity

An optical antenna apparatus, which has an input end, includes a lens, and the input end receives one or more incoming optical signals from one or more optical fibers. An output end of the optical antenna apparatus includes a prism at a distance from the lens, and the one or more incoming optical signals pass through the lens to the prism to form one or more free-space optical beams for free-space optical communication. The optical antenna apparatus includes control circuitry and an electro-mechanical arrangement operatively coupled with the lens and the prism. The control circuitry controls the electro-mechanical arrangement to calibrate a position of each of the lens and the prism in the optical antenna apparatus such that each of the lens and the prism is moved back and forth for adjustment of at least one beam parameter of the one or more free-space optical beams.

Optical antenna apparatus for free-space optical communication

A virtual fiber communication system includes a central cloud server that obtains telemetry information from network nodes of wireless backhaul mesh network. The telemetry information includes spectrum occupancy information and UE positioning information. The central cloud server obtains, via blockchain-based spectrum broker nodes, frequency spectrum availability metadata and custom-defined spectrum access parameters of spectrum owner nodes. The central cloud server detects spectrum availability variations across network nodes and determines different routing paths for the first type of UEs designated as premium users. Based on the detected spectrum availability variations across the network nodes and the determined different routing paths, control signals are generated and communicated to the network nodes to assign data streams onto rented or leased spectrum frequencies. One of the determined routing paths is selected for delivery of the data streams to the first type of UEs to meet the custom-defined spectrum access parameters.

Virtual fiber communication system and method of spectrum sharing in the virtual fiber communication system

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