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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2017
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Arlington, VA (US);
Donna L. Polehn, Bellevue, WA (US);
Fred Weisbrod, Renton, WA (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
An RF antenna system includes a first unit that further includes first attachment means that secures the first unit to a window, and an antenna. The first unit additionally includes an RF transceiver, coupled to the antenna, that receives, via the antenna, incoming RF signals and converts the RF signals to first electrical signals; and first optical means that transmits the first electrical signals as first optical signals through the first surface of the window. The RF antenna system also includes a second unit that includes second attachment means that secures the second unit to the window. The second unit also includes second optical means that receive the first optical signals through the second surface of the window, convert the first optical signals to first digital signals, and transmit the first digital signals to a device connected to the second unit.