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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2020
Applicant:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Arlington, VA (US);
Inventors:
Donna L. Polehn, Kirkland, WA (US);
Fred Weisbrod, Renton, WA (US);
Assignee:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 3/26 (2006.01); H01Q 1/52 (2006.01); H01Q 21/06 (2006.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H01Q 15/00 (2006.01); H01Q 9/04 (2006.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 3/2676 (2013.01); H01Q 1/523 (2013.01); H01Q 9/045 (2013.01); H01Q 9/0442 (2013.01); H01Q 15/0033 (2013.01); H01Q 21/065 (2013.01); H04B 7/0617 (2013.01); H04L 5/0007 (2013.01); H01Q 1/246 (2013.01); H01Q 15/0066 (2013.01); H04L 5/0023 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system includes a base station. The base station includes: a laser assembly that transmits an optical control beam to a phased array antenna external to and remote from the base station; and a radio frequency (RF) transceiver that transmits a radio signal to the phased array antenna. The phased array antenna deflects the radio signal arriving at the phased array antenna in a particular direction indicated by the optical control beam. The particular direction of the deflected radio signal is toward a particular user device.