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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025
Filed:
May. 18, 2021
Signify Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Michel Germe, Cormelles le Royal, FR;
Haimin Tao, Eindhoven, NL;
Andreas Felix Alfred Bluschke, Eindhoven, NL;
Christian Jordan, Venlo, NL;
SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
In a multi-cell wireless communication system () with at least one optical access point () and at least one radio frequency access point (), more flexibility is provided to an end device () in selecting an access point () for establishing a data link. Because of the line-of-sight characteristic of an optical link and the limited field of view of an optical receiver, optical cells are typically deployed with a relatively high density and adjacent optical cells may have an overlapping area. This invention discloses a method of an end device () for selecting a favorable access point () with reduced overhead, even when the end device is located in the overlapping area of two adjacent optical cells.