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Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025

Filed:

Nov. 17, 2022
Applicant:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ardalan Alizadeh, Milpitas, CA (US);

Sivadeep R. Kalavakuru, Milpitas, CA (US);

Matthew Aaron Silverman, Shaker Heights, OH (US);

John Matthew Swartz, Lithia, FL (US);

Assignee:

CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04L 1/1607 (2023.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 64/00 (2013.01); H04L 1/1607 (2013.01);
Abstract

In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a method including: determining a series of predetermined phases for wireless signals to be used in location calculations for a station device accessing a wireless access point; reflecting wireless signals from the wireless access point off of an intelligent reflecting surface to the station device; and controlling the intelligent reflecting surface such that a series of the wireless signals are reflected off of the intelligent reflecting surface with the predetermined phases.


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