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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2021
Signify Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Michel Germe, Cormelles le Royal, FR;
SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
In an optical wireless communication, OWC, system, an apparatus () is configured to operate in a first mode to enable a first functionality where the apparatus acts as a bridge device between an OWC access point () and a first end device out of one or more end devices (), or in a second mode to enable a second functionality where the apparatus relays data between the first end device and a second end device out of the one or more end devices (). The apparatus () communicates with the OWC access point () by means of a first type of optical wireless link () using a first modulation scheme; and communicates with the first end device by means of a second type of optical wireless link () using a second modulation scheme. The first type of optical wireless link () has a wider beam angle than the second type of optical wireless link ().