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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2023
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Donna L. Polehn, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Mark T. Watts, Newport, RI (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A device may include a first plurality of microelectromechanical system (MEMS) elements. Each of the MEMS elements may include a mirror configured to reflect a radio frequency (RF) signal propagating through a free space to the mirror and whose surface orientation is configurable based on signals from a controller. The device may also include the controller. The controller may be configured to: receive a configuration message from a cellular network component over a radio frequency (RF) control channel; extract configuration parameter values for one or more of the MEMS elements; and configure the one or more of the MEMS elements by sending control signals corresponding to the configuration parameter values.