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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2022
Signify Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Andries Van Wageningen, Wijlre, NL;
SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A backbone network () for use in an optical wireless communication system comprises one or more local switches () and one or more optical access points (), APs, wherein local switches () are configured to provide to optical APs () connections to an external network. Each local switch () comprises a first type optical front end (), OFE, having a rotatable orientation and a beam angle not larger than 60 degrees, and a second type OFE () having a 360-degree beam angle on the rotation plane of the first type OFE. Each optical AP comprises an OFE () having a rotatable orientation and a beam angle not larger than 60 degrees. The pairing and beam alignment between the first type OFE of a local switch and the OFE of an optical AP is achieved via the assist of the second type OFE of the local switch.
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