US Patent Issued to Agency for Science, Technology and Research on April 15 for "Spatial modulation system and method thereof" (Singaporean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,278,682, issued on April 15, was assigned to Agency for Science, Technology and Research (Singapore).

"Spatial modulation system and method thereof" was invented by Yijun Zhou (Singapore), Yan Wah Michael Chia (Singapore) and Xianming Qing (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of spatial modulation using an antenna array including radiating elements having power amplifiers communicatively coupled thereto. An amplitude of an output signal to be formed in space is determined by the antenna array based on an input signal. Output amplitude levels for the radiating elements are determined based on the amplitude of the output signa...