US Patent Issued to Apple on April 29 for "Communication system with network-aware reconfigurable intelligent surfaces" (German, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,289,151, issued on April 29, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Communication system with network-aware reconfigurable intelligent surfaces" was invented by Ahmed M Soliman (Munich), Danila Zaev (Munich) and Ayman F Naguib (Cupertino, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication system may include an access point (AP), user equipment (UE) device, and reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS). The UE may control the RIS by transmitting control signals that configure antenna elements on the RIS. The RIS may reflect wireless signals between the UE and the AP. The RIS may be known to the network. The UE may transmit a re...