ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,020, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (Atlanta).
"Using unmanned mobile surfaces to reflect a signal from access point equipment to signal receiving equipment" was invented by Joseph Soryal (Glendale, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The technologies described herein are generally directed to detecting reflective surfaces for use reflecting a signal from access point equipment to destination equipment in advanced networks, e.g., at least a fifth generation (5G) network. For example, a method described herein can include receiving a request, from access point equipment, to establish a communication...