ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,957, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (Atlanta).

"Based on a mode of communication, selecting a reflective surface to be used for signal propagation" 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 using a reflective surface to reflect a signal from access point equipment to signal receiving equipment in a fifth generation (5G) network or other next generation networks. For example, a method described herein can include receiving a request from access point equipment to establish a communications session betwee...