US Patent Issued to Dell Products on March 25 for "Non-line of sight (NLOS) communication utilizing hybrid active-passive intelligent surfaces and methods thereof" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,658, issued on March 25, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"Non-line of sight (NLOS) communication utilizing hybrid active-passive intelligent surfaces and methods thereof" was invented by Tejinder Singh (Kanata, Canada) and Davi V. Q. Rodrigues (Lubbock, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One example method includes receiving inputs (1) specifying a total power amount for the communication system, (2) specifying communication system operational parameters, and (3) specifying a number of elements implemented in the IRS. Based on the inputs, a portion of the total power amount needed to switch an element of the ...