ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,238,645, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to New York University (New York).

"Switched analog-digital architecture for wireless antenna arrays and methods for use thereof" was invented by Sundeep Rangan (Jersey City, N.J.), Theodore S. Rappaport (Riner, Va.) and Dennis Shasha (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Exemplary apparatus can be provided that can comprise a plurality of antennas; a plurality of conversion systems, each capable of accepting and/or producing one or more digital signals; a circuit (e.g., radio circuit) configured to couple the antennas to the conversion systems; and computer arrangement configurable to selectiv...