US Patent Issued to T-Mobile Innovations on Oct. 21 for "Laser propagation path of the air interface" (Missouri, Arizona, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,968, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to T-Mobile Innovations LLC (Overland Park, Kan.).

"Laser propagation path of the air interface" was invented by Brett L. Christian (Independence, Mo.), Michael Scott Probasco (Bedford, Texas) and George Frantz Cummings III (Gilbert, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for improving signal propagation using lasers. A laser device is used to clear the air between a first fixed station, such as a base station, and a second fixed station, such as a fixed wireless access device. In the wake of the laser, particles in the air interface are cleared along a path that can...