ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,237,562, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (Stockholm).

"5G integrated smart LED lighting system" was invented by Xiaochuan Li (Ottawa), Roland Smith (Nepean, Canada) and Shuang Zhao (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated Smart LED Light/3GPP radio fixture, comprising: a Smart LED light fixture; and a 3GPP radio unit configured to transmit and receive radio signals within a coverage area that corresponds with an illumination coverage area of the Smart LED light fixture."

The patent was filed on June 19, 2020, under Application No. 17/619,483.

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