ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,880, issued on May 20, was assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) (Stockholm).
"Access network and wireless device" was invented by Filippo Ponzini (Pisa, Italy) and Giulio Bottari (Pisa, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An access network for communication with a wireless device (100), the access network comprising a plurality of antennas each configured to provide a cell for radio frequency communication with the wireless device, and a plurality of sets of optical elements (40) configured for optical communication with the wireless device (100). The access network comprises a processor and a memory, said memory conta...