ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,628, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to WIRELESS PHOTONICS LLC (Newport Beach, Calif.).

"Communication system and method for cloud-assisted free-space optical backhaul" was invented by Ahmadreza Rofougaran (Newport Beach, Calif.), Bahram Jalali (Los Angeles), Mehdi Hatamian (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Arman Rofougaran (Newport Coast, Calif.) and Milan Rofougaran (Newport Coast, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication system includes a cloud server comprising a processor. The processor obtains sensor data associated with each of a defined indoor area and a plurality of optical nodes in the defined indoor area, controls at lea...