ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,288, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to CHINA ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY GROUP CORPORATION NO 44 RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Chongqing, China).

"Integrated source generation, transmission, and distribution system based on photonic loop" was invented by Hao Zhang (Chongqing, China) and Pengfei Qu (Chongqing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated source generation, transmission, and distribution system based on a photonic loop includes a central station unit and subscriber station units. The central station unit and the subscriber station units are connected to form the photonic loop. The central station unit transmits carrier radio f...