ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,640,812, issued on May 26, was assigned to CHINA JILIANG UNIVERSITY (Hangzhou, China).

"Ground-high altitude platform-satellite laser communication system and method based on anisotropic non-Kolmogorov turbulence" was invented by Yi Wang (Hangzhou, China), Xingyue Guo (Hangzhou, China) and Dexian Yan (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ground-high altitude platform-satellite (G-H-S) laser communication system and method based on anisotropic non-Kolmogorov turbulence are provided, and the system includes a ground transmitting terminal, a HAP, a satellite terminal, a ground-HAP uplink and an HAP-satellite uplink. When laser be...