US Patent Issued to Cisco Technology on July 14 for "Wireless communication with ambient power devices using reconfigurable intelligent surfaces" (American, Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,650, issued on July 14, was assigned to Cisco Technology Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Wireless communication with ambient power devices using reconfigurable intelligent surfaces" was invented by Indermeet S. Gandhi (San Jose, Calif.), Robert E. Barton (Richmond, Canada) and Jerome Henry (Pittsboro, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "As reconfigurable Intelligent Surface devices (RISs) and ambient power devices become more common, it is advantageous to connect and leverage the capabilities of these devices into various wireless networks, including Wi-Fi networks. Configuring an RIS in a wireless network to provide and improve communicat...