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AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsStefan Meyer, Jan Ellenbeck, Bertram R. Gunzelmann, Norman Goris
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A wireless access point (AP) may communicate with a user equipment (UE) device via reflection off a reflective device having an array of fixed or adjustable reflectors in different orientations. The AP may illuminate different portions of an area by pointing a signal beam to different reflectors and/or by controlling the reflective device to electrically rotate the reflectors. The AP may calibrate the position of the reflective device and may establish wireless communications with the UE device by performing a sweep of signal beams over the reflectors and/or by controlling the reflective device to sweep over different reflector orientations. The AP may track movement of the UE device over time. The AP may sweep the AP beam over a subset of the reflectors around an active reflector to maintain communications with the UE device even as the UE device moves over time.
A method of operating a wireless access point to communicate with a user equipment device, the method comprising:
A method of operating a first electronic device to wirelessly communicate with a second electronic device, the method comprising:
A wireless access point comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.