Abstract: Provided is a system that comprises an antenna device that includes a plurality of passive patch antennas on a planar substrate and a movable frame that supports the planar substrate, and a processor that controls a movement of the movable frame to align the plurality of passive patch antennas in a first 3D position coordinate at a first time-of-day such that an RF signal receptivity by one or more passive patch antennas of the plurality of passive patch antennas is increased from a first signal state to a second signal state at a specific location of the antenna device, and updates the movement of the movable frame to align the plurality of passive patch antennas in a second 3D position coordinate at a second time-of-day such that the RF signal receptivity is increased from the second signal state to a third signal state at the specific location.

Abstract: An edge device includes an antenna array and a sensor that senses a surrounding area of the edge device. The edge device further includes control circuitry that detects a first user in the surrounding area of the edge device sensed by the sensor, tracks the detected first user in the surrounding area of the edge device based on the sensor, controls the first antenna array to direct a first beam of radio frequency (RF) signal in a first direction of the tracked first user, detects and tracks a second user concurrently with the first user in the surrounding area of the first edge device based on the sensor, and updates the control of the first antenna array to direct a second beam of RF signal in a second direction towards the second user concomitant to the directed first beam of RF signal in the first direction towards the first user.

Abstract: A communication system includes a central cloud server that decreases a gain of a currently active path, which corresponds to a primary communication path between a radio access network (RAN) node and one or more user equipment (UEs) via a first set of edge devices, until the currently active path becomes dormant. A gain of a dormant path, corresponding to a secondary communication path is increased until the dormant path becomes a new active path. Further, at least one edge device of the second set of edge devices is caused to transmit one or more beams of radio frequency (RF) signals in one or more specific directions towards one or more new neighboring nodes to establish the secondary communication path that is used as a backup communication path between the RAN node and the one or more UEs via a second set of edge devices different from the first set of edge devices.

Abstract: A communication system includes a cloud server that further includes a processor. The processor obtains sensor data associated with a defined indoor area and a plurality of optical nodes in defined indoor area. The processor further obtains location coordinates of the plurality of optical nodes in the defined indoor area. The processor then causes the master communication device to form a laser beam-based wireless communication network in the defined indoor area based on the obtained sensor data and the location coordinates of the plurality of optical nodes.

Abstract: An optical antenna apparatus for free-space optical communication, includes an input end having a lens positioned to receive one or more incoming optical signals, where the one or more incoming optical signals are received from one or more optical fibers connected at the input end. The optical antenna apparatus further includes an output end having a prism positioned at a defined distance from the lens. The one or more incoming optical signals of the one or more optical fibers passes through the lens and then the prism to form one or more free-space optical beams for a bi-directional free-space optical communication with a remote optical node.

Abstract: A wireless communication system including a master wireless access point device communicates a WLAN signal in first WLAN frequency from a data source. A plurality of hybrid analog-digital repeater devices are disposed at a plurality of different locations, where a first hybrid analog-digital repeater device receives the WLAN signal from the master wireless access point device, convert the WLAN signal to a first beam of radio frequency (RF) signal in an intermediate frequency band, and relays the first beam of RF signals in the intermediate frequency band to one or more second hybrid analog-digital repeater devices of the plurality of hybrid analog-digital repeater devices. One or more service wireless access point devices receives the first beam of RF signals from the one or more second hybrid analog-digital repeater devices and convert back to the WLAN signal to serve user equipment in a data throughput greater than a threshold throughput.

Abstract: An access repeater device detects distribution of user equipment (UEs) within defined physical coverage zone based on first beam of RF signals transmitted at first Tx power level from the access repeater device. A first UE is detected at first distance from the access repeater device at first instance. The access repeater device controls the decrease of the first Tx power level of the first beam of RF signals. The decrease induces UE response at a second UE to increase Tx radio power of RF signal emitted by the second UE hidden to the access repeater device. The access repeater device further re-detects the distribution of the set of UEs within the defined physical coverage zone at a second instance, based on the UE response, wherein the detected set of UEs comprises the first UE at the first distance and the second UE at the second distance.

Abstract: An edge device includes an antenna array and a sensor that senses a surrounding area of the edge device. The edge device further includes control circuitry that detects a first user in the surrounding area of the edge device sensed by the sensor, tracks the detected first user in the surrounding area of the edge device based on the sensor, controls the first antenna array to direct a first beam of radio frequency (RF) signal in a first direction of the tracked first user, detects and tracks a second user concurrently with the first user in the surrounding area of the first edge device based on the sensor, and updates the control of the first antenna array to direct a second beam of RF signal in a second direction towards the second user concomitant to the directed first beam of RF signal in the first direction towards the first user.

Abstract: A communication system that includes a processor to control switch from a primary communication path to a secondary communication path based on a presence of signal obstruction in the primary communication path, the primary communication path is between a radio access network (RAN) node and at least one UE via a first set of edge devices, the secondary communication path is between the RAN and the at least one UE via a second set of edge devices. The processor further decreases a gain of an active path, which corresponds to the primary communication path, until the active path is dormant, and increases a gain of a dormant path, which corresponds to the secondary communication path, until the dormant path is active, the decrease in the gain of the active path and the increase in the gain of the dormant path is based on the control of the switch.

Abstract: A first communication device includes a processor that receives a data signal from a second communication device. The processor converts the data signal to a bit stream at a physical layer of a network architecture and executes a frame level inspection of the bit stream at a datalink layer for a defined signature. The processor detects the defined signature associated with a first data packet in a frame based on the executed frame level inspection of the bit stream at the datalink layer, where the defined signature associated with the first data packet is a unique indicator. An event is triggered in a communication network at the datalink layer irrespective of an involvement of an application layer of the network architecture at the first communication device based on the detected defined signature associated with the first data packet.

Abstract: A communication system includes a central cloud server that decreases a gain of a currently active path, which corresponds to a primary communication path between a radio access network (RAN) node and one or more user equipment (UEs) via a first set of edge devices, until the currently active path becomes dormant. A gain of a dormant path, corresponding to a secondary communication path is increased until the dormant path becomes a new active path. Further, at least one edge device of the second set of edge devices is caused to transmit one or more beams of radio frequency (RF) signals in one or more specific directions towards one or more new neighboring nodes to establish the secondary communication path that is used as a backup communication path between the RAN node and the one or more UEs via a second set of edge devices different from the first set of edge devices.

Abstract: A communication system includes a cloud server that further includes a processor. The processor obtains sensor data associated with a defined indoor area and a plurality of optical nodes in defined indoor area. The processor further obtains location coordinates of the plurality of optical nodes in the defined indoor area. The processor then causes the master communication device to form a laser beam-based wireless communication network in the defined indoor area based on the obtained sensor data and the location coordinates of the plurality of optical nodes.

Abstract: A system includes control circuitry that obtains data from a repeater device of a network of repeater devices. One or more passive reflectors present in a geographical area are detected based on the obtained data. A plurality of signal propagation indicators is determined using the one or more passive reflectors, where the plurality of signal propagation indicators indicate areas and directions with no signal propagation issues, and where the plurality of signal propagation indicators is marked in a three-dimensional representation of the geographical area. The location and movement of a plurality of user devices is tracked and a beamforming scheme is selected for one or more repeater devices based on the movement. An out-of-band control of operations of the network of repeater devices is executed based on the marked signal propagation indicators, the selected beamforming scheme, and the tracked location and movement of the plurality of user devices.

Abstract: A wireless communication system including a central cloud server that obtains a first type of telemetry information from a plurality of hybrid analog-digital repeater devices and a second type of telemetry information from a master wireless access point device and one or more service wireless access point devices. The central cloud server determines intra-node RF beam parameters and inter-node RF beam parameters for each of the plurality of hybrid analog-digital repeater devices based on the first type of telemetry information and the second type of telemetry information. The central cloud server causes the plurality of hybrid analog-digital repeater devices to dynamically form a wireless backhaul network among the master wireless access point device, the plurality of hybrid analog-digital repeater devices and the one or more service wireless access point devices, based on the determined intra-node RF beam parameters and the inter-node RF beam parameters.

Abstract: A first optical routing device that includes a mounting component and an optical routing component attached to the mounting component. The mounting component includes a rechargeable battery to power operations of the first optical routing device and a processor that communicates over-the-air with a master communication device or one or more service communication devices via RF supervisory links. The processor receives an instruction via the RF supervisory links to control a movement of the mounting component along with the optical routing component such that an angle or a direction of deflection of laser beams from an optical routing component of optical routing device is changed. The processor performs a range measurement to compute a distance between the first optical routing device and an optical node. The optical node is one of a second optical routing device, the master communication device or one of the one or more service communication devices.

Abstract: An edge device includes a first antenna array and a sensor that senses a surrounding area of the edge device. The edge device further includes control circuitry that detects a first user in the surrounding area of the edge device sensed by the sensor. The control circuitry tracks the detected first user in the surrounding area of the edge device based on the sensor and control the first antenna array to direct a first beam of radio frequency (RF) signal having a signal strength greater than a first threshold in a first direction of the first user being tracked based on the sensor for high-performance communication.

Abstract: An optical routing device that includes a mounting component which includes a rechargeable battery and a processor that communicates over-the-air with a master communication device or one or more service communication devices via RF supervisory links. The processor receives an instruction via the RF supervisory links to control a movement of the mounting component along with the optical routing component such that an angle or a direction of deflection of laser beams from an optical routing component of optical routing device is changed. The one or more laser beams are deflected from the optical routing component over-the-air for free-space optical communication among the master communication device and the one or more service communication devices via at least the optical routing device independent of optical fibers.

Abstract: A repeater system includes a first repeater device having a donor radio antenna to capture publicly broadcast synchronization signals from an outdoor 5G RAN node. A controller of the first repeater device decodes the publicly broadcast synchronization signals from the outdoor 5G RAN node and synchronizes with the decoded publicly broadcast synchronization signals to align a frame structure of donor radio antenna to the frame structure of the outdoor 5G RAN node. A relay radio antenna of the first repeater device is configured to communicate synchronized 5G signals from the donor radio antenna to one or more indoor relay devices for indoor distribution of synchronized 5G signals to serve one or more indoor UEs. The capture, decoding, synchronization, and communication of the synchronized 5G signals for indoor distribution of synchronized 5G signals are independent of any additional signaling and explicit coordination from the outdoor 5G RAN node.

Abstract: A communication system that includes a master communication device at a first location in a defined indoor area, a service communication device at a second location in the defined indoor area, and passive optical routing devices at a plurality of locations in the defined indoor area. The master communication device obtains first signal from data source or modem and directs first laser beam carrying the first signal in a downstream path to the service communication device directly or via the plurality of passive optical routing devices. The master communication device receives Laser Beam Network Control instructions from a cloud server, and dynamically changes a laser beam-based communication route from the master communication device to the service communication device by changing a path of laser communication from first set of passive optical routing devices to second set of passive optical routing devices to reach to the service communication device.

Abstract: An optical routing device that includes a mounting component which includes a rechargeable battery and a processor that communicates over-the-air with a master communication device or one or more service communication devices via RF supervisory links. The processor receives an instruction via the RF supervisory links to control a movement of the mounting component along with the optical routing component such that an angle or a direction of deflection of laser beams from an optical routing component of optical routing device is changed. The one or more laser beams are deflected from the optical routing component over-the-air for free-space optical communication among the master communication device and the one or more service communication devices via at least the optical routing device independent of optical fibers.