Abstract: An edge device including a processor that captures sensing information of surrounding area of the edge device, obtains a primary wireless connectivity option from a central cloud server for a first upcoming location along a first travel path to be traversed by the edge device, obtains a set of alternative wireless connectivity options from the central cloud server for the first upcoming location along the first travel path and one or more second upcoming locations along the first travel path, and selects one or more alternative wireless connectivity options from the set of alternative wireless connectivity options at the first upcoming location and the one or more second upcoming locations along the first travel path.

Abstract: An edge device that includes one or more first antenna arrays at a donor side of the edge device, and one or more second antenna arrays at a service side of the edge device. The edge device obtains wireless connectivity enhanced information from a central cloud server. The edge device receives a first donor beam associated with a first wireless carrier network (WCN) from a first base station via the one or more first antenna arrays and receives a second donor beam associated with a second WCN from a second base station. The edge device receives two or more time division duplex (TDD) patterns from two or more base stations of different service providers, finds a common TDD pattern for the received two or more TDD patterns, and follows the common TDD pattern for switching RF signals between different WCNs of different service providers for uplink and downlink communication.

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: A wireless communication system includes 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 service wireless access point devices. Based on the first type of telemetry information and the second type of telemetry information, a performance degradation is detected of the master wireless access point device operating in a primary gateway role in the wireless backhaul mesh network. A new master wireless access point device is elected from a plurality of network nodes based on defined election criteria when the performance degradation is detected beyond defined threshold. The new master wireless access point device previously operating in a network role different from the primary gateway role in the wireless backhaul mesh network is switched to operate in the primary gateway role.

Abstract: A wireless communication system includes 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 service wireless access point devices. Based on the first type of telemetry information and the second type of telemetry information, an RF signal interference or blockage is determined on the first type of polarization corresponding to a first analog data link of dual analog data links at one or more hybrid analog-digital repeater devices. The data traffic is dynamically switched at the one or more hybrid analog-digital repeater devices on the second type of polarization corresponding to a second analog data link of the dual analog data links when the RF signal interference or blockage is determined on the first type of polarization.

Abstract: An edge device includes an antenna array having a first portion and one or more second portions different from the first portion. The edge device further includes control circuitry that controls the first portion of the antenna array to sense a surrounding area of the edge device, detect a first user equipment (UE) in the surrounding area of the edge device, and track the detected first UE in the surrounding area of the edge device. The control circuitry further controls the one or more second portions of the antenna array to direct a first beam of radio frequency (RF) signal in a first direction of the tracked first UE.

Abstract: A wireless communication system including a central cloud server that obtains a first type of telemetry information from 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 assigns a first weightage to the first type of telemetry information, assigns a second weightage to the second type of telemetry information, the second weightage is different from the first weightage, determines intra-node RF beam parameters and inter-node RF beam parameters for each of the hybrid analog-digital repeater devices, and causes the hybrid analog-digital repeater devices to dynamically form a wireless backhaul network among the master wireless access point device, the 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: An access repeater device that controls transmission of a first beam of radio frequency (RF) signals at a first transmit (Tx) power level, and detects a distribution of a set of user equipment (UEs), within a physical coverage zone of the access repeater device based on the transmitted first beam of RF signals, where a first UE of the set of UEs is detected at a first distance from the access repeater device at a first instance. The access repeater device controls decrease of the first Tx power level of the first beam of RF signals to induce a UE response at a second UE to increase a Tx radio power of an RF signal by the second UE. The access repeater device detects the second UE at a second instance based on the decrease of the first Tx power level.

Abstract: An edge device that includes first antenna arrays at donor side and second antenna arrays at service side of the edge device, and a processor that obtains wireless connectivity enhanced information from a central cloud server based on a position of the edge device, where the wireless connectivity enhanced information is provided for a first user equipment (UE) and a second UE, and includes selected initial access information to accelerate a UE-specific beam alignment for each of the first UE and the second UE and connectivity to a corresponding base station from the edge device bypassing an initial access-search on the edge device. The processor receives a first donor beam associated with a first wireless carrier network (WCN) from a first base station, and receives a second donor beam associated with a second WCN from a second base station via the one or more first antenna arrays.

Abstract: A communication system that comprises a central cloud server which further includes a processor. The processor obtains sensing information from a plurality of vehicles as the plurality of vehicles move along a travel path, generates a connectivity enhanced database over a first period of time based on the obtained sensing information, and causes one or more RSU devices over a second period of time to direct one or more specific beams of radio frequency (RF) signals to service a donor side of a first edge device of a new vehicle in a case where the new vehicle arrives and moves along one or more first geographical areas of a plurality of geographical areas along the travel path, where the one or more specific beams are selected based on the connectivity enhanced database.

Abstract: A repeater device as switch node in a wireless communication system, includes a donor antenna that obtains a first beam of RF signals from an upstream neighboring node. The repeater device further includes a switch circuit that detects a label in a preamble of each data frame of a plurality of data frames carried by first beam of RF signals independent of decoding other header information and user data in each data frame. The plurality of data frames is then switched based on the detected label in each data frame such that each data frame is routed to a corresponding service phased antenna array of the plurality of service phased antenna arrays for communication via a plurality of service phased antennas where each second beam of RF signal carries at least one data frame of the plurality of data frames in a plurality of different data propagation paths.

Abstract: A virtual fiber communication system includes a central cloud server that obtains telemetry information from a plurality of network nodes of a wireless backhaul mesh network. The central cloud server further obtains frequency spectrum availability metadata and custom-defined access parameters from spectrum owner nodes. The central cloud server detects spectrum availability variations across the plurality of network nodes based on the obtained telemetry information, the frequency spectrum availability metadata, and the custom-defined access parameters. Based on the detected spectrum availability variations across the plurality of network nodes, the central cloud server controls the plurality of network nodes to inject additional capacity to one or more data sessions in the wireless backhaul mesh network in a real-time or near real time when an increase in data traffic demand is detected in one or more data propagation paths across the plurality of network nodes in the wireless backhaul mesh network.

Abstract: A repeater device having a donor radio antenna captures publicly broadcast synchronization signals from an outdoor 5G Radio Access Network (RAN) node. The repeater device further includes a controller that decodes the captured publicly broadcast synchronization signals from the outdoor 5G RAN node, where the decode of the captured publicly broadcast synchronization signals is independent of additional signaling and explicit coordination from the outdoor 5G RAN node. The controller further synchronizes with the decoded publicly broadcast synchronization signals to align a frame structure of the donor radio antenna to a frame structure of the outdoor 5G RAN node, where the synchronization with the decoded publicly broadcast synchronization signals is independent of the additional signaling and the explicit coordination from the outdoor 5G RAN node.

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 communication system includes a cloud server comprising a processor. The processor obtains sensor data associated with each of a defined indoor area and a plurality of optical nodes in the defined indoor area, controls at least a master communication device to establish a laser beam-based wireless communication network in the defined indoor area, wherein the control of the master communication device is based on the obtained sensor data. The processor further obtains network monitoring and performance data of the laser beam-based wireless communication network from the master communication device and controls, based on the network monitoring and performance data, the master communication device to dynamically re-configure the laser beam-based wireless communication network.

Abstract: A lateral flow assay device comprising a conjugate pad for receiving a quantity of fluid, and a membrane comprising a test line for determining whether the fluid comprises a target analyte. The device includes an actuator connected to a moving element comprising a shaft or a wheel. A first magnet is connected to the backing of the membrane. Second and third magnets are connected to the moving element. The actuator moves the moving element between first and second positions. In the first position, the opposite poles of the first and second magnets attract each other and maintain a gap between the membrane and the conjugate pad separate. In the second position, the similar poles of the first and third magnets repel each other and close the gap between membrane and the conjugate pad, allowing the fluid to flow from the conjugate pad into the membrane and the test line.

Abstract: A lateral flow assay device includes several test strips to receive a quantity of fluid that includes a quantity of exosomes and detect the presence of a target analyte on the surface of the exosomes. Each test strip includes a conjugate pad that contains binding reagent to one type of tetraspanin protein conjugated with a label. Each type of tetraspanin binding reagent is configured to bind with a corresponding type of exosome tetraspanin and form an immunocomplex comprising an exosome. Each conjugate pad is fluidly connected to a corresponding membrane. Each membrane includes a test line that includes an immobilized binding reagent to the target analyte. The immobilized binding reagent to the target analyte is configured to bind to a protein of the target analyte on the surface of an exosome in an immunocomplex comprising the exosome.

Abstract: A first edge device includes a processor that captures and communicates position information of the first edge device and a time-of-day. Based on the time-of-day and a specific initial access information, the processor sets: a first beam index for an uplink communication and a second beam index for a downlink communication, a specific physical cell identity indicating a first base station to which the first edge device is to be connected, a first wireless carrier network (WCN) from amongst a plurality of different WCNs at the edge device, and a beam configuration to service one or more user equipment in a surrounding area of the first edge device.

Abstract: A road-side unit (RSU) device receives a first request from a vehicle that moves along a travel path. The vehicle includes an edge device. A second request is communicated to an inference server based on the received first request. The second request includes an input feature corresponding to sensing information of the vehicle. A response is received from the inference server based on the communicated second request. The response includes wireless connectivity enhanced information including specific initial access information, and the specific initial access information enables the RSU devices to bypass an initial access search on the RSU device, and direct at least one specific beam of radio frequency (RF) signal to the edge device of the vehicle based on the wireless connectivity enhanced information.

Abstract: A method of measuring a distance between a vehicle and one or more objects, includes generating a modulation signal; generating a modulated light emitting diode (LED) transmission signal, via a vehicle LED driver assembly; transmitting a plurality of light beams based at least in part on the generated modulated LED transmission signal; capturing a reflection of the plurality of light beams off the one or more objects, utilizing one or more lens assemblies and a camera, the camera including an array of pixel sensors and being positioned on the vehicle; communicating a series of measurements representing the captured plurality of light beam reflections; calculating, utilizing the time-of-flight sensor module, time of flight measurements between the vehicle LED light assembly and the one or more objects and calculating distances, utilizing a depth processor module, between the vehicle LED light assembly and the one or more objects based on the time-of-flight measurements.