US 12,289,151 B2
Communication system with network-aware reconfigurable intelligent surfaces
Ahmed M Soliman, Munich (DE); Danila Zaev, Munich (DE); and Ayman F Naguib, Cupertino, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/069,875.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/407,811, filed on Sep. 19, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0097759 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. H04B 7/06 (2006.01)
CPC H04B 7/0617 (2013.01) [H04B 7/0632 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating a user equipment (UE) device to communicate with a wireless access point, the method comprising:
receiving, from the wireless access point, a first message;
transmitting a control signal to a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) having a plurality of antenna elements, the control signal identifying a setting for the plurality of antenna elements on the RIS that is selected based on the first message;
transmitting a wireless signal to the wireless access point via reflection off of the RIS, the plurality of antenna elements on the RIS being configured using the setting; and
transmitting, to the wireless access point, a second message that includes information associated with the RIS.