US 12,294,440 B2
Using transient reflective surfaces to reflect a signal from access point equipment to signal receiving equipment
Joseph Soryal, Glendale, NY (US)
Assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Jun. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/809,436.
Prior Publication US 2023/0421239 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. H04B 7/01 (2006.01); H04B 7/145 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.01)
CPC H04B 7/145 (2013.01) [H04W 4/025 (2013.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by routing controller equipment comprising a processor, a request, from access point equipment, to establish a communications session between the access point equipment and destination equipment;
based on a source of surface information, predicting, by the routing controller equipment, that a transient reflective surface is going to be located at a first geographic location and is going to be usable by the access point equipment to reflect a signal to the destination equipment, resulting in reflected path information corresponding to a reflected path for the communications session; and
in response to the request, communicating, by the routing controller equipment, to the access point equipment, the reflected path information.