Patent ID: 11936425
Assignee: OCEANIT LABORATORIES, INC.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 8:
9. A method for laser-based communications, the method comprising:
directing a first laser beam from a first communications unit to a second communications unit;
directing a second laser beam from the second communications unit to the first communications unit;
receiving the first laser beam by one or more steering mirrors of the second communications unit;
obtaining positioning and/or steering information of the first laser beam;
generating one or more control signals from the positioning and/or steering information of the first laser beam; and
using the one or more control signals to control positioning and/or steering information of the second laser beam so that the second laser beam remains directed at the first communications unit,
wherein the receiving the first laser beam further comprises receiving the first laser beam with a first steering mirror of the one or more steering mirrors of the second communications unit, and
wherein the directing the second laser beam further comprises contacting the second laser beam with a second, separate steering mirror of the one or more steering mirrors of the second communications unit before passing the second laser beam to the first communications unit.