Patent ID: 11956059
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 16:
17. A method of operating an electronic device, the method comprising:
transmitting a first control signal that configures a first reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) to concurrently form a first signal beam pointed towards the electronic device and a second signal beam pointed in a first direction;
transmitting a second control signal that configures a second RIS to concurrently form a third signal beam pointed in a second direction and a fourth signal beam pointed in the second direction, the second direction being different from the first direction;
transmitting, using a fifth signal beam pointed towards the first RIS, a radio-frequency signal; and
receiving, using the fifth signal beam pointed towards the first RIS, a reflected signal associated with the radio-frequency signal.