Facebook is looking into using the millimeter wave technology behind cable-industry disruptor Starry to expand the reach of its Internet.org initiative, The Verge reported.

According to the report, Facebook employee Sanjai Kohli has filed patents for a “Next Generation Network” that would utilize both a mesh network topology and non-line-of-sight “micro-routes.” The patent also covers a “millimeter wave multi-hop network” that can provide high data rates of up to multiple gigabits per second.

“The reason for multi-hop/mesh is that it permits us to ‘look’ around corners/buildings and extend the distance we cover,” Kohli wrote in the patent. “By having multiple routes to the destination we also increase the effective availability/reliability of the network.”

A Facebook representative told The Verge work on the technology would support Internet.org’s mission to bring Internet access to rural and low-income populations. Facebook’s Connectivity Lab is also working on other systems that would provide internet connections via satellites or lasers mounted on drones, The Verge reported.

The technology discussed in the patents is akin to the millimeter wave approached that will reportedly be used by new Internet company, Starry.

In an interview earlier this week, Starry CEO Chet Kanojia said millimeter waves have “highly reflective properties” that allow them to “bounce around between buildings, urban canyons and rooftops very well” without the need for a direct line of sight.

Starry is expected to roll out in Boston this summer.