Method and apparatus for directing wireless signals

US10051483B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

• Farhad Barzegar · Readington, US
• Paul Shala Henry · Holmdel, US
• Donald J. Barnickel · Flemington, US
• Robert Bennett · Southold, US
• Irwin Gerszberg · Kendall Park, US
• Henry Kafka · Bolingbrook, US
• Thomas M. Willis, III · Tinton Falls, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 16, 2015
• Grant date: Aug 14, 2018
• Expiry date: Oct 16, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W84/042
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for receiving a request to steer wireless signals generated by a plurality of dielectric antennas, and adjusting, by the controller, a plurality of adjustable delays coupled to a transceiver to adjust an orientation of wireless signals received or generated by the plurality of dielectric antennas, each of the plurality of dielectric antennas comprising a feed point coupled to a different one of the plurality of adjustable delays, the transceiver facilitating reception or transmission of electromagnetic waves propagating via a different one of the feed points of the plurality of dielectric antennas along corresponding dielectric feedlines without an electrical return path. Other embodiments are disclosed.