Apparatus and methods for communicating utilizing an antenna array and multiple communication paths

US10205655B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

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

Inventors

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

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 8, 2016
• Grant date: Feb 12, 2019
• Expiry date: Jan 29, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L12/6418
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, a system that can transmit first wireless signals associated with communication signals, where the first wireless signals are directed via beam steering by an antenna array towards a wireless receiver. The system can transmit second wireless signals associated with the communication signals, where the second wireless signals are directed via the beam steering by the antenna array towards a transmission medium. The second wireless signals can induce electromagnetic waves at a physical interface of the transmission medium where the electromagnetic waves are associated with the communication signals. Other embodiments are disclosed.