Transmission medium and methods for use therewith

US10276907B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

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

Inventors

• Robert Bennett · Southold, US
• Aldo Adriazola · Readington, US
• Mitchell Harvey Fuchs · Toms River, US
• Brandon Pimm · Manalapan, US
• Farhad Barzegar · Readington, US
• Irwin Gerszberg · Kendall Park, US
• Paul Shala Henry · Holmdel, US
• William Taylor · Norcross, US
• Donald J. Barnickel · Flemington, US
• Thomas M. Willis, III · Tinton Falls, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 22, 2017
• Grant date: Apr 30, 2019
• Expiry date: Nov 22, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04B2203/5487
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a cable can include a core, a plurality of strips of cladding disposed on the core, and a coupler that facilitates inducing electromagnetic waves that propagate along the core, where a first dielectric constant of the core exceeds a second dielectric constant of each strip of cladding of the plurality of strips of cladding, and where the electromagnetic waves propagate along the core without requiring an electrical return path. Other embodiments are disclosed.