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Method and apparatus for adjusting wireless communications

US10665942B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

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

Inventors

Paul Shala Henry · Holmdel, US
Donald J. Barnickel · Flemington, US
Farhad Barzegar · Readington, 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	May 26, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 18, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04R2420/07
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for adjusting an operational parameter of electromagnetic waves supplied to a feed point of a dielectric antenna to modify a beamwidth of far-field wireless signals generated by the dielectric antenna, the electromagnetic waves propagating along the feed point without an electrical return path, detecting that the beamwidth of the far-field wireless signals needs to be adjusted to improve a reception of the far-field wireless signals by a remote system, and adjusting the operational parameter of the electromagnetic waves to adjust the beamwidth of the far-field wireless signals. Other embodiments are disclosed.

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