Method and apparatus for communicating between a waveguide system and a base station device

US10812291B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

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

Inventors

• Farhad Barzegar · Readington, US
• Paul Shala Henry · Holmdel, US
• Giovanni Vannucci · Middletown, US
• Peter Wolniansky · Ocean Grove, US
• Thomas M. Willis, III · Tinton Falls, US
• Robert Bennett · Southold, US
• Irwin Gerszberg · Kendall Park, US
• Donald J. Barnickel · Flemington, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 3, 2019
• Grant date: Oct 20, 2020
• Expiry date: Dec 3, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04B3/36
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, a system for receiving electromagnetic waves that propagate along a transmission medium, generating, according to the electromagnetic waves, first signals and second signals; wirelessly providing, via a first dielectric antenna of a first waveguide system, the first signals to an access point; and wirelessly providing, via a second dielectric antenna of the first waveguide system, the second signals to a second waveguide system. Other embodiments are disclosed.