Method and apparatus for communicating between waveguide systems

US10930992B1 · 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: Feb 23, 2021
• Expiry date: Dec 3, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04B10/90
• 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 short-range dielectric antenna of the waveguide system, the first signals to a base station device, and wirelessly providing, via an array of dielectric antennas of the waveguide system, the second signals to a communication device remotely located from the waveguide system. Other embodiments are disclosed.