Host node device and methods for use therewith

US9866309B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

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

Inventors

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

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 3, 2015
• Grant date: Jan 9, 2018
• Expiry date: Jul 21, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W88/10
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a host node device having a terminal interface that receives downstream channel signals from a communication network and send upstream channel signals to the communication network. An access point repeater launches the downstream channel signals as guided electromagnetic waves on a guided wave communication system and to extract a first subset of the upstream channel signals from the guided wave communication system. A radio wirelessly transmits the downstream channel signals to at least one client node device and to wirelessly receive a second subset of the upstream channel signals from the at least one client node device. Other embodiments are disclosed.