Communication system, guided wave switch and methods for use therewith

US9876264B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

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

Inventors

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

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 2, 2015
• Grant date: Jan 23, 2018
• Expiry date: Feb 23, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04B3/52
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a guided wave switch that selectively aligns an end of the first dielectric core of a first conductorless guided wave cable with an end of a selected one of a plurality of second dielectric cores of at least one second conductorless guided wave cable to facilitate coupling of the first guided waves from the first dielectric core to a selected one of the plurality of second dielectric cores. Other embodiments are disclosed.