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Method and repeater for broadband distribution

US9893795B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateDec 7, 2016
Grant dateFeb 13, 2018
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Expiry dateDec 7, 2036

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B7/155
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method that includes extracting first channel signals from first guided electromagnetic waves bound to an outer surface of a transmission medium of a guided wave communication system; amplifying the first channel signals to generate amplified first channel signals in accordance with a phase correction; selecting one or more of the amplified first channel signals to wirelessly transmit to at least one client device via an antenna; and guiding the amplified first channel signals to the transmission medium of the guided wave communication system to propagate as second guided electromagnetic waves, wherein the phase correction aligns a phase of the second guided electromagnetic waves to add in-phase with a residual portion of the first guided electromagnetic waves that continues propagation along the transmission medium.

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