公开(公告)号：US10168695B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-01

申请号：US15371274

申请日：2016-12-07

Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.

Inventor： Donald J. Barnickel ,  James Gordon Beattie, Jr. ,  Ken Liu ,  Farhad Barzegar ,  Irwin Gerszberg ,  Pamela A. M. Bogdan ,  Brandon Pimm ,  Thomas M. Willis, III ,  David M. Britz ,  Paul Shala Henry ,  Robert Bennett ,  Dorothy Zarsky

IPC: G05D1/00 ,  B64C39/02 ,  H04B7/185 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04W84/04 ,  H04W88/08

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, wirelessly receiving first control signals that are received directly from a remote control device according to user input at the remote control device, adjusting a flight of the unmanned aircraft according to the first control signals, wirelessly receiving second control signals that are received from a network device where the second control signals are not sourced by the remote control device, and adjusting the flight of the unmanned aircraft according to the second control signals. Other embodiments are disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US10103422B2

公开(公告)日：2018-10-16

申请号：US15372472

申请日：2016-12-08

Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.

Inventor： David M. Britz ,  Donald J. Barnickel ,  Irwin Gerszberg

IPC: H01Q5/10 ,  H01Q1/12 ,  H01Q5/22 ,  H01Q9/04

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, an antenna including a dielectric antenna and a mounting carriage connectable with a mounting bracket. Wireless signals can be transmitted by electromagnetic waves that propagate without requiring an electrical return path, where the electromagnetic waves are guided by a dielectric core of a cable coupled to a feed point of the dielectric antenna. The mounting bracket is connectable with a cross member of a utility pole, where the mounting carriage includes an opening for receiving an antenna mount, and where, when received in the mounting carriage, the antenna is suspended beyond distal ends of the cross member. Other embodiments are disclosed.

公开(公告)号：USD817914S1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-15

申请号：US29592226

申请日：2017-01-27

Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.

Designer： David M. Britz ,  John W. MacNeill ,  David DeVincentis

公开(公告)号：US09681356B2

公开(公告)日：2017-06-13

申请号：US15229825

申请日：2016-08-05

Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.

Inventor： Lusheng Ji ,  David M. Britz

IPC: H04L12/715 ,  H04W40/02 ,  H04H60/56 ,  H04L12/58 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04L12/701 ,  H04L12/735 ,  H04L12/733 ,  H04L12/707 ,  H04L12/721 ,  H04L12/717 ,  H04W40/04 ,  H04W40/12 ,  H04L1/00 ,  H04W28/04 ,  H04L12/741 ,  H04L12/931 ,  H04L12/927 ,  H04W84/18

CPC classification number: H04W40/12 ,  H04H60/56 ,  H04L1/004 ,  H04L29/08459 ,  H04L45/00 ,  H04L45/128 ,  H04L45/20 ,  H04L45/24 ,  H04L45/26 ,  H04L45/42 ,  H04L45/64 ,  H04L45/74 ,  H04L47/286 ,  H04L47/801 ,  H04L49/208 ,  H04L51/12 ,  H04W8/005 ,  H04W28/04 ,  H04W28/065 ,  H04W40/02 ,  H04W40/04 ,  H04W84/18

Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for forwarding data in hybrid wireless mesh networks. The method includes configuring a number of mesh network nodes as potential relay nodes (PRNs) in an overlay network associated with a hybrid wireless mesh network, streaming data packets from a source node to a destination node using a native data forwarding algorithm of the hybrid wireless mesh network, dynamically identifying relay nodes (RNs) among PRNs in the overlay network, creating secondary paths for sending data packets towards selected RNs in the overlay network, and relaying data packets from RNs to the destination node using the overlay network.

公开(公告)号：US20160345235A1

公开(公告)日：2016-11-24

申请号：US15229825

申请日：2016-08-05

Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.

Inventor： Lusheng Ji ,  David M. Britz

IPC: H04W40/02 ,  H04L12/721 ,  H04L12/741 ,  H04W40/12

CPC classification number: H04W40/12 ,  H04H60/56 ,  H04L1/004 ,  H04L29/08459 ,  H04L45/00 ,  H04L45/128 ,  H04L45/20 ,  H04L45/24 ,  H04L45/26 ,  H04L45/42 ,  H04L45/64 ,  H04L45/74 ,  H04L47/286 ,  H04L47/801 ,  H04L49/208 ,  H04L51/12 ,  H04W8/005 ,  H04W28/04 ,  H04W28/065 ,  H04W40/02 ,  H04W40/04 ,  H04W84/18

Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for forwarding data in hybrid wireless mesh networks. The method includes configuring a number of mesh network nodes as potential relay nodes (PRNs) in an overlay network associated with a hybrid wireless mesh network, streaming data packets from a source node to a destination node using a native data forwarding algorithm of the hybrid wireless mesh network, dynamically identifying relay nodes (RNs) among PRNs in the overlay network, creating secondary paths for sending data packets towards selected RNs in the overlay network, and relaying data packets from RNs to the destination node using the overlay network.

公开(公告)号：US09055508B2

公开(公告)日：2015-06-09

申请号：US13757283

申请日：2013-02-01

Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.

Inventor： Lusheng Ji ,  David M. Britz

IPC: H04J3/24 ,  H04W40/02 ,  H04H60/56 ,  H04L12/701 ,  H04L12/735 ,  H04L12/733 ,  H04L12/707 ,  H04L12/721 ,  H04L12/717 ,  H04W40/04 ,  H04W40/12 ,  H04L12/931

CPC classification number: H04W40/12 ,  H04H60/56 ,  H04L1/004 ,  H04L29/08459 ,  H04L45/00 ,  H04L45/128 ,  H04L45/20 ,  H04L45/24 ,  H04L45/26 ,  H04L45/42 ,  H04L45/64 ,  H04L45/74 ,  H04L47/286 ,  H04L47/801 ,  H04L49/208 ,  H04L51/12 ,  H04W8/005 ,  H04W28/04 ,  H04W28/065 ,  H04W40/02 ,  H04W40/04 ,  H04W84/18

Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for forwarding data in hybrid wireless mesh networks. The method includes configuring a number of mesh network nodes as Potential Relay Nodes (PRNs) in an overlay network associated with a hybrid wireless mesh network, streaming data packets from a source node to a destination node using a native data forwarding algorithm of the hybrid wireless mesh network, dynamically identifying Relay Nodes (RNs) among PRNs in the overlay network, creating secondary paths for sending data packets towards selected RNs in the overlay network, and relaying data packets from RNs to the destination node using the overlay network.

公开(公告)号：US20130093884A1

公开(公告)日：2013-04-18

申请号：US13689894

申请日：2012-11-30

Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.

Inventor： Robert R. Miller, II ,  Edward G. Amoroso ,  Susan R. Bailey ,  Lusheng Ji ,  Harry R. Worstell ,  David M. Britz

IPC: E02D29/14

CPC classification number: G08B13/1672 ,  E02D29/14 ,  E02D29/1481 ,  G08B13/19697

Abstract: A security device for detecting the position of a manhole cover includes a pinger device, such as an acoustic pinger, that transmits a signal in the direction of the expected position of the manhole cover. The device takes energy samples to determine if the signal has been reflected back by the manhole cover. If the device determines the signal has not been reflected, it determines that the manhole cover has been moved from the expected position. In response, the device captures an image of an area around the expected position of the manhole cover. In addition, the device can notify a remote security station via a network that the manhole cover has been moved.

公开(公告)号：US10959072B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-23

申请号：US16159096

申请日：2018-10-12

Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.

Inventor： Ken Liu ,  Farhad Barzegar ,  Irwin Gerszberg ,  Pamela A. M. Bogdan ,  Donald J. Barnickel ,  Brandon Pimm ,  Thomas M. Willis, III ,  David M. Britz ,  Paul Shala Henry ,  Robert Bennett ,  Dorothy Zarsky ,  James Gordon Beattie, Jr.

IPC: G05D1/00 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64D47/08 ,  H04B5/00 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04W4/44

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining, by an unmanned aircraft including a processor, a control signal that causes the unmanned aircraft to fly in proximity to a transmission medium, where the unmanned aircraft includes a carrying system that releasably carries a communication device, and where a positioning of the communication device in proximity to the transmission medium enables the communication device to be physically connected on the transmission medium and enables the communication device to provide communications. Other embodiments are disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US10777873B2

公开(公告)日：2020-09-15

申请号：US15372453

申请日：2016-12-08

Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.

Inventor： David M. Britz ,  Donald J. Barnickel ,  Irwin Gerszberg ,  Paul Shala Henry ,  Thomas M. Willis, III ,  Farhad Barzegar ,  Robert Bennett

IPC: H01Q1/12 ,  H01Q1/22 ,  H01Q1/46 ,  H01Q9/04 ,  H01Q21/00

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system with a mounting carriage connectable with a cylindrical member, where the mounting carriage includes an opening for receiving an antenna mount of an antenna. The mounting carriage when in an unlocked state slides along the cylindrical member and rotates about the cylindrical member. The mounting carriage when in a locked state does not slide along the cylindrical member and does not rotate about the cylindrical member. Other embodiments are disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US20200176881A1

公开(公告)日：2020-06-04

申请号：US16207298

申请日：2018-12-03

Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.

Inventor： David M. Britz ,  Harold Lee Rappaport ,  Irwin Gerszberg ,  Ken Liu

IPC: H01Q15/08 ,  H01Q13/24 ,  H01Q21/00

Abstract: In accordance with one or more embodiments, a guided wave launcher includes an array of antennas that generates first near field signals. A dielectric lens is configured to guide the first near field signals to a surface of a transmission medium, the first near field signals inducing a first guided electromagnetic wave that is guided by the surface of the transmission medium and propagates along the transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path.