公开(公告)号：US20180145873A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-24

申请号：US15357207

申请日：2016-11-21

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

Inventor： JAMES GORDON BEATTIE, JR. ,  Henry Randolph ,  Roque Rios, III ,  Charles M. Stahulak

IPC: H04L12/24 ,  H04L12/26

CPC classification number: H04L43/08 ,  H04L41/0631 ,  H04L41/0654 ,  Y04S40/166 ,  Y04S40/168

Abstract: A processor may detect an occurrence of a network anomaly from a set of network operational data collected for a portion of a communication network within a geographic area, detect an occurrence of a weather event from a set of weather data for the geographic area, and determine an occurrence of a weather-related network impairment when the occurrence of the network anomaly and the occurrence of the weather event are detected within a time period, and when the network anomaly and the weather event match a signature for the weather-related network impairment. The processor may further receive, within a time window associated with the time period, a fault report associated with a customer premises within the geographic area and provide a notification and an instruction set to resolve the weather-related network impairment, where the instruction set is stored in a solution record associated with the signature.

公开(公告)号：US20180166920A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-14

申请号：US15372450

申请日：2016-12-08

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

Inventor： David M. Britz ,  ROBERT BENNETT ,  PAUL SHALA HENRY ,  IRWIN GERSZBERG ,  FARHAD BARZEGAR ,  THOMAS M. WILLIS, III ,  DONALD J. BARNICKEL ,  PAMELA A.M. BOGDAN ,  BRANDON PIMM ,  KEN LIU ,  DOROTHY ZARSKY ,  JAMES GORDON BEATTIE, JR.

IPC: H02J50/12 ,  H04B5/00 ,  H01F38/14 ,  H02J7/02

CPC classification number: H02J50/12 ,  H01F38/14 ,  H02J7/025 ,  H02J50/20 ,  H02J50/23 ,  H04B5/0037

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining power, by a communication device, from a current passing through a transmission medium via an inductive coupling between the communication device and the transmission medium where the communication device is physically connected with the transmission medium and providing communications, by the communication device, by electromagnetic waves that propagate without utilizing an electrical return path, wherein the electromagnetic waves are guided by one of the transmission medium or a dielectric core of a cable coupled to a feed point of a dielectric antenna. Other embodiments are disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US20180157254A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-07

申请号：US15371323

申请日：2016-12-07

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 ,  H04B5/00 ,  H04W4/04 ,  H04W4/02 ,  B64D47/08 ,  B64C39/02

CPC classification number: G05D1/0044 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/128 ,  B64C2201/146 ,  B64D47/08 ,  H04B5/0037 ,  H04B5/0075 ,  H04W4/023 ,  H04W4/046

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.