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.