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公开(公告)号:US20180160315A1
公开(公告)日:2018-06-07
申请号:US15370539
申请日:2016-12-06
Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
Inventor: ROBERT BENNETT , IRWIN GERSZBERG , DONALD J. BARNICKEL , THOMAS M. WILLIS, III , FARHAD BARZEGAR , PAUL SHALA HENRY
IPC: H04W16/26 , H04B3/56 , H04B3/52 , H04W16/32 , H01Q13/20 , H01Q13/02 , H04B3/58 , H01P3/10 , H01P5/08
CPC classification number: H04B3/58 , H01Q13/02 , H01Q13/20 , H04B3/52 , H04B3/56 , H04B2203/5425 , H04B2203/5441 , H04B2203/5445 , H04B2203/5479 , H04B2203/5483 , H04B2203/5495 , H04W88/08
Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, different groups of network devices mounted on utility poles. The different groups of network devices can be arranged along different paths. A communication path for transmitting wireless signals can alternate between the different groups of network devices. Other embodiments are disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US20180159232A1
公开(公告)日:2018-06-07
申请号:US15371298
申请日:2016-12-07
Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
Inventor: PAUL SHALA HENRY , DONALD J. BARNICKEL , FARHAD BARZEGAR , ROBERT BENNETT , IRWIN GERSZBERG , THOMAS M. WILLIS, III
CPC classification number: H01Q9/0485 , H01Q1/246 , H01Q1/46 , H01Q3/22 , H01Q3/24 , H01Q13/02 , H01Q13/025 , H01Q13/24 , H01Q15/24 , H01Q25/04
Abstract: In accordance with one or more embodiments, an antenna system includes a dielectric antenna having a feed-point, wherein the dielectric antenna is a single antenna having a plurality of antenna beam patterns. At least one cable having a plurality of conductorless dielectric cores is coupled to the feed-point of the dielectric antenna, each of the plurality of conductorless dielectric cores corresponding to one of the plurality of antenna beam patterns. A controller, selects one of the plurality of antenna beam patterns and generates a control signal in response thereto. A core selector, responsive to the control signal, couples electromagnetic waves from a source to a selected one of the plurality of conductorless dielectric cores, the selected one of the plurality of conductorless dielectric cores corresponding to the selected one of the plurality of antenna beam patterns.
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公开(公告)号:US20180145415A1
公开(公告)日:2018-05-24
申请号:US15360683
申请日:2016-11-23
Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
Inventor: PAUL SHALA HENRY , THOMAS M. WILLIS, III , FARHAD BARZEGAR , ROBERT BENNETT , IRWIN GERSZBERG , DONALD J. BARNICKEL
CPC classification number: H01Q13/06 , H01Q13/02 , H01Q13/10 , H01Q15/08 , H01Q21/064 , H01Q21/205
Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, an antenna array having a plurality of dielectric antennas and a plurality of dielectric cores. Each dielectric antenna of the plurality of dielectric antennas can have a structural configuration that enables flat surfaces of the plurality of dielectric antennas to be adjacent to each other. Each dielectric antenna of the plurality of dielectric antennas further includes an aperture for radiating a wireless signal in response to an electromagnetic wave received by each dielectric antenna. Each dielectric core of the plurality of dielectric cores can be coupled to a select one of the plurality of dielectric antennas to facilitate guiding a select one of a plurality of electromagnetic waves to the select one of the plurality of dielectric antennas. Other embodiments are disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US20180123257A1
公开(公告)日:2018-05-03
申请号:US15342330
申请日:2016-11-03
Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
Inventor: PAUL SHALA HENRY , THOMAS M. WILLIS, III , FARHAD BARZEGAR , ROBERT BENNETT , IRWIN GERSZBERG , DONALD J. BARNICKEL
CPC classification number: H01Q13/103 , H01Q1/46 , H01Q3/30 , H01Q9/0485 , H01Q19/08
Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system for receiving a first electromagnetic wave supplied by a dielectric antenna in a first position, where the first electromagnetic wave propagates along an outer surface of a feedline of the dielectric antenna, receiving a second electromagnetic wave supplied by the dielectric antenna in a second position, where the second electromagnetic wave propagates along the outer surface of the feedline of the dielectric antenna, measuring a ratio of a first signal strength of the first electromagnetic wave and a second signal strength of the second electromagnetic wave, detecting that the ratio is below a threshold, and adjusting an operational characteristic of a system to increase the ratio. Other embodiments are disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US20180115060A1
公开(公告)日:2018-04-26
申请号:US15334903
申请日:2016-10-26
Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
Inventor: ROBERT BENNETT , IRWIN GERSZBERG , PAUL SHALA HENRY , FARHAD BARZEGAR , DONALD J. BARNICKEL , THOMAS M. WILLIS, III
CPC classification number: H01Q1/50 , H01P3/10 , H01P5/08 , H01P5/085 , H01Q1/48 , H01Q9/285 , H01Q13/06 , H04B1/00
Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a launching device including a transmitter configured to generate a radio frequency signal in a microwave frequency band. A planar strip antenna is configured to launch the radio frequency signal as a guided electromagnetic wave that is bound to an outer surface of a transmission medium, wherein the guided electromagnetic wave propagates along the outer surface of the transmission medium without an electrical return path. Other embodiments are disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US20170179609A1
公开(公告)日:2017-06-22
申请号:US15453287
申请日:2017-03-08
Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
Inventor: PAUL SHALA HENRY , ROBERT BENNETT , IRWIN GERSZBERG , FARHAD BARZEGAR , DONALD J. BARNICKEL , THOMAS M. WILLIS, III
CPC classification number: H01Q13/28 , H01P3/10 , H01Q1/2291 , H01Q1/246 , H01Q1/40 , H01Q13/08 , H04B1/40 , H04B3/36 , H04B3/54 , H04B7/024 , H04B10/0799 , H04B10/25753 , H04B10/2581 , H04W16/26 , H04W88/085
Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a transmission device that includes a transmitter that generates a first electromagnetic wave to convey data. A coupler couples the first electromagnetic wave to a single wire transmission medium having an outer surface, to forming a second electromagnetic wave that is guided to propagate along the outer surface of the single wire transmission medium via at least one guided wave mode that includes an asymmetric or non-fundamental mode having a lower cutoff frequency. A carrier frequency of the second electromagnetic wave is selected to be within a limited range of the lower cutoff frequency, so that a majority of the electric field is concentrated within a distance from the outer surface that is less than half the largest cross sectional dimension of the single wire transmission medium, and/or to reduce propagation loss. Other embodiments are disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US20170179563A1
公开(公告)日:2017-06-22
申请号:US15453333
申请日:2017-03-08
Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
Inventor: PAUL SHALA HENRY , ROBERT BENNETT , IRWIN GERSZBERG , FARHAD BARZEGAR , DONALD J. BARNICKEL , THOMAS M. WILLIS, III
CPC classification number: H01P5/12 , H01P3/16 , H01P5/02 , H01Q9/0485 , H04B3/36 , H04B3/52 , H04B3/56 , H04B7/15557 , H04W16/26
Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a coupler including a receiving portion that receives a first electromagnetic wave conveying first data from a transmitting device. A guiding portion guides the first electromagnetic wave to a junction for coupling the first electromagnetic wave to a transmission medium. The first electromagnetic wave propagates via at least one first guided wave mode. The coupling of the first electromagnetic wave to the transmission medium forms a second electromagnetic wave that is guided to propagate along the outer surface of the transmission medium via at least one second guided wave mode that differs from the at least one first guided wave mode. Other embodiments are disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US20170085003A1
公开(公告)日:2017-03-23
申请号:US15372635
申请日:2016-12-08
Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
Inventor: SHIKIK JOHNSON , PAUL SHALA HENRY , ROBERT BENNETT , FARHAD BARZEGAR , IRWIN GERSZBERG , THOMAS M. WILLIS, III , DONALD J. BARNICKEL
CPC classification number: H01Q13/24 , H01P1/2138 , H01P5/18 , H01P5/188 , H01Q1/2291 , H01Q3/30 , H01Q21/00 , H01Q21/061 , H01Q21/067 , H04B3/54 , H04B3/58 , H04W88/085
Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, a system having a polyrod antenna array. Beam steering can be performed according to a first subset of elements of the polyrod antenna array generating first electromagnetic waves with a first phase that is different from a second phase of the first electromagnetic waves being generated by a second subset of elements of the polyrod antenna array. Other embodiments are disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US20180331413A1
公开(公告)日:2018-11-15
申请号:US15592620
申请日:2017-05-11
Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
Inventor: ALDO ADRIAZOLA , ROBERT BENNETT , MITCHELL HARVEY FUCHS , BRANDON PIMM , FARHAD BARZEGAR , PAUL SHALA HENRY , IRWIN GERSZBERG , THOMAS M. WILLIS, III , DONALD J. BARNICKEL , ROBERT ROMAN
IPC: H01Q1/12
CPC classification number: H01Q1/1228 , H01P3/16 , H01Q1/088 , H01Q1/103 , H01Q1/12 , H01Q1/1207 , H01Q3/10
Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, a communication device having a connection structure that physically connects with a utility structure, where the connection structure has a strut channel. The communication device has a support structure physically connected to the connection structure. The communication device has a group of radio devices secured to the support structure, where the strut channel is configured to enable temporarily locking the support structure to the connection structure via an installation member during an installation process. Other embodiments are disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US20180166787A1
公开(公告)日:2018-06-14
申请号:US15372460
申请日:2016-12-08
Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
Inventor: Shikik Johnson , DAVID M. BRITZ , PAUL SHALA HENRY , ROBERT BENNETT , FARHAD BARZEGAR , IRWIN GERSZBERG , DONALD J. BARNICKEL , THOMAS M. WILLIS, III
CPC classification number: H01Q13/24 , H01Q1/2291 , H01Q1/38 , H01Q3/242 , H01Q3/26 , H01Q3/30 , H01Q21/00 , H01Q21/205 , H04B7/0495 , H04B7/0617 , H04B7/0691
Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, selecting a first segment from a plurality of selectable segments of an array of dielectric antennas, where the first segment corresponds to a first set of one or more dielectric antennas from the array of dielectric antennas coupled to a first set of launchers, directing the first set of launchers to launch first electromagnetic waves directed to the first set of one or more dielectric antennas to generate a first beam pattern, selecting a second segment from the plurality of selectable segments, where the second segment corresponds to a second set of one or more dielectric antennas from the array of dielectric antennas coupled to a second set of launchers, and directing the second set of launchers to launch second electromagnetic waves directed to the second set of one or more dielectric antennas to generate a second beam pattern. Other embodiments are disclosed.
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