公开(公告)号：US09973416B2

公开(公告)日：2018-05-15

申请号：US15435475

申请日：2017-02-17

Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, LP

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

IPC: H04W24/04 ,  H04L12/703 ,  H04L12/707 ,  H04L12/825 ,  H04L12/24 ,  H04L12/751 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W24/06 ,  H04B3/52 ,  H04B3/46 ,  G01R31/02 ,  H04B3/54

CPC classification number: H04L45/28 ,  G01R31/021 ,  G01R31/08 ,  H04B3/46 ,  H04B3/52 ,  H04B3/54 ,  H04B3/56 ,  H04B3/58 ,  H04B2203/5458 ,  H04B2203/5487 ,  H04L41/0668 ,  H04L41/0677 ,  H04L45/02 ,  H04L45/22 ,  H04L47/25 ,  H04W24/04 ,  H04W24/06 ,  H04W72/0446

Abstract: A system for detecting a fault in a first transmission medium that affects a transmission or reception of electromagnetic waves that convey data and that propagate along a surface of the first transmission medium, selecting a backup communication medium from one or more backup communication mediums according to one or more selection criteria, and redirecting at least a portion of the data to the backup communication medium to mitigate the fault. Other embodiments are disclosed.