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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2018
Applicant:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Arlington, VA (US);
Inventors:
Roland W. Hicks, Jr., Annandale, NJ (US);
Glenn A. Wellbrock, Wylie, TX (US);
Tiejun J. Xia, Richardson, TX (US);
Assignee:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/44 (2006.01); H01B 11/22 (2006.01); H04B 10/2575 (2013.01); H04B 10/80 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01); G02B 6/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/25753 (2013.01); G02B 6/4416 (2013.01); G02B 6/4429 (2013.01); G02B 6/483 (2013.01); H01B 11/22 (2013.01); H04B 10/808 (2013.01); H04W 88/085 (2013.01); G02B 6/4433 (2013.01); G02B 6/4434 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems described herein provide antenna elements, each of which contains an antenna array and electronics, built into a fiber optic aerial cable to form a hybrid cable. The hybrid cable has a fiber buffer tube including one or more fiber cores, an outer sheath surrounding the fiber buffer tube, and a distributed array of antenna elements around portions of the outer sheath along a length of the hybrid fiber optic cable. Each of the antenna elements includes an antenna and control electronics for the antenna.