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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2018
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Farhad Barzegar, Branchburg, NJ (US);
Paul Shala Henry, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Donald J. Barnickel, Flemington, NJ (US);
Robert Bennett, Southold, NY (US);
Irwin Gerszberg, Kendall Park, NJ (US);
Henry Kafka, Atlanta, GA (US);
Thomas M. Willis, III, Tinton Falls, NJ (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for receiving a request to steer wireless signals generated by a plurality of dielectric antennas, and adjusting, by the controller, a plurality of adjustable delays coupled to a transceiver to adjust an orientation of wireless signals received or generated by the plurality of dielectric antennas, each of the plurality of dielectric antennas comprising a feed point coupled to a different one of the plurality of adjustable delays, the transceiver facilitating reception or transmission of electromagnetic waves propagating via a different one of the feed points of the plurality of dielectric antennas along corresponding dielectric feedlines without an electrical return path. Other embodiments are disclosed.