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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2017
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Paul Shala Henry, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Giovanni Vannucci, Middletown, NJ (US);
Thomas M. Willis, III, Tinton Falls, NJ (US);
Aldo Adriazola, Branchburg, NJ (US);
David M. Britz, Rumson, NJ (US);
Farhad Barzegar, Branchburg, NJ (US);
Robert Bennett, Southold, NJ (US);
Irwin Gerszberg, Kendall Park, NJ (US);
Donald J. Barnickel, Flemington, NJ (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include an antenna having a feedline configured to receive a first signal and a second signal. A dielectric antenna body is configured to transmit the first signal as a first free space wireless signal and further configured to transmit the second signal as a first guided electromagnetic wave that is bound to a surface of a transmission medium, wherein the first guided electromagnetic wave propagates along the surface of the transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path. Other embodiments are disclosed.