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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2019
Applicant:
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventor:
Harold Lee Rappaport, Middletown, NJ (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01P 5/107 (2006.01); H01P 3/16 (2006.01); H01Q 17/00 (2006.01); H04W 52/52 (2009.01); H04W 16/26 (2009.01); H04B 3/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01P 3/16 (2013.01); H01P 5/107 (2013.01); H01Q 17/00 (2013.01); H04B 3/52 (2013.01); H04W 16/26 (2013.01); H04W 52/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
In accordance with one or more embodiments, a system includes a transceiver configured to generate an electromagnetic signal conveying first data. A coupler is configured to generate, responsive to the electromagnetic signal, an electromagnetic wave along a surface of a transmission medium, wherein the electromagnetic wave is within a non-optical frequency band, wherein the electromagnetic wave propagates via a cylindrical scattering wave mode along the surface of the transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path.