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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2019
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Shikik Johnson, Tinton Falls, NJ (US);
David M. Britz, Rumson, NJ (US);
Paul Shala Henry, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Robert Bennett, Southold, NY (US);
Farhad Barzegar, Branchburg, NJ (US);
Irwin Gerszberg, Kendall Park, NJ (US);
Donald J. Barnickel, Flemington, NJ (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, detecting a communication device in transit, determining a trajectory of the communication device, selecting a section from a plurality of sections of an omnidirectional array of dielectric antennas according to the trajectory of the communication device, where the section corresponds to a set of one or more dielectric antennas from the omnidirectional array of dielectric antennas coupled to a set of launchers, and directing the set of launchers to launch electromagnetic waves directed to the set of one or more dielectric antennas to generate a beam pattern directed to the communication device while in transit. Other embodiments are disclosed.