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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2018
Applicant:
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Harold Lee Rappaport, Middletown, NJ (US);
David M. Britz, Rumson, NJ (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 3/52 (2006.01); H04B 3/54 (2006.01); H01P 3/127 (2006.01); H01P 5/18 (2006.01); H01P 1/16 (2006.01); H01P 1/22 (2006.01); H01P 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 3/52 (2013.01); H01P 1/16 (2013.01); H01P 1/22 (2013.01); H01P 3/122 (2013.01); H01P 3/127 (2013.01); H01P 5/188 (2013.01); H04B 3/54 (2013.01);
Abstract
In accordance with one or more embodiments, a guided wave launcher includes an array of antennas that generates first near field signals. A reflector is configured to guide the first near field signals to a surface of a transmission medium, the first near field signals inducing a first guided electromagnetic wave that is guided by the surface of the transmission medium and propagates along the transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path.