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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11171764 B1

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Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2021

Filed:

Aug. 21, 2020
Applicant:

At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Robert Bennett, Southold, NY (US);

Farhad Barzegar, Branchburg, NJ (US);

Irwin Gerszberg, Kendall Park, NJ (US);

Donald J. Barnickel, Flemington, NJ (US);

Giovanni Vannucci, Middletown, NJ (US);

Paul Shala Henry, Holmdel, NJ (US);

Peter Wolniansky, Ocean Grove, NJ (US);

Thomas M. Willis, III, Tinton Falls, NJ (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 5/14 (2006.01); H04B 3/28 (2006.01); H04B 10/61 (2013.01); H04B 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 5/14 (2013.01); H04B 1/0475 (2013.01); H04B 3/28 (2013.01); H04B 10/61 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include a communication system including a full duplex transceiver is configured to transmit and receive electromagnetic wave signals simultaneously over a transmission medium; a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitates the performance of operations, including: transmitting, via the full duplex transceiver, electromagnetic wave signals that convey a plurality of data frames, wherein the electromagnetic wave signals propagate along the transmission medium to another transceiver, wherein the electromagnetic wave signals propagate along the transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path; monitoring, via the full duplex transceiver, the transmission medium for an interference; identifying, via the full duplex transceiver, one or more data frames of the plurality of data frames that were transmitted during a period of the interference; and retransmitting, via the full duplex transceiver, the one or more data frames. Other embodiments are disclosed.


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