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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2021
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Robert Bennett, Southold, NY (US);
Irwin Gerszberg, Kendall Park, NJ (US);
Giovanni Vannucci, Middletown, NJ (US);
Farhad Barzegar, Branchburg, NJ (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include systems, apparatuses, and methods for monitoring a value of a parameter associated with a first waveguide device that is configured to couple a first electromagnetic wave onto a transmission medium such that the first electromagnetic wave is guided by and propagates along the transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path, and periodically transmitting, based on the monitoring, a status of a health of the first waveguide device, wherein the periodic transmission of the status of the health occurs at a rate that is less than once every ten seconds. Other embodiments are disclosed.