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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2020
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Farhad Barzegar, Branchburg, NJ (US);
Giovanni Vannucci, Middletown, NJ (US);
Irwin Gerszberg, Kendall Park, NJ (US);
Paul Shala Henry, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Thomas M. Willis, III, Tinton Falls, NJ (US);
Donald J. Barnickel, Flemington, NJ (US);
Robert Bennett, Southold, NY (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, a first waveguide system that receives first electromagnetic waves that propagate along a transmission medium where the transmission medium comprises an external surface where the first electromagnetic waves propagate along the transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path, and where the first electromagnetic waves convey data. The first waveguide system can generate, according to the first electromagnetic waves, first signals, where the first signals convey the data. The first waveguide system can provide the first signals to a switching device that facilitates generating and providing, according to the first signals and routing information conveyed by the first signals, second signals to a second waveguide system selected from among a group of waveguide systems communicatively coupled to the switching device, where the second signals convey at least a first portion of the data. Other embodiments are disclosed.