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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2021
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (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, for example, a system having a plurality of transmitters for launching, according to a signal, instances of first electromagnetic waves having different phases to induce propagation of a second electromagnetic wave at an interface of a transmission medium, the second electromagnetic wave having a non-fundamental wave mode and a non-optical operating frequency, wherein the plurality of transmitters has a corresponding plurality of antennas. A reflective plate is spaced a distance behind the plurality of antennas relative to a direction of the propagation of the second electromagnetic wave. Other embodiments are disclosed.