Guided wave communication system with resource allocation and methods for use therewith

A method comprising:

• wirelessly receiving an interfering signal via an antenna of a transmission device;
• generating interference data, via the transmission device, based on the interfering signal;
• sending, via the transmission device, the interference data to a network element of a network;
• receiving, via the transmission device, an allocation of a plurality of guided electromagnetic wave resource blocks, wherein the plurality of guided electromagnetic wave resource blocks includes a plurality of frequency channels and wherein the allocation of the plurality of guided electromagnetic wave resource blocks mitigates interference to the transmission device by excluding at least one of the plurality of frequency channels corresponding to a frequency of the interfering signal and further mitigates interference by the transmission device by excluding another of the plurality of frequency channels that is determined, based on the frequency of the interfering signal and via a database of standard upstream and downstream frequency pairings;
• generating, via the transmission device, electromagnetic signals conveying data, in accordance with the allocation of the plurality of guided electromagnetic wave resource blocks;
• and
• generating, via the transmission device, guided electromagnetic waves in response to the electromagnetic signals, wherein the guided electromagnetic waves propagate along a surface of a transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path.

A transmission device comprising:

• means for wirelessly receiving an interfering signal via an antenna;
• means for generating interference data based on the interfering signal;
• means for sending the interference data to a network element of a network;
• means for receiving an allocation of a plurality of guided electromagnetic wave resource blocks, wherein the plurality of guided electromagnetic wave resource blocks includes a plurality of frequency channels and wherein the allocation of the plurality of guided electromagnetic wave resource blocks mitigates interference to the transmission device by excluding at least one of the plurality of frequency channels corresponding to a frequency of the interfering signal and further mitigates interference by the transmission device by excluding another of the plurality of frequency channels that is determined, based on the frequency of the interfering signal and via a database of standard upstream and downstream frequency pairings;
• means for generating electromagnetic signals conveying data, in accordance with the subset of the plurality of guided electromagnetic wave resource blocks;
• and
• means for generating guided electromagnetic waves in response to the electromagnetic signals, wherein the guided electromagnetic waves propagate along a surface of a transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path.