Method and apparatus for adapting a waveguide to properties of a physical transmission medium
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsRobert Bennett, Peter Wolniansky, Jeffrey J. Farah, Paul Shala Henry, Giovanni Vannucci, Thomas M. Willis, III, Donald J. Barnickel, Farhad Barzegar, Irwin Gerszberg
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Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, a system that facilitates adjusting an adjustable waveguide structure according to properties of a physical transmission medium and inducing electromagnetic waves that are guided by the adjusted waveguide structure along the physical transmission medium. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- determining a gauge of a transmission medium;
- determining an impedance of the transmission medium;
- adjusting an adjustable waveguide structure according to the gauge of the transmission medium to match the impedance of the transmission medium and the adjustable waveguide structure, the adjusting resulting in an adjusted waveguide structure;
- and
- inducing, by a transmitter controlled by a processing system comprising a processor, electromagnetic waves that are guided by the adjusted waveguide structure along the transmission medium, the electromagnetic waves propagating at least in part along an exposed region of the transmission medium without relying on an electrical return path.
A device, comprising:
- an adjustable waveguide structure;
- a processing system including a processor;
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- a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
- adjusting the adjustable waveguide structure according to a gauge of a transmission medium, the adjusting resulting in an adjusted waveguide structure;
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- configuring a transmitter to induce electromagnetic waves that are guided by the adjusted waveguide structure along the transmission medium, the electromagnetic waves propagating at least in part along an exposed region of the transmission medium without relying on an electrical return path, wherein the adjusting the adjustable waveguide structure comprises matching a first impedance of the adjustable waveguide structure and a second impedance of the transmission medium.
A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
- adjusting an adjustable waveguide structure according to properties of a physical transmission medium, the adjusting resulting in an adjusted waveguide structure;
- adjusting an adjustable impedance structure to match an impedance of the physical transmission medium;
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- inducing electromagnetic waves that are guided by the adjusted waveguide structure along the physical transmission medium, the electromagnetic waves propagating at least in part along an exposed region of the physical transmission medium without relying on an electrical return path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.