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US 12,021,578 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for surveying remote sites via guided wave communications
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsKen Liu, Robert Bennett, Pamela A. M. Bogdan, Farhad Barzegar, Donald J. Barnickel, Irwin Gerszberg
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Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a surveying system operable to receive a plurality of electromagnetic waves via a guided wave transceiver that include environmental data collected via a plurality of sensors at a plurality of remote sites. Weather pattern data is generated based on the environmental data. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Claims20
A surveying system comprising:
- a processing system that includes a processor;
- a physical interface to a transmission medium;
- a guided wave transceiver configured to transmit and receive electromagnetic waves at the physical interface of the transmission medium;
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- a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving first Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) data collected via the guided wave transceiver from the electromagnetic waves that are guided along a power line attached to a utility pole without having any electrical return path, wherein the first UAV data is collected from a UAV sensor mounted to the utility pole;
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- generating UAV traffic pattern data based on the first UAV data.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, by a guided wave transceiver, a plurality of electromagnetic waves guided by a power line of a utility pole without utilizing an electrical return path;
- generating, by the guided wave transceiver, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) data collected via a plurality of UAV sensors at a plurality of remote sites from the plurality of electromagnetic waves, wherein at least one of the plurality of UAV sensors is mounted to the utility pole;
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- generating, by a processing system coupled to the guided wave transceiver, UAV traffic pattern data based on the UAV data.
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A surveying system, comprising:
- means for receiving a plurality of electromagnetic waves propagating along a power line of a utility pole without having an electrical return path, wherein the means for receiving comprises a physical interface to the power line, and wherein the plurality of electromagnetic waves includes Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) data collected by a plurality of UAV sensors at a plurality of remote sites, wherein at least one UAV sensor of the plurality of UAV sensors is mounted on the utility pole;
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- means for generating UAV traffic pattern data based on the UAV data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.