Monitoring and mitigating conditions in a communication network
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsMitchell Harvey Fuchs, Irwin Gerszberg
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Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system for receiving telemetry information from an apparatus that induces electromagnetic waves on a wire surface of a wire of a power grid for delivery of communication signals to a recipient communication device coupled to the power grid, and detecting a condition from the telemetry information that is adverse to a delivery of the communication signals to the recipient communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- receiving telemetry information from a waveguide system coupled to a sensor, wherein the waveguide system comprises a waveguide positioned with respect to a wire of a power grid that facilitates delivery of electric energy to devices, and wherein the waveguide facilitates transmission or reception of electromagnetic waves along a wire surface of the wire, and wherein the sensor facilitates sensing conditions adverse to the transmission or reception of the electromagnetic waves along the wire surface;
- detecting from the telemetry information a condition that is adverse to one of operations of the waveguide system, or the transmission or the reception of the electromagnetic waves along the wire surface;
- and
- generating information associated with the condition that is detected from the telemetry information;
- and
- facilitating access to or delivery of the information for reporting.
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a network element comprising a processor, telemetry information from a waveguide system, wherein the waveguide system facilitates transmission of electromagnetic waves along a wire surface of a first wire of a power grid and sensing of characteristics associated with conditions adverse to the transmission of the electromagnetic waves, and wherein the telemetry information comprises sensing data;
- determining, by the network element, a condition from the sensing data;
- and
- transmitting, by the network element, instructions to the waveguide system to adjust a route of the electromagnetic waves to avoid the condition.
A machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- receiving telemetry information from an apparatus that induces electromagnetic waves on a wire surface of a wire of a power grid for delivery of communication signals to a recipient communication device coupled to the power grid;
- and
- detecting, based upon the telemetry information, a condition that is adverse to a delivery of the communication signals to the recipient communication device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.