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US 2017/0373718 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for configuring a communication interface
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsMartin Birk, PAUL SHALA HENRY
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Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system for exchanging electrical signals and guided electromagnetic waves between customer premises equipment and service provider equipment to provide uplink and/or downlink communication services. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- generating, by a coupler, first electromagnetic waves;
- and
- inducing, by the coupler, according to the first electromagnetic waves, second electromagnetic waves that propagate along a plurality of inner surfaces of a bundle of cables, wherein a first portion of the second electromagnetic waves propagate along a first inner surface of the plurality of inner surfaces of the bundle of cables without requiring an electrical return path.
A launcher, comprising:
- a processing system including a processor;
- and
- a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
- generating a first plurality of electromagnetic waves;
- and
- inducing on a plurality of inner surfaces of a bundle of cables, according to the first plurality of electromagnetic waves, a second plurality of electromagnetic waves, wherein a first electromagnetic wave of the plurality of second electromagnetic waves propagates along a first inner surface of the plurality of inner surfaces of the bundle of cables, and wherein the first electromagnetic wave propagates along the first inner surface of the bundle of cables without requiring an electrical return path.
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A system, comprising:
- a receiver;
- a processing system including a processor;
- and
- a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving, by the receiver via a plurality of inner surfaces of a bundle of cables, a plurality of electromagnetic waves, wherein each electromagnetic wave of the plurality of electromagnetic waves propagates along at least one inner surface of the plurality of inner surfaces of the bundle of cables without requiring an electrical return path, and wherein the plurality of electromagnetic waves is generated by a source device coupled to the bundle of cables;
- and
- processing the plurality of electromagnetic waves.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.