Method and apparatus for adjusting a field of a signal to mitigate interference
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsPaul Shala Henry, Robert Bennett, Farhad Barzegar, Irwin Gerszberg, Donald J. Barnickel, Thomas M. Willis, III
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Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system that performs operations including detecting a signal degradation of guided electromagnetic waves bound to a transmission medium without utilizing an electrical return path, the guided electromagnetic waves having a non-optical frequency range, and adjusting an alignment of at least a portion of fields of the guided electromagnetic waves to mitigate the signal degradation. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a first waveguide system, electromagnetic waves that propagate along a physical transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path;
- responsive to the receiving the electromagnetic waves, detecting, by the first waveguide system, a signal degradation in the electromagnetic waves;
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- coordinating, by the first waveguide system with a second waveguide system, an adjustment of an orientation of at least a portion of electric fields of the electromagnetic waves to mitigate the signal degradation in the electromagnetic waves.
A method, comprising:
- transmitting, by a first waveguide system, electromagnetic waves that propagate along a physical transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path;
- and
- adjusting, by the first waveguide system, an orientation of at least a portion of electric fields of the electromagnetic waves to mitigate a signal degradation determined by a second waveguide system.
A method, comprising:
- determining, by a processing system including a processor, a signal degradation of electromagnetic waves propagating along a physical transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path;
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- adjusting, by the processing system, a structure of at least a portion of electric fields of the electromagnetic waves to mitigate the signal degradation of the electromagnetic waves.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.