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US 2019/0173527 A1Published application
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 guided wave transceiver configured to transmit and receive communications by electromagnetic waves at a physical interface of a transmission medium, wherein the electromagnetic waves are guided by the transmission medium and propagate without requiring an electrical return path;
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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 a first plurality of the electromagnetic waves via the guided wave transceiver that includes first Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) data collected via a plurality of UAV sensors at a plurality of remote sites, wherein at least one of the plurality of remote sites is associated with at least one utility pole, wherein at least one of the plurality of UAV sensors is mounted on the at least one utility pole, and wherein the first plurality of the electromagnetic waves is guided along a power line of the at least one 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 a plurality of electromagnetic waves, via a guided wave transceiver, that is guided by a transmission medium and propagates without utilizing an electrical return path, wherein the plurality of electromagnetic waves includes Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) data collected via a plurality of UAV sensors at a plurality of remote sites, wherein at least one of the plurality of UAV sensors is mounted on at least one utility pole, and wherein the plurality of electromagnetic waves is guided along a power line of the at least one utility pole;
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- generating UAV traffic pattern data based on the UAV data.
A surveying system, comprising:
- means for receiving a plurality of electromagnetic waves that is guided by a transmission medium and propagates without utilizing an electrical return path, wherein the plurality of electromagnetic waves includes Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) data collected via a plurality of UAV sensors at a plurality of remote sites, wherein at least one of the plurality of UAV sensors is mounted on at least one utility pole, and wherein the plurality of electromagnetic waves is guided along a power line of the at least one 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.