Guided wave launcher with aperture control and methods for use therewith
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorHarold Lee Rappaport
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Abstract
In accordance with one or more embodiments, a system includes an array of antennas. A plurality of transceivers is configured to generate first signals, in response to control signals. A controller is configured to generate the control signals to control, via the plurality of transceivers, an antenna aperture of the array of antennas. The array of antennas is configured to generate, in response to first signals, radiated waves according to the antenna aperture of the array of antennas, the radiated waves inducing a first guided electromagnetic wave that is guided by a surface of a transmission medium and propagates along the transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- an array of antennas;
- a plurality of transceivers configured to generate first signals, in response to control signals;
- a controller configured to generate the control signals to control, via the plurality of transceivers, an antenna aperture of the array of antennas;
- wherein the array of antennas is configured to generate, in response to first signals, radiated waves according to the antenna aperture of the array of antennas, the radiated waves inducing a first guided electromagnetic wave that is guided by a surface of a transmission medium and propagates along the transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path.
A method comprising:
- generating, via an array of antennas and in response to first signals, radiated waves according to an antenna aperture of the array of antennas, the radiated waves inducing a first guided electromagnetic wave that is guided by a surface of a transmission medium and propagates along the transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path;
- generating the first signals in response to control signals;
- and
- generating the control signals to control, via amplitudes of the first signals, the antenna aperture of the array of antennas.
A system comprising:
- an array of antennas configured to generate, in response to first signals, radiated waves according to an antenna aperture of the array of antennas, the radiated waves inducing a first guided electromagnetic wave that is guided by a surface of a transmission medium and propagates along the transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path;
- means for generating the first signals, in response to control signals;
- and
- means for generating the control signals to control, via the means for generating, the antenna aperture of the array of antennas.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.