Method and apparatus for managing transient electrical signals in a transmission medium

A waveguide system, comprising:

• an inductive power supply including a magnetic core;
• 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:
• inducing electromagnetic waves that propagate along a physical transmission medium without relying on an electrical return path;
• detecting, via windings of the magnetic core of the inductive power supply an electrical pulse propagating along the physical transmission medium;
• generating pulse data associated with the electrical pulse;
• and
• submitting the pulse data to a network management system.