US 9,608,692 B2 · Repeater and methods for use therewith

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a repeater device having a first coupler to extract downstream channel signals from first guided electromagnetic waves bound to a transmission medium of a guided wave communication system. An amplifier amplifies the downstream channel signals to generate amplified downstream channel signals. A channel selection filter selects one or more of the amplified downstream channel signals to wirelessly transmit to the at least one client device via an antenna. A second coupler guides the amplified downstream channel signals to the transmission medium of the guided wave communication system to propagate as second guided electromagnetic waves. Other embodiments are disclosed.

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Dependent claims

A repeater device, comprising:

a first coupler configured to extract first channel signals from first guided electromagnetic waves that propagate without a separate electrical return path along a transmission medium of a guided wave communication system;
an amplifier configured to amplify the first channel signals to generate amplified first channel signals;
a channel selection filter configured to select one or more of the amplified first channel signals to wirelessly transmit to at least one device;
a second coupler configured to guide the amplified first channel signals to the transmission medium of the guided wave communication system to propagate as second guided electromagnetic waves;
and
a channel duplexer configured to transfer the amplified first channel signals to the second coupler and to the channel selection filter.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Abstract

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