Node device, repeater and methods for use therewith
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsPaul Shala Henry, Irwin Gerszberg, Robert Bennett, Farhad Barzegar, Donald J Barnickel, Thomas M. Willis, III
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Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a node device includes an interface configured to receive first signals. A plurality of coupling devices are configured to launch the first signals on a transmission medium as a plurality of first guided electromagnetic waves at corresponding plurality of non-optical carrier frequencies, wherein the plurality of first guided electromagnetic waves are bound to a physical structure of the transmission medium. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Claims9
A repeater comprising:
- a first coupling device configured to receive a proper subset of a plurality of first guided electromagnetic waves, wherein the plurality of first guided electromagnetic waves have a corresponding plurality of non-optical carrier frequencies waves and are bound to a physical structure of a transmission medium, wherein at least one of the plurality of first guided electromagnetic waves propagates longitudinally along the transmission medium via a guided wave mode that is absent from at least one other of the plurality of first guided electromagnetic waves;
- processing circuitry configured to generate repeated signals based on the proper subset of the plurality of first guided electromagnetic waves;
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- a second coupling device configured to launch the repeated signals as at least one second guided electromagnetic wave that is bound to the physical structure of the transmission medium.
A method comprising:
- receiving a proper subset of a plurality of first guided electromagnetic waves, wherein the plurality of first guided electromagnetic waves have a corresponding plurality of non-optical carrier frequencies and are bound to a physical structure of a transmission medium;
- passing ones of the plurality of first guided electromagnetic waves not included in the proper subset along the physical structure of the transmission medium;
- receiving second guided electromagnetic waves from at least one remote device that include second signals, and
- selecting one of a plurality of repeating modes in response to the second signals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.