Method and apparatus for adjusting a field of a signal to mitigate interference
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsPaul Shala Henry, Robert Bennett, Farhad Barzegar, Irwin Gerszberg, Donald J Barnickel, Thomas M. Willis, III
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Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system that performs operations including detecting a signal degradation of guided electromagnetic waves bound to a transmission medium without utilizing an electrical return path, the guided electromagnetic waves having a non-optical frequency range, and adjusting an alignment of at least a portion of fields of the guided electromagnetic waves to mitigate the signal degradation. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Claims24
A waveguide system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- receiving electromagnetic waves guided by an outer surface of a transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path, the electromagnetic waves having a non-optical frequency range;
- detecting an attenuation of the electromagnetic waves;
- and
- coordinating, with a neighboring waveguide system, an adjustment of an orientation of at least a portion of electric fields of the electromagnetic waves to mitigate the attenuation.
A waveguide system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- receiving electromagnetic waves guided by an outer surface of a transmission medium that propagate on the outer surface of the transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path;
- and
- coordinating with a neighboring waveguide system an adjustment of a polarization of at least a portion of fields of the electromagnetic waves responsive to determining that the electromagnetic waves do not conform to a quality metric.
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- detecting a signal degradation of guided electromagnetic waves bound to a transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path, the guided electromagnetic waves having a non-optical frequency range;
- and
- adjusting an alignment of at least a portion of fields of the guided electromagnetic waves to mitigate the signal degradation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.