Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus that provides fault tolerance in a communication network
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Application No.: US15975356Application Date: 2018-05-09
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Publication No.: US10257725B2Publication Date: 2019-04-09
- Inventor: Paul Shala Henry , Robert Bennett , Irwin Gerszberg , Farhad Barzegar , Donald J. Barnickel , Thomas M. Willis, III
- Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Guntin & Gust, PLC
- Agent Douglas Schnabel
- Main IPC: H04W24/04
- IPC: H04W24/04 ; H04B3/52 ; H04B3/58 ; H04L12/24 ; H04L12/707 ; H04W72/04 ; G01R31/02 ; G01R31/08 ; H04B3/46 ; H04B3/56 ; H04L12/751 ; H04L12/703 ; H04L12/825 ; H04W24/06 ; H04B3/54

Abstract:
A system for detecting a fault in a first wire of a power grid that affects a transmission or reception of electromagnetic waves that transport data and that propagate along a surface of the first wire, selecting a backup communication medium from one or more backup communication mediums according to one or more selection criteria, and redirecting the data to the backup communication medium to circumvent the fault. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180262929A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS THAT PROVIDES FAULT TOLERANCE IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK Public/Granted day:2018-09-13
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