Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus that provides fault tolerance in a communication network
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Application No.: US15435475Application Date: 2017-02-17
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Publication No.: US09973416B2Publication Date: 2018-05-15
- Inventor: Paul Shala Henry , Robert Bennett , Irwin Gerszberg , Farhad Barzegar , Donald J Barnickel , Thomas M. Willis
- Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, LP
- 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 David Terrell
- Main IPC: H04W24/04
- IPC: H04W24/04 ; H04L12/703 ; H04L12/707 ; H04L12/825 ; H04L12/24 ; H04L12/751 ; H04W72/04 ; H04W24/06 ; H04B3/52 ; H04B3/46 ; G01R31/02 ; H04B3/54
Abstract:
A system for detecting a fault in a first transmission medium that affects a transmission or reception of electromagnetic waves that convey data and that propagate along a surface of the first transmission medium, selecting a backup communication medium from one or more backup communication mediums according to one or more selection criteria, and redirecting at least a portion of the data to the backup communication medium to mitigate the fault. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170163526A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS THAT PROVIDES FAULT TOLERANCE IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK Public/Granted day:2017-06-08
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