Transmission device with impairment compensation and methods for use therewith
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1. A waveguide system, comprising:
- a transmitter configures to generate a first electromagnetic wave that conveys data;
a coupler configured to guide the first electromagnetic wave to a junction along an outer surface of a transmission medium, the first electromagnetic wave inducing a second, different electromagnetic wave that propagates along the transmission medium via a combination of wave modes without requiring an electrical return path, the combination of the wave modes forming a field strength envelope that varies as a time stationary function of a longitudinal displacement along the transmission medium from the junction.
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Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a waveguide system that includes a transmission device having a coupler positioned with respect to a transmission medium to facilitate transmission or reception of electromagnetic waves that transport communications data. The electromagnetic waves propagate along an outer surface of the transmission medium. A training controller detects an impairment on the transmission medium adverse to the transmission or reception of the electromagnetic waves and adjusts the electromagnetic waves to reduce the effects of the impairment on the transmission medium. Other embodiments are disclosed.
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1. A waveguide system, comprising:
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a transmitter configures to generate a first electromagnetic wave that conveys data; a coupler configured to guide the first electromagnetic wave to a junction along an outer surface of a transmission medium, the first electromagnetic wave inducing a second, different electromagnetic wave that propagates along the transmission medium via a combination of wave modes without requiring an electrical return path, the combination of the wave modes forming a field strength envelope that varies as a time stationary function of a longitudinal displacement along the transmission medium from the junction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
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generating a first electromagnetic wave that conveys data; guiding, via a coupler, the first electromagnetic wave to a junction along an outer surface of a transmission medium, the first electromagnetic wave inducing a second, different electromagnetic wave that propagates along the transmission medium via a combination of wave modes without requiring an electrical return path, the combination of the wave modes forming a field strength envelope that varies as a time stationary function of a longitudinal displacement along the transmission medium from the junction. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A waveguide system, comprising:
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means for generating a first electromagnetic wave that conveys data; means for guiding the first electromagnetic wave to a junction along an outer surface of a transmission medium, the first electromagnetic wave inducing a second, different electromagnetic wave that propagates along the transmission medium via a combination of wave modes without requiring an electrical return path, the combination of the wave modes forming a field strength envelope that varies as a time stationary function of a longitudinal displacement along the transmission medium from the junction. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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