Waveguide system with device-based authentication and methods for use therewith
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving, by a waveguide system, a wireless authentication request from a communication device, the wireless authentication request including a fiber authentication key;
generating, by the waveguide system, fiber authentication data by;
measuring dispersion data of a microwave fiber of a launcher of the waveguide system; and
converting the dispersion data of the microwave fiber into a pseudo-random binary number of fixed length that provides a unique identification corresponding to the microwave fiber of the launcher;
comparing, by the waveguide system, the fiber authentication key to the fiber authentication data of the waveguide system to determine whether the fiber authentication key is authenticated; and
when the fiber authentication key is authenticated, enabling communications with the communication device, wherein the communications include generating, by the launcher of the waveguide system and in response to first wireless signals received from the communication device, first electromagnetic waves propagating on a surface of a transmission medium, wherein the first electromagnetic waves propagate on the surface of the transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path, wherein the first electromagnetic waves are guided by the transmission medium, and wherein the first electromagnetic waves have a non-optical frequency within a microwave frequency range;
wherein the microwave fiber is a component of the launcher that launches the first electromagnetic waves onto the surface of the transmission medium.
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Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for use in a waveguide system that includes: receiving a wireless authentication request from a communication device, the wireless authentication request including a fiber authentication key; comparing, by the waveguide system, the fiber authentication key to fiber authentication data of the waveguide system to determine when the fiber authentication key is authenticated, wherein the fiber authentication data corresponds to a microwave fiber of the waveguide system; and when the fiber authentication key is authenticated, enabling communications with the communication device, wherein the communications include generating, by the waveguide system and in response to first wireless signals received from the communication device, first electromagnetic waves on a surface of a transmission medium, and wherein the first electromagnetic waves have a frequency within a microwave frequency range.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a waveguide system, a wireless authentication request from a communication device, the wireless authentication request including a fiber authentication key; generating, by the waveguide system, fiber authentication data by; measuring dispersion data of a microwave fiber of a launcher of the waveguide system; and converting the dispersion data of the microwave fiber into a pseudo-random binary number of fixed length that provides a unique identification corresponding to the microwave fiber of the launcher; comparing, by the waveguide system, the fiber authentication key to the fiber authentication data of the waveguide system to determine whether the fiber authentication key is authenticated; and when the fiber authentication key is authenticated, enabling communications with the communication device, wherein the communications include generating, by the launcher of the waveguide system and in response to first wireless signals received from the communication device, first electromagnetic waves propagating on a surface of a transmission medium, wherein the first electromagnetic waves propagate on the surface of the transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path, wherein the first electromagnetic waves are guided by the transmission medium, and wherein the first electromagnetic waves have a non-optical frequency within a microwave frequency range; wherein the microwave fiber is a component of the launcher that launches the first electromagnetic waves onto the surface of the transmission medium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A waveguide device comprising:
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a launcher coupled to a transmission medium, wherein the launcher includes a microwave fiber; a memory configured to store fiber authentication data corresponding to the microwave fiber; a wireless transceiver configured to receive a wireless authentication request from a communication device; and a processing system including a processor, the processing system configured to; generate the fiber authentication data by measuring dispersion data of the microwave fiber of the launcher and by converting the dispersion data of the microwave fiber into a pseudo-random binary number of fixed length that provides a unique identification corresponding to the microwave fiber of the launcher; determine whether a fiber authentication key is authenticated by comparing the fiber authentication key to the fiber authentication data; when the fiber authentication key is authenticated, enables communications with the communication device; wherein the communications include generating, by the launcher and in response to first wireless signals received from the communication device, first electromagnetic waves bound to a surface of the transmission medium, wherein the first electromagnetic waves propagate without requiring an electrical return path, wherein the microwave fiber is a component of the launcher that launches the first electromagnetic waves onto the surface of the transmission medium and wherein the first electromagnetic waves have a non-optical frequency within a microwave frequency range. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A waveguide device comprising:
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a launcher coupled to a transmission medium, wherein the launcher includes a microwave fiber; means for generating fiber authentication data by measuring dispersion data of the microwave fiber of the launcher and by converting the dispersion data of the microwave fiber into a pseudo-random binary number of fixed length that provides a unique identification corresponding to the microwave fiber of the launcher; a memory configured to store the fiber authentication data corresponding to the microwave fiber; a wireless transceiver configured to receive a wireless authentication request from a communication device; and means for determining whether a fiber authentication key is authenticated by comparing the fiber authentication key to the fiber authentication data; and means for enabling communications with the communication device when the fiber authentication key is authenticated; wherein the communications include generating, by the launcher and in response to first wireless signals received from the communication device, first electromagnetic waves bound to a surface of the transmission medium, wherein the first electromagnetic waves propagate without requiring an electrical return path, wherein the microwave fiber is a component of the launcher that launches the first electromagnetic waves onto the surface of the transmission medium and wherein the first electromagnetic waves have a non-optical frequency within a microwave frequency range. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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