APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING UTILIZING AN ANTENNA ARRAY
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1. A device, comprising:
- an antenna array including a group of elements, wherein each element of the group of elements comprises;
a generator that facilitates generation of a first electromagnetic wave;
a polyrod antenna; and
a waveguide that facilitates guiding the first electromagnetic wave towards the polyrod antenna,wherein the first electromagnetic wave induces a second electromagnetic wave at an interface of a first region of the polyrod antenna,wherein the waveguide is configured to confine the second electromagnetic wave at least in part within the polyrod antenna in the first region,wherein a distal end of the polyrod antenna outside of the waveguide is tapered and facilitates transmitting a wireless signal based on the second electromagnetic wave, andwherein beam steering is performed according to a first subset of elements of the group of elements generating the first electromagnetic wave with a first phase that is different from a second phase of the first electromagnetic wave being generated by a second subset of elements of the group of elements.
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Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, a system having a polyrod antenna array. Beam steering can be performed according to a first subset of elements of the polyrod antenna array generating first electromagnetic waves with a first phase that is different from a second phase of the first electromagnetic waves being generated by a second subset of elements of the polyrod antenna array. Other embodiments are disclosed.
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1. A device, comprising:
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an antenna array including a group of elements, wherein each element of the group of elements comprises; a generator that facilitates generation of a first electromagnetic wave; a polyrod antenna; and a waveguide that facilitates guiding the first electromagnetic wave towards the polyrod antenna, wherein the first electromagnetic wave induces a second electromagnetic wave at an interface of a first region of the polyrod antenna, wherein the waveguide is configured to confine the second electromagnetic wave at least in part within the polyrod antenna in the first region, wherein a distal end of the polyrod antenna outside of the waveguide is tapered and facilitates transmitting a wireless signal based on the second electromagnetic wave, and wherein beam steering is performed according to a first subset of elements of the group of elements generating the first electromagnetic wave with a first phase that is different from a second phase of the first electromagnetic wave being generated by a second subset of elements of the group of elements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method, comprising:
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generating, by a plurality of transmitters, a plurality of electromagnetic waves, wherein a select one of the plurality of electromagnetic waves propagates and is guided by a select one of a plurality of dielectric cores without requiring an electrical return path, wherein the plurality of electromagnetic waves conveys at least one communication signal; and transmitting, via an array of polyrod antennas, a plurality of wireless signals based on the plurality of electromagnetic waves, wherein each polyrod antenna of the array of polyrod antennas is coupled to a corresponding one of the plurality of dielectric cores, and wherein each polyrod antenna converts a corresponding one of the plurality of electromagnetic waves supplied by the corresponding one of the plurality of dielectric cores into a corresponding one of the plurality of wireless signals, wherein each transmitter of the plurality of transmitters is coupled to a corresponding polyrod antenna of the array of polyrod antennas via the corresponding one of the plurality of dielectric cores, wherein the plurality of wireless signals conveys the at least one communication signal, and wherein the plurality of transmitters is configurable to perform beam steering of the plurality of wireless signals. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A polyrod antenna, comprising:
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a core having a first region, a second region, a third region, and a fourth region, wherein the core comprises an interface in the first region, wherein a first electromagnetic wave induces a second electromagnetic wave at the interface of the first region, wherein the core is connected with a waveguide that is configured to confine the second electromagnetic wave at least in part within the core in the first region, wherein the second region of the core is configured to reduce a radiation loss of the second electromagnetic wave as the second electromagnetic wave propagates into the second region, wherein the third region of the core is configured to reduce a propagation loss of the second electromagnetic wave as the second electromagnetic wave propagates into the third region, and wherein the fourth region of the core is outside of the waveguide and is tapered to facilitate transmitting a wireless signal based on the second electromagnetic wave. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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