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Transmission device with mode division multiplexing and methods for use therewith

  • US 9,544,006 B2
  • Filed: 11/20/2014
  • Issued: 01/10/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A transmission device comprising:

  • at least one transceiver that facilitates modulation of data to generate a plurality of first electromagnetic waves; and

    a plurality of couplers that facilitates coupling at least a portion of the plurality of first electromagnetic waves to a transmission medium, wherein the plurality of couplers generates a plurality of second electromagnetic waves that propagate along an outer surface of the transmission medium via differing ones of a plurality of guided wave modes, wherein the plurality of couplers is arranged at a corresponding plurality of azimuthal orientations about the transmission medium.

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