Patent ID: 9749053
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: H01P,H02J,H04B,Y02E,Y04S

Claim:
1. A repeater comprising: a first coupling device configured to receive a proper subset of a plurality of first guided electromagnetic waves, wherein the plurality of first guided electromagnetic waves have a corresponding plurality of non-optical carrier frequencies waves and are bound to a physical structure of a transmission medium, wherein at least one of the plurality of first guided electromagnetic waves propagates longitudinally along the transmission medium via a guided wave mode that is absent from at least one other of the plurality of first guided electromagnetic waves; processing circuitry configured to generate repeated signals based on the proper subset of the plurality of first guided electromagnetic waves; and a second coupling device configured to launch the repeated signals as at least one second guided electromagnetic wave that is bound to the physical structure of the transmission medium.