US 11,818,590 B2
Apparatus, methods and systems for improving coverage of fifth generation (5G) communication networks
Igor Smolyaninov, Columbia, MD (US); and Quirino Balzano, Annapolis, MD (US)
Assigned to Saltenna LLC, McLean, VA (US)
Filed by Saltenna LLC, McLean, VA (US)
Filed on Apr. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/233,142.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/010,964, filed on Apr. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0328353 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 16/26 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 16/26 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a first antenna element configured, in response to receiving fifth generation (5G) communication signals carrying encoded data, to generate a first surface electromagnetic wave capable of tunneling through a conductive enclosure, the first surface electromagnetic wave having the encoded data; and
a second antenna element, within the conductive enclosure configured, in response to receiving the first surface electromagnetic wave, to generate a second surface electromagnetic wave within the conductive enclosure for distributing the encoded data to an electronic device operating in the conductive enclosure, wherein:
the conductive enclosure includes a conductive surface and an area surround by the conductive surface, a dielectric constant of the area is lower than a dielectric constant of the conductive surface.