Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, systems, devices, components, and methods for providing first data to a first waveguide device via a first medium of a first assembly, wherein the first waveguide device incorporates the first data as part of a first electromagnetic wave that is guided by, and propagates along, a first transmission medium coupled to the first waveguide device without requiring an electrical return path, and providing the first data, second data, or a combination thereof, to a second waveguide device via a first medium of a second assembly, wherein the second waveguide device incorporates the first data, the second data, or the combination thereof as part of a second electromagnetic wave that is guided by, and propagates along, a second transmission medium coupled to the second waveguide device without requiring the electrical return path. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media for facilitating operations. The operations may include transmitting a first electromagnetic wave, where the first electromagnetic wave is guided by and propagates along a first transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path, and transmitting a second electromagnetic wave, where the second electromagnetic wave is guided by and propagates along a second transmission medium without requiring the electrical return path, the second transmission medium being different from the first transmission medium. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure may include monitoring, via a circuit, a level of a current, detecting, based on the monitoring, that the level of the current exceeds a threshold, where the threshold is indicative of an occurrence of at least one event, engaging, based on the detecting, a health check in respect of: a first component of a first waveguide device, a second component of a second waveguide device, a portion of a transmission medium between the first waveguide device and the second waveguide device, or any combination thereof, where the transmission medium is utilized to convey a first electromagnetic wave that is guided by and propagates along the transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path, and transmitting, based on the engaging, a report, a signal, or a combination thereof, that is indicative of a health status resulting from the health check. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, systems, apparatuses, and methods for determining that a load associated with a transmission medium exceeds a first threshold, wherein the transmission medium guides a first electromagnetic wave that propagates along the transmission medium from a first waveguide device to a second waveguide device without requiring an electrical return path, and based on the determining that the load exceeds the first threshold, enabling an injector to supply power to the transmission medium utilizing a very low frequency (VLF) generator. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, a device having an envelope detector, an oscillator, a switch driver, a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations of comparing a first signal received from the envelope detector and a second signal received from the oscillator within a high probability interval, thereby generating a valid detection; and activating the switch driver responsive to the valid detection. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include a generator that facilitates generation of an electromagnetic wave, a core, and a waveguide that facilitates guiding the electromagnetic wave towards the core to induce a second electromagnetic wave that propagates along the core. The core and/or the waveguide can be configured to reduce radiation loss of the second electromagnetic wave, propagation loss of the second electromagnetic wave, or a combination thereof. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system having a plurality of transmitters for launching, according to a signal, instances of first electromagnetic waves having different phases to induce propagation of a second electromagnetic wave at an interface of a transmission medium, the second electromagnetic wave having a non-fundamental wave mode and a non-optical operating frequency, wherein the plurality of transmitters has a corresponding plurality of antennas. A reflective plate is spaced a distance behind the plurality of antennas relative to a direction of the propagation of the second electromagnetic wave. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, a system that facilitates receiving a first electromagnetic wave propagating along a transmission medium, detecting, according to the first electromagnetic wave, an obstruction on a first portion of an outer surface of the transmission medium, responsive to the detecting the obstruction, configuring a material to have similar properties to the obstruction, the material being positioned along a second portion of the outer surface of the transmission medium, and generating a second electromagnetic wave that propagates along the transmission medium without relying on an electrical return path to facilitate propagation of the second electromagnetic wave along the transmission medium, the material facilitating propagation of the second electromagnetic wave from the second portion of the outer surface of the transmission medium to the first portion of the transmission medium affected by the obstruction. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, generating, by a power supply of an insulator, first output power that is at least partially consumed by an electronic device of the insulator, and generating, by the power supply, second output power that is consumed by a first waveguide device, wherein the first waveguide device is configured to obtain a first electromagnetic wave from a transmission medium, and wherein the first electromagnetic wave is guided by and propagates along the transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path, wherein the insulator insulates medium-voltage infrastructure from low-voltage infrastructure. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, a first waveguide system that receives first electromagnetic waves that propagate along a transmission medium where the transmission medium comprises an external surface where the first electromagnetic waves propagate along the transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path, and where the first electromagnetic waves convey data. The first waveguide system can generate, according to the first electromagnetic waves, first signals, where the first signals convey the data. The first waveguide system can provide the first signals to a switching device that facilitates generating and providing, according to the first signals and routing information conveyed by the first signals, second signals to a second waveguide system selected from among a group of waveguide systems communicatively coupled to the switching device, where the second signals convey at least a first portion of the data. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include identifying at least one parameter associated with a transmission medium of a communication system, wherein the transmission medium is defined by a first physical endpoint and a second physical endpoint, identifying, based on the identifying of the at least one parameter, a first location for deploying a first waveguide system about the transmission medium, wherein the first location is different from each of the first physical endpoint and the second physical endpoint, wherein the first waveguide system is configured to couple a first electromagnetic wave onto the transmission medium, and wherein the first electromagnetic wave is guided by and propagates along the transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path, and generating a first directive for deploying the first waveguide system about the transmission medium at the first location. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, a system that facilitates detecting first electromagnetic waves propagating along a transmission medium are experiencing a first propagation loss, inducing second electromagnetic waves along the transmission medium to mitigate the first propagation loss, detecting that the second electromagnetic waves are experiencing a second propagation loss and inducing third electromagnetic waves along the transmission medium to mitigate the second propagation loss. To reduce radiation losses when transitioning from the first electromagnetic waves to second electromagnetic waves and transitioning from the second electromagnetic waves to the third electromagnetic waves, the system can be further adapted to use differing criteria for each transition. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, receiving, by a first waveguide system and via a coupler between the first waveguide system and a second waveguide system, a first electromagnetic wave transmitted by the second waveguide system, where the first waveguide system is operably coupled with a first span of a first transmission medium, the second waveguide system is operably coupled with a second span of a second transmission medium, the first transmission medium is supported by a first portion of a utility structure, and the second transmission medium is supported by a second portion of the utility structure, and transmitting, by the first waveguide system, a second electromagnetic wave based on the first electromagnetic wave, where the first and second electromagnetic waves respectively propagate along the coupler and the first span of the first transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, a device having an envelope detector, an oscillator, a switch driver, a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations of comparing a first signal received from the envelope detector and a second signal received from the oscillator within a high probability interval, thereby generating a valid detection; and activating the switch driver responsive to the valid detection. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include systems, apparatuses, and methods for monitoring a value of a parameter associated with a first waveguide device that is configured to couple a first electromagnetic wave onto a transmission medium such that the first electromagnetic wave is guided by and propagates along the transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path, and periodically transmitting, based on the monitoring, a status of a health of the first waveguide device, wherein the periodic transmission of the status of the health occurs at a rate that is less than once every ten seconds. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, systems, apparatuses, and methods for determining that a load associated with a transmission medium exceeds a first threshold, wherein the transmission medium guides a first electromagnetic wave that propagates along the transmission medium from a first waveguide device to a second waveguide device without requiring an electrical return path, and based on the determining that the load exceeds the first threshold, enabling an injector to supply power to the transmission medium utilizing a very low frequency (VLF) generator. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: In accordance with one or more embodiments, a guided wave launcher includes an array of antennas that generates first electromagnetic field signals. A lens is configured to guide the first electromagnetic field signals to a surface of a transmission medium, the first electromagnetic field signals inducing a first guided electromagnetic wave that is guided by the surface of the transmission medium and propagates along the transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include systems, apparatuses, and methods for monitoring a value of a parameter associated with a first waveguide device that is configured to couple a first electromagnetic wave onto a transmission medium such that the first electromagnetic wave is guided by and propagates along the transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path, and periodically transmitting, based on the monitoring, a status of a health of the first waveguide device, wherein the periodic transmission of the status of the health occurs at a rate that is less than once every ten seconds. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include identifying at least one parameter associated with a transmission medium of a communication system, wherein the transmission medium is defined by a first physical endpoint and a second physical endpoint, identifying, based on the identifying of the at least one parameter, a first location for deploying a first waveguide system about the transmission medium, wherein the first location is different from each of the first physical endpoint and the second physical endpoint, wherein the first waveguide system is configured to couple a first electromagnetic wave onto the transmission medium, and wherein the first electromagnetic wave is guided by and propagates along the transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path, and generating a first directive for deploying the first waveguide system about the transmission medium at the first location. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, generating, by a power supply of an insulator, first output power that is at least partially consumed by an electronic device of the insulator, and generating, by the power supply, second output power that is consumed by a first waveguide device, wherein the first waveguide device is configured to obtain a first electromagnetic wave from a transmission medium, and wherein the first electromagnetic wave is guided by and propagates along the transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path, wherein the insulator insulates medium-voltage infrastructure from low-voltage infrastructure. Other embodiments are disclosed.