Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Combined fine timing measurement (FTM) and non-FTM messaging for estimating turn-around calibration factor
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Application No.: US15183462Application Date: 2016-06-15
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Publication No.: US10278151B2Publication Date: 2019-04-30
- Inventor: Sai Pradeep Venkatraman , Carlos Horacio Aldana
- Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agent Thien T. Nguyen
- Main IPC: H04W56/00
- IPC: H04W56/00 ; H04L12/841 ; H04W64/00 ; G01S5/02 ; H04W84/12 ; H04L12/26 ; G01S5/14 ; H04W4/02 ; H04W24/10

Abstract:
In one aspect, a method includes performing, by a wireless station, a fine timing measurement (FTM) procedure that includes exchanging one or more FTM messages between the wireless station and an access point to obtain a first round-trip time (RTT) between the wireless station and the access point. The method also includes performing, by the wireless station, a non-FTM procedure to obtain a second RTT between the wireless station and the access point. The wireless station then calculates a turn-around calibration factor (TCF) estimate of the access point based on a difference between the second RTT and the first RTT. Data representative of the TCF estimate of the access point may then be sent to a server.
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