公开(公告)号：US11812341B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-07

申请号：US17521490

申请日：2021-11-08

Applicant: Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University

Inventor： Andrew Herschfelt ,  Daniel W. Bliss

IPC: H04W4/029

CPC classification number: H04W4/029

Abstract: A hyper-precise positioning and communications (HPPC) system and network are provided. The HPPC system is a next-generation positioning technology that promises a low-cost, high-performance solution to the need for more sophisticated positioning technologies in increasingly cluttered environments. The HPPC system is a joint positioning-communications radio technology that simultaneously performs relative positioning and secure communications. Both of these tasks are performed with a single, co-use waveform, which efficiently utilizes limited resources and supports higher user densities. Aspects of this disclosure include an HPPC system for a network which includes an arbitrary number of network nodes (e.g., radio frequency (RF) devices communicating over a joint positions-communications waveform). As such, networking protocols and design of data link and physical layers are described herein. An exemplary embodiment extends the HPPC system for use with existing cellular networks, such as third generation partnership project (3GPP) long term evolution (LTE) and fifth generation (5G) networks.