Controller for a communication and ranging apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US11921197B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-05

    申请号:US17469266

    申请日:2021-09-08

    Applicant: NXP B.V.

    CPC classification number: G01S13/931 G01S13/18 G01S2013/0254 G01S2013/9325

    Abstract: A controller for a communication and ranging apparatus wherein the apparatus is configured to transmit both a data signal and a ranging signal, wherein the controller is configured to: determine a scheduled transmission event of the data signal; determine a scheduled transmission event of the ranging signal; determine if the scheduled transmission events will occur within a predetermined time window of each other; if it is determined that the scheduled transmission events will occur within a predetermined time window of each other, then determine a priority signal and a secondary signal, wherein: the priority signal is one of the data signal and the ranging signal; and the secondary signal is the other of the data signal and the ranging signal; and provide signaling configured to prevent the scheduled transmission event of the secondary signal from being transmitted such that only the scheduled transmission event of the priority signal is transmitted.

    INFRASTRUCTURE CONTROLLER FOR AN INFRASTRUCTURE

    公开(公告)号:US20220201586A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-23

    申请号:US17643853

    申请日:2021-12-13

    Applicant: NXP B.V.

    Abstract: An infrastructure-controller (206) for an infrastructure (202), wherein the infrastructure has a plurality of Bluetooth Low Energy, “BLE”, nodes (208, 210, 212) associated with it. The infrastructure-controller (206) is configured to: identify one of the plurality of BLE nodes as a current-BLE-node (212), and activate the current-BLE-node (212) for communication with a key (204) using BLE signals; determine a communication-quality-indicator for each of the plurality of BLE nodes (208, 210, 212), that represents the quality of communication with the key (204); based on the communication-quality-indicators, identify one of the plurality of BLE nodes as a next-BLE-node (210); and provide connection-information to the next-BLE-node (210) using out-of-band signalling (214). The infrastructure-controller (206) can then deactivate the current-BLE-node (212); and activate the next-BLE-node (212) for continued communication with the key (204) using BLE signals.

    INFRASTRUCTURE CONTROLLER FOR AN INFRASTRUCTURE AND A KEY CONTROLLER FOR A KEY

    公开(公告)号:US20220198850A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-23

    申请号:US17504767

    申请日:2021-10-19

    Applicant: NXP B.V.

    Abstract: An infrastructure-controller for an infrastructure. The infrastructure-controller configured to: send a ranging-scheduling-signal to a key, wherein the ranging-scheduling-signal comprises timing-information for a subsequent ranging operation; and activate one or more ranging nodes associated with the infrastructure, for receiving a key-ranging-signal from the key, at an infrastructure-node-start-ranging-time based on the timing-information. The ranging-scheduling-signal has a frequency in a first RF frequency range. The key-ranging-signal has a frequency in a second RF frequency range.

    CONTROLLER FOR A COMMUNICATION AND RANGING APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20220099825A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-31

    申请号:US17469266

    申请日:2021-09-08

    Applicant: NXP B.V.

    Abstract: A controller for a communication and ranging apparatus wherein the apparatus is configured to transmit both a data signal and a ranging signal, wherein the controller is configured to: determine a scheduled transmission event of the data signal; determine a scheduled transmission event of the ranging signal; determine if the scheduled transmission events will occur within a predetermined time window of each other; if it is determined that the scheduled transmission events will occur within a predetermined time window of each other, then determine a priority signal and a secondary signal, wherein: the priority signal is one of the data signal and the ranging signal; and the secondary signal is the other of the data signal and the ranging signal; and provide signaling configured to prevent the scheduled transmission event of the secondary signal from being transmitted such that only the scheduled transmission event of the priority signal is transmitted.

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