公开(公告)号：US20170261591A1

公开(公告)日：2017-09-14

申请号：US15457750

申请日：2017-03-13

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Ning Zhang ,  Xiaoxin Zhang ,  Youhan Kim ,  Carlos Horacio Aldana ,  Patrick Kelliher ,  Yen-Feng Lee

IPC: G01S5/02 ,  G01S5/06 ,  G01S11/04

CPC classification number: G01S5/12 ,  G01S5/14 ,  G01S11/02 ,  G01S13/76 ,  H04W64/00

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatuses for performing ranging operations between wireless devices. In some implementations, wireless devices can exchange ranging packets that include packet extensions containing a plurality of long training fields (LTFs). The wireless devices can use the LTFs in the ranging packets to obtain a plurality of round-trip time (RTT) values based on a single exchange of ranging packets. The wireless devices also can use the LTFs to estimate angle of arrival (AoA) and angle of departure (AoD) information of the exchanged ranging packets.

公开(公告)号：US11131743B2

公开(公告)日：2021-09-28

申请号：US15191493

申请日：2016-06-23

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Carlos Horacio Aldana ,  Jeff Smith ,  Xiaoxin Zhang ,  Chia-Hui Lin ,  Yen-Feng Lee ,  Ravi Gidvani ,  Alecsander Eitan ,  Rahul Malik

IPC: G01S5/00 ,  H04W4/029 ,  G01S5/02 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W84/12 ,  H04W88/02

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments facilitate wireless channel calibration, including ranging and direction finding, between wirelessly networked devices. In some embodiments. a method on a first station (STA) may comprise: transmitting a first NDPA frame to one or more second stations (STAs), the first NDPA frame comprising a first bit indicating that one or more subsequent frames comprise ranging or angular information; and transmitting, after a Short Interval Frame Space (SIFS) time interval, a second frame. The second frame may be one of: a Null Data Packet az (NDP_az) frame with information about a time of transmission of the NDP_az frame, or a Null Data Packet (NDP) frame, or a Beam Refinement Protocol (BRP) frame. The first NDPA frame may be unicast, multicast, or broadcast.

公开(公告)号：US20170251332A1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-31

申请号：US15191498

申请日：2016-06-23

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Carlos Horacio Aldana ,  Jeff Smith ,  Xiaoxin Zhang ,  Chia-Hui Lin ,  Yen-Feng Lee ,  Ravi Gidvani ,  Alecsander Eitan ,  Rahul Malik

IPC: H04W4/02 ,  G01S5/00 ,  G01S5/02

CPC classification number: G01S5/0009 ,  G01S5/021 ,  G01S5/0226 ,  H04W4/029 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W84/12 ,  H04W88/02

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments facilitate wireless channel calibration, ranging, and direction finding, between networked devices. A method on a first station (STA) may comprise: broadcasting, at a first time, a first NDPA frame to a plurality of second STAs. The first NDPA frame may include a first bit indicating that one or more subsequent frames comprise ranging or angular information. After a Short Interval Frame Space (SIFS) time interval from the first time, a second frame may be broadcast. The second frame may be a Null Data Packet (NDP) frame. In response, a plurality of Compressed Beamforming (CBF) frames may be received at the first STA where each CBF frame may be received from a distinct corresponding second STA, and may include Channel Feedback Information field with information pertaining to communication channel between the first STA and the corresponding second STA. The communications may be encoded using Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access.

公开(公告)号：US10379196B2

公开(公告)日：2019-08-13

申请号：US15191498

申请日：2016-06-23

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Carlos Horacio Aldana ,  Jeff Smith ,  Xiaoxin Zhang ,  Chia-Hui Lin ,  Yen-Feng Lee ,  Ravi Gidvani ,  Alecsander Eitan ,  Rahul Malik

IPC: G01S5/00 ,  H04W4/02 ,  G01S5/02 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W88/02 ,  H04W84/12

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments facilitate wireless channel calibration, ranging, and direction finding, between networked devices. A method on a first station (STA) may comprise: broadcasting, at a first time, a first NDPA frame to a plurality of second STAs. The first NDPA frame may include a first bit indicating that one or more subsequent frames comprise ranging or angular information. After a Short Interval Frame Space (SIFS) time interval from the first time, a second frame may be broadcast. The second frame may be a Null Data Packet (NDP) frame. In response, a plurality of Compressed Beamforming (CBF) frames may be received at the first STA where each CBF frame may be received from a distinct corresponding second STA, and may include Channel Feedback Information field with information pertaining to communication channel between the first STA and the corresponding second STA. The communications may be encoded using Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access.

公开(公告)号：US20170250831A1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-31

申请号：US15191493

申请日：2016-06-23

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Carlos Horacio Aldana ,  Jeff Smith ,  Xiaoxin Zhang ,  Chia-Hui Lin ,  Yen-Feng Lee ,  Ravi Gidvani ,  Alecsander Eitan ,  Rahul Malik

IPC: H04L12/18 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04L12/841

CPC classification number: G01S5/0009 ,  G01S5/021 ,  G01S5/0226 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04W4/029 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W84/12 ,  H04W88/02

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments facilitate wireless channel calibration, including ranging and direction finding, between wirelessly networked devices. In some embodiments. a method on a first station (STA) may comprise: transmitting a first NDPA frame to one or more second stations (STAs), the first NDPA frame comprising a first bit indicating that one or more subsequent frames comprise ranging or angular information; and transmitting, after a Short Interval Frame Space (SIFS) time interval, a second frame. The second frame may be one of: a Null Data Packet az (NDP_az) frame with information about a time of transmission of the NDP_az frame, or a Null Data Packet (NDP) frame, or a Beam Refinement Protocol (BRP) frame. The first NDPA frame may be unicast, multicast, or broadcast.