Multipath Estimation and Multi-Line-of-Sight Detection for Localization

    公开(公告)号:US20230137760A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-04

    申请号:US17973035

    申请日:2022-10-25

    IPC分类号: G01S5/10 H04W64/00

    摘要: There are provided apparatuses, methods and computer program products. In accordance with an embodiment, there is disclosed a method including receiving positioning reference signals from a positioning signal transmitter; forming a delay search space from the received positioning reference signals to obtain a plurality of channel taps; estimating a noise precision for the channel taps; estimating channel gains for the channel taps; and estimating a probability of line of sight signal for the channel taps.

    USER PRESENCE-ENABLED TRACKING DEVICE FUNCTIONALITY

    公开(公告)号:US20230136581A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-04

    申请号:US18089060

    申请日:2022-12-27

    申请人: Tile, Inc.

    摘要: A tracking system can provide configuration instructions to an electronic device based on user presence. The tracking system can determine a user’s location relative to a geographic boundary surrounding a geographic area associated with the user. Depending on the user’s location, the tracking system may send instructions to configure an electronic device to send a notification or change the operating mode of the electronic device in response to the user’s presence. The electronic device may be a scanning device that is configured to have a higher or lower scanning frequency, depending on the presence or absence of the user relative to the scanning device.

    SENSING MEASUREMENT INFORMATION EXCHANGE APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20230132850A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-04

    申请号:US18147035

    申请日:2022-12-28

    摘要: This application provides a sensing measurement information exchange apparatus, applied to a first station. The apparatus includes: a transceiver unit, configured to receive sensing measurement report information sent by a second station, where the sensing measurement report information includes N groups of first measurement results, where the N groups of first measurement results are in a one-to-one correspondence with N first transmission paths between the first station and the second station, and each group of first measurement results includes an angle of arrival, relative time of flight, and a Doppler frequency shift of a corresponding first transmission path; and a processing unit, configured to obtain angles of arrival, relative time of flight, and Doppler frequency shifts of the N first transmission paths based on the sensing measurement report information. This application implements measurement of locations and instantaneous speeds of a plurality of passive targets.

    Wireless communication system
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11641683B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-02

    申请号:US17536151

    申请日:2021-11-29

    摘要: A wireless communication system comprises a host device (110) and mobile devices (120) arranged for wireless communication and for distance (140) measurement. The host device has a user interface (113) comprising a connect button (115), and is arranged to execute a connection sequence upon a user activating the connect button. The connection sequence first determines respective distances between the host and respective mobile devices. A first mobile device is identified exhibiting a movement. Then a connection action is executed regarding a connection between the first mobile device and the host device. The mobile device is arranged for executing a ranging protocol and, upon subsequently receiving a connection message, executing a connection action regarding a connection between the first mobile device and the host device. Effectively a connection may be established upon the user of a mobile device pressing a single button on a selected host device and moving the mobile device.

    Configurable quality metric for positioning measurements

    公开(公告)号:US11641636B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-02

    申请号:US17573533

    申请日:2022-01-11

    摘要: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a network node performs one or more positioning measurements of one or more types of positioning measurements of one or more reference signals, and reports, to a positioning entity, the one or more positioning measurements and one or more measurement quality values representing a measurement quality of the one or more positioning measurements, the one or more measurement quality values based on measurement quality reporting parameters, wherein the measurement quality reporting parameters comprise a minimum error value, a maximum error value, a number of bits used for the one or more measurement quality values, a scaling function or an identifier of the scaling function, or any combination thereof.

    Refined location estimates using ultra-wideband communication links

    公开(公告)号:US11638233B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-25

    申请号:US17196093

    申请日:2021-03-09

    申请人: Google LLC

    IPC分类号: H04W64/00 G01S5/02 G01S13/02

    摘要: This document describes systems and techniques to generate refined location estimates using ultra-wideband (UWB) communication links. Mobile devices, such as smartphones, include location sensors to estimate their location. The accuracy of location sensors is generally about 3 meters (or about 10 feet). More accurate location data would allow mobile devices to provide new and improved functionality. The described systems and techniques determine the distance between nearby mobile devices using UWB communication links. A mobile device can then use the distance between the mobile devices to determine their relative locations. By comparing the relative locations of the mobile devices with their location estimates, the mobile device can generate a refined location estimate.

    Prevention of denial of service attacks using FTM requests

    公开(公告)号:US11638154B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-25

    申请号:US17205043

    申请日:2021-03-18

    摘要: Examples of techniques for handling fine time measurement ranging requests are described. In an example, an access point (AP) may receive a ranging request for initiating a Fine Timing Measurement (FTM) session. Responsive to determining that the client device is associated with the AP, it is determined that the ranging request is received after a threshold time from expiry of an FTM burst period of the client device. It is determined that the ranging request is within an FTM acceptance threshold of the AP. A number of consecutive unsuccessful FTM bursts between the AP and the client device is determined. In response to determining that the number of consecutive unsuccessful FTM bursts is less than an unsuccessful burst threshold of the AP, the FTM session may be initiated based on the ranging request.

    Location history access for lost tracking device

    公开(公告)号:US11638118B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-25

    申请号:US17576763

    申请日:2022-01-14

    申请人: Tile Inc.

    摘要: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, by a tracking server and from a first computing device, a first tracking signal associated with a tracking device. The first tracking signal is associated with a first location and is received with an identifier for the tracking device. The method includes associating the first location with the tracking device based on the identifier for the tracking device. The method includes receiving second tracking signals from one or more second computing devices, respectively. Each second tracking signal is associated with a respective second location and is received with a respective unresolved hash value. The method includes resolving the identifier for the tracking device based on the unresolved hash value received with each of the one or more second tracking signals. The method includes associating the second locations with the tracking device based on the identifier for the tracking device.

    REPORTING WIDE BANDWIDTH OPERATION FOR BEAMFORMING

    公开(公告)号:US20230117971A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-20

    申请号:US18067145

    申请日:2022-12-16

    摘要: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit, to a base station, an indication of a range of frequencies outside an operational bandwidth of the UE based at least in part on the range of frequencies being compatible with one or more sets of analog beamforming beam weights associated with the operational bandwidth. The UE may communicate, with the base station, based at least in part on transmitting the indication of the range of frequencies outside of the operational bandwidth of the UE. Numerous other aspects are provided.