US 11,683,071 B2
Apparatus for securely configuring a target device
Timothy J. Pierson, Hanover, NH (US); Xiaohui Liang, West Lebanon, NH (US); Ronald Peterson, Brattleboro, VT (US); and David Kotz, Lyme, NH (US)
Assigned to THE TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, Hanover, NH (US)
Filed by THE TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, Hanover, NH (US)
Filed on Jan. 20, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/747,451.
Application 16/747,451 is a continuation of application No. 15/739,122, granted, now 10,574,298, previously published as PCT/US2016/039009, filed on Jun. 23, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/183,411, filed on Jun. 23, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2020/0169295 A1, May 28, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04B 5/00 (2006.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01)
CPC H04B 5/0031 (2013.01) [H04B 7/0602 (2013.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.02); H04L 67/12 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for securely transferring first data comprising a plurality of bits to a target device that uses a single receive antenna, the apparatus comprising:
a first antenna;
a second antenna positioned a fixed distance from the first antenna such that a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) for the first antenna measured at the target device will be different than an RSSI for the second antenna;
a transmitter; and
a processor configured to control the transmitter to transmit a first signal containing second data in packets, the processor causing the transmitter to transmit packets of the first signal with the first antenna and the second antenna by switching between the first and second antennas based upon bits of the first data; and
wherein the second data does not include the first data and the target device receives the first data by detecting the RSSI of the transmitted packets of the first signal.