US 12,245,175 B2
Location aware steering using fine timing measurement (FTM) frames in a wireless local area network (WLAN)
Prakash Chennichetty, Chennai (IN); Manoj Sekar, Pondicherry (IN); Thanigaivel Nagendran, Chennai (IN); Subramanian Anantharaman, Bangalore (IN); and Sreekanth Natarajan, Chennai (IN)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/500,074.
Application 18/500,074 is a continuation of application No. 17/013,404, filed on Sep. 4, 2020, granted, now 11,838,880.
Prior Publication US 2024/0064668 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 56/00 (2009.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 8/24 (2009.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 56/001 (2013.01) [G01S 5/0284 (2013.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04L 5/0055 (2013.01); H04W 8/24 (2013.01); H04W 56/009 (2013.01); H04W 64/003 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for wireless communication in a wireless local area network (WLAN) performed by a first wireless device, comprising:
receiving, from a second wireless device, one or more signals at a signal strength that is less than a signal strength threshold;
transmitting one or more first fine timing measurement (FTM) frames to the second wireless device in accordance with a capability of the second wireless device;
receiving one or more second FTM frames from the second wireless device, wherein the one or more second FTM frames indicate a first distance between the first wireless device and the second wireless device; and
transmitting a message to steer the second wireless device from a first frequency band to a second frequency band in accordance with a location associated with the second wireless device, wherein the location is associated with channel state information of the second wireless device and the first distance.