US 12,267,817 B2
Dynamic slot and anchor allocation
Swapnil S. Jain, Cupertino, CA (US); Chengzhou Li, Cupertino, CA (US); and Arun Unkn, Cupertino, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/693,174.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/160,554, filed on Mar. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0295483 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 72/0446 (2023.01); H04B 1/7163 (2011.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 72/0446 (2013.01) [H04B 1/7163 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
accessing allocation data for a wireless device, the allocation data representing at least one time slot allocated for reception of a radio frequency signal by the wireless device over a wireless communication channel;
receiving data representing a trajectory of the wireless device;
identifying an anchor of a location system based on the data representing the trajectory of the wireless device;
assigning the at least one time slot to the anchor of the location system; and
causing transmission of the radio frequency signal from the anchor to the wireless device in the at least one time slot.