| CPC H04W 52/0225 (2013.01) [H04B 1/7163 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01)] | 4 Claims |

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1. An ultra-wideband (UWB) anchor using a UWB ON/OFF operation method to minimize degradation of ranging performance, the UWB anchor comprising:
a power supply configured to supply power to the UWB anchor;
a transceiver configured to transmit/receive a UWB signal to and from a UWB tag for performing ranging; and
a controller configured to end a ranging session when a cumulative sum of consecutive ranging failures over a specific time period reaches a maximum number of failed ranging round attempts, and to control the power supply and the transceiver to re-enter a UWB signal-reception standby (or UWB ON) mode based on the maximum number of failed ranging round attempts and a ranging block,
wherein the specific time period includes a plurality of ranging rounds,
wherein when the number of ranging failures reaches the maximum number of failed ranging round attempts, the UWB anchor transmits corresponding information.
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