US 12,439,235 B2
Systems and methods for ultra-wideband in-band discovery
Carlos Horacio Aldana, Mountain View, CA (US); Kangjin Yoon, Menlo Park, CA (US); Chunyu Hu, Saratoga, CA (US); and Kanji Mavji Kerai, London (GB)
Assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed by Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/503,710.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/424,586, filed on Nov. 11, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/448,796, filed on Feb. 28, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0171961 A1, May 23, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04B 1/7163 (2011.01); H04W 8/24 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 8/005 (2013.01) [H04B 1/71632 (2013.01); H04W 8/24 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a first ultra-wideband (UWB) device from a second UWB device, an application control (AC) information element (IE) including an association availability field having a value indicating availability of an association between the first UWB device and the second UWB device;
selecting, by the first UWB device, an available slot in which to transmit an association request to the second UWB device; and
transmitting, by the first UWB device, the association request to the second UWB device in the available slot.