US 12,439,364 B1
Systems and methods for utilizing beacons in wireless mesh networks
Arun Vijayakumari Mahasenan, Fremont, CA (US); and Venkateswara Rao Manepalli, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/951,610.
Int. Cl. H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 64/00 (2013.01) [H04W 84/18 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Processing circuitry configured to:
cause a transceiver to transmit a single beacon request to a first electronic device that is communicatively coupled to the processing circuitry via a wireless mesh network, wherein the single beacon request is indicative of a transmission rate and a timeout period; and
cause the transceiver to receive a plurality of beacons sent by the first electronic device at the transmission rate and during the timeout period via the wireless mesh network, wherein each beacon of the plurality of beacons is indicative of a location of the processing circuitry.