US 12,442,888 B2
Announcing UWB / NBA-UWB-MMS ranging rounds via narrowband-based advertisements
Joachim S. Hammerschmidt, Mountain View, CA (US); Santhoshkumar Mani, Santa Clara, CA (US); and Eren Sasoglu, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/381,029.
Application 18/381,029 is a continuation of application No. 17/453,163, filed on Nov. 1, 2021, granted, now 11,815,616.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/233,598, filed on Aug. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/108,862, filed on Nov. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0045017 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 72/04 (2023.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01); H04B 1/713 (2011.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 72/0446 (2023.01); H01Q 5/25 (2015.01)
CPC G01S 5/0284 (2013.01) [H04B 1/713 (2013.01); H04W 64/006 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H01Q 5/25 (2015.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
determining, by a device, a first parameter associated with a first ranging round, the first parameter indicating a first channel;
transmitting, by the device via a first narrowband signal and using the first channel, a first advertisement packet associated with scheduling for the first ranging round;
determining, by the device, a second parameter associated with a second ranging round, the second parameter indicating a second channel that is different from the first channel; and
transmitting, by the device via a second narrowband signal and using the second channel, a second advertisement packet associated with scheduling for the second ranging round.