Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Efficient ranging
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Application No.: US15042041Application Date: 2016-02-11
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Publication No.: US09949156B2Publication Date: 2018-04-17
- Inventor: Abhishek Pramod Patil , Santosh Paul Abraham , George Cherian , Alireza Raissinia
- Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP
- Main IPC: H04W24/10
- IPC: H04W24/10 ; H04W24/08 ; H04W4/00 ; H04W64/00 ; H04W76/02 ; H04W56/00

Abstract:
Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for efficient ranging, for example, in a neighbor aware network (NAN). According to certain aspects, an apparatus for wireless communications is provided. The apparatus generally includes a processing system configured to determine a period that at least one second apparatus is scheduled to be awake, generate a first frame for transmission to the second apparatus during the period, determine ranging information based on a time difference between transmission of the first frame and receipt of a second frame in response to the first frame, and generate a third frame including the ranging information; a transmit interface configured to output the first and third frames for transmission; and a receive interface configured to obtain the second frame. By exchanging ranging information in already scheduled wake-up periods and in existing frame, power consumption and signaling overhead may be reduced.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160242056A1 EFFICIENT RANGING Public/Granted day:2016-08-18
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