Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sub-decimeter radio frequency ranging
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Application No.: US15072592Application Date: 2016-03-17
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Publication No.: US09961495B2Publication Date: 2018-05-01
- Inventor: Dina Katabi , Deepak Vasisht , Swarun Suresh Kumar
- Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Applicant Address: US MA Cambridge
- Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Current Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Cambridge
- Agency: Occhiuti & Rohlicek LLP
- Main IPC: H04W24/00
- IPC: H04W24/00 ; H04W4/02 ; G01S11/02 ; H04L12/26

Abstract:
A system enables a single WiFi access point to localize clients to within tens of centimeters. Such a system can bring indoor positioning to homes and small businesses which typically have a single access point. A key enabler underlying the system is a novel algorithm that can compute sub-nanosecond time of flight using commodity WiFi cards. By multiplying the time of flight with the speed of light, a Wifi access point computes the distance between each of its antennas and the client, hence localizing it. An implementation on commodity WiFi cards demonstrates that the system's accuracy is comparable to state-of-the-art localization systems, which use four or five access points.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160277893A1 SUB-DECIMETER RADIO FREQUENCY RANGING Public/Granted day:2016-09-22
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