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Method for a procedure for determining distance or angle between electronic devices connected wirelessly

US10158547B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 1, 2015
Grant dateDec 18, 2018
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Expiry dateOct 18, 2037

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W76/22
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a procedure for determining distance (or angle) between a pair of electronic devices wirelessly connected to one another, a current session may be temporarily suspended on request and thereafter the current session may be resumed. Temporary suspension and resumption of the current session may, for example, eliminate starting a new session between the pair of electronic devices and repeating a determination of parameters that were initially agreed upon in the current session. Temporary suspension of a current session may be signaled wirelessly, by one electronic device to the other electronic device, for example, by setting a specific value in a specific field, to signal that the current session is to be paused now, in a frame or message transmitted from the pausing device to the to-be-paused device. The current session may be resumed without repeating determination of the initially-agreed upon parameters, by transmitting a frame to initiate measurement exchange.

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