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Communication devices and methods for RF-based communication and position determination

US10827496B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SONY GROUP CORPORATION · JP

Inventors

Thomas HANDTE · Stuttgart, DE
Dana Ciochina · Stuttgart, DE
Daniel Schneider · Stuttgart, DE
Nabil Loghin · Stuttgart, DE
Ben Eitel · Stuttgart, DE
Felix Fellhauer · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 17, 2017
Grant date	Nov 3, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 17, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W72/51
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Communication devices and corresponding methods for RF-based communication and position determination are disclosed. An initiator communication device (1) comprises an antenna unit (10) configured to transmit and receive RF signals, a beamforming unit (11) configured to perform beamforming and to control the antenna unit to transmit and/or receive RF signals using one or more selected beams, a control unit (12) configured to control the beamforming unit (11) in a training phase to perform beamforming for determining an initiator line of sight (LOS), beam to a responder communication device (2), and a processing unit (13) configured to determine the initiator LOS beam and/or initiator angular information of the initiator LOS beam and to determine the position of said communication device using the determined initiator LOS beam and/or initiator angular information in a measurement phase.

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