Patent · US Active

Ranging diversity-reception method and receiver

US9019159B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Nanotron Technologies GmbH · DE

Inventors

Cornelis Adrianus Henricus Maria van Puijenbroek · Enschede, NL
Rainer Hach · Berlin, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 15, 2009
Grant date	Apr 28, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 5, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W64/00
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Method for determining an arrival time of a RF ranging signal at a ranging receiver, comprising receiving at least one RF ranging signal via a plurality of antennas comprised by the ranging receiver, providing a plurality of antenna signals, each comprising at least a section of the ranging signal as received either by a respective one of the antennas or by a linear combination of at least two of the antennas, determining respective candidate arrival times of the at least one ranging signal from at least two of the antenna signals and determining the arrival time of the at least one ranging signal as the earliest candidate arrival time.

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