ELECTRONIC DEVICE SUPPORTING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION

    公开(公告)号:US20230188177A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-15

    申请号:US18100107

    申请日:2023-01-23

    CPC classification number: H04B1/71637 H04W64/00

    Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment of the disclosure may receive an advertising frame transmitted by an external electronic device through the communication circuit through ultra-wideband (UWB) communication, may receive at least one frame among the advertising frames in a first decision period, may determine whether the number of times an angle based on the at least one frame received in the first decision period is within a specified angle range satisfies a specified condition, and may determine whether the electronic device points to the external electronic device according to whether the specified condition is satisfied.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING COMMUNICATION USING SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20230164622A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-25

    申请号:US18099474

    申请日:2023-01-20

    CPC classification number: H04W28/0284 H04W28/0289 G01S13/08

    Abstract: An electronic device, according to various embodiments of the present disclosure, comprises: a communication module and a processor operatively connected to the communication module, wherein the processor may be configured to: broadcast, through the communication module, a first message for measuring a distance in each of a plurality of distance measurement subsections included in a first distance measurement section; receive, via the communication module, in each of the plurality of distance measurement subsections, at least one second message in response to the first message from at least one external electronic device; determine information related to congestion of each of the plurality of distance measurement subsections, based on the number of the at least one second message received in each of the plurality of distance measurement subsections; and broadcast, through the communication module, a third message including the information related to the congestion in a first distance measurement subsection of a plurality of distance measurement subsections included in a second distance measurement section.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR RECEIVING TIME DIFFERENCE OF ARRIVAL MESSAGES AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20220385333A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-01

    申请号:US17565617

    申请日:2021-12-30

    Abstract: According to certain embodiments, an electronic device comprises: a wireless communication module configured to support ultra-wide band (UWB) communication; and at least one processor operatively connected with the wireless communication module, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: set the wireless communication module to a wake-up state; when a given number of first ranging response messages (RRMs) are received from second external electronic devices after receiving a first ranging initiation message (RIM) from a first external electronic device in a RIM slot of a first ranging round, set the wireless communication module to a sleep state after receiving a first ranging final message (RFM) from the first external electronic device in a RFM slot of the first ranging round until a RIM slot of a second ranging round is reached after the first ranging round; set the wireless communication module to the wake-up state in the RIM slot in the second ranging round; and set the wireless communication module to the sleep state if a second RIM is not received from a third external electronic device in the RIM slot in the second ranging round.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING POSITIONING COMMUNICATION

    公开(公告)号:US20220353633A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-03

    申请号:US17708597

    申请日:2022-03-30

    Abstract: Example embodiments include an electronic device and a method for operating an electronic device. The electronic device includes an ultra-wide band (UWB) antenna including directional antennas disposed on a rear surface of the electronic device and at least one omnidirectional antenna. The electronic device further includes a communication circuit configured to transmit and/or receive radio frequency (RF) signals of a frequency band designated to be used for UWB communication, through the UWB antenna, with an external electronic device. The electronic device further includes a processor configured to calculate a first distance value and a second distance value, and to determine, based on a distance difference between the first distance value and the second distance value, whether the external electronic device exists within a field of view (FoV) indicating a specified angular range with respect to the direction to which the rear surface faces.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING LOCATION OF MULTIPLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES BASED ON TIME SCHEDULING INFORMATION IN CONNECTION WITH ULTRA-WIDE BAND COMMUNICATION

    公开(公告)号:US20220279318A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-01

    申请号:US17749575

    申请日:2022-05-20

    Abstract: An electronic device includes an ultra-wide band (UWB) communication module; a memory; and a processor operably connected to the UWB communication module and the memory, wherein the processor is configured to receive, through the UWB communication module, a first message from a first external electronic device at a first time slot; store, in the memory, the first message and a receiving time of the first message; receive, through the UWB communication module, a second message from a second external electronic device at a second time slot; store, in the memory, the second message and a receiving time of the second message; identify a time schedule information for transmitting a third message to the first external electronic device and the second external electronic device, the time schedule information including a transmitting time of the third message; obtain first time information regarding a period of time between the receiving time of the first message and the transmitting time of the third message and second time information regarding a period of time between the receiving time of the second message and the transmitting time of the third message; and transmit, through the UWB communication module, the third message including the first time information and the second time information to the first external electronic device and the second external electronic device at a third time slot.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR TAKING PRE-ACTION IN BLUETOOTH NETWORK ENVIRONMENT AND METHOD THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20210051458A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-18

    申请号:US16897843

    申请日:2020-06-10

    Abstract: An electronic device for taking a pre-action and a method therefor are provided. The electronic device includes a wireless communication circuitry configured to support a Bluetooth protocol and at least one processor operatively connected with the wireless communication circuitry. The at least one processor is configured to establish a first link based on the Bluetooth protocol with a first external electronic device using the wireless communication circuitry, receive a first message for requesting to perform a first pre-action for establishing a second link between the first external electronic device and a second external electronic device from the first external electronic device, using the wireless communication circuitry, perform the first pre-action for establishing the second link with the second external electronic device using the wireless communication circuitry, transmit a second message for reporting a result of the first pre-action to the first external electronic device using the wireless communication circuitry.

    POSITIONING METHOD USING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20240230884A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-11

    申请号:US18615304

    申请日:2024-03-25

    CPC classification number: G01S13/876 G01S13/765

    Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment of the disclosure may include: a communication circuit, and at least one processor, comprising processing circuitry, electrically coupled to the communication circuit. At least one processor, individually and/or collectively, may be configured to: receive via the communication circuit an advertising frame transmitted by a first external electronic device, transmit a first request signal, requesting a second external electronic device to receive the advertising frame from the first external electronic device, to the second external electronic device via the communication circuit in response to receiving the advertising frame from the first external electronic device, obtain advertisement result response data, including first timestamp information on a timing at which the second external electronic device receives the advertising frame transmitted by the first external electronic device, from the second external electronic device via the communication circuit, obtain location data including location information of the second external electronic device with respect to the electronic device, based on performing ranging using Ultra-Wideband (UWB) communication with the second external electronic device, and identify a location of the first external electronic device with respect to the electronic device, based on the advertisement result response data and the location data.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR DETERMINING ANGLE-OF-ARRIVAL OF SIGNAL, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING ELECTRONIC DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20240175962A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-30

    申请号:US18431487

    申请日:2024-02-02

    CPC classification number: G01S3/043 G01S3/023

    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes an ultra-wideband (UWB) communication circuit including at least one antenna for acquiring signals from an external electronic device, a processor operatively connected with the UWB communications circuit, and memory operatively connected with the processor. The memory may store one or more instructions which, when executed, cause the processor to obtain at least one signal from the at least one antenna, determine a phase-difference-of-arrival of the at least one signal, obtain information related to the state of the electronic device, obtain a calibration value corresponding to the obtained state information of the electronic device from the memory, and determine the angle-of-arrival of the at least one signal based on the phase-difference-of-arrival of the at least one signal and the calibration value.

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