公开(公告)号：US11327151B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-10

申请号：US16449557

申请日：2019-06-24

申请人： NXP B.V.

发明人： Thomas Lentsch ,  Ghiath Al-Kadi

IPC分类号： G01S7/00 ,  H01Q5/25 ,  H04W76/10 ,  G01S3/50 ,  G01S13/76 ,  G01S13/87 ,  H04B1/3827

摘要： A base station includes a millimeter wave communication unit coupled to an impulse radio ultra-wideband (IR-UWB) communication unit. The millimeter wave communication unit is capable of being wirelessly coupled to user-equipment using a millimeter wave communication link. Based on a determination as to whether the user-equipment is configured for IR-UWB ranging and localization, an IR-UWB communication link is established between the base station and user-equipment for IR-UWB ranging and localization. When the IR-UWB communication link is established for IR-UWB ranging and localization, the ranging and localization associated with the millimeter wave communication unit is disabled and the millimeter wave communication link is used for data communication maximizing throughput by utilizing localization and ranging information provided by the IR-UWB communication link.