Systems and methods for securely facilitating data communication with ultra-wideband or Bluetooth low energy

1 . A system, comprising:

one or more anchors; and

a computing system in communication with at least a subset of the one or more anchors comprising a communication mode adjustment circuitry configured to:

receive one or more anchor characteristics corresponding to each of the one or more anchors, wherein each of the one or more anchor characteristics indicates the location of the respective corresponding anchor;

calculate a relative spacing between the one or more anchors based on an aggregation of the one or more anchor characteristics;

determine whether the relative spacing between the one or more anchors indicates a crowded spacing among the one or more anchors;

determine that precision is needed when the relative spacing between the one or more anchors indicates the crowded spacing among the one or more anchors and that precision is not needed when the relative spacing between the one or more anchors does not indicate the crowded spacing among the one or more anchors; and

selectively activate:

ultra-wideband (UWB) tracking in response to determining that precision is needed; or

Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) tracking in response to determining that precision is not needed.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the communication mode adjustment circuitry is configured to activate a hybrid BLE/UWB tracking in response to determining that precision is not needed.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the anchor characteristic comprises a status, a location, connections to subsequent anchors, or any combination thereof.

4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the communication mode adjustment circuitry is configured to:

receive an audio communication mode selection;

activate the UWB tracking or Bluetooth low-energy (BLE) based at least in part upon the audio communication mode selection.

5 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the audio communication mode comprises a broadcast mode, a peer-to-peer mode, or a peer-to-peers mode.

6 . The system of claim 5 , wherein the peer-to-peer mode and the peer-to-peers mode comprises a handshake step, an acknowledgement step, or a connection step, or any combination thereof performed using the UWB tracking when the relative spacing between the one or more anchors indicates the crowded spacing among the one or more anchors.

7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the communication mode adjustment circuitry is configured to selectively activate ultra-wideband (UWB) tracking for a first subset of the one or more anchors and selectively activate Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) tracking for a second subset of the one or more anchors.

8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the communication mode adjustment circuitry is configured to:

receive an aggregated anchor characteristic comprising an indication of relative locations of the one or more anchors; and

calculate a relative spacing between the one or more anchors based on the aggregated anchor characteristic.

9 . A method, comprising:

receiving, via a communication mode adjustment circuitry, one or more anchor characteristics corresponding to each of one or more anchors, wherein each of the one or more anchor characteristics indicates the location of the respective corresponding anchor;

calculating, via the communication mode adjustment circuitry, a relative spacing between the one or more anchors based on an aggregation of the one or more anchor characteristics;

determining, via the communication mode adjustment circuitry, whether the relative spacing between the one or more anchors indicates a crowded spacing among the one or more anchors;

activating, via the communication mode adjustment circuitry, a data communication mode, an audio communication mode, or both;

connecting, via the communication mode adjustment circuitry, to the one or more anchors based on the one or more anchor characteristics and the relative spacing between the one or more anchors; and

transmitting, via the communication mode adjustment circuitry, data to the one or more anchors.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the data communication mode comprises an ultra-wideband (UWB) mode, a Bluetooth low-energy mode (BLE), and a hybrid BLE/UWB mode.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the UWB mode is activated in response to determining that the relative spacing between the one or more anchors indicates the crowded spacing between the one or more anchors.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the hybrid BLE/UWB mode is activated in response to determining that the relative spacing between the one or more anchors no longer indicates the crowded spacing among the one or more anchors.

13 . The method of claim 10 , comprising receiving, via the communication mode circuitry, an indication representative of the data communication mode.

14 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the one or more anchor characteristics indicate a unified summary.

15 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the audio communication mode comprises a broadcast mode and a peer-to-peers mode.

16 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

connecting, via the at least one processor, to one or more anchors;

receiving, via the at least one processor, one or more anchor characteristics corresponding to each of one or more anchors, wherein each of the one or more anchor characteristics indicates a location of the respective corresponding anchor;

calculating, via the at least one processor, a relative spacing between the one or more anchors based on an aggregation of the one or more anchor characteristics;

determining, via the at least one processor, whether the relative spacing between the one or more anchors indicates a crowded spacing among the one or more anchors;

determining, via the at least one processor, that precision is needed when the relative spacing between the one or more anchors indicates the crowded spacing among the one or more anchors and that precision is not needed when the relative spacing between the one or more anchors does not indicate the crowded spacing among the one or more anchors;

activating, via the at least one processor, an ultra-wideband (UWB) mode in response to determining that precision is needed and a Bluetooth low-energy (BLE) mode in response to determining that precision is not needed; and

transmitting, via the at least one processor, anchor data from a first anchor to a target device.

17 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the computer-executable instructions cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising causing the first anchor to directly transmit the anchor data to the target device.

18 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the computer-executable instructions cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising determining at least one or more intermediate anchors between the first anchor and the target device.

19 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the computer-executable instructions cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising determining a preferred path from the first anchor to the target device.

20 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the computer-executable instructions cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising activating an ultra-wideband (UWB) mode or a hybrid BLE/UWB mode in response to determining that precision is needed when the relative spacing between the one or more anchors indicates the crowded spacing among the one or more anchors.