IP Library Granted Patent US 11,234,129
Granted Patent B2
US 11,234,129 · App. 16/233,054 · Granted Jan 25, 2022

Invalid measurement indication in location measurement report

Inventors: Feng Jiang (Santa Clara, CA); Qinghua Li (San Ramon, CA); Jonathan Segev (Tel Mond, IL); Assaf Gurevitz (Ramat Hasharon, IL); Danny Alexander (Neve Efraim, IL); Xiaogang Chen (Portland, OR)
Assignee: Intel Corporation
H04W12/121G01S7/023G01S13/765H04K3/00H04L25/0224H04W24/10H04W64/00G01S7/36
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Patent No.
US 11,234,129
App. No.
16/233,054
Granted
Jan 25, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to an invalid location measurement report (LMR) indication. A device may identify a first null data packet (NDP) received from a first station device during, wherein the first NDP is used for channel sounding. The device may perform a time of arrival (ToA) calculation based on the NDP. The device may determine an invalid indication associated with the first NDP based on the ToA calculation. The device may generate an LMR comprising of the invalid measurement indication. The device may cause to send the LMR to the first device.

Claims (35)

1. A device, the device comprising processing circuitry coupled to storage, the processing circuitry configured to:

identify a first null data packet (NDP) received from a first station device during a ranging procedure, wherein the first NDP is used for channel sounding;

perform a time of arrival (ToA) calculation based on the NDP;

determine an invalid measurement indication associated with the first NDP based on the ToA calculation;

generate a location measurement report (LMR) comprising of the invalid indication; and

cause to send the LMR to the first device.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the device is a responder device and wherein the first NDP is an uplink NDP.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the device is an initiator device and wherein the first NDP is a downlink NDP.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the invalid indication is included in an invalid measurement field of LMR based on the first NDP received from the first station device.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the invalid measurement field uses one or more reserved bits of a ToA Error field of the LMR.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the ToA calculation is based on a time domain or a frequency domain channel estimation utilizing the NDP.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the invalid measurement field indicates that the ToA carried in the LMR is invalid and the corresponding NDP is not successfully received due to attack or jamming or interference or noise when the invalid measurement field is set to a value of “1”.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the LMR is a responding STA (RSTA) to an initiating STA (ISTA) LMR.

9. The device of claim 1 , wherein the LMR is an initiating STA (ISTA) to a responding STA (RSTA) LMR.

10. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a transceiver configured to transmit and receive wireless signals, wherein the wireless signals are associated with the LMR and the NDP.

11. The device of claim 10 , further comprising an antenna coupled to the transceiver.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions which when executed by one or more processors result in performing operations comprising:

identifying a first null data packet (NDP) received from a first station device during a ranging procedure, wherein the first NDP is used for channel sounding;

performing a time of arrival (ToA) calculation based on the NDP;

determining an invalid indication associated with the first NDP based on the ToA calculation;

generating a location measurement report (LMR) comprising of the invalid indication; and

causing to send the LMR to the first device.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the device is a responder device and wherein the first NDP is an uplink NDP.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the device is an initiator device and wherein the first NDP is a downlink NDP.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the invalid indication is included in an invalid measurement field of LMR based on the first NDP received from the first station device.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the invalid measurement field uses one or more reserved bits of a ToA Error field of the LMR.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the ToA calculation is based on a time domain or a frequency domain channel estimation utilizing the NDP.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the invalid measurement field indicates that the ToA carried in the LMR is invalid and the corresponding NDP is not successfully received due to attack or jamming or interference or noise when the invalid measurement field is set to a value of “1”.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the LMR is a responding STA (RSTA) to an initiating STA (ISTA) LMR.

20. A method comprising:

identifying a first null data packet (NDP) received from a first station device during a ranging procedure, wherein the first NDP is used for channel sounding;

performing a time of arrival (ToA) calculation based on the NDP;

determining an invalid indication associated with the first NDP based on the ToA calculation;

generating a location measurement report (LMR) comprising of the invalid indication; and

causing to send the LMR to the first device.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 22, 2021
From: INTEL IP CORPORATION
To: INTEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 056337/0609 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 2, 2020
From: JIANG, FENG; LI, QINGHUA; SEGEV, JONATHAN; GUREVITZ, ASSAF; ALEXANDER, DANNY; CHEN, XIAOGANG
To: INTEL IP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 051399/0848 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62617492 · Jan 15, 2018
Related Publication 20190141537A1 · May 9, 2019