Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Moonseok Kang

Yi Yang

Hyunchul Kim

Jonghoon Jang

Sukgi Hong

Sehwan Choi

Sejong Yoon

Doosuk Kang

Jiho Shin

Jonghyo Lee

Boon Loong Ng

Kunyoung Choi

Moongee Cho

Yuming Zhu

Aditya V Padaki

Seongah Jeong

Neha Dawar

Hoang Viet Nguyen

Songwei Li

Bokun Choi

Jungsik Park

Gupil Cheong

Sungjun Lim

Myeonghwan Nam

Jonghwan Kim

Kangjin Yoon

Woosup Lee

Hyunkee Min

Mingyu Lee

Chiranjib Saha

Sehee Han

Sungkyu Cho

Khuong N Nguyen

Geonwoo Kim

Muyeol Lee

Yunsik Bae

Youngsuk Yoo

Raghunandan M Rao

Eunji Kwon

Aditya Vinod Padaki

An electronic device including a communication circuit and at least one processor is disclosed. The at least one processor is configured to receive at least one downlink frame to be used for localization of the electronic device in a downlink time period from at least one anchor node through the communication circuit, transmit an uplink frame including anchor information indicating the at least one anchor node and device identification information about the electronic device in an uplink time period through the communication circuit, and receive location information indicating a location of the electronic device calculated based on the uplink frame from the at least one anchor node through the communication circuit.

Electronic device for localization and method of operating the same

A method and a device are provided. The device includes at least one communication module, a memory, and at least one processor operatively connected to the at least one communication module and the memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to broadcast a first poll message including a first distance measurement cycle by using the at least one communication module, broadcast a second poll message including a second distance measurement cycle by using the at least one communication module, receive, from at least one external electronic device, a response message including a time-error applied response time, and determine the distance to the at least one external electronic device based on the time error-applied response time.

Method and device for performing communication

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 and method for performing communication using same

An electronic device includes: at least one communication module, a memory, and a processor operably connected to the at least one communication module and the memory. The processor is configured to determine transmission offset information or contention phase information, which is associated with first communication, broadcast a first message including the transmission offset information or contention phase information by using the at least one communication module, receive at least one second message from at least one external electronic device via the at least one communication module, in response to the first message, and change the transmission offset information or contention phase information, on the basis of the at least one second message.

Method and apparatus for performing communication

Various embodiments of the disclosure disclose a method and a device including a display, a communication module, a memory, and a processor configured to be operatively connected to at least one of the display, the communication module, or the memory. The processor may be configured to perform ultra-wideband (UWB) communication through the communication module, retrieve at least one external device corresponding to a perceivable range of the UWB communication, based at least in part on the UWB communication, determine whether a configured condition is satisfied by a retrieved external device of the retrieved one or more external devices, perform an operation related to the retrieved external device when the retrieved external device satisfies the configured condition, and re-retrieve the at least one external device by changing the positioning angle when the retrieved external device does not correspond to the configured condition. Various embodiments are possible.

Method and electronic device for retrieving external device through positioning angle adjustment

According to various example embodiments of the present invention, an electronic device may comprise: a sensor module; a first communication circuit supporting a first communication scheme; a low-power processor; and a processor operatively connected to the sensor module, the first communication circuit, and the low-power processor, wherein the first communication circuit transmits a request signal related to a state of the electronic device to the low-power processor on the basis of distance measurement-related information provided from the processor, receives information related to the state of the electronic device from the low-power processor in response to the request signal, and measures a distance to an external electronic device on the basis of the information related to the state of the electronic device. Other embodiments may also be possible.

Electronic device for reducing power consumption related to distance measurement and operating method thereof

An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure comprises: at least one wireless communication module; and a processor, wherein the processor can control the wireless communication module to respectively receive a plurality of pieces of data from a plurality of external electronic devices, identify a time when each of the plurality of pieces of data has been received, and, when location information regarding the plurality of external electronic devices is included in the plurality of pieces of data, calculate the location of the electronic device by using a time difference in reception of the plurality of pieces of data and the location information regarding the plurality of external electronic devices. Various other embodiments are also possible.

Method for calculating location and electronic device therefor

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 supporting wireless communication

An electronic device includes an ultra-wide band (UWB) circuit, and at least one processor comprising a controller of UWB circuit. The at least one processor is configured to transmit, through UWB circuit operating in a first mode, a first signal for a first field in a first frame, transmit, through UWB circuit operating in the first mode, a second signal including designated information for a second field in the first frame, receive, through UWB circuit operating in the first mode, a first reflected signal related to the first signal and a second reflected signal related to the second signal, respectively, caused by an external object, according to a state of the designated information identified from the second reflected signal, obtain information on the external object based on the first reflected signal or transmit a second frame through UWB circuit operating in a second mode.

Electronic device, method, and computer readable storage medium for obtaining information related to external object

According to various embodiments, an electronic device may include a communication circuit; and at least one processor operatively connected to the communication circuit, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: receive, via the communication circuit from at least one external electronic device in a first active ranging round within a first ranging block, a ranging response message (RRM) including a first round index of a first ranging round in which the at least one external electronic device performs a first ranging operation as an initiator in a neighbor cell, and a number of hops between a reference cell in which a reference external electronic device exists and the neighbor cell, and select a second active ranging round in which the electronic device performs a second ranging operation in a second ranging block based on at least the RRM.

Electronic device and method for performing ranging operation

Disclosed is an electronic device configured to transmit an advertising signal using a first communication circuit, establish a connection with each of a plurality of external electronic devices based on one or more response signals for the advertising signal using the first communication circuit, receive an identifier from each of the plurality of external electronic devices, identify at least two external electronic devices corresponding to the same group or the same identifier among the plurality of external electronic devices based on the received identifier, determine a ranging device among the at least two external electronic devices based on communication quality related to the plurality of external electronic devices, and perform UWB ranging with the determined ranging device.

Method of ultra-wideband communication based on account information and electronic device therefor

Disclosed is an electronic device including a plurality of antennas, and a control circuit configured to identify a two-dimensional coordinate value using signals received through the plurality of antennas and correct a signal reception angle based on the two-dimensional coordinate value, or to selectively filter data received from a signal source.

Electronic device including plural antennas, and operation method thereof

A method includes obtaining signal information based on wireless signals communicated between an electronic device and a target device. The method also includes obtaining motion information based on movement of the electronic device. The method further includes identifying first location information based on the motion information and the channel information. Additionally, the method includes identifying second location information based on the orientation of the electronic device and the AoA information. The method also includes determining whether the electronic device is in motion. The method further includes determining whether the target device is within the FoV or outside the FoV of the electronic device based in part on the first location information in response to determining that the electronic device is not in motion or the second location information in response to determining that the electronic device is in motion.

Angle of arrival capability in electronic devices with motion sensor fusion

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a communication module configured to support ultra wideband (UWB) communication, and at least one processor operatively connected to the communication module, wherein the at least one processor is configured to control to transmit, to an external electronic device, a first packet including first information related to transmission of a second packet through the communication module in a slot corresponding to a transmission time of the first packet, to transmit, to the external electronic device, at least one or more second packets corresponding to the first information through the communication module in a slot corresponding to a transmission time of the second packet, wherein the first packet may be an STS packet configuration (SP) frame including a payload, and the at least one or more second packets for determining whether pointing may be an SP frame that does not include a frame payload.

Method for operating ultra wideband signal and electronic device

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes an antenna module, a communication module configured to control the antenna module, and at least one processor operatively connected to the communication module, wherein the at least one processor transmits a ultra-wide band (UWB) signal including a first data frame, receives, based on the transmitted first data frame, a reflected first data frame, obtains a first channel impulse response by using the reflected first data frame, acquires information by using the channel impulse response, and receives a UWB signal including a second data frame from an external electronic device in response to the transmitted first data frame.

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Moonseok Kang