Safran Electronics & Defense

Patrick Sechaud

Alain Chiodini

A method of positioning a group of subordinate communications units relative to a coordinating communications unit, the method comprising the following steps: the coordinating unit transmitting a specific identification table to each subordinate unit; each unit transmitting its UWB signature; each unit analyzing the received UWB signatures and determining the distances between that unit and each of the other units; each subordinate unit transmitting to the coordinating unit the distances between that subordinate unit and each of the other units; and the coordinating unit determining the relative positions of the subordinate units.

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Boulogne Billancourt, France

Patrick Sechaud