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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2019
Applicant:
Link Labs, Inc., Annapolis, MD (US);
Inventors:
Mark Bloechl, Elkridge, MD (US);
Ricardo Luna, Jr., Las Cruces, NM (US);
Patrick Li, Potomac, MD (US);
Brian Emery Ray, Annapolis, MD (US);
Assignee:
Link Labs, Inc., Annapolis, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/15 (2018.01); H04W 74/00 (2009.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/15 (2018.02); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 74/002 (2013.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.02);
Abstract
Provided are systems and methods for reversing the conventional roles of central and peripheral devices in a BLE network. Doing so includes implementing an end node (EN) as the sole initiator of a connection between a particular EN and a particular access point (AP). Such implementation includes determining a location of the EN, in which that location is resolved by the EN and defined with respect to exchanges of Constant Tone Extensions (CTEs) between the EN and reference points (RPs).