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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2021
Trustees of Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (US);
Timothy J. Pierson, Hanover, NH (US);
Jonathan F. Alter, Chicago, IL (US);
Trustees of Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (US);
Abstract
Methods of pairing devices wirelessly that include matching received-signal-strength information regarding signal-strength patterns received by differing devices desired to be paired. In some embodiments, signal-strength patterns are based on a user moving an object so as to intentionally create multipath Fresnel-zone propagation disturbances. During pairing, the devices exchange their received-signal-strength information with one another and compare the received-signal-strength information that they receive from another device to the received-signal-strength information that they generated themselves based on the multipath Fresnel-zone propagation disturbances. When the two sets of receive-signal-strength information substantially match one another, the devices determine the presence of a trusted relationship. Methods for assisting with the wireless pairing are also disclosed. Disclosed methods can be encoded in software/firmware, and such software/firmware can be stored in devices desired to include disclosed wireless pairing functionality.