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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2020
Koninklijke Kpn N.v., Rotterdam, NL;
Technische Universiteit Delft, Delft, NL;
Tarik Kazaz, Rotterdam, NL;
Mario Alberto Coutino Minguez, Rotterdam, NL;
Gerardus Johannes Maria Janssen, Rotterdam, NL;
Geert Jozef Therese Leus, Rotterdam, NL;
Alle Jan Van der Veen, Rotterdam, NL;
KONINKLIJKE KPN N.V., Rotterdam, NL;
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT, Delft, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to methods and systems for phase-based determination of a distance and/or a frequency offset between a first node and a second node in a wireless network. The method may comprise the first node transmitting a first request message based on a first carrier signal to the second node and receiving a plurality of first response messages from the second node, the plurality of first response messages being transmitted based on a first reference carrier signal by the second node to the first node; the first node transmitting a second request message based on a second carrier signal to the second node and the first node receiving a plurality of second response messages from the second node, the plurality of second response messages being transmitted based on a second reference carrier signal by the second node to the first node; the first node receiving a first phase difference and second phase difference from the second node, the first phase difference defining a difference between a phase of the first carrier signal and a phase of the first reference carrier signal at a predetermined time instance associated with the first request message and the second phase defining a difference between a phase of the second carrier signal and a phase of the second reference carrier signal at a predetermined time instance associated with the second request message; the first node determining a set of third phase differences and a set of fourth phase differences based on the plurality of first response messages and the plurality of second response messages respectively, each of the set of third phase differences defining a difference between a phase of the first reference carrier signal and a phase of the first carrier signal at a predetermined time instance associated with one of the plurality of first response messages; and, each of the set of fourth phase differences defining a difference between a phase of the second reference carrier signal and a phase of the second carrier signal at a predetermined time instance associated with one of the plurality of second response messages; and, the first node and/or the second node determining a distance and/or a frequency offset between the first node and the second node based on the first and second phase difference and the set of third and fourth phase differences.