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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2024

Filed:

Apr. 12, 2022
Applicant:

Nxp B.v., Eindhoven, NL;

Inventors:

Dorian Haslinger, Nestelbach bei Graz, AT;

Wolfgang Eber, Graz, AT;

David Veit, Graz, AT;

Assignee:

NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/0608 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01);
Abstract

In accordance with a first aspect of the present disclosure, a communication device is provided, comprising: a plurality of antennas; a communication unit configured to execute ranging sessions with an external communication counterpart through said antennas; an antenna selection unit configured to select a specific antenna from said plurality antennas for carrying out one or more of said ranging sessions, wherein the antenna selection unit is configured to select said specific antenna in dependence on one or more parameters indicative of a communication quality between the antennas and the external communication counterpart. In accordance with a second aspect of the present disclosure, a corresponding method of operating a communication device is conceived. In accordance with a third aspect of the present disclosure, a computer program is provided for carrying out said method.


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