ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,888, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Announcing UWB / NBA-UWB-MMS ranging rounds via narrowband-based advertisements" was invented by Joachim S. Hammerschmidt (Mountain View, Calif.), Santhoshkumar Mani (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Eren Sasoglu (Mountain View, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques are provided for utilizing a hybrid of ultra-wideband (UWB) and narrowband (NB) signaling to provide more efficient operating range and operating efficiency. In one example, a first subsystem of a first device may determine parameter data for a ranging round (e.g., UWB and/or NB-assisted (NBA) UWB...