ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,517, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to NXP B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Jammer resilient ranging scheme" was invented by Eduardo Pimentel de Alvarenga (Graz, Austria), Marcel Medwed (Graz, Austria), Tobias Schneider (Graz, Austria) and Erik Kraft (Graz, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an ultra-wideband (UWB) communication network, a controller anchor changes which anchor of a group of anchors serves as initiator for each of multiple ranging rounds. Based on the capabilities of the anchors in the UWB communication network, the controller selects among multiple modes for designating which anchor serves as initiator for ...