Abstract: Techniques are disclosed to determine AoA of signals using co-located single-antenna radios such as BLE and Wi-Fi radios usually found in a wireless device. The co-located radios may have separate voltage controlled oscillators (VCO) that are not phase synchronized. The disclosed techniques use an internal path connecting the two radios through a RF switch under the control of a switch controller to allow the radios to synchronize or to compensate for their oscillator phase offset. The radios may use the RF switches of the internal path and RF switches between the radios and their antennas to sequence through an incident phase measurement stage to measure the phase difference of an incident signal received concurrently by the antennas and a radio synchronization stage to measure their oscillator phase offset to estimate the AoA of an incident signal. During the radio synchronization stage, the two radios are coupled through the internal path.

Abstract: Implementations disclosed describe techniques and systems for efficient determination and tracking of trajectories of objects in an environment of a wireless device. The disclosed techniques include, among other things, obtaining multiple sets of sensing values that characterize one or more radio signals received, during a respective sensing event, from an object in an environment of the wireless device. The sensing signals may be carried by waves with randomly selected frequencies representing a portion of all frequencies that are used as working sensing frequencies. Multiple techniques of efficient frequency interpolation and temporal interpolation are disclosed that reconstruct the sensing values to the full range of working frequencies. The reconstructed sensing values may then be used to track objects in the environment.

Abstract: Implementations disclosed describe techniques and systems for efficient determination and tracking of trajectories of objects in an environment of a wireless device. The disclosed techniques include, among other things, determining multiple sets of sensing values that characterize one or more radio signals received, during a respective sensing event, from an object in an environment of the wireless device. Multiple likelihood vectors may be obtained using the sensing values and characterizing a likelihood that the object is at a certain distance from the wireless device. A likelihood tensor may be generated, based on the likelihood vectors, that characterizes a likelihood that the object is moving along one of a set of trajectories. The likelihood tensor may be used to determine an estimate of the trajectory of the object.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed to leverage co-located radios such as BLE and Wi-Fi radios to increase the security of BLE ranging and localization. In one aspect, a transmitting BLE device may use a co-located Wi-Fi radio to transmit signals to interfere with an intruding device's interception of BLE RTT packets. The obfuscating Wi-Fi transmission may overlap a BLE RTT packet in the time domain with or without overlapping in the frequency domain. In one aspect, the co-located Wi-Fi radio may transmit pre-determined signature Wi-Fi signals concurrently with the BLE RTT packets to a receiver with co-located BLE and Wi-Fi radios. The receiver may detect a change in the pre-determined relationship between the two types of communication to reveal an intrusion attempt. In one aspect, a co-located Wi-Fi radio may capture parts of BLE RTT packets concurrently with a BLE radio transmitting or receiving BLE RTT packets to detect an intrusion attempt.

Abstract: The embodiments described herein are directed at techniques to perform antenna/cable disconnection using co-located communication devices. A first device may transmit a reference signal over a predetermined bandwidth. A parasitic signal corresponding to the reference signal may be received via coupling at a second device that is co-located with the first device. The second device may be coupled to a first end of a cable via a port, with the second end of the cable configured to connect to an antenna. A processing device may determine a ratio of amplitudes of the parasitic signal over a predefined bandwidth. The processing device may then determine, based on the amplitude of the parasitic signal over the predefined bandwidth, a disconnect status of one or more of the antenna and the cable.

Abstract: A device includes a transmitter coupled to an antenna, a receiver coupled to the at least one antenna, and a processing device to: cause the transmitter to radiate a radio frequency (RF) signal; receive, via the receiver, a reflective RF signal based on the radiated RF signal; detect, within a data array of the reflective RF signal, a maximum peak among a plurality of signal peaks, the maximum peak being indicative of a first distance to a first object relative to the at least one antenna; and cancel, using cascading peak cancellation on the spectrum, the maximum peak while detecting a first next-highest peak of the plurality of signal peaks compared to the maximum peak, the first next-highest peak being indicative of a second distance to a second object.

Abstract: A method can include, by operation of a configuring device: storing user network information in the configuring device; receiving wireless communications from a target device; authenticating the target device; indicating a pointing direction for the configuring device; executing a wireless positioning operation with the target device to generate positioning data. In response to the configuring device being determined to be pointing at the target device, automatically configuring the target device for the user network with the stored user network information. Corresponding methods for a configuring device, as well as devices and systems are also disclosed.

Abstract: Techniques described here introduce signature frequency modulation to unmodulated pulse signals as frequency chirps to enhance the security of multi-carrier phase-based ranging signals. The characteristics of the chirps may be mutually known by an initiator and a desired reflector of the ranging applications. The characteristics of the chirps may vary between the multi-carrier signals to thwart any attempt by an eavesdropper to predict the chirps. In one aspect, the characteristics of the chirps may be calculated for each timeslot of a ranging cycle by two authorized devices using a ciphering algorithm such as the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) based on a shared security key. Each call of the AES may generate one or more pseudo-random numbers based on the shared security key and a time-varying initialization vector that increments every timeslot. Fields of the pseudo-random number may be extracted to determine the characteristics of the chirps associated with the timeslot.

Abstract: Methods and systems for predictively mitigating against radio interference. The disclosed method includes, among other things, obtaining a plurality of current channel metrics, predicting, based on the plurality of current channel metrics, a plurality of future channel metrics associated with the frequency band, and determining, based on the plurality of future channel metrics associated with the frequency band, a plurality of channel quality scores associated with the frequency band.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices enable radar operation in wireless devices. Methods include switching a first transceiver and a second transceiver from a communications mode to a sensing mode while maintaining a network connection, generating a designated waveform at a wireless device, and transmitting a first signal based on the designated waveform via the first transceiver of the wireless device. Methods also include receiving a second signal via the second transceiver of the wireless device, the second transceiver being collocated with the first transceiver within the wireless device, and generating sensing data based on the second signal, the sensing data comprising an indication of whether an entity has been detected by the wireless device.

Abstract: A system and method are provided for co-existence in a wireless device including a co-located wireless local area network (WLAN) radio and a wireless personal area network (WPAN) radio. Generally, the method includes identifying a number of punctured sub-channels in channels used in a WLAN to communicate with the WLAN radio, and instructing the WPAN radio over which of the sub-channels to transmit and receive to reduce interference between the WPAN radio and communications between the WLAN radio and access point or station in the WLAN. The WLAN radio can be a Wi-Fi radio using an IEEE 802.11 protocol supporting preamble puncturing using a Punctured Sub-channel Bitmap in a physical layer protocol data unit, and the WPAN radio can be an unlicensed, short-range Bluetooth, Bluetooth low-energy, narrow-band or ultra-wideband radio. The WLAN radio can learn the punctured sub-channels from an access point, or request the sub-channels be punctured.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices provide improved coexistence of collocated transceivers. Methods include identifying, using one or more processing elements, wireless activity associated with a first transceiver, the first transceiver being collocated with a second transceiver, and generating, using the one or more processing elements, a puncture pattern for the first transceiver based, at least in part, on the identified wireless activity, the puncture pattern identifying an unused plurality of sub-channels of the first transceiver. Methods also include generating, using the one or more processing elements, a hopping pattern for the second transceiver based, at least in part, on the puncture pattern, the hopping pattern identifying a sequence of sub-channels used by the second transceiver for wireless activity, and the hopping pattern including at least some of the plurality of sub-channels identified by the puncture pattern.

Abstract: A multi-protocol network and methods for operating the same are provided. The method begins with establishing a wireless-connection between a first transceiver in a first device and a second-transceiver in a second device using a wireless-protocol. First, wired-protocol packets and non-packet data are received and converted in the first device to second-packets compatible with the wireless-protocol by inserting synchronization-bits non-packet data in a preamble. This is initiated by sensing arrival of the preamble without waiting for a start of data. The second-packets are transmitted from the first transceiver to the second, and converted to third-packets compatible with the wired-protocol by removing the synchronization-bits. Latency is improved by initiating/starting a packet to the wired controller before a data portion of the packet is received. The number of synchronization bits is selected so the second-packets are aligned and synchronized with wireless-protocol packets.

Abstract: Methods and systems for communication and sensing systems. The disclosed method includes, among other things, responsive to receiving a plurality of channel frequency response (CFR) measurements from an antenna operating at a low-bandwidth range, generating a channel state information (CSI) across a high-bandwidth range based on the plurality of CFR measurements and determining, based on the CSI, a Doppler shift across the high-bandwidth range.

Abstract: A wireless device includes a front end and a processor coupled to the front end. The processor is to initiate, via the front end, association of the wireless device with an anchor wireless device to communicate with the anchor wireless device. The processor is further to cause the front end to transmit, to the anchor wireless device, management frames including a plurality of bits that specify physical layer (PHY) capabilities. The plurality of bits includes a particular bit that indicates whether the wireless device is an Internet-of-things (IoT) device.

Abstract: A system and method for improving the accuracy of a secure phase-based ranging procedure and a Direction Finding procedure. The method includes receiving radio frequency signals from a second communication device. The method includes operating in a first mode including generating first location data based on the radio frequency signals and, transferring the first location data to a second processor in compliance with a Bluetooth Host Control Interface. The method includes comparing one or more conditions to one or more threshold values and responsive to the comparing transitioning from operating in the first mode to operating in a second mode. The method includes, while operating the second mode, generating second location data based on the radio frequency signals and, transferring the second location data to the second processor at a higher data transfer rate than the transferring of the first location data to the second processor.

Abstract: A system includes a portable device and a wireless device. The portable device senses biometric information of a user. The wireless device includes a controller and a radio transceiver. The controller is configured to receive, via the radio transceiver, the biometric information sensed by the portable device and sense, via the wireless device, biometric information of the user corresponding to the biometric information sensed by the portable device. The controller is further configured to compare the biometric information sensed by the portable device to the biometric information sensed by the wireless device to obtain a first comparison result and authenticate the user in response to the first comparison result being less than a first threshold.

Abstract: A system and method reconfiguring an antenna for reducing and/or eliminating the effects of multipath on a phase-based measurement system. The method includes steering an antenna unit into a first direction to cause the antenna unit to generate a first constant tone (CT) signal based on a plurality of multipath signals. The method includes performing a phase measurement on the first CT signal to generate a first phase measurement value. The method includes steering the antenna unit into a second direction to cause the antenna unit to generate a second CT signal based on the plurality of multipath signals. The method includes performing a phase measurement on the second CT signal to generate a second phase measurement value. The method includes determining a change in multipath interference at the antenna unit among the plurality of multipath signals. The method includes re-steering the antenna unit into the first direction.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an approach that captures one or more wireless signals in a geographic area. Each one of the one or more wireless signals includes channel state information (CSI) data. The present disclosure produces a channel state information (CSI) representation based on the CSI data that indicates multiple channel responses corresponding to the one or more wireless signals. The present disclosure filters the CSI representation to remove at least one of the channel responses that correspond to a stationary object within the geographic area to produce a filtered CSI representation. The present disclosure predicts a presence of a moving object within the geographic area based on the filtered CSI representation.

Abstract: A method can include determining a plurality of sample sets, each sample set being different from one another and including a plurality of frequencies separated by a uniform frequency range; wirelessly transmitting information identifying the sample sets for at least one remote device; for each sample set, transmitting a tone on each frequency of the sample set, receiving a tone on each frequency of the sample set from another device, and determining phase difference values for the received tones with respect to corresponding transmitted tones. From the phase shift values, a distance to the other device can be estimated. Corresponding devices and systems are also disclosed.