Abstract: A method implemented in a monitoring station is described. The monitoring station is configurable to monitor a communication between a first wireless device and a second wireless device. The method includes receiving a packet from the first wireless device, the packet being addressed to the second wireless device and determining whether the received packet meets at least one criterion of one packet that is to be blocked. The method further includes transmitting a blocking signal when the received packet meets the at least one criterion of the one packet that is to be blocked. The blocking signal causes an interference with a reception, at the second wireless device, of at least one field of the received packet.

Abstract: A method in a wireless device (WD) is described. The method is at least for determining a geo-location of a target station using round-trip times (RTTs) of a plurality of signals transmitted by the WD and a plurality of response signals received from the target station corresponding to the plurality of signals transmitted by the WD. The method includes determining an expected response signal, and, for each transmitted signal of the plurality of signals, determining that a response signal type matches an expected response signal type, cross-correlating a set of samples of the response signal, searching for a predetermined characteristic of the expected response signal, and correlating at least a subset of bits of the set of bits of the received response signal with the set of expected bits of the expected response signal. Further, a peak rolling sum correlation and the RTTs are determined.

Abstract: A method in a first wireless device (WD) is described. The method includes determining a plurality of expected response signals, each having a scrambling seed number and an expected sequence of time domain symbols; receiving a plurality of response signals; determining a plurality of frequency shifted time domain samples, cross-correlating each frequency shifted time domain sample with the expected sequence of time domain symbols, for each scrambling seed number of each expected response signal; determining a maximum correlation value for each frequency shift and each frequency shifted time domain sample; summing the maximum correlation value for each frequency shift, each frequency shifted time domain sample, and each response signal; determining a peak correlation value based on the summed maximum correlation value; and determining at least the round trip time associated with the plurality of ranging signals based at least in part on the peak correlation value.

Abstract: A method in a wireless device (WD) is described. The method is at least for determining a geo-location of a target station using round-trip times (RTTs) of a plurality of signals transmitted by the WD and a plurality of response signals received from the target station corresponding to the plurality of signals transmitted by the WD. The method includes determining an expected response signal, and, for each transmitted signal of the plurality of signals, determining that a response signal type matches an expected response signal type, cross-correlating a set of samples of the response signal, searching for a predetermined characteristic of the expected response signal, and correlating at least a subset of bits of the set of bits of the received response signal with the set of expected bits of the expected response signal. Further, a peak rolling sum correlation and the RTTs are determined.

Abstract: A method and wireless devices (WDs) for geo-location of wireless devices are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method in a first WD includes: transmitting a sequence of ranging signals and receiving a plurality of ranging response signals from a second WD, the ranging response signals being responsive to the ranging signals. For each of the plurality of ranging response signals, a received sequence of bits is determined. A correlation between the received sequence of bits and an expected sequence of bits is determined. The method also includes determining a subset of the plurality of received sequences of bits deemed not to arise from noise, and determining the subset being based at least in part on the correlations. The method also includes determining a distance between the first WD and the second WD based at least in part on a plurality of received sequences in the subset.

Abstract: A method for a mobile station (STA) is described. The method may be performed to use an identifiable medium access control (MAC) random (IRM) address (IRMA) to associate to an access point (AP). The method includes exchanging one IRM key (IRMK) with the AP for each association of a plurality of associations; determining an IRM hash using the IRMA and the IRMK exchanged with the AP at an immediately previous association of the plurality of associations and/or a temporal element; associating to the AP using the IRMA as a transmitted address (TA); and transmitting an association request including the IRM hash. The transmitted association request triggers the AP to one or both of check a list of stored IRMKs to find one stored IRMK that together with the IRMA produces the IRM hash included in the association request and identify the STA by the one IRMK.

Abstract: A method in a first wireless device (WD) is described. The method includes determining a plurality of expected response signals, each having a scrambling seed number and an expected sequence of time domain symbols; receiving a plurality of response signals; determining a plurality of frequency shifted time domain samples, cross-correlating each frequency shifted time domain sample with the expected sequence of time domain symbols, for each scrambling seed number of each expected response signal; determining a maximum correlation value for each frequency shift and each frequency shifted time domain sample; summing the maximum correlation value for each frequency shift, each frequency shifted time domain sample, and each response signal; determining a peak correlation value based on the summed maximum correlation value; and determining at least the round trip time associated with the plurality of ranging signals based at least in part on the peak correlation value.

Abstract: A method for a mobile station (STA) is described. The method may be performed to use an identifiable medium access control (MAC) random (IRM) address (IRMA) to associate to an access point (AP). The method includes exchanging one IRM key (IRMK) with the AP for each association of a plurality of associations; determining an IRM hash using the IRMA and the IRMK exchanged with the AP at an immediately previous association of the plurality of associations and/or a temporal element; associating to the AP using the IRMA as a transmitted address (TA); and transmitting an association request including the IRM hash. The transmitted association request triggers the AP to one or both of check a list of stored IRMKs to find one stored IRMK that together with the IRMA produces the IRM hash included in the association request and identify the STA by the one IRMK.

Abstract: A method and wireless devices (WDs) for geo-location of wireless devices are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method in a first WD includes: transmitting a sequence of ranging signals and receiving a plurality of ranging response signals from a second WD, the ranging response signals being responsive to the ranging signals. For each of the plurality of ranging response signals, a received sequence of bits is determined. A correlation between the received sequence of bits and an expected sequence of bits is determined. The method also includes determining a subset of the plurality of received sequences of bits deemed not to arise from noise, and determining the subset being based at least in part on the correlations. The method also includes determining a distance between the first WD and the second WD based at least in part on a plurality of received sequences in the subset.

Abstract: A method implemented in a monitoring station is described. The monitoring station is configurable to monitor a communication between a first wireless device and a second wireless device. The method includes receiving a packet from the first wireless device, the packet being addressed to the second wireless device and determining whether the received packet meets at least one criterion of one packet that is to be blocked. The method further includes transmitting a blocking signal when the received packet meets the at least one criterion of the one packet that is to be blocked. The blocking signal causes an interference with a reception, at the second wireless device, of at least one field of the received packet.

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