Abstract: 1. Method for determining the distance between two transmitting and receiving stations and transmitting and receiving stations for carrying out the method. 2.1. In automotive engineering transmitting and receiving stations are usually used in keyless locking systems as electronic key modules or evaluation units for identifying the key module. Deactivation of the locking system is prevented if the key module allocated by means of a clear identification number from the evaluation unit is not in the immediate vicinity of the evaluation unit. Communication between the evaluation unit and the key module is carried out by transmitting data telegrams between transmitting and receiving stations. The aim of the invention is to determine the distance between the transmitting and receiving stations in a simple manner. 2.2.