Method and device for configuring time block structure for UWB communication

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12457008-B2
Application number	US-202318347957-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 6, 2023
Priority date	Jul 6, 2022
Publication date	Oct 28, 2025
Grant date	Oct 28, 2025

Abstract

A method and a device for configuring a time block structure are provided. A method performed by a controller in a communication system supporting ranging is provided. The method includes generating a ranging control message (RCM) including configuration information on a hyper block structure, and transmitting, to at least one controlee, the ranging control message, wherein the hyper block structure has a repeated pattern of a hyper block which is a group of ranging blocks.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method performed by a controller in a communication system supporting ranging, the method comprising:
generating a ranging control message (RCM) including configuration information for a hyper block; and
transmitting, to at least one controlee, the ranging control message,
wherein the hyper block includes a plurality of ranging blocks corresponding to a plurality of block configurations.

2. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein each of the plurality of ranging blocks includes at least one round, and
wherein each of the at least one round includes at least one slot.

3. The method of claim 2 ,
wherein block duration, round duration and slot duration for each of the ranging blocks are individually configured.

4. The method of claim 3 ,
wherein the configuration information includes:
information representing a number of the plurality of ranging blocks in the hyper block, and
wherein the configuration information includes at least one of:
block duration information representing the block duration for each ranging block;
round duration information representing the round duration for the each ranging block; and
slot duration information representing the slot duration for the each ranging block.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the RCM is repeatedly transmitted by the controller.

6. A controller in a communication system supporting ranging, the controller comprising:
a transceiver; and
at least one processor coupled to the transceiver, and configured to:
generate a ranging control message (RCM) including configuration information for a hyper block, and
transmit, to at least one controlee via the transceiver, the ranging control message,

wherein the hyper block includes a plurality of ranging blocks corresponding to a plurality of block configurations.

7. The controller of claim 6 ,
wherein each of the plurality of ranging blocks includes at least one round, and
wherein each of the at least one round includes at least one slot.

8. The controller of claim 7 ,
wherein block duration, round duration and slot duration for each of the ranging blocks are individually configured.

9. The controller of claim 8 ,
wherein the configuration information includes:
information representing a number of the plurality of ranging blocks in the hyper block, and
wherein the configuration information includes at least one of:
block duration information representing the block duration for each ranging block;
round duration information representing the round duration for the each ranging block; and
slot duration information representing the slot duration for the each ranging block.

10. The controller of claim 6 , wherein the processor is configured to repeatedly transmit the RCM.

11. A method performed by a controlee in a communication system supporting ranging, the method comprising:
receiving, from a controller, a ranging control message (RCM) including configuration information for a hyper block; and
identifying the hyper block based on the configuration information,
wherein the hyper block includes a plurality of ranging blocks corresponding to a plurality of block configurations.

12. The method of claim 11 ,
wherein each of the plurality of ranging blocks includes at least one round, and
wherein each of the at least one round includes at least one slot.

13. The method of claim 12 ,
wherein block duration, round duration and slot duration for each of the ranging blocks are individually configured.

14. The method of claim 13 ,
wherein the configuration information includes
information representing a number of the plurality of ranging blocks in the hyper block, and

wherein the configuration information includes at least one of:
block duration information representing the block duration for each ranging block;
round duration information representing the round duration for the each ranging block; and
slot duration information representing the slot duration for the each ranging block.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the RCM is repeatedly received from the controller.

16. A controlee in a communication system supporting ranging, the controlee comprising:
a transceiver; and
at least one processor coupled to the transceiver, and configured to:
receive, from a controller, a ranging control message (RCM) including configuration information for a hyper block, and
identify the hyper block based on the configuration information,

wherein the hyper block includes a plurality of ranging blocks corresponding to a plurality of block configurations.

17. The controlee of claim 16 ,
wherein each of the plurality of ranging blocks includes at least one round, and
wherein each of the at least one round includes at least one slot.

18. The controlee of claim 17 ,
wherein block duration, round duration and slot duration for each of the ranging blocks are individually configured.

19. The controlee of claim 18 , wherein the configuration information includes
information representing a number of the plurality of ranging blocks in the hyper block, and
wherein the configuration information includes at least one of:
block duration information representing the block duration for each ranging block;
round duration information representing the round duration for the each ranging block; and
slot duration information representing the slot duration for the each ranging block.

20. The controlee of claim 16 , wherein the processor is configured to repeatedly receive the RCM from the controller.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• So Youngwan
• Lee Mingyu
• Koo Jonghoe

Classifications

• G01S13/765

  with exchange of information between interrogator and responder · CPC title

• G01S7/006

  using shared front-end circuitry, e.g. antennas (G01S13/765, G01S13/825 take precedence) · CPC title

• H04W4/40

  for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P] · CPC title

• H04W4/70

  Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC] · CPC title

• H04B1/71632 Primary

  Signal aspects (H04B1/7172 and H04B1/7176 take precedence) · CPC title