Ambient-IoT Locating and Calibration

Organization Name

Nokia Technologies Oy

Inventor(s)

Oana-Elena Barbu of Aalborg (DK)

Benny Vejlgaard of Gistrup (DK)

Johannes Harrebek of Aalborg (DK)

Simon Svendsen of Aalborg (DK)

Ambient-IoT Locating and Calibration

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18761513 titled 'Ambient-IoT Locating and Calibration

Original Abstract Submitted

An apparatus, method and computer program is described including: receiving, at a reader device from an activator device, a first activation signal directed towards a passive radio apparatus; receiving, from the passive radio apparatus, at least one first initial reply signal in relation to the first activation signal; transmitting, from the reader device, an indication for transmitting a second activation signal; receiving, from said activator device, the second activation signal directed towards the passive radio apparatus; receiving, from the passive radio apparatus, at least one second initial reply signal in relation to the second activation signal; determining, based at least partially on at least one second initial reply signal, location information related to at least one of a distance between the activator device and the passive radio apparatus, or a distance between the reader device and the passive radio apparatus; and transmitting the location information.