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SINGLE CLUSTER FORMATION TECHNIQUE FOR ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB) TIME DIFFERENCE OF ARRIVAL (TDOA)

Application US20260082361A1 Kind: A1 Mar 19, 2026

Assignee

Cisco Technology, Inc.

Inventors

Jerome HENRY, Pascal THUBERT

Abstract

A single cluster formation technique for Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Time Difference of Arrival (TDoA) may be provided. A primary anchor may be elected from a plurality of anchors. Then a structure of a cluster formed by the plurality of anchors may be collected by the primary anchor. A Direction-Oriented Directed Acyclic Graph (DODAG) may be built for the cluster based on an uncontrolled time drift along the DODAG and weighted by a number of hops to the primary anchor.

CPC Classifications

H04W 64/003 H04L 41/16 H04W 4/023

Filing Date

2025-09-22

Application No.

19336047