A method for operating a plurality of ultra-wide band (UWB) channels by a first electronic device is provided. The method includes receiving a Bluetooth low energy (BLE) advertisement message including information about an UWB channel, from a second electronic device, identifying whether a plurality of UWB channels are operated, based on the information about the UWB channel, and identifying a UWB channel to be used for communication with the second electronic device, based on the information about the UWB channel. The information about the UWB channel may include flag information indicating an area and channel information indicating a UWB channel for the indicated area.

A method for operating a plurality of ultra-wide band (UWB) channels by a first electronic device is provided. The method includes receiving a Bluetooth low energy (BLE) advertisement message including information about an UWB channel, from a second electronic device, identifying whether a plurality of UWB channels are operated, based on the information about the UWB channel, and identifying a UWB channel to be used for communication with the second electronic device, based on the information about the UWB channel. The information about the UWB channel may include flag information indicating an area and channel information indicating a UWB channel for the indicated area.

In accordance with a first aspect of the present disclosure, a system is provided for facilitating detecting an unauthorized access to an object, the system comprising: a plurality of ultra-wideband (UWB) communication nodes; a controller operatively coupled to said plurality of UWB communication nodes, wherein the controller is configured to: cause at least one of the UWB communication nodes to transmit one or more UWB messages to other UWB communication nodes of said plurality of UWB communication nodes; receive a channel impulse response (CIR) estimate and/or one or more parameters relating to said CIR output by the UWB communication nodes in response to receiving said UWB messages; analyze said CIR estimate and/or said parameters relating to the CIR to detect said unauthorized access to the object. In accordance with a second aspect of the present disclosure, a corresponding method is conceived for facilitating detecting an unauthorized access to an object. In accordance with a third aspect of the present disclosure, a computer program is provided for carrying out said method.

In accordance with a first aspect of the present disclosure, a system is provided for facilitating detecting an unauthorized access to an object, the system comprising: a plurality of ultra-wideband (UWB) communication nodes; a controller operatively coupled to said plurality of UWB communication nodes, wherein the controller is configured to: cause at least one of the UWB communication nodes to transmit one or more UWB messages to other UWB communication nodes of said plurality of UWB communication nodes; receive a channel impulse response (CIR) estimate and/or one or more parameters relating to said CIR output by the UWB communication nodes in response to receiving said UWB messages; analyze said CIR estimate and/or said parameters relating to the CIR to detect said unauthorized access to the object. In accordance with a second aspect of the present disclosure, a corresponding method is conceived for facilitating detecting an unauthorized access to an object. In accordance with a third aspect of the present disclosure, a computer program is provided for carrying out said method.

A method is provided for localizing mobile tags using a system including a plurality of anchors located at known locations, the method including: transmitting a plurality of ultra-wideband (UWB) localization packets using respective anchors of the plurality of anchors, in which each of the plurality of localization packets is transmitted by a respective anchor of the plurality of anchors at a different respective delay time; and transmitting an update UWB packet with either an anchor of the plurality of anchors that does not transmit one of the localization packets, or with a mobile tag, in which the localization packets include no payloads, the update packet includes a payload, and in which successive ones of the plurality of localization packets and the update packet overlap with each other in time. A system for localizing mobile tags is also provided.

A method and apparatus for determining a device pointed to by a UE is provided. The method includes determining UE pointing information based on spatial information of UWB devices; and determining a target non-UWB device pointed to by the UE based on the UE pointing information and spatial information of at least one non-UWB device. The disclosure determines a target non-UWB device pointed to by the UE in the UWB environment based on spatial perception capability of UWB and improve the user experience of UWB pointing operations.

A method and apparatus for determining a device pointed to by a UE is provided. The method includes determining UE pointing information based on spatial information of UWB devices; and determining a target non-UWB device pointed to by the UE based on the UE pointing information and spatial information of at least one non-UWB device. The disclosure determines a target non-UWB device pointed to by the UE in the UWB environment based on spatial perception capability of UWB and improve the user experience of UWB pointing operations.

Disclosed is a method of a first ultra-wideband (UWB) device, including identifying an extended MAC address of the first UWB device, generating a short MAC address of the first UWB device based on the extended MAC address, selecting one of the short MAC address and the extended MAC address as a MAC address identifying the first UWB device, and performing UWB communication with a second UWB device, using the MAC address, wherein the second UWB device operates as a controller defining and controlling a control message for UWB ranging, and wherein the first UWB device operates as a controlee using information included in the control message.

Disclosed is a method of a first ultra-wideband (UWB) device, including identifying an extended MAC address of the first UWB device, generating a short MAC address of the first UWB device based on the extended MAC address, selecting one of the short MAC address and the extended MAC address as a MAC address identifying the first UWB device, and performing UWB communication with a second UWB device, using the MAC address, wherein the second UWB device operates as a controller defining and controlling a control message for UWB ranging, and wherein the first UWB device operates as a controlee using information included in the control message.

According to certain embodiments, an electronic device comprises: a wireless communication module configured to support ultra-wide band (UWB) communication; and at least one processor operatively connected with the wireless communication module, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: set the wireless communication module to a wake-up state; when a given number of first ranging response messages (RRMs) are received from second external electronic devices after receiving a first ranging initiation message (RIM) from a first external electronic device in a RIM slot of a first ranging round, set the wireless communication module to a sleep state after receiving a first ranging final message (RFM) from the first external electronic device in a RFM slot of the first ranging round until a RIM slot of a second ranging round is reached after the first ranging round; set the wireless communication module to the wake-up state in the RIM slot in the second ranging round; and set the wireless communication module to the sleep state if a second RIM is not received from a third external electronic device in the RIM slot in the second ranging round.