Methods, systems and computer readable media for providing and using ultra wideband local area networks (LANs)

A method for locating ultra-wide-band (UWB) devices, the method comprising:

• establishing a plurality of UWB local area networks (LANs), including at least a first UWB LAN and a second UWB LAN, each UWB LAN comprising:
• a plurality of anchors configured for performing UWB ranging;
• and
• a LAN master anchor surrounded by at least some of the plurality of anchors, wherein the LAN master anchor is configured for transmitting a UWB beacon to identify the UWB LAN to one or more candidate tags to join the UWB LAN;
• and
• associating, by a tag secured to an object for tracking, with one of the UWB LANS, wherein associating with one of the UWB LANs comprises:
• receiving a first UWB beacon from a first LAN master of the first UWB LAN;
• receiving a second UWB beacon from a second LAN master of the second UWB LAN;
• and
• determining to associate with the first UWB LAN based on the first UWB beacon and the second UWB beacon.