Method and apparatus for configuring medium access control (MAC) address for ultra-wideband (UWB) communication

A method of a second ultra-wideband (UWB) device, comprising:

• generating an extended medium access control (MAC) address of a first UWB device;
• transmitting the extended MAC address to the first UWB device through a first out-of-band (OOB) message;
• and
• performing UWB communication with the first UWB device, using one of the extended MAC address and a short MAC address of the first UWB device as a MAC address of the first UWB device,
• wherein the second UWB device operates as a controller defining and controlling a control message for UWB ranging,
• wherein the first UWB device operates as a controlee using information included in the control message,
• wherein the short MAC address is generated by generating input data based on the extended MAC address and at least one transform parameter, generating output data by applying a preset transform function to the input data, and generating the short MAC address based on the output data, and
• wherein the at least one transform parameter includes at least one of a session identifier (ID) identifying a UWB session, a scrambled timestamp sequence (STS) index value used to generate an STS, or a vendor specific value used to generate the STS.

A first ultra-wide band (UWB) device for performing secure ranging, the first UWB device comprising:

• a transceiver;
• and
• a controller operationally connected with the transceiver, the controller being configured to:
• identify an extended medium access control (MAC) address of the first UWB device;
• generate input data based on the extended MAC address and at least one transform parameter;
• generate output data by applying a preset transform function to the input data;
• generate a short MAC address based on the output data;
• select one of the short MAC address and the extended MAC address as a MAC address of the first UWB device;
• and
• perform UWB communication with a second UWB device, using the selected MAC address,
• wherein the second UWB device operates as a controller defining and controlling a control message for UWB ranging,
• wherein the first UWB device operates as a controlee using information included in the control message, and
• wherein the at least one transform parameter includes at least one of a session identifier (ID) identifying a UWB session, a scrambled timestamp sequence (STS) index value used to generate an STS, or a vendor specific value used to generate the STS.

A second ultra-wide band (UWB) device for performing secure ranging, the second UWB device comprising:

• a transceiver;
• and
• a controller operationally connected with the transceiver, the controller being configured to:
• generate an extended medium access control (MAC) address of a first UWB device;
• transmit the extended MAC address to the first UWB device through a first out-of-band (OOB) message;
• and
• perform UWB communication with the first UWB device, using one of the extended MAC address and a short MAC address of the first UWB device as a MAC address of the first UWB device,
• wherein the second UWB device operates as a controller defining and controlling a control message for UWB ranging,
• wherein the first UWB device operates as a controlee using information included in the control message,
• wherein the short MAC address is generated by generating input data based on the extended MAC address and at least one transform parameter, generating output data by applying a preset transform function to the input data, and generating the short MAC address based on the output data, and
• wherein the at least one transform parameter includes at least one of a session identifier (ID) identifying a UWB session, a scrambled timestamp sequence (STS) index value used to generate an STS, or a vendor specific value used to generate the STS.