Wireless device for determining distance and direction relative to a remote node

An agent supportable device configured to determine location-identification data relative to a remote node, the agent supportable device comprising:

• an ultra-wideband wireless transceiver;
• a plurality of antennas coupled to the ultra-wideband wireless transceiver;
• a processor;
• and
• a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, are operative to cause the agent supportable device to:
• conduct a communications session with the remote node, the communications session comprising a plurality of ultra-wideband wireless communications exchanged between the agent supportable device and the remote node, the plurality of ultra-wideband wireless communications comprising at least one outgoing communication transmitted by the agent supportable device to the remote node and at least one incoming communication received by the agent supportable device from the remote node, the outgoing and incoming communications being conducted in any order relative to one another;
• generate communication variables based upon the plurality of ultra-wideband wireless communications, the communication variables including timing information associated with the outgoing communication and the incoming communication;
• determine a distance between the agent supportable device and the remote node based upon the communication variables;
• determine a direction of interest based upon a phase difference of the incoming communication received across the plurality of antennas;
• generate location-identification data including the distance and the direction of interest relative to the remote node, irrespective of an order in which the outgoing communication and the incoming communication are conducted;
• and
• communicate the location-identification data to a smart device application executing on the agent supportable device, the smart device application generating a graphical user interface including a directional indicator representing the direction of interest based upon the phase difference and a representation of the distance to the remote node.