Passive Entry Systems Employing Time of Flight Distance Measurements

A passive entry system comprising:

• a remote control;
• and
• a base station having a controller and a plurality of satellites, each satellite to assess a signal quality of a test signal received by the satellite from the remote control, the controller to direct the satellites having a higher signal quality than the remaining satellites to conduct time of flight (ToF) distance measurements with the remote control.

A passive entry system comprising:

• a remote control having an ultra-wide band (UWB) transceiver;
• and
• a base station including a controller and satellites at respective locations of a target device, each satellite having an UWB transceiver, the UWB transceiver of each satellite to assess a signal quality of an UWB test signal received by the UWB transceiver of the satellite from the UWB transceiver of the remote control, the controller to direct the satellites having a higher signal quality than the remaining satellites to conduct UWB time of flight (ToF) distance measurements with the remote control for detecting the location of the remote control relative to the target device.

(canceled)