Ultra-wideband radio system with detect and avoid capability
AssigneePiper Networks, Inc.
InventorsRobert Hanczor, Duane Maxwell, Sai Kwok
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Abstract
In general, one aspect disclosed features an apparatus comprising: an ultra-wideband (UWB) radio configured to transmit a UWB radio signal in a frequency band; a detect circuit configured to monitor the frequency band for the presence of a second radio signal in the frequency band; and a controller configured to cause the UWB radio to transmit the UWB signal responsive to the detect circuit detecting the presence of the second radio signal in the frequency band.
Claims21
An apparatus comprising:
- an ultra-wideband (UWB) radio configured to transmit a UWB radio signal in a UWB frequency band;
- and
- a detect-and-avoid circuit configured to:
- monitor the UWB frequency band for a presence of a radio altimeter signal in the UWB frequency band, and
- responsive to detecting the presence of a radio altimeter signal in the UWB frequency band, cause the UWB radio not to transmit the UWB signal.
One or more non-transitory machine-readable storage media encoded with instructions that, when executed by one or more hardware processors of a computing system, cause the computing system to perform operations comprising:
- causing a detect-and-avoid circuit to monitor an ultra-wideband (UWB) frequency band for a presence of a radio altimeter signal;
- and
- responsive to detecting the presence of a radio altimeter signal in the UWB frequency band, causing a UWB radio not to transmit a UWB signal in the UWB frequency band.
A method comprising:
- monitoring an ultra-wideband (UWB) frequency band for a presence of a radio altimeter signal;
- and
- responsive to detecting the presence of a radio altimeter signal in the UWB frequency band, causing a UWB radio not to transmit a UWB signal in the UWB frequency band.
A system comprising:
- one or more hardware processors;
- and
- one or more non-transitory machine-readable storage media encoded with instructions that, when executed by the one or more hardware processors, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
- causing a detect-and-avoid circuit to monitor an ultra-wideband (UWB) frequency band for a presence of a radio altimeter signal;
- and
- responsive to detecting the presence of a radio altimeter signal in the UWB frequency band, causing a UWB radio not to transmit a UWB signal in the UWB frequency band.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.