Identifier for device location within wireless communication systems

A wireless communication device comprising:

• a communication interface that includes a first radio and a second radio;
• and
• a processor, at least one of the processor or the communication interface configured to:
• transmit a first communication to another wireless communication device using the first radio;
• transmit a second communication to the another wireless communication device using the second radio, wherein:
• a first frame of the first communication includes a first device location identifier (DLID) associated with the first radio and a first advertisement that specifies therein a first fine timing measurement (FTM) protocol supported by the first radio;
• a second frame of the second communication includes a second DLID associated with the second radio and a second advertisement that specifies therein a second FTM protocol supported by the second radio;
• and
• the first DLID and the second DLID indicate that the first radio and the second radio are substantially co-located at a physical location;
• and
• support other communications with the another wireless communication device using only the first radio based on the first FTM protocol supported by the first radio or only the second radio based on the second FTM protocol supported by the second radio to determine location information of the another wireless communication device based on other location information of the wireless communication device, wherein the second radio is not used based on the second FTM protocol when only the first radio is used based on the first FTM protocol, and wherein the first radio is not used based on the first FTM protocol when only the second radio is used based on the second FTM protocol.

A method for execution by a wireless communication device, the method comprising:

• supporting, via a communication interface of the wireless communication device, first communications with a first other wireless communication device including a first advertisement that specifies therein a first fine timing measurement (FTM) protocol supported by the first other wireless communication device;
• supporting, via the communication interface of the wireless communication device, second communications with a second other wireless communication device including a second advertisement that specifies therein a second FTM protocol supported by the second other wireless communication device;
• processing the first communications and the second communications to determine whether the first other wireless communication device and the second other wireless communication device are substantially co-located at a physical location;
• when the first other wireless communication device and the second other wireless communication device are determined not to be substantially co-located at the physical location, processing the first communications based on the first FTM protocol supported by the first other wireless communication device and the second communications based on the second FTM protocol supported by the second other wireless communication device to determine location information of the wireless communication device;
• and
• when the first other wireless communication device and the second other wireless communication device are determined to be substantially co-located at the physical location:
• storing information in memory of the wireless communication device that indicates co-location of the first other wireless communication device and the second other wireless communication device;
• and
• processing only the first communications based on the first FTM protocol supported by the first other wireless communication device or only the second communications based on the second FTM protocol supported by the second other wireless communication device to determine location information of the wireless communication location, wherein the second communications do not undergo processing based on the second FTM protocol when only the first communications are processed based on the first FTM protocol to determine location information of the wireless communication device, and wherein the first communications do not undergo processing based on the first FTM protocol when only the second communications are processed based on the second FTM protocol to determine location information of the wireless communication device.