RANGING METHOD FOR MEASURING DISTANCE BETWEEN A CENTRAL NODE AND AN EQUIPMENT NODE IN A BEACON WIRELESS PERSONAL AREA NETWORK

摘要

A ranging method is described for measuring distance between a central node and an equipment node in a beacon wireless personal area network. At the beginning stage, the central node calculates the parameters needed in the ranging operation and sends these parameters to the equipment nodes by beacon frames. Equipment nodes, in turn, send ranging frames at time slots assigned thereto according to the information received in the beacon frames. The central node calculates beacon frame flight time by recording the sending time and the arrival time of the ranging frame, and then calculates the distance between the central node and the equipment node. For nodes failing in the ranging procedure, the ranging parameters are changed according to failing reasons and the above procedure is repeated until a ranging result is received without failure.