Patent ID: 11921197
Assignee: NXP B.V.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A controller for a communication and ranging apparatus wherein the communication and ranging apparatus is configured to transmit both a data signal from a first antenna and a ranging signal from a second antenna, wherein the controller is configured to:
determine a scheduled transmission event of the data signal;
determine a scheduled transmission event of the ranging signal;
determine if the scheduled transmission event of the data signal will occur within a predetermined time window of the scheduled transmission event of the ranging signal, or vice versa;
if it is determined that the scheduled transmission event of the data signal will occur within a predetermined time window of the scheduled transmission event of the ranging signal, or vice versa, then determine a priority signal and a secondary signal, wherein: the priority signal is one of the data signal and the ranging signal; and the secondary signal is the other of the data signal and the ranging signal; and
provide signalling configured to prevent the scheduled transmission event of the secondary signal from being transmitted such that only the scheduled transmission event of the priority signal is transmitted.