Patent ID: 8625653

Claim:
A method for managing operation of a wireless apparatus comprising a millimeter-wave communication interface having an antenna to exchange information with at least one other millimeter-wave communication device within a frequency band corresponding to a millimeter wave, and an ultra-wide band (UWB) communication interface separate from the millimeter-wave communication interface, the method comprising: activating the UWB communication interface for exchanging information with the at least one other millimeter-wave communication device, the information for locating the wireless apparatus with respect to the at least one other millimeter-wave communication device and comprising an indication for determining a direction of arrival of signals exchanged between the wireless apparatus and the at least one other millimeter-wave communication device; receiving via the UWB communication interface an additional indication representing a position of the at least one other millimeter-wave communication device; subsequent to the activating of the UWB communication interface, steering the antenna toward the at least one other millimeter-wave communication device based upon the additional indication from the UWB communication interface, and activating the millimeter-wave communication interface.