Common UWB anchors as reference for tags in multiple floors

Wireless Connectivity Ultra-Wideband
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Hi Sandeep,

in PANS it is not possible to assign a Tag to multiple networks, so you understood it correctly.

I don’t propose each floor with different PANID. If you want to cover 3 floors then you could do a test first with 3 smaller installations in each of the floor. E.g. 1 Tag, 3 groups of 3-4 Anchors. All nodes to have the same PANID. Place each of the anchor group on each of the floor if possible at similar X/Y location.

These scenario might happen depends on the signal propagation in the building:

  1. Each anchor group is signally separated - you can enable one Initiator on each of the floor so you would have 3 separated networks using the PANID so they can all provide services for the Tag.

  2. Two or three groups are signally overlapped - ensure you have only one Initiator for the overlapped groups. You can have some backup Initiator but make sure it is in-range with the other Initiator.

Please share the results if you test that.

Thanks,
Cheers, TDK

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