Localization
Bluetooth® Toolbox features and reference examples enable you to implement Bluetooth direction finding functionalities such as angle of arrival (AoA) and angle of departure (AoD) and Channel Sounding (CS) distance estimation functionalities such as round-trip time (RTT) and phased-based ranging (PBR).
Use the localization capabilities of the toolbox to:
Simulate direction finding and CS packet exchange procedures to track the 2-D or 3-D position of a Bluetooth low energy (LE) node and compute the distance between two Bluetooth LE devices.
Implement lateration, angulation, or distance-angle localization methods and calculate the 2-D or 3-D position of a Bluetooth LE node.
Estimate the maximum range between two Bluetooth basic rate/enhanced data rate (BR/EDR) or LE devices.
Compute the 3-D position of a Bluetooth low energy (LE) node by using the received signal strength indicator (RSSI) fingerprinting and convolutional neural network (CNN).

Functions
bleCSWaveform | Generate Bluetooth LE CS PHY waveform (Since R2024b) |
bleAngleEstimate | Estimate AoA or AoD of Bluetooth LE signal (Since R2020b) |
blePositionEstimate | Estimate Bluetooth LE node position (Since R2022a) |
bleCTEIQSample | Perform IQ sampling on CTE field of Bluetooth LE packet (Since R2022a) |
bluetoothRange | Estimate range between two Bluetooth BR/EDR or LE devices (Since R2022a) |
Objects
bleCSConfig | Bluetooth LE CS PHY waveform configuration parameters (Since R2024b) |
bleAngleEstimateConfig | Bluetooth LE angle estimation configuration parameters (Since R2020b) |
bluetoothRangeConfig | Bluetooth BR/EDR or LE range estimation configuration parameters (Since R2022a) |
Topics
- What Is Bluetooth Channel Sounding?
Learn the concepts of Bluetooth Channel Sounding.
- Bluetooth Location and Direction Finding
Understand the concepts of Bluetooth location and direction finding capabilities.
- Generate and Visualize Bluetooth LE Channel Sounding PHY Waveform
Use Bluetooth LE CS capabilities to generate and visualize a CS PHY waveform.
- Parameterize Bluetooth LE Direction Finding Features
Configure and simulate Bluetooth LE location and direction finding functionalities.
- Estimate Bluetooth LE Node Position
Use Bluetooth LE node position estimation capabilities to estimate the Bluetooth LE node position by using lateration, angulation, or distance-angle localization techniques.
- Bluetooth Packet Structure
Explore the Bluetooth BR/EDR and Bluetooth LE packet structures.