Method and apparatus for wireless signal based location endpoint triangulation using 5G MMWAVE, LTE, and Wi-Fi

An information handling system operating a diverse wireless location determination system central manager, comprising:

• a network interface receiving an instruction to determine a location of an endpoint information handling system having a plurality of network interface device modules supporting a plurality of wireless network protocols;
• a processor executing instructions of a diverse wireless signal aggregation system to aggregate data relating to signals exchanged between the endpoint information handling system and a plurality of diverse wireless protocol access points at identified locations;
• a processor executing instructions of the diverse wireless location determination system central manager to receive a diverse wireless aggregation report of signals exchanged between the endpoint information handling system and the plurality of diverse wireless protocol access points, where the diverse wireless aggregation report identifies an address and type of wireless protocol associated with each of each of the plurality of diverse wireless protocol access points, a detected time of flight (TOF) signal distance between the information handling system and each of the plurality of diverse wireless protocol access points, and received signal quality values for the exchanged signals with each of the plurality of diverse wireless protocol access points;
• the processor determining that exchanged signals with at least three diverse wireless protocol access points meet a signal quality threshold, where at least two of the diverse wireless protocol access points operate under different wireless protocols;
• the processor conducting weighted multiangulation or multilateration utilizing the detected TOF signal distances of the exchanged signals with the at least three diverse wireless protocol access points having identified locations to determine the location of the endpoint information handling system the weighting depending on the type of protocol;
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• a memory storing the determined location of the endpoint information handling system.

An information handling system operating a diverse wireless location determination system, comprising:

• a network interface receiving an instruction to determine a location of an endpoint information handling system having a plurality of network interface device modules supporting a plurality of wireless network protocols;
• a processor executing instructions of a diverse wireless signal aggregation system to aggregate data including detected time of flight (TOF) signal distance and signal quality values relating to signals exchanged between the endpoint information handling system and a plurality of diverse wireless protocol access points;
• the processor executing instructions of the diverse wireless location determination system central manager to determine that exchanged signals with at least three diverse wireless protocol access points meet a signal quality threshold, where at least two of the diverse wireless protocol access points operate under different wireless protocols;
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• the processor conducting weighted multiangulation or multilateration utilizing the detected TOF signal distances of the exchanged signals with the at least three diverse wireless protocol access points having known locations to determine the location of the endpoint information handling system and storing the determined location of the endpoint information handling system, wherein a weighting factor applied to each of the at least three detected TOF signals depends on the detected signal quality category and type of wireless protocol for the exchanged signal.