Positioning techniques for dead zones using beacons

A method comprising:

• receiving, by a processor, a service request from a communication device, the service request comprising one or more signal strength readings associated with a current position of the communication device;
• determining, using a trained machine learning model, the current position corresponds to a fingerprint within a location map based on the one or more signal strength readings;
• and
• outputting, by the processor, a control signal configured to cause the communication device to a state of the communication device based on location information associated with the fingerprint, wherein the state of the communication device comprises a source or type of network connectivity, wherein the one or more signal strength readings are a first signal strength reading, wherein the current position is a first position, wherein the fingerprint is a first fingerprint, wherein the location information associated with the first fingerprint is first location information, wherein the control signal is a first control signal;
• receiving, by the processor, a second signal strength reading from the communication device;
• determining, using the trained machine learning model, a second position that corresponds to a second fingerprint;
• and
• outputting, by the processor, a second control signal configured to cause the communication device to alter the source or type of network connectivity of the communication device based on second location information associated with the second fingerprint.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising program code executable by a processor to cause the processor to train a machine learning model to:

• receive a service request from a communication device, the service request comprising one or more signal strength readings associated with a current position of the communication device;
• determine the current position corresponds to a fingerprint within a location map based on the one or more signal strength readings, wherein the location map comprises a plurality of fingerprints;
• output a control signal configured to cause the communication device to alter a state of the communication device based on location information associated with the fingerprint, wherein the state of the communication device comprises a type of network connectivity, wherein the one or more signal strength readings are a first signal strength reading, wherein the current position is a first position, wherein the fingerprint is a first fingerprint, wherein the location information associated with the first fingerprint is first location information, and wherein the control signal is a first control signal,
• receive, by the processor, a second signal strength reading from the communication device;
• determine a second position that corresponds to a second fingerprint;
• and
• output, by the processor, a second control signal configured to cause the communication device to alter the source or type of network connectivity of the communication device based on second location information associated with the second fingerprint.