Location in a distributed location processing architecture with roaming

An computing device comprising:

• a memory storage;
• and
• a processing unit coupled to the memory storage, wherein the processing unit is operative to:
• receive location information associated with a second AP in a location group;
• calculate a Heat Map from the location information associated with the second AP;
• scan a service channel of the second AP;
• receive client location data from the service channel of the second AP and associated with a first client device, wherein the AP is a master AP for the location group for the first client device;
• determine a location of the first client device;
• update a Distributed Hash Table (DHT) that comprises location estimations for two or more client devices being serviced by the location group, wherein the DHT is accessible by at least the AP and the second AP;
• and
• send the location of the first client device to a location service.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores a set of instructions which when executed, by a processor of an Access Point (AP), perform a method executed by the set of instructions comprising:

• receiving location information associated with a second AP in a location group;
• calculating a Heat Map from the location information associated with the second AP;
• scanning a service channel of the second AP;
• receiving client location data from the service channel of the second AP and associated with a first client device, wherein the AP is a master AP for the location group for the first client device;
• determining a location of the first client device;
• updating a Distributed Hash Table (DHT) that comprises location estimations for two or more client devices being serviced by the location group, wherein the DHT is accessible by at least the AP and the second AP;
• and
• sending the location of the first client device to a location service.