Installation of Wi-Fi access points with cellular connection
AssigneePlume Design, Inc.
InventorsAli Wahid, Arun Kalmanje, Yoseph Malkin
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Abstract
Systems and methods of installing a cellular gateway in a Wi-Fi network include obtaining a cellular gateway that is configured to provide cellular connectivity to the Internet for an associated Wi-Fi network; measuring a plurality of locations in a building for the Wi-Fi network; and receiving an indication based on the measuring, on a mobile device, for locating the cellular gateway in the building. The mobile device can execute at least one of a mobile application and a browser session and communicates with the cellular gateway via any of Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.
Claims19
A method comprising:
- obtaining a cellular gateway that is configured to provide cellular connectivity to the Internet for an associated Wi-Fi network;
- measuring, based on information from the cellular gateway, a plurality of locations in a building for the Wi-Fi network;
- and
- receiving an indication based on the measuring, on a mobile device, for locating the cellular gateway in the building related to access to the Wi-Fi network, the cellular connectivity of the cellular gateway and the mobile device are on different frequency bands with a correction factor used to adjust a measurement by the mobile device to reflect a value for the cellular gateway.
An apparatus comprising:
- one or more processors and memory comprising instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to:
- responsive to obtaining a cellular gateway that is configured to provide cellular connectivity to the Internet for an associated Wi-Fi network, measuring, based on information from the cellular gateway, a plurality of locations in a building for the Wi-Fi network;
- and
- receiving an indication based on the measuring for locating the cellular gateway in the building related to the apparatus to connected to the Wi-Fi network, the cellular connectivity of the cellular gateway and the apparatus are on different frequency bands with a correction factor used to adjust a measurement by the apparatus to reflect a value for the cellular gateway.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.