Positioning and communication system for dynamic location tracking in an indoor environment

A system comprising:

• a plurality of radio frequency (RF) facilitated user equipments (UEs), each UE configured to communicate with a communications platform server (CPS) over an Internet Protocol (IP) network and to receive RF transmissions directly from any wireless communication node in a collection of wireless communication nodes deployed throughout a designated coverage area, wherein a first UE of the plurality of UEs is further configured to:
• store, on the first UE, environmental layout data for the collection of wireless communication nodes from the server, wherein the environmental layout data comprises information that uniquely identifies each wireless communication node and associates each wireless communication node with a distinct location within the designated coverage area;
• receive, on the first UE, RF transmissions from a group of wireless communication nodes within the collection of wireless communication nodes, wherein the received RF transmission signal strength from a particular wireless communication node of the group of wireless communication nodes is based on a proximity of the particular wireless communication node to the first UE;
• identify, on the first UE, a location of the first UE within the designated coverage area based on an analysis of the signal strengths of the plurality of wireless communication node RF transmissions and the environmental layout data;
• detect, on the first UE, a change in the location of the first UE by comparing the identified location with historical location data of the first UE to identify movement of the first UE within the designated coverage area;
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• transmit, from the first UE to the CPS, an indication of the updated location of the first UE.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor of a first user equipment (UE), perform a method for determining a location of the first UE within a designated coverage area, wherein the first UE is part of a plurality of radio frequency (RF) facilitated UEs, each UE of the plurality of UEs configured to communicate with a communications platform server (CPS) over an Internet Protocol (IP) network and to receive RF transmissions directly from any wireless communication node in a collection of wireless communication nodes deployed throughout the designated coverage area, the method comprising:

• storing, on the first UE, environmental layout data for a collection of wireless communication nodes deployed throughout the designated coverage area from the server, wherein the environmental layout data comprises information that uniquely identifies each wireless communication node and associates each wireless communication node with a distinct location within the designated coverage area;
• receiving, on the first UE, RF transmissions from a group of wireless communication nodes within the collection of wireless communication nodes, wherein the received RF transmission signal strength from a wireless communication node is based on its proximity to the first UE;
• identifying, on the first UE, a location of the first UE within the designated coverage area based on an analysis of the signal strengths of the plurality of wireless communication node RF transmissions and the environmental layout data;
• detecting, on the first UE, a change in the location of the first UE by comparing the identified location with historical location data of the first UE to identify movement of the first UE within the designated coverage area;
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• transmitting, from the first UE to the CPS, an indication of the location of the first UE.