Commissioning of an indoor positioning system using a secondary positioning system

A system for commissioning one of a plurality of luminaires, comprising:

• a portable device, comprising a processor, a memory, a first wireless receiver and a second wireless receiver;
• a secondary location estimating system comprising a plurality of wireless transmitters configured to transmit secondary system signals receivable by the second wireless receiver of the portable device usable in an estimation of an indiscriminate location of the portable device;
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• a primary location determination system including the plurality of luminaires installed within a service area, the plurality of luminaires being commissioned in the primary location determination system, wherein the primary location determination system is different from the secondary location estimating system,
• each respective luminaire of the plurality of luminaires including a light source configured to provide general illumination to the service area, and a wireless transceiver configured to transmit a primary system radio frequency signal containing an identifier that uniquely identifies the respective luminaire as having transmitted the radio frequency signal;
• wherein the processor of the portable device is configured to:
• in each of a number of iterations:
• estimate an indiscriminate location of the portable device within the service area, using the transmitted secondary system signals received via the second wireless receiver;
• store the estimated indiscriminate location of the portable device in the memory;
• collect, by the first wireless receiver, the primary system radio frequency signal from each respective luminaire of a number of the luminaires;
• obtain from the collected, respective collected primary system radio frequency signals respective identifiers of the number luminaires;
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• determine a respective received signal strength indication (RSSI) value of each of the collected, respective primary system radio frequency signals;
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• store each respective obtained luminaire identifier, in the memory, in association with the respective RSSI value of the collected, respective primary system radio frequency signal from which the respective luminaire identifier was obtained, and the estimated indiscriminate location;
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• a primary location determination service, configured to, after repeating for the number of iterations, the commissioning comprises:
• calculating a location in the service area of each respective one of the luminaries being commissioned in the primary location determination system based on, respective RSSI values and estimated indiscriminate locations of the portable device stored in the memory in association with the respective luminaire identifiers of the each plurality of luminaires being commissioned in the primary location determination system.

A system for commissioning one of a plurality of radio frequency communication devices, comprising:

• a portable device, comprising a processor, a memory, a first wireless receiver and a second wireless receiver;
• a secondary location estimating system comprising a plurality of wireless transmitters configured to transmit secondary system signals receivable by the second wireless receiver of the portable device usable in an estimation of an indiscriminate location of the portable device;
• and
• a primary location determination system including the plurality of radio frequency communication devices installed within a service area, the plurality of radio frequency communication devices being commissioned in the primary location determination system, wherein the primary location determination system is different from the second location estimating system,
• each respective radio frequency communication device of the plurality of radio frequency communication devices including a wireless transceiver configured to transmit a primary system radio frequency signal containing an identifier that uniquely identifies the respective radio frequency communication device as having transmitted the radio frequency signal;
• wherein, for a number of iterations at indiscriminate locations within a service area, the processor of the portable device for an iteration of the number of iterations, is configured to:
• estimate the indiscriminate location of the portable device within the service area using the secondary location estimating system supported by the portable device, wherein each iteration produces a different estimated indiscriminate location at a different location within the service area;
• store the estimated indiscriminate location of the portable device for the iteration in a memory as a ground truth position;
• collect, by the RF receiver of the portable device, an RF communication device identifying signal transmitted by one RF communication device from among a plurality of RF communication devices, wherein the one RF communication device is being commissioned in a primary system network including the plurality of RF communication devices;
• obtain from the collected RF communication device identifying signal an RF communication device identifier of the one RF communication device;
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• determine a received signal strength indication (RSSI) value of the collected, RF communication device identifying signal for the iteration;
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• store the RF communication device identifier, in the memory, in association with the respective RSSI value and the estimated indiscriminate location for the iteration;
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• after the number of iterations, the commissioning comprises:
• calculating, by a primary location determination service, a location in the service area of the one RF communication device being commissioned in the primary location determination system based on, from each of the number of iterations, the determined RSSI values and the estimated indiscriminate location of the portable device for the respective iteration stored in the memory in association with the RF communication device identifier of the one RF communication device being commissioned in the primary location determination system.