US 2026/0206000 A1 · COLLABORATIVE GEOLOCATION OF AN ACCESS POINT

Abstract

A computer system (such as a controller) that distributes locations of access points is described. During operation, the computer system may receive, from the access points, information specifying the locations of the access points, uncertainties in the locations, and results of wireless scans. Then, the computer system may provide, to the access points, second information specifying the locations, the uncertainties in the locations, and the results of the wireless scans. Next, the computer system may receive, from the access points, third information specifying second locations of the access points and second uncertainties in the second locations, where the third information received from a given access point in the access points includes revisions to a location of the given access point and/or an uncertainty in the location. These revisions may be based at least in part on the second information.

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Dependent claims

A method of determining a location of a first access point and an uncertainty in the location of the first access point, the method comprising:

determining locations of a plurality of additional access points, where each of the additional access points are within wireless range of the first access point;
determining, for each of the plurality of additional access points, a respective region around the location of the respective one of the additional access points where the first access point may be located;
and
determining the location of the first access point as a midpoint of a common region in which all of the respective regions intersect;
and
determining the uncertainty in the location of the first access point as a size of the common region.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Collaborative geolocation of an access point

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Collaborative geolocation of an access point

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Abstract

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