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US 6,956,527 B2Granted
Wireless network access point configuration
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsChristopher B. Rogers, Stephen R. Wood
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Abstract
A wireless network having wireless network access devices may determine the location of newly added wireless network access devices.
Claims17
A method comprising:
- receiving at a wireless network access point device wireless signals transmitted from a plurality of known locations;
- determining distances between the plurality of known locations and the wireless network access point device from the transmitted wireless signals;
- and
- resolving, within the wireless network access point device, a location of the wireless network access point device from the distances;
- wherein a transmitter is moved to the plurality of known locations to transmit the wireless signals.
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An article comprising
- a machine-readable medium that provides instructions, which when executed by a processing platform, cause said processing platform to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, at a wireless network device, wireless signals transmitted from a plurality of known locations from a transmitter moved to the plurality of known locations;
- determining distances between the plurality of known locations and the wireless network device from characteristics of the received wireless signals;
- and
- resolving, within the wireless network device, a location of the wireless network device from the distances.
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A method, comprising:
- communicating wireless signals between a network node and a plurality of wireless network devices, wherein locations of the plurality of wireless network devices relative to each other is known and the network node is located at a key point within a particular boundary;
- determining distances from the network node to each of the plurality of wireless network devices;
- solving, within the network node, for a location of the network node relative to the plurality of wireless network devices;
- repeating said communicating, determining, and solving for other key points within the particular boundary;
- and
- determining locations of the plurality of wireless network devices relative to the particular boundary;
- wherein a same network node is used at each of the key points.
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An article comprising
- a machine-readable medium that provides instructions, which when executed by a processing platform, cause said processing platform to perform operations comprising:
- communicating wireless signals between a network node and a plurality of wireless network devices, wherein locations of the plurality of wireless network devices relative to each other is known and the network node is at a key point within a particular boundary;
- determining distances from the network node to each of the plurality of wireless network devices;
- solving, within the network node, for a location of the network node relative to the plurality of wireless network devices;
- repeating said communicating, determining, and solving for other key points within the particular boundary;
- and
- determining locations of the plurality of wireless network devices relative to the particular boundary;
- wherein a same network node is used at each of the key points.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.