Method for determining location of wireless devices based on information within messages received from other network devices

A method for determining a location of a client device in a wireless network including at least a first and second other network devices having known locations, the method comprising:

• receiving, from at least one of the first other network device and the second other network device, information agreed upon by the first other network device and the second other network device in response to a pair being formed between the first other network device and the second other network device;
• receiving from the first other network device a first message based on the agreed upon information;
• receiving from the second other network device a first acknowledgement in response to receiving the first message based on the agreed upon information;
• receiving from the first other network device a second message following the first message to the second other network device based on the agreed upon information;
• receiving from the second other network device a third message based on the agreed upon information;
• receiving from the first other network device a second acknowledgement in response to receiving the third message based on the agreed upon information;
• receiving from the second other network device a fourth message following the third message based on the agreed upon information;
• and
• calculating a location of a computing device based on information within the messages received from the first and the second other network devices and known locations of the first other network device and the second other network device.

A computing device, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor coupled to the memory and configured with processor-executable instructiom for performing operations comprising:
• receiving, from at least one of a first other network device and a second other network device, information agreed upon by the first other network device and the second other network device in response to a pair being formed between the first other network device and the second other network device;
• receiving from the first other network device a first message based on the agreed upon information;
• receiving from the second other network device a first acknowledgement in response to receiving the first message based on the agreed upon information;
• receiving from the first other network device a second message following the first message to the second other network device based on the agreed upon information;
• receiving from the second other network device a third message based on the agreed upon information;
• receiving from the first other network device a second acknowledgement in response to receiving the third message based on the agreed upon information
• receiving from the second other network device a fourth message following the third message based on the agreed upon information;
• and
• calculating a location of the computing device based on information within the messages received from the first and the second other network devices and known locations of the first other network device and the second other network device.

A non-transitory processor-readable storage medium having stored thereon processor-executable instructions configured to cause a processor of a computing device to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, from at least one of a first other network device and a second other network device, information agreed upon by the first other network device and the second other network device in response to a pair being formed between the first other network device and the second other network device;
• receiving from the first other network device a first message based on the agreed upon information;
• receiving from the second other network device a first acknowledgement in response to receiving the first message based on the agreed upon information;
• receiving from the first other network device a second message following the first message to the second other network device based on the agreed upon information;
• receiving from the second other network device a third message based on the agreed upon information;
• receiving from the first other network device a second acknowledgement in response to receiving the third message based on the agreed upon information;
• receiving from the second other network device a fourth message following the third message based on the agreed upon information;
• and
• calculating a location of the computing device based on information within the messages received from the first and the second other network devices and known locations of the first other network device and the second other network device.